In between all the tankie Sputnik and RT posts here? Yes, because it suggests that she effectively legitimised it while she went out of her way not to do so is misrepresenting it.
She did. She calls Maduro illegitimate and then doesn’t call the invasion illegitimate, giving the invasion legitimacy by contrast. There’s context behind why she’s doing that, which we discussed, but that doesn’t change the fact that she’s helping manufacture consent for regime change by her mealymouthed omission.
To me it fundamentally reads like “Maduro is illegitimate” equals -5 and what the US is doing is violating international norms (yes, we still are pretending those exist) and that equals -3, and they are both negatives. But now we are arguing perception, which may be less than useful.
To me it reads like “we somewhat disagree with the US’s methods but we strongly agree with the US’s objectives” and isn’t that just the most typical European thing? Never strongly condemning anything, because really, they got what they wanted even if it’s distasteful.
In between all the tankie Sputnik and RT posts here? Yes, because it suggests that she effectively legitimised it while she went out of her way not to do so is misrepresenting it.
She did. She calls Maduro illegitimate and then doesn’t call the invasion illegitimate, giving the invasion legitimacy by contrast. There’s context behind why she’s doing that, which we discussed, but that doesn’t change the fact that she’s helping manufacture consent for regime change by her mealymouthed omission.
To me it fundamentally reads like “Maduro is illegitimate” equals -5 and what the US is doing is violating international norms (yes, we still are pretending those exist) and that equals -3, and they are both negatives. But now we are arguing perception, which may be less than useful.
To me it reads like “we somewhat disagree with the US’s methods but we strongly agree with the US’s objectives” and isn’t that just the most typical European thing? Never strongly condemning anything, because really, they got what they wanted even if it’s distasteful.
Heh, as a European, that is pretty spot on.