When terrorist state Iran bombs Israel, the US & UK shoot down its missiles. When the terrorist state Russia bombs Ukraine, the the West does not even deliver air defense equipment any longer. How can the West make sense of its passivity over Russia's aggression against Ukraine?
@anders_aslund It's simple Anders. It's because we provoked Russia into action and Russia knows it. There's only so much the US can do before it really looks bad to the international community. Provoking Russia to war then attacking Russia directly would be too far.
@anders_aslund Nuclear threat, real or imagined?
@anders_aslund More like a shooting down Ukrainain missiles and drones heading towards Russia
@anders_aslund Ukraine: Hobby. Israel: Dual Passport vital National Interest.
@anders_aslund 1) Right or wrong, we care about Israel. 2) Right or wrong, we don’t care about Ukraine. How complicated is this?
@anders_aslund @vespasian91 Errr … because Russian is a nuclear superpower that could incinerate us on our sleep …? Its clearly not just that, but I find it remarkable that commentators are often so wildly oblivious to massive obvious issues.
@anders_aslund No reason for VVP to talk to Scholz or anyone else in the west. Actions speak louder than words.
@anders_aslund The Ukraine lobby can’t match the Israel lobby in terms of contribution to financing US lawmakers campaign ?