Honesty and humility lacking in jingoistic war commentary

We should cherish our neutrality and resist the overly simplistic 'them and us' narrative emerging around the Ukraine war, argues Dolan O'Hagan
Honesty and humility lacking in jingoistic war commentary

The reports and images of death and destruction also provide a sharp reminder of what is at stake as calls for Ireland to join Nato and end our long-standing position on military neutrality intensify. Picture: AP/Efrem Lukatsky

Did you know that if you ask any search engine the word for peace in the Ukrainian and Russian languages you will get quite a poignant result.

It is the same word in both languages — 'мир'.

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