Lessons From Iraq invasion

Lessons From 20th Century

What should the West do in the face of yet another gross violation of the peace of Europe? 

First of all, it must admit that many of the arguments and precedents Vladimir Putin is using to justify his military invasion were taken from Western arguments in the run up to its own illegal invasions of Granada, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The West has lost the moral high ground, and after the blatant lies in 2003—remember the weapons of mass destruction?—has only itself to blame for the loss of integrity of international law.