11 minutes agoTony Blair: NATO not rule out intervention in war between Russia, Ukraine
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)The former prime minister of Great Britain, Tony Blair, who has a considerable experience in building an international alliance to oppose a dictator, has published a lengthy essay about his war in Ukraine. Most of his tests and what he recommends harmonize with what Boris [...]
Much of his analysis and what he recommends harmonize with what Boris Johnson has said. But at least two of his arguments challenge the prime minister's current consensus on war.
Blair says it is wrong for NATO to be as specific as it has been for non-communication.
I understand and agree that there is no political support for any direct military engagement from NATO to Russia. But we need to know what Putin's doing. He's using our reluctance not to provoke escalation, along with his will to escalate the situation against us. When he threatens NATO, even inciting fears of nuclear conflict, in pursuit of his attempt to forcibly overthrow the democraticly elected president of a peaceful nation and to wage war against his people, there is something irreconcilable in the way we have assured that we will not react by force”, Blair wrote.
I accept the reasoning behind our stay. But let's assume that he uses chemical weapons or a nuclear tactical weapon, or he tries to destroy Kiev, as Alepon did in Syria, regardless of the loss of civilian life, is it reasonable to say to him in advance that whatever he has to do militarily, we will rule out any form of military reaction? Perhaps this is our position, and perhaps this is the right position, but the constant signalling and the removal of doubt in his mind, is a strange tactic”, the man who was Britain's prime minister at the time NATO intervened in Kosovo, when Serbia was committing genocide.
Blair says the West should not give up the possibility of negotiating a peace agreement with Putin. This could include the future status of Crime and parts of eastern Ukraine on the table, reports Guardian, Klonkosova.tv.
Calling for a co-ordinated and structured push, and for a negotiated solution, Blair said:
The next couple of weeks may be the last chance to reach a negotiated solution before the attack on Kiev gets worse, the Ukrainian people become hostile to any negotiations or Putin face a binary choice between” or withdrawal”.
