The idiots in the West (likely Straussian neocons in USA, England and Poland) screwed up: they put 2 of the 4 charges on the same pipeline, so one pipeline appears to still be free, as reported by Kevin Barrett.
I think Escobar is right: this is really going to screw things up for the Davos crowd and Nato.
Go Vlad!; 'And all we hear is, the West is insisting on a rules-based order. Where did that come from anyway? Who has ever seen these rules? Who agreed or approved them? Listen, this is just a lot of nonsense, utter deceit, double standards, or even triple standards! They must think we’re stupid.
PS Have you read 👇 I thought you might find it intresting...the anotomy of the destruction of International Law 👇
#Opinion by Maria Zakharova
💬 This article is dedicated to NATO members who have been crying wolf about violations of international law like no one else.
Extract
Throughout the 1990s, Kosovo sought to have its independence recognised internationally, which resulted in an open standoff with the Serbs in 1998-1999, the Kosovo War, unleashed by the militants from the Kosovo Liberation Army, supported and encouraged by the West, including its intelligence services, resulting in multiple civilian casualties. In March 1999, NATO openly interfered in the conflict by bombing Yugoslavia. On June 9, 1999, under an international Military Technical Agreement signed by NATO representatives and the Yugoslav army in Kumanovo, the NATO-led international Kosovo Force (KFOR) was put in charge of the territory.
The next day, the UN Security Council convened for its 4,011th meeting and adopted a binding resolution, known as Resolution 1244, which reaffirmed then Yugoslavia’s territorial integrity, and accordingly Serbia’s, when it became Yugoslavia’s successor in 2006, while also providing for an international civilian and military presence in Kosovo. The resolution also stipulated that the Kosovo crisis must be resolved based on the coordinated principles contained in the annexes to the resolution.
On February 17, 2008, Kosovo’s “parliament” approved a bill unilaterally proclaiming the territory’s independence from Serbia effective as of February 18.
Serbia responded by asking the United Nations on August 15, 2008, to review this step from a legal perspective. On October 8, 2008, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 63/3 in which it called on the International Court of Justice in The Hague to render an advisory opinion on the following question: “Is the unilateral declaration of independence by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo in accordance with international law?”
Eighteen months later, on July 22, 2010, the International Court of Justice released its advisory opinion concluding that “the declaration of independence of Kosovo adopted on February 17, 2008, did not violate international law” because international law contained no prohibition of declarations of independence, nor did it violate UN Security Council Resolution 1244, since the authors of the “declaration” were not bound by the framework established under Resolution 1244.
Led by the United States, the Western countries welcomed this International Court’s advisory opinion by giving it a broad interpretation as approving secession, despite the fact that UN Security Council Resolution 1244, which the Russian Federation adheres to, among others, remains at the core of the Kosovo settlement and calls for a compromise taking into consideration Belgrade’s interests.
During the proceedings, Washington officially advised the Court to accept the opinion it issued arguing that the territorial integrity principle did not rule out the emergence of new states within the territory of the ones that already existed.
Thank you for creating the space I feel free to open up and interact. The emotional, human debth you tap into with your writing always calls something deeply emotional in me. Its exquisite experience interacting here with you and others...feels more personal than most interactions i have in "real" world. Thank you Frances and to all members in your community.
...."turbocharged version of the Non-Aligned Movement of the 1960s". Once upon the time, in a country that does not exists any more we used to learn about Peaceful Coexistence ...Non Aligned Movement ( Tito, Nasser, Nehru) in schools. We tought we would never again experience war. Life was good and future looked bright!
Thank you Frances. You have a rare gift of creating a very intimate, emotional thinking spaces around very painful human experiences intertwined with big tectonic social changes.
More from Pepe Escobar on Ukraine. This time together with Michael Hudson:
https://thecradle.co/Article/Interviews/16536
ZELENSKY WILL GET US ALL KILLED UNLESS HE IS STOPPED!
https://youtu.be/qMpPFlV1jRQ
HERE IS SOME VERY RARE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE PIPELINES!
https://kevinbarrett.substack.com/p/did-uncle-sam-aka-wile-e-coyote-blow
The idiots in the West (likely Straussian neocons in USA, England and Poland) screwed up: they put 2 of the 4 charges on the same pipeline, so one pipeline appears to still be free, as reported by Kevin Barrett.
I think Escobar is right: this is really going to screw things up for the Davos crowd and Nato.
Go Vlad!; 'And all we hear is, the West is insisting on a rules-based order. Where did that come from anyway? Who has ever seen these rules? Who agreed or approved them? Listen, this is just a lot of nonsense, utter deceit, double standards, or even triple standards! They must think we’re stupid.
Word!
PS Have you read 👇 I thought you might find it intresting...the anotomy of the destruction of International Law 👇
#Opinion by Maria Zakharova
💬 This article is dedicated to NATO members who have been crying wolf about violations of international law like no one else.
Extract
Throughout the 1990s, Kosovo sought to have its independence recognised internationally, which resulted in an open standoff with the Serbs in 1998-1999, the Kosovo War, unleashed by the militants from the Kosovo Liberation Army, supported and encouraged by the West, including its intelligence services, resulting in multiple civilian casualties. In March 1999, NATO openly interfered in the conflict by bombing Yugoslavia. On June 9, 1999, under an international Military Technical Agreement signed by NATO representatives and the Yugoslav army in Kumanovo, the NATO-led international Kosovo Force (KFOR) was put in charge of the territory.
The next day, the UN Security Council convened for its 4,011th meeting and adopted a binding resolution, known as Resolution 1244, which reaffirmed then Yugoslavia’s territorial integrity, and accordingly Serbia’s, when it became Yugoslavia’s successor in 2006, while also providing for an international civilian and military presence in Kosovo. The resolution also stipulated that the Kosovo crisis must be resolved based on the coordinated principles contained in the annexes to the resolution.
On February 17, 2008, Kosovo’s “parliament” approved a bill unilaterally proclaiming the territory’s independence from Serbia effective as of February 18.
Serbia responded by asking the United Nations on August 15, 2008, to review this step from a legal perspective. On October 8, 2008, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 63/3 in which it called on the International Court of Justice in The Hague to render an advisory opinion on the following question: “Is the unilateral declaration of independence by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo in accordance with international law?”
Eighteen months later, on July 22, 2010, the International Court of Justice released its advisory opinion concluding that “the declaration of independence of Kosovo adopted on February 17, 2008, did not violate international law” because international law contained no prohibition of declarations of independence, nor did it violate UN Security Council Resolution 1244, since the authors of the “declaration” were not bound by the framework established under Resolution 1244.
Led by the United States, the Western countries welcomed this International Court’s advisory opinion by giving it a broad interpretation as approving secession, despite the fact that UN Security Council Resolution 1244, which the Russian Federation adheres to, among others, remains at the core of the Kosovo settlement and calls for a compromise taking into consideration Belgrade’s interests.
During the proceedings, Washington officially advised the Court to accept the opinion it issued arguing that the territorial integrity principle did not rule out the emergence of new states within the territory of the ones that already existed.
Useful illustration of the rank hypocrisy we can expect from the western talking heads. Thanks for adding it here xx
Thank you for creating the space I feel free to open up and interact. The emotional, human debth you tap into with your writing always calls something deeply emotional in me. Its exquisite experience interacting here with you and others...feels more personal than most interactions i have in "real" world. Thank you Frances and to all members in your community.
...."turbocharged version of the Non-Aligned Movement of the 1960s". Once upon the time, in a country that does not exists any more we used to learn about Peaceful Coexistence ...Non Aligned Movement ( Tito, Nasser, Nehru) in schools. We tought we would never again experience war. Life was good and future looked bright!
Thank you Frances. You have a rare gift of creating a very intimate, emotional thinking spaces around very painful human experiences intertwined with big tectonic social changes.
I like that you have a different take on a subject, but are willing to listen to other perspectives. It says a lot about you a person.
Excellent news!