For example. Some commentators have remarked on the similarities between the Russo-Ukrainian conflict and the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. Yes, it was a place and time where tactics and weapons were tested and it can be seen as a rehearsal for WWII. But the analogy of a contest between Fascism and Communism is misleading. And nothing that happened in Spain then can be used today to tell us who are the bad guys and who are the good guys.

In fact, the whole idea of good vs bad guys is simplistic and misleading. Still, the time comes that even after considering the nuances, you have to pick sides. To try for the false equivalence is just cowardly and wrong. I go with the Ukes, for the same reason I would have backed the Republicans in Spain a century ago.