Ukraine: U.S., NATO bashed on Twitter for hypocrisy
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Many Twitter commenters accused the United States of hypocrisy in its response to Russian invasion of Ukraine, counterpointing that the U.S. has had more records of invasion of sovereign nations.
United States and its NATO allies in Europe came under lacerating scrutiny on Thursday on Twitter as the hashtag #IstandwithPutin, trended.
Some claimed the hashtag was the creation of Russian misinformation campaign.
But it gained much traction to the extent it was number one trending topic on Twitter America and Twitter Nigeria.
It was also accentuated by the decision of countries such as India, South Africa, Namibia, Senegal, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Angola to abstain from UNGA vote condemning Russian invasion.
Many African countries had enjoyed Russian support during the struggle for decolonisation, when the West typecast them as terrorists.
On Thursday, the US-NATO traducers relied on past comments by leaders such as Nelson Mandela, Fidel Castro and even contemporaneous comment by talk show host Trevor Noah, to attack the West.
Many Twitter commenters accused the United States of hypocrisy in its response to Russian invasion of Ukraine, counterpointing that the U.S. has had more records of invasion of sovereign nations.
Several tweets published a table of American invasion, from Cuba to Vietnam, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Japan and Afghanistan and wondered why the western world went berserk because Russia was trying to protect itself.
Some of the tweets:
Supporting #Russia#IStandWithPutin #istandwithrussia https://t.co/7FUOe2dllj
— Mona🍁 (@imrajnimehta) March 2, 2022
#IStandWithPutin
That's why india stand with Russia 🇷🇺 pic.twitter.com/qerGPbsNBd— Pradip Maji (@LiberalBelieve) March 3, 2022
The Revolutionary has spoken and we cannot fall prey of western media and propaganda #IStandWithPutin pic.twitter.com/vhu4vEpzVJ
— Davie Phiri (@DaviePhiri87) March 3, 2022
The West is full of hypocrites that are living on the corpses of peoples from other countries. #RussianUkrainianWar #IStandWithPutin #istandwithrussia pic.twitter.com/MEieXQrlge
— Y (@kimdokja99) March 2, 2022
Trump admitting they are killers as well #RussiaUkraine #RussianUkrainianWar #Russia #IStandWithPutin pic.twitter.com/CQ4GAWiusb
— Khan ⚔️🇵🇰⚔️ (@Pakistan07777) March 2, 2022
I support Russia #IStandWithPutin #RussianUkrainianWar pic.twitter.com/zCEyIL9pXr
— SUNNY (@sunnydass_) March 2, 2022
The West and NATO can't dictate the world order.They are making friend with Ukraine in order to destroy Russia and then come back to destroy Ukraine. Putin knows their antics but the comedian in government house can't use his horizon #IStandWithPutin pic.twitter.com/iQo2TJzjBt
— BELAWY (@biodunadey) March 3, 2022
#IStandWithPutin and i guess every sane mind should stand with Putin. Watch this video and decide by yourself, what you have done, if you be at the place of President @KremlinRussia_E #istandwithrussia pic.twitter.com/GakOFQsCqL
— 🩺 Adhira (@Dr_Adhira) March 2, 2022
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