I had exactly the same reaction.
Deeply disappointing to read fellow leftists like Owen Jones warn that "Western imperialism is the main evil on a global scale", when it is the renewed threat from totalitarianism, whether fascistic from Trump or Putin, or notionally Marxist under Xi Jinping.
www.owenjones.news/p/ukraines-d...
www.owenjones.news/p/ukraines-d...
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How do you see this world and somehow not recognise it is all the west fault? Is this a glitch in your brain?
Yeah, I wonder who's creating the refugees?
Who's creating the next generation of resistance?
Do you people not think?
Trump will collapse the US empire, but he's doesn't have to invade or ethnically cleanse a country or support those who do.
Do you think this poundshop McCarthyism is going to work out well for oyu?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/26/vladimir-putin-russia-oligarch-british-left-speak-out
FWIW I don't think you are a Putin shill, I just think you focus only on aspects you can have a good rant about.
You conflate America with The West & ignore Ukraine's will to fight for their country, reducing them to a pawn.
And no, I focus on holding my rulers to account. And the US is the dominant Western nation? And I backed Ukraine's fight?
For Owen, the West will always be worse than anything Russia or Putin could ever do.
USA wants us at war so we increase military spending.
It's really not a coincidence that the 3 largest Private Manufacturers across UK, US and Germany are all owned by 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸, 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱, and 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹.
War is profit.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/25/usa.secondworldwar