Organization of American States and the Ukraine war - Luis Almagro in conversation with Alex Stubb

[@cpeteman1]

Any video with Alex Stubb is a good one, but I'd like to hear him monologue about geopolitics more. Don't even need a guest.

[@Daniel-zh2fl]

Almagro is a very smart person but it's clear that as head of the OAS he is not really comfortable giving an analysis of the actual opinions from Latin America on the war. I hope you get another person to give that analysis more in depth in a future episode, because it will be very important for peace and global competition.

[@johnlaudenslager706]

At about minute 9, Luis Almagro says that war to gain land is not a valid method. Putin would probably say the invasion of Ukraine is to regain lost land, a valid defensive war. I notice there is no talk in the media that opposition to the Ukraine invasion could promote a principle that invasions of weaker countries by stronger countries for any reason is not a valid method. Of course no currently strong nation would promote such a principle, but I wish the media and UN and OAS would.

[@pwp8737]

Putin's rationale will resonate with Beijing. China might wait for Russia to weaken sufficiently to pounce on Siberia and seize it, quoting Putin as its validation.

[@annehersey9895]

I thought the OAS went away with the Cold War! I had no idea it was still a thing! Good to know so why don't we in the US have a closer relationship with South America anymore?

[@maximipe]

Because the US keeps trying to push their agenda instead of seeing other countries as equal partners, just last year Biden just decided to ban Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from the Summit of the Americas and here in Argentina keep pushing to halt the construction of a new nuclear power plant basically out of spite to China

[@_Josper_]

It was originally created by (mainly) the US to fight communism in Latin America. Now that the Cold War is over (Or maybe not, cause Russia & China), it doesn't have much relevance anymore.

[@Tewhill357]

Where's the 4'x6' for 40k!?! Com'on!

[@Beliefish]

juhej, another Stubb video... because we dont watch other videos :)

[@paspa]

It is a big leap, from condemning the Russian invasion to providing Ukraine with offensive weapons. 75% of the world, believes that providing offensive weapons to Ukraine is a serious mistake. Thanks, Professor Stubb.

[@KW-hk2jd]

That’s because only about 25% of the world is intelligent, brave, and willing to fight for liberty and human dignity.

[@paspa]

“The greatest victory is that which requires no battle” Sun Tzu. The Art of War

[@findus129]

​@@paspa quite hard to achieve after the Russians invaded. I'm quite certain that Sun Tzu would agree that it would not be beneficial to limit one's own actions in public by outruling military support.

[@paspa]

@@findus129 The war did not start with the Russian invasion. The Russian invasion was provoked, by a series of unfortunate mistakes and misconceptions, which Sun Tzu would have never made.

[@Beliefish]

@@paspa Im from Slovenija, 32 years ago (we will celebrate it in a couple of days) we decided to leave Yugoslavia. And they send tanks on us...was that a provocation? i would like to remined you that, when UK left EU nobody send tanks on them. And after Soviet union disintegrated, nobody send tanks enywhere. And that after South declared Independence North waged a war with them. And after we left Yugoslavia a decade lasting war happened... you always have a choice ;)

[@workingproleinc.676]

No such thing "America is for Peace" this guy is Cia Goon