Ukraine war a fight for resources

Casualties irrelevant in corporate conflict

- ANTHONY WEBBER

THE Ukraine Recovery Conference on June 22 wasa revelation.

Up until now, the British public must have wondered what justified their government pouring billions of pounds of their money into a conflict in Ukraine?

Why there, as opposed to anywhere else in the world, where there are many conflicts going on, and many more in need of help?

After all, the UK was involved in Afghanistan, but the cost 1bn annually) was a fraction of the UK’s costs of involvement in Ukraine.

Afghanistan was seen as a worthy cause, in that it was protecting human and women’s rights, the education of women, and some freedom and democracy. This cause of 20 years was embarrassingly dumped due to a deal with the Taliban, who had never won a major battle, and there was the great betrayal of veterans and the 26 million Afghan people. It seems that this betrayal was all so that resources could be switched to involvement in Ukraine.

It soon transpired that there were few of these values in Ukraine, as their government shut down opposition political parties and media and banned the Russian Orthodox Church. It also became obvious that Azov Neo Nazis had too much political and military control, and that a policy of hatred towards anything Russian was very much fostered.

This decision seemed bizarre, as no direct strategic or economic interests were at stake for the UK. The public were told it was to protect 'our values' and 'freedom and democracy' in Ukraine, but had we not just abandoned doing that in Afghanistan?

It soon transpired that there were few of these values in Ukraine, as their government shut down opposition political parties and media and banned the Russian Orthodox Church. It also became obvious that Azov Neo Nazis had too much political and military control, and that a policy of hatred towards anything Russian was very much fostered.