The West can wait for the "Pearl Harbor effect": Lithuanian Foreign Minister on the war in Ukraine
Kyiv • UNN
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Landsbergis warns against delaying a decisive response to Russia's actions, equating inaction with future large losses, such as the "Pearl Harbor effect"
If we do not defeat Russia now, it means that our chosen path is to suffer incredible and unnecessary losses. This was stated by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis and added that the West can wait for the "Pearl Harbor effect" due to the repetition of historical mistakes, UNN reports.
According to the Lithuanian Foreign Minister, "we are on the verge of repeating historical mistakes. I am convinced that if we do not defeat Russia now, it means that our chosen path is to suffer incredible and unnecessary losses before we finally decide that it is time to step up and win."
We could wait for what I have called the Pearl Harbor effect, a moment in history when the problems of tomorrow finally become the problems of today, but at a hugely inflated price. Or we could treat it as a problem of today and start solving it today .
He reminded that "for almost 25 years, we have been rushing to try to contain Putin's imperialism through dialogue and diplomacy while he continues to ignore borders and level cities."
"Russia's imperialist revanchist ambitions will remain. The next phase will be directed not only against Ukraine, Georgia or Moldova, but also, possibly, against NATO. The price, human and economic, will only increase. When Russia attacked again, the war suddenly became a problem of the present. Once again, we think we can solve it by making it the problem of tomorrow.
Tomorrow always comes. The problem of Russian imperialism did not disappear in 2014, and it was clear to most of the eastern flanks that the next stage of the invasion would be more expensive and deadly. And so it was," the Lithuanian Foreign Minister summarized.
