German Chancellor Olaf Scholz recently stated that one aspect of the war between Russia and Ukraine is that the idea that this world has moved beyond the era of one nation invading a neighbor nation has been rendered a bit too idealistic by Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Scholz made this response during a recent appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation" which aired this past Sunday, in response to moderator Margaret Brennan asking if the war represented a 9/11-level wake-up call for Europe:
"I think too many in the world were hoping that we are living in a different world that is different to the experiences of the last century and the centuries before, where might and power, were deciding on the future of countries and not the rules and the agreements we have between states," he began.
"We have had an agreement that there should be no attempt to change territory, to change borders, to invade the neighbor. And this agreement is now canceled by Putin," Scholz said, adding that it was a "watershed moment of international politics."
Below is the link to the article from which I obtained the quote used above, as well as most of the facts used in this particular blog entry:
German chancellor says many thought the world moved past countries trying to conquer their neighbors but that 'agreement is now canceled by Putin' by Kelsey Vlamis, July 4, 2022:
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