Ukraine
Mark Kohut
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Sat Feb 11 17:17:47 UTC 2023
Martin is our very own listserv expert but here is what you get when you
put Tracy's words into Google.
The estimable passionate environmental Leftist (If that word means anything
anymore; but at least he is not
one of the Right wing fascists who believe your bullshit)
https://twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot/status/1623593264740814848?s=20&t=KdTf5YwTqyRlOysbZxUi-w
On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 9:25 AM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
> Unprovoked?
>
> "On February 16, 2022, a full week before Putin sent combat troops into
> Ukraine, the Ukrainian Army began the heavy bombardment of the area (in
> east Ukraine) occupied by mainly ethnic Russians. Officials from the
> Observer Mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in
> Europe (OSCE) were located in the vicinity at the time and kept a record of
> the shelling as it took place. What the OSCE discovered was that the
> bombardment dramatically intensified as the week went on until it reached a
> peak on February 19, when a total of 2,026 artillery strikes were recorded.
> Keep in mind, the Ukrainian Army was, in fact, shelling civilian areas
> along the Line of Contact that were occupied by other Ukrainians.” Mike
> Whitney
>
> “Russian President Vladimir Putin, citing Article 51 as his authority,
> ordered what he called a “special military operation”….
> under Article 51, there can be no doubt as to the legitimacy of Russia’s
> contention that the Russian-speaking population of the Donbass had been
> subjected to a brutal eight-year-long bombardment that had killed thousands
> of people.… Moreover, Russia claims to have documentary proof that the
> Ukrainian Army was preparing for a massive military incursion into the
> Donbass which was pre-empted by the Russian-led “special military
> operation.” [OSCE figures show an increase of government shelling of the
> area in the days before Russia moved in.]
>
> <
> https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/setting-the-record-straight-stuff-you-should-know-about-ukraine/#p_1_16>..The
> bottom line is that Russia has set forth a cognizable claim under the
> doctrine of anticipatory collective self-defense, devised originally by the
> U.S. and NATO, as it applies to Article 51 which is predicated on fact, not
> fiction.
>
> While it might be in vogue for people, organizations, and governments in
> the West to embrace the knee-jerk conclusion that Russia’s military
> intervention constitutes a wanton violation of the United Nations Charter
> and, as such, constitutes an illegal war of aggression, the uncomfortable
> truth is that, of all the claims made regarding the legality of pre-emption
> under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, Russia’s justification for
> invading Ukraine is on solid legal ground.” (“Russia, Ukraine & the Law of
> War: Crime of Aggression <
> https://consortiumnews.com/2022/03/29/russia-ukraine-the-law-of-war-crime-of-aggression/>”,
> Consortium News)
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