I’ve been attending a chess club in my city for over half a year now. The guy who runs it has done fundraising events before including some for Palestine-related charities which I was very happy to support.

I knew he had done fundraising for Ukraine before, and assumed it was for civilians impacted by the war, though I did not attend myself.

Now, they are running an event fundraising for an organization that explicitly provides equipment and weapons for the Ukraine military. In promoting this event, the organizer said the money is for vehicles, but on the organizations website they literally have fundraisers specifically for weapons and describe their intent to kill people, including drones.

I’m so sickened and disturbed by this. I don’t understand how people can be so happy to support this war and contribute to the killing and death, as if they have the pure moral high ground because they support Ukraine.

I’m too young to remember it, but it reminds me a bit of what I’ve read on America’s support of the Mujahideen in Afghanistan–painting them as resistance fighters, proudly showering them in equipment and weaponry.