Stalin’s USSR bombed Helsinki — and was kicked out.
Putin’s Russia bombs Ukraine — and keeps its UN veto.
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In 1939, after the Soviet attack on Finland, the League of Nations expelled Moscow in disgrace. Residential buildings burned in Helsinki, and the aggressor was named.
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Today, Russia turns Ukrainian cities into targets while the UN system still gives Moscow a permanent seat, a veto and a diplomatic stage.
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This is not neutrality. This is what happens when shame disappears from international politics.
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