2020: China takes Hong Kong. The West does nothing.
2021: The Taliban are handed Afghanistan by the West.
2022: Russia takes Ukraine.
The West is in retreat.
And everyone with half a brain knows that Taiwan is next on the menu.— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 24, 2022
What Russia and China are demonstrating is that challenging a global hegemony does not require you to be particularly strong. It just requires the hegemony to be weak, bloated, and self-obsessed.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 24, 2022
The powerlessness of the UN in one tweet:
Under the present circumstances, I must change my appeal:
President Putin, in the name of humanity, bring your troops back to Russia.
This conflict must stop now.
— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) February 24, 2022
h/t John