INVITING AN INVASION: 'If there had been no Afghanistan disaster, there would likely have been no Ukraine invasion,' according to former UN ambassador
U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley on the Mexico president dismissing the U.S. summit because certain countries were not involved.on Wednesday is expected to say that"Western weakness" pushed Russia to invade Ukraine, while warning of a looming threat from communist China, and calling for a"fundamental shift" in how the West approaches its adversaries.
"When President Biden came into office last year, he brought with him largely the same advisers who had produced the weak response to Russia in 2014. In his first year in office, he downgraded relations with Poland, gave a green light to Nord Stream 2, slowed down military aid to Ukraine, and eagerly met with Putin in Geneva while never going to Kyiv. Russia rightly interpreted these actions as an invitation to evil," Haley will say.
Going forward, Haley warns that it is a"critical mistake to view the Russian and Chinese threats separately." Haley has long called for tough stances against Iran, Russia and China, positions she was known for during her time at the United Nations. Since leaving her position in 2019, she has called for the U.S.
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