10/04/2022
Maturity and Wisdom should have more voice in our Diplomacy!
It is frightening to see how our politicians in Germany, Europe and worldwide seems to have no understanding for the situation of the other side. On the contrary, they are currently trying to identify a culprit who will free us from looking at ourselves and our own share in the situation. It is incomprehensible to me how the USA and the EU are currently trying to isolate Russia further and further and to drive it into a corner. Exclusion from the United Nations Commission on Human Rights means reducing to absurdity the original idea of the UN to remain in dialogue even in the most difficult situations.
And have the USA forgotten the pictures from Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo? That it was they who lied to the world to justify a war in Iraq. That it was they who attacked Panama in the 1980s without a UN mandate, killed people, ousted the president at the time and sentenced him to many years in prison before a court martial. Did we, did the EU and the rest of the world then demand sanctions against the USA, try to exclude them from SWIFT? No, we have not.
Justifying the current sanctions and further measures with moral, ethical or even democratic political arguments is a resounding slap in the face of all life. Arms supplies and armament lead to destruction and death. So far, however, far away from us, as for example in Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and thus touching us less. Let's just remember the pictures of the "abandoned partners" in Afghanistan. Did we demand consequences there, decide on sanctions, discuss and demand the exclusion of US artists, companies and their representatives? It is unbearable to see this mendacity of argumentation with which our politicians are currently leading us to the brink of a destructive war.
Where were and are these politicians when we had to realise that China maintains so called re-education camps for Uyghurs on a large scale, where until today a large number of people are not only deprived of their freedom, but have to pay for their religious affiliation with their lives.
Yes, we must take a clear stand against war. However it would be more honest and effective if we would recognised and understood our own part in this war and incorporated it into our diplomatic efforts. Today we understand that one cause of the Second World War, was the Treaty of Versailles, which made normal life in Germany very difficult. Why are we making the same mistake?
Putin saw and sees himself threatened and backed into a corner. And if we look at the geopolitical developments of the last decades, this perception is understandable. However, it does not justify his actions!
Our reaction, our diplomacy should be further and more maturely developed and not act according to the principle of "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth".
