I hope we can have intelligent contributions and not juvenile comments. Especially given that Africa is not known for strategic or long-term planning. So this may be as close as a think-tank we have

Saifullah01:
I hope we can have intelligent contributions and not juvenile comments. Especially given that Africa is not known for strategic or long-term planning. So this may be as close as a think-tank we have

remaining neutral would be the best because it’s not like we have any thing to gain or loose which ever way the war goes or were allies with countries that have to

Even countries closer to the conflict zones like Finland is neutral in the situation

Here is brief my take.

Russia's concern
As much as the West may like to dismiss this, Russia has real security concerns about NATOs expansion eastward. Originally, even though not stated in so many words, NATO was basically an anti Russia alliance. It is therefore not out of places to expect Russia to counter NATO.
The West's mistake was dismissing Russia's concerns of NATOs expansion all these years. This war is the result.

Ukrainian concerns
Ukrain as a sovereign nation has the right to choose its alliances, but unfortunately it tried to do so naively oblivious of the greater geopolitical power play between Russia and the west. Forget all the talk about we are all equals - a cat should know its place among bigger cats.

America's double standard
America is willing to go thousands of miles across continents to bomb groups or regimes it considers at odds with its national (and sometimes economic) interests. Even against UN mandates. The Americans adventures in South America, South east Asia, Iraq, Somalia, Libya etc. are all on records.
Mr Putin's current reaction to the prospect Americans stationing missile systems (defensive or offensive) in Ukraine in the name of NATOs alliance shouldn't come as a surprise in western capitals. Especially given that America also rejected that prospect of the former USSR having missiles in Cuba not too long ago

My conclusion
America came into global prominence after it was perceived that its joining of the first world war help brought the war to an end. In fact the then president Wilson was so respected that his ideals of a world order were each sovereign nation is respected big or small formed the new basis of international engagements. Known as the Wilsonian Idealism, these set of ideas earned America a lot of respect as the champions of freedom everywhere it even earned them the nick name of global police. But the same Americans that enabled a world order that unbundled colonialsm, ended the nazis and defeated communism are the same ones that are destabilising international justice and peace on the plater of national interest. Hence, fast becoming what they used to fight against. Let's see where this next chapter leads us...

It is best to just be looking at them

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