The #Economist in 2001 after #Bush invaded #Afghanistan.

The Economist in 2022 after #Putin invaded #Ukraine.

"When we invade, we are spreading peace."

#mockingbird

John Mearsheimer on why the West is principally responsible for the Ukrainian crisis | The Economist – https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2022/03/11/john-mearsheimer-on-why-the-west-is-principally-responsible-for-the-ukrainian-crisis

The trouble over Ukraine actually started at nato’s Bucharest summit in April 2008, when George W. #Bush’s administration pushed the #Nato alliance to announce that #Ukraine and Georgia “will become members”. Russian leaders responded immediately with outrage, characterising this decision as an existential threat to Russia and vowing to thwart it. According to a respected Russian journalist, Mr #Putin “flew into a rage” and warned that “if Ukraine joins nato, it will do so without Crimea and the eastern regions. It will simply fall apart.” #America ignored Moscow’s red line, however, and pushed forward to make Ukraine a Western bulwark on #Russia’s border. That #strategy included two other elements: bringing Ukraine closer to the #EU and making it a #proAmerican democracy.

Today is the day that the giga chad Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw his shoes at Bush.

He's very active on Twitter and will reply to you if you tag him and thank him for his shoe throwing!

In Iraq they even built a monument of his shoes to honor him.

Send him a message:

Muntadhar al-Zaidi (@muntazer_zaidi) | nitter – https://nitter.net/muntazer_zaidi

Via @MemriTv
#Iraq #Bush #Journalist

🇸🇾 Israel and Turkiye in Syria: No clash, just a division of spoils | The Cradle

Two #US-aligned states, led by populist strongmen who convert foreign policy into a domestic spectacle. Two allies of Washington, performing antagonism while quietly advancing a shared project in #Syria

So said Erdogan in the mid-2000s, repeatedly confirming Turkiye’s role as a co-chair of the Greater Middle East Project (1)[ Greater Israel Project 1982] – Washington’s strategic initiative to re-engineer the region under US–Israeli tutelage. (2)[2004]

After the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) 2002 victory, Erdogan stood in the White House and declared strategic alignment with the US “not only on Iraq but on many other issues.” By 2005, former US president George W. #Bush was openly thanking him for his “strong support” for the project, and #Erdogan said, “Our contacts with relevant countries, including Syria, continue.”

Davids Corridor : Israel's Shadow Project to Redraw the Levant

#DavidsCorridor #GreaterIsraelProject

🇮🇶War Architects Enjoy Top Academic Gigs 22 Years After Illegal Invasion of Iraq | Truthout

Today, on the 22nd anniversary of the 2003 U.S. invasion of #Iraq, key architects and commanders of this monstrous war crime, from #CondoleezzaRice to #DavidPetraeus, sit comfortably in cushy positions at top American #universities

Across the world, the #US invasion of Iraq is widely seen as a moral abomination, made possible by a campaign of deceit by the George W. #Bush administration, which falsely claimed that Iraq harbored weapons of mass destruction as pretext for an illegal invasion.(#CW)

The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights labelled the invasion a “crime” and said the U.S. “committed #WarCrimes including #massacres and #torture on a massive scale.” Amnesty International emphasized the “gross human rights violations and serious violations of international humanitarian law perpetrated by the US-led Coalition” during the invasion and occupation, which formally ended in 2011.

#Irak