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Ukraine: the strange concept of "American war"

2022-05-12T18:25:40.811Z


ANALYSIS - The expression expresses the still very much alive anti-Americanism that underlies our French political culture, but above all our inability to "think" the situation of major geopolitical danger in which we find ourselves.


A curious and paradoxical expression arose in French intellectual circles to designate the war that broke out in Europe.

That of "American war".

She made the front page of the weekly

Marianne

to explain that Europeans should be careful not to get caught up in a war that is not “theirs”.

We could read there a strange and shocking comparison between Putin's desire to

"kill the Chechens in the toilets"

in 1999 and that which Biden would feed to

"kill"

the Russian army similarly.

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As if the invasion of Chechnya could be compared to the aid given by America to Ukraine to defend itself.

As for social networks, the idea is spreading there that behind the support for the Ukrainians hides the cynical designs of the United States, ready to do anything to keep their defense industry running.

In other words, we Europeans would be the turkeys of a new American farce.

Theorists of a supposed 'American war' fail to understand that the war launched by Putin is 'a European war'

Of course, it would be naive to deny that...

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Source: lefigaro

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