Why did US, Canada and Ukraine vote against condemning Nazism at the UN?
John Meinhold ■ Call it shameful. Call it a disgrace. On Nov. 21, the United States, Canada and Ukraine voted “No” to a UN resolution condemning the “glorification of Nazism.” When I heard about this, I wondered what my late father, a decorated World War II veteran, who risked his life countless times fighting the Nazis in Europe, would have said. I could find no reporting in the U.S. media about this. Why? Inner City Press, that does investigative reporting on the UN, noted information about this resolution vote “went unreported” in “Western wire services.” Perhaps those in our media should be reminded of the Nuremberg Trials against Nazi leaders for war crimes that curiously began exactly 69 years ago on Nov. 21, 1945. ■ President Vladimir Putin said in a recent interview with the German channel ARD: “Frankly speaking, we are very concerned about any possible ethnic cleansings and Ukraine ending up as a neo-Nazi state. What are we supposed to think if people are bearing swastikas on their sleeves? Or what about the SS emblems that we see on the helmets of some military units now fighting in eastern Ukraine? If it is a civilized state, where are the authorities looking? ” Putin has been criticized that his claim of neo-Nazis in Ukraine is “Russian propaganda.” Take a look for yourself here, here and here.
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