As if Vladimir Putin didn’t have enough trouble with global public opinion, he now has the dubious honor of being hailed as a hero by no other strong character judge than Jacob Zuma. Zuma, who had been trained in sabotage and other military skills by the then Soviet Union and spent time in Moscow, said Putin had been “very patient” with the mounting pressure on his borders from the eastward expansion of Western NATO. alliance. His statement noted that the West had been guilty of even worse violations of the sovereignty of nations and the human rights of…
As if Vladimir Putin didn’t have enough trouble with global public opinion, he now has the dubious honor of being hailed as a hero by no other strong character judge than Jacob Zuma.
Zuma, who was trained in sabotage and other military skills by the then Soviet Union and spent time in Moscow, said: Putin was “very patient” with the increasing pressure on its borders from the eastward expansion of the Western NATO alliance.
His statement noted that the West had committed even worse violations of the sovereignty of nations and the human rights of individuals.
indeed, the lion of Nkandla went on to claim that he himself had been expelled from the ANC leadership and presidency by the “Western forces” within the ANC.
There are certainly questions to be asked about what led to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — and the role the West has played in global conflict since World War II.
But Zuma — a man who was in charge of the state’s web of corruption and who would gladly have sold our land to Moscow in a mega-nuclear deal — isn’t the person to ask them.