USA votes for Putin and evil

18 countries, including the USA, shamefully supported Putin

Trump votes for Russia

In an unprecedented move, the USA under Trump has voted for Russia's invasion of Ukraine:

The vote was for resolution A/ES-11/L.10, which calls for a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine and in particular demands:

that the Russian Federation immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders, and its demand for an immediate cessation of the hostilities by the Russian Federation against Ukraine

The shameful 18 countries that supported Putin

As well as Russia, 17 other countries supported the illegal Russian aggression against Ukraine, thus demonstrating that their governments are traitors against the human species. The full list of the shameful 18 is:

• Belarus

• Burkina Faso

• Burundi

• Central African Republic

• North Korea

• Equatorial Guinea

• Eritrea

• Haiti

• Hungary

• Israel

• Mali

• Marshall Islands

• Nicaragua

• Niger

• Palau

• Russia

• Sudan

• United States of America

Some notable votes

Looking at the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates), none of them supported Russia.

Six BRICS countries abstained: Brazil, India, China, South Africa, Iran, United Arab Emirates. It's notable that countries that're often seen as pro-Russia, such as China and Iran, and to a lesser extent India, chose to distance themselves from Putin.

And 3 BRICS countries voted for the resolution: Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia; as did 3 other countries sometimes seen as pro-Russia: Cyprus, Serbia, Slovakia.

It's shameful that 3 countries that're arguably part of the West (Hungary, Israel and USA) supported Putin and evil.

What Britain should do

I don't know if Britain gives aid to any of these countries, but if so it should immediately stop.

We should summon their ambassadors for a dressing down. While we need to keep diplomatic relations with the USA, and it may be useful to do so with Russia, it would not bother me if we broke off relations with the others -- if need be, we can talk to them via our embassy to the UN.

The British government should also introduce robust national security legislation -- if possible in conjunction with the two main opposition parties, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats -- that would:

• immediately increase defence spending to 3% of GDP, with more increases later

• immediately start reducing/ending dependence on US technology, particularly in the military

• re-introduce the death penalty for treason

• acknowledge that Russia has been fighting an undeclared war against us for decades, and therefore make supporting Russia tantamount to treason

• make it illegal for MPs to be on the side of, support, or accept money from governments (or their proxies) any of the shameful 18 pro-Putin countries. In fact it should be severely illegal for MPs to accept large donations from any source, and certainly from foreign powers.

(Sadly, Keir Starmer has the backbone of a wilted lettuce, and will almost certainly do none of these things).

One MP in particular, the member for Moscow Kremlin Clacton, Nigel Farage, deserves particular scrutiny.

The question is very simple: is it OK for countries to invade other countries for territorial aggrandisement? In Britain and elsewhere we must chose a side: Ukraine and civilisation, or Putin and evil.

Further reading

• One For The History Books -- On the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the US sided with the bad guys