Good examples but the difference is, at least for now, rhetoric has not led to either all out war or genocideMy read of the phrase Ukraine should not exist, is less akin to the Palestinian opinion that Israel should not exist, meaning Palestine should exist in it's place. Rather more like China's opinion that Taiwan will not exist forever because it should be a part of greater China.
- It is still conceivable that the Israel Palestinian conflict and Chinas claim to own Taiwan can be solved peaceably.
In Ukraine Russia said no - It would no longer bargain with Ukrainians and declared them, for want of a better term, non-persons.
Ukrainians must swear allegiance to Russia, or leave their homes and country or be destroyed.
The fact that peoples homes, the civilian infrastructure, and civilians themselves, are being bombed and killed marks this
'Special Military Operation' as genocide plain and simple.
The Ukrainians will not forget this and I will not forget this. For the first time in my life I see why my Russian grandfather, from an ethnic group historically sometimes persecuted by Russians came to this country {USA}.
Of course the US is not without sin - Some would consider the treatment of American Indians also to be a genocide.
- And of course we have the Chinese treating....."Human rights groups believe China has detained more than one million Uyghurs against their will over the past few years".
The Indians were a long time ago in America and the Chinese Uyghurs being 'rehabilitated' has reasons only the Chinese can answer.
But the Ukrainian genocide, in my opinion, is nothing more than a power grab with Putin from the old Soviet KGB
living in the past instead of looking to the future.
Putin is backing a losing position - And the thing to ask is how far will he go with this
Should we again start worrying about WWIII