In an article in ST Tommy Koh was quoted with this remark, 'International law is a crucial element - Russia, which has waged wars against its neighbours and seized their territories, must not be allowed to prevail Ukraine.'
This motherhood statement should apply to all invaders of foreign land, and the Americans and the West are no exceptions. The American and western invasion of Iraq and Syria are still going on. No one is saying anything about these invasions and whether they should be allowed to stay in these countries forever. The Americans and the West have given up their invasion of Afghanistan and fled with their tails between their legs. Thanks to the determination and fighting spirit of the Afghans not to be subdued and be colonised by foreign powers. But no thanks to any righteous bleeding hearts as none came out to talk about their plight, the massacre of innocent poor Afghans, women and children and old folks under the wild and fake excuse that they were a threat to the mighty USA!
When would western media be talking about the eviction of the illegal wars and occupation of Iraq and Syria? Both these govts have told the Americans and the West to get lost, to get out of their respective countries. But why is it that there is no one talking about getting the Americans and the West out of these countries? Or is it that only the Americans and the West can invade and occupy foreign countries and everyone should shut up or look the other way, see nothing, hear nothing, do nothing and say nothing?
Why the preoccupation of Russia in Ukraine when the real reason for the invasion was to prevent a genocide of Russian speaking Ukrainians that was on going for 8 years, and a real security threat to Russia with Nato troops along its borders and with biochemical weapon labs ready to lob pathogens into Russia? Why no one open his big golden mouth to talk about it?
Where is the threat from Iraq and Syria to the USA? Haven't it been proven that there was no WMD in Iraq? Why are the American and western soldiers still fighting and occupying Iraqi land? Why are the Americans still in Syria supporting terrorist groups fighting a legally elected govt?
How justified and morally right or legally right for the Americans and the West to be in Iraq and Syria?
Silence is golden. No western media would want to ask these simple questions. No reports, no one would hear about them. But thousands of bombs are still being dropped in these two countries and thousands of Syrians and Iraqis are dying and no one seems to care. The dying, the dead are not blond and blue eyes, but Arabs and Muslims. So it is ok?
Where is the international law on these two wars?