Just as a blind squirrel sometimes finds a nut, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has her finger on something true.. On Thursday, during her speech, she said: "

At the same time, of course, there were things that Truss did not say a word about.. First, what will not be called 2/24 is likely to be much more significant than 9/11. Jonathan Friedland writes about it in an article for The Guardian. Secondly, the main value of such a comparison with the agony of September 2001 is not to repeat the same old mistakes..

The author proposes to consider the accuracy of the parallel between the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the September 11 attacks. The attacks in New York and Washington were seen as a call for a democratic peace that was supposed to protect the fundamental principles of freedom.. This call is even louder now, not least because the threat from Vladimir Putin is far greater than from the 9/11 hijackers.. And the attack on principles is clearer. By invading Ukraine, he violated the basic concept of sovereignty and self-determination, on the basis of which peoples exist in general.. He insists that great states can devour smaller ones and turn their citizens into vassals.. So he disrupted the order of our world and the only way it could function.. The perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks were seen as a manifestation of a deeper threat to our values \u200b\u200band way of life.. They were portrayed as a nihilistic cult that loved death as much as their victims loved life.. Whatever the purpose of such a description at the time, nihilism is a great way to describe Putin's ominousness now..

“Look at how he revels in destruction and contempt for human life, which is expressed in the constant bombing of Ukrainian civilians, even those who are trying to flee to safety.. For the deliberate destruction of residential buildings, kindergartens and hospitals, including a maternity hospital in Mariupol. Read the lies about these attacks served with derision. Check out the government disinformation that defiantly calls day night and night day, which says Russia's neighbors don't need to fear an invasion because Russia " Look at the organized rallies of young ultra-nationalists who, wearing Z symbols, salute with their right hands over and over again, even if you try to ward off the obvious historical echo.. Face it all. And you can't help but conclude that this is definitely a cult of nihilism..

And, of course, this version of the cult is much more important than the one that manifested itself on 9/11.. 'Cause she comes from the state power. Putinism controls a nuclear arsenal and a large, albeit creaky, army. While the US and allies waged the " The seizure of part of the territory of Georgia in 2008 and the occupation of Crimea in 2014, the senseless destruction of Syria, carried out using the same brutal methods that he used in Chechnya - all this was in plain sight.

Putin's invasion of Ukraine was not a surprise. As BBC journalist Quentin Sommerville noted during a disturbing report from Kharkiv: “If you don’t recognize these tactics, then you were simply inattentive.”. But therein lies the problem: Western governments have looked the other way.. And that brings us to the place Minister Liz Truss was afraid to step on..

If this is indeed a 9/11 level paradigm shift, then the first lesson worth learning is: let's not mess things up like we did last time.. One of the mistakes will be easy to avoid. President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair made the mistake of deploying the rhetoric and methods of war in what was to be a police operation.. Dangerous terrorists who were supposed to be the target of long-term, intense and complex police and intelligence work have been raised to the level of a military enemy.. And it gave them the status they sought.. This time it will not be possible to repeat the mistake from this category: we are talking about a real war in which a real country participates.

But, according to the author, the risk of misidentifying the enemy remains. Two decades ago, hawks were quick to proclaim a " It was a fatal and fateful mistake.

The United States and Great Britain rushed to conquer Afghanistan, although it was necessary to send specific forces to eradicate al-Qaeda. And then there was the disastrous invasion of Iraq in search of weapons that didn't really exist.. There was also a whole galaxy of domestic political steps, the result of which was not the isolation and detention of jihadists, but the demonization of all Muslims.

The West must not allow these mistakes to be repeated.. Gotta be precise. The battle is now against Putin and Putinism, not against Russia and the Russians. Breaking Ties with Kremlin-Affiliated Institutions Makes Sense. And the prohibition of Dostoevsky in the course of literature is stupidity. The majority of Russians, according to the author, are themselves victims of Putinism. They are the ones who were robbed by Putin and his henchmen. They were made to consume lies. In the war against Putinism, according to the author, the Russians will be important allies.

Washington-based analyst Shadi Hamid is convinced that Ukraine could be a wake-up call for the generation he belongs to, shaped by the aftermath of 9/11.. These years have left him 'indifferent' to US brute force. Because he saw it misused, especially in Iraq.. Because of the legacy of 9/11, progressive Americans preferred " After Ukraine, according to Hamid, everything will change.

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The new generation sees that it only takes brute force sometimes to stand up to a killer dictator who persecutes everything they believe in - from minority rights to freedom of expression..

In other words, the current paradigm shift cancels out the previous one..

Of course, everything is just beginning. War in Ukraine will bring even more brutality and blood. But this invasion provoked a reaction that its architect had not foreseen: that not only Putin must be stopped in Ukraine, but Putunism must be destroyed.. Such determination has not been seen since 2001. This battle is more important than the last one.. And so you can not repeat the mistakes of the old battle.