The candidate of Lutte Ouvrière (LO) for the presidential election, Nathalie Arthaud, denounced on Saturday a war of "
robbers
" in Ukraine, pointing to the "
monstrous
" responsibility of Russian President Vladimir Putin but also that of "
American imperialism
" and NATO.
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“
One can only be seized with dread, Putin has taken the step towards a war which is fratricidal and which is monstrous.
But he is not the only one responsible: I think that the Western camp, the American imperialism behind NATO has an overwhelming responsibility because there has been a war of influence between the Western camp and the Russian bureaucracy for many long years
, ”said the far-left candidate on Franceinfo.
“
There is a rivalry, so I don't line up in one camp or another.
Here we are dealing with a war between brigands, between Putin and the imperialist camp
", she added, adding that NATO is "
not a peace agency
" and that it has "
surrounded military bases , stuffed with missiles, Russia since 1991
”.
“
I absolutely do not agree with this crude manipulation consisting in making believe that we have on one side the Western camp which would be the white dove, the representative of the rights of freedom, prosperity, harmony of peoples .
What has this imperialist order done in Afghanistan?
What did he do in the Middle East?
We did not wait for the war in Ukraine to say that this social order is barbaric... let's also start sweeping in front of our door
, ”she said again.
Nathalie Arthaud, teacher and former local elected official, is running for the third time in a presidential election after achieving 0.56% of the vote in the first round in 2012 and 0.64% in 2017. Polls promise her a similar score this year .