In the last 30 years, with murderous intent, NATO have been involved in armed conflicts against Serbia, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria. And it’s not whataboutery to point this out.
Yes, the Russian state invaded parts of the old Soviet Union, and their current war with the Ukraine is plain wrong: they need to ceasefire and remove there troops. However one of the reasons Putin had the confidence to invade the Ukraine was because the US, UK and NATO did much the same in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya - and when it went belly up walked away scot-free without a backward glance.
Indeed many of those responsible for the mayhem and murder in these aforementioned countries have prospered. For example Tony Blair who is culpable in the fate of approximately five hundred thousand dead Iraqis accumulated vast sums of money after he left office, and has hovered up even more ill gotten gains from satraps around the world. He appears on UK TV and writes for influential news papers like the Guardian and The Times. He was appointed a ‘knight companion of the most noble order of the garter’ by the Crown in the 2022 New Years honours list.
Yet as far as the MSM is concerned NATO are always on the side of the angels, a defensive force which is keeping the peace in Europe; which is nonsensical and totally untrue if you look at its more recent history.
Hardly a day goes by now without some armchair warrier in parliament or in a TV studio claiming Putin is committing war crimes in the Ukraine and should be brought before the war crimes tribunal at The Hague. This may well be true. In all probability he is committing war crimes. But as British or US citizens we need to concentrate on this question: why hasn’t Bush, Blair, Cameron and their underlings been tried for war crimes when they clearly committed crimes against humanity? We should never forget that our main enemy is at home.
Yes, the Russian state invaded parts of the old Soviet Union, and their current war with the Ukraine is plain wrong: they need to ceasefire and remove there troops. However one of the reasons Putin had the confidence to invade the Ukraine was because the US, UK and NATO did much the same in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya - and when it went belly up walked away scot-free without a backward glance.
Indeed many of those responsible for the mayhem and murder in these aforementioned countries have prospered. For example Tony Blair who is culpable in the fate of approximately five hundred thousand dead Iraqis accumulated vast sums of money after he left office, and has hovered up even more ill gotten gains from satraps around the world. He appears on UK TV and writes for influential news papers like the Guardian and The Times. He was appointed a ‘knight companion of the most noble order of the garter’ by the Crown in the 2022 New Years honours list.
Yet as far as the MSM is concerned NATO are always on the side of the angels, a defensive force which is keeping the peace in Europe; which is nonsensical and totally untrue if you look at its more recent history.
Hardly a day goes by now without some armchair warrier in parliament or in a TV studio claiming Putin is committing war crimes in the Ukraine and should be brought before the war crimes tribunal at The Hague. This may well be true. In all probability he is committing war crimes. But as British or US citizens we need to concentrate on this question: why hasn’t Bush, Blair, Cameron and their underlings been tried for war crimes when they clearly committed crimes against humanity? We should never forget that our main enemy is at home.
⏩ Mick Hall is a veteran Left Wing activist and trade unionist.
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