Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts

Tuesday 1 March 2022

Can We Blame The West And Still Condemn Putin? - Kelechi Deca



There are a lot of grey areas in the arguments over the Ukrainian crisis that needs pointing out. I think more than any other in recent memory, this is a crisis that seem to have forced most commentators to compromise some of their stands as part of efforts towards finding a middle ground because at the heart are two major issues. 

One is the inalienable right of a sovereign state to first exist, and second make choices it deems right for its citizenry. Then there is the other issue which has to do with the debate over how “one man’s right to swing his arms should stop where another’s right to defend his nose begins”. 

There seem to be an agreement among