@ManyRoads This is the inheritance of #Bush43 who with his self-serving approach to international law changed the winds of our times. I do not think making Ukraine a bulwark against Russia was very sensible. No doubt Ukraine deserves are support, this war is unjustifiable, but not as a NATO member which was also rejected in 2008. With a membership we are sleepwalking into a larger conflict.

http://wjjh.blog/2023/01/22/scipio-africanus-build-your-opponent-a-golden-bridge/

The conclusion is correct, a world divided, “a symptom of a wider syndrome: anger at perceived Western double standards and frustration at stalled reform.”

With #Bush43 and the Iraq war multilateralism and International law has shown “a la carte” approach, one rule for the US and its allies and another rule for the rest.

https://reader.foreignaffairs.com/2023/04/18/the-world-beyond-ukraine/content.html

During the #Bush43 Administration, a high-school contemporary of mine worked in the #StateDepartment , in the directorate originally named #GlobalAffairs . Shortly after he left a Government elbows-deep in #Afghanistan and #Iraq , I recall his surprise when I congratulated him for his contributions to #PEPFAR — adding that over time, observers would assess #Bush43 ‘s work on fighting #AIDS in #Africa as their best international effort:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/21/opinion/george-bush-iraq-pepfar.html