I read comments on my piece on Trump and Zelensky’s show in the White House Oval Office. First, I am not interested if Trump was hard on the Ukraine leader or if the Ukrainian leader was bold, to speak truth to Trump. Those are irrelevant as Ukraine is losing citizens daily and parts of its land remain occupied by Russia.
But here is what I want to focus on: why did Ukraine even need help from the EU, UK and the United States to start with? It needs all the support because of what happened in 2014 when Ukraine toppled its democratically elected president with the support of outsiders. That episode crystallized to where the country is right now.
Go back to the 1990s, that was the scene in Africa. One crazy African would get support from foreigners, cause problems in his nation, and just like that, war begins. Understand that these countries cannot make kitchen knives but they can have supplies of ammunition to fight for years. Who gives them the weapons? Foreign players.
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Every African leader or African rebel must learn from Ukraine: no one really cares, and do not allow your country to be used as a vehicle for superpowers to settle issues. Most of the Western leaders who supported the country in 2022 have been voted out of office. And today, it is Ukraine that is working to save its future. But without the signals it got from those world leaders, it would not have toppled its own leaders in 2014!
Finally, morality does not drive geopolitics; only interest does. And as Africans, we must ensure we do not allow those superpowers’ interests to shape our destinies, because when they finish, the victim is the agreeable fellow who accepted to be used!
The Ukraine Maidan 2014, also known as the Revolution of Dignity, was a significant event in Ukraine’s history. It began in November 2013 when then-President Viktor Yanukovych decided to suspend the signing of an association agreement with the European Union, opting instead for closer ties with Russia. This decision sparked widespread protests in Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square), which escalated into a larger movement demanding political reform and an end to government corruption.
The protests continued into early 2014, with violent clashes between demonstrators and security forces. The situation reached a critical point in February 2014, when dozens of protesters were killed in confrontations with the police. The unrest ultimately led to the ousting of President Yanukovych, who fled to Russia, and the establishment of an interim government.
The Revolution of Dignity had far-reaching consequences, including the annexation of Crimea by Russia and the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine. It also marked a significant shift in Ukraine’s political landscape, with a renewed focus on European integration and democratic reforms.
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The merchants of hate are the ones determining who should be your allies and who you must remain in enmity with. You have your right to choose who you align with or despise, but also bear in mind that each choice comes with a set of consequences, and sometimes – unintended consequences. How is priorizing having good relationship with your powerful neighbour a bad thing? Nobody has explained. You do not need to share ideologies or the same way of viewing the world before you can maintain good relationship with your neighbours you don’t even like. Taiwan should also be reading the memo, because it’s unclear who will save it if it annoys its powerful neighbour.
Neither Sudan nor DRC produces any finished product of note, yet sophisticated weapons and unending bullets keep finding their way there. ‘Gaddafi was bad’, ‘Gaddafi was evil, a despot’, and Libya got destroyed. It’s not about how you feel or treated but rather how outsiders tell you you should be treated. Go with their suggestions and manipulations, and you get destroyed.
North Koreans are in their own enclave doing their thing, if not that they have their own crazy leader who wouldn’t waste time to bring everyone down when threatened, the ‘liberators’ would have moved in.