Jan Oberg on RT about Finland, Sweden and NATO

Russia acted in self defence the 24th of Febr 22. Thank you Jan for a great interview. I want to emphasise on one very important key in this war that Chrisopher Black points out in his article “The legality of war” Christopher Black https://christopher-black.com/the-legality-of-war/ “The request for military assistance from the Donbass Republics also compelled Russia to send in its forces to help push back the Kiev forces from the territories of the Republics. Second, Russia itself had been attacked multiple times by Kiev regime forces. Saboteurs were sent into Crimea time and again to carry out raids, assassinate officials, to destroy infrastructure. They even cut Crimea’s water supply, a crime against humanity. Just a few days before Russia acted a Kiev reconnaissance unit invaded Russia but was detected and destroyed. Russia had every right under The Caroline Doctrine to go after the attackers and to prevent further attacks. The Caroline Doctrine was established in 1837 when American forces invaded Canada, to assist Canadian rebels who had risen against the government. The Americans travelled to Canada by ship across Lake Ontario. The British then later invaded New York State to retaliate and burn the ship, named the Caroline. As a result of that incident, it was agreed by both the USA and Britain that the right of a nation to self-defence rested on two factors: 1. The use of force must be necessary because the threat is imminent and thus pursuing peaceful alternatives is not an option, and, 2. The response must be proportionate to the threat. In this case the threat was more than imminent. It was on-going and increasing. The only effective and proportional defensive response was to destroy the offensive forces being deployed.“ Some readers may ask who is ChristopherBlack? *Christopher Black* is an international criminal and human rights lawyer. He is Chair of the Legal Committee for the International Committee for the Defence of Slobodan Milosevic ( https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Slobodan_Milosevic ) and vice-chair of the overall committee, and was Lead Defence Counsel, at the Rwanda War Crimes Tribunal ( https://wikispooks.com/w/index.php?title=Rwanda_War_Crimes_Tribunal&action=edit&redlink=1 ) in the case of General Augustin Ndindiliyimana ( https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Augustin_Ndindiliyimana ), Chief of Staff, Rwanda Gendarmerie and won his acquittal on all charges in 2014. He was one of the advisers to President Milosevic until his death in 2006 and also worked on other cases at the Yugoslav and Rwanda tribunals. The acquittal of Augustin Ndindiliyimana ( https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Augustin_Ndindiliyimana ) represented a serious embarrassment for the Tribunal and was preceded by some very ugly physical attacks and threats against Christopher Black and his work. source . https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Christopher_Black