I guess part of the reason I found it hard to take the Ukrainian side seriously was because, from 2014, the conflict seemed to be lopsided in Ukraine's favor (at least, in a media sense).

The Ukrainians had a state, and a psuedo-army (Azov, Dnipro etc... were the most motivated soldiers but they were just militia at that point). The DPR/LPR were the "rag-tag" (although not really) guys who put together their army using blu tack and duct tape.

Obviously, in the present day, the Ukrainians are more clearly the underdogs, and, looking back, they were also the underdogs (Russia was directly supporting and even intervening to support the rebels whenever they felt they needed to). But hindsight is 20-20, and I'm a retard most of the time. I guess all I can do is apologize for being retarded.

I lean more towards Ukraine now, not because I'm some sort of Banderist neo-Nazi or whatever, but just rationally, Russia has to be the one to make the first step in ending this. If they don't do it willingly, they have to be made to do it. The stronger (or, perhaps the better word is bigger) side has to be the one to step back.

It is much easier for me to see the just cause (defensive war protecting their people) of the Palestinians or even, dare I say it, the Nusra/ISIS types in Syria/Iraq. They were and are the ones without an airforce, without tanks, without allies intervening on their behalf, without anything, except their own wits, ingenuity and massive balls.

While in the Ukrainian war, FPV drones take up like 80% of all combat footage, in Gaza, it was 80% GoPro footage taken up close, mere meters away from tanks, infantry in buildings etc... Palestinian fighters staring directly down tank barrels or into the eyes of the IDF.

The footage from Oct 7th (Israel's greatest ever military defeat) is crazy enough, but almost all of the footage from Gaza is just....It's the stuff of legend.

There was one video which I remember seeing which involved 3 Qassam fighters coming out of an attack tunnel in the middle of an IDF mechanized infantry tank-park (at least company-size). Planting an EFP behind a tank (while the infantry are milling around 5m in front of them - this is caught on camera), and then firing 2 RPG rounds at parked APCs before running back into their tunnel, detonating the EFP, and then blowing up the tunnel entrance when the IDF soldiers rush to it.

All that happens in the span of like 2 at most 3 minutes. Flawlessly executed.