I love history, and #Cameroon history was my favourite at College.
Here are five reasons how the #USA and #NATO wrote the history/rule book that #Russia used to invade #Ukriane:
Here are five reasons how the #USA and #NATO wrote the history/rule book that #Russia used to invade #Ukriane:
1. Invade another country on the basis of protecting a people from bloodshed and ethnic cleansing, i.e. #Albanians – NATO and the 1999 Kosovo war. Russia claims to protect the people of #Donbass and #Luhansk. A report on the war cited this about NATO intervention:
“The Commission concludes that the NATO military intervention was illegal but legitimate. It was illegal because it did not receive prior approval from the United Nations Security Council”. Read more on the report: reliefweb.int/sites/reliefwe…
2. Use security concerns and fear for having nuclear warheads near your border as a reason to start a war - The Cuba Missile Crisis (October 1962). Russia cites NATO’s eastern expansion towards Ukraine as one of the reasons for invading - The Cuba Missile Crisis (October 1962).
JFK's planned speech if America invaded Cuba Read - "My fellow Americans, with a heavy heart, and in necessary fulfilment of my oath of office, I have ordered - and the United States Air Force has now carried out - ...
military operations with conventional weapons only, to remove a major nuclear weapons build-up from the soil of Cuba.”
Read More on the crisis - jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jf…
Read More on the crisis - jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jf…
3. Invade another country on the basis of getting rid of an ideology, i.e. al-Qaeda – America & the War in Afghanistan (2001 – 2021). Russia cites its ‘Special Military Operation’ is aimed at ‘denazify’ Ukraine.
4. Invade another country based on denuclearisation or demilitarisation pretext - America and the Iraq War (2003 – 2011). Russia cites its Special Military Operation’ aims to demilitarise Ukraine.
5. Invade another country to force through regime change and claim to protect its people - NATO intervention in Libya (March 2011). Russia claims #Zalensky & the current regime in Ukraine is illegitimate after the 2014 coup. Read this great piece
e-ir.info/2019/02/06/to-…
e-ir.info/2019/02/06/to-…
Key takeout from this summary = History always repeats itself. It is important that we study it to avoid the mistakes of the past.
Collectively, we can create a better world, but we must be intentional and honest if we are to achieve this. #StopWarInUkraine
Collectively, we can create a better world, but we must be intentional and honest if we are to achieve this. #StopWarInUkraine
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