On February 23, a day before the one-year anniversary of the Ukraine war, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, a military general who retired in 2021, told VTC Television that Putin would surely fail, because he did not. have the righteous.
Surprisingly, the Hanoi government has always shown a pro-Russian attitude and always voted in favor of Russia on issues related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict at the United Nations. But it is doubtful that a mainstream TV station under Party control would allow such a counter-message to be broadcast.
Is it possible that the Hanoi authorities are trying to change direction when clearly seeing the disadvantage of the big friend Moscow? It seems that they want to borrow the mouth of a retired general to spread the message, thus, both indirectly expressing their attitude to the West, and not displeasing Russia, because the retired general has no power, not representing the leadership, something like that.
Listen to Gen. Vinh said:
“No matter how right you are, no matter how pressured you are, no matter how emotionally or intellectually you are betrayed, but you solve problems by inciting a war, especially sending troops to another country is a taboo, something that should never be accepted.”
“Clearly we see that as Russia living in such a European context, Russia should do better so it should not be sanctioned by the West or hated by its neighboring countries, including Ukraine.
“But to solve that problem, inciting war and sending troops to another country is unacceptable and the end of that will be failure. Exactly a year ago I said there could be a military victory, but it was very slim. But there is certainly no political victory. We all know politic is an extension of the military. If you win militarily but you lose politically, what’s the point of fighting? Not to mention there has been no military victory up until now.”
General Vinh also emphasized that the reason Russia will not defeat Ukraine is because justice is not with Putin and his army, no matter how long the war lasts, Ukraine will win because they defend their own country rather than sending troops to invade other countries.
Vinh’s point of view is very clear and unequivocal, not ambiguous like the Communist Party’s. During the war from February 2022 up to now, the Hanoi government has continued to maintain normal relations with both Russia and Ukraine, even keeping the schedule of visits to Russia by delegations of senior leaders. Vietnamese leaders have also repeatedly refused to condemn Russia for its actions of invading other countries and disrupting peace in the world despite requests from Ukraine and many other countries.
At the beginning of the war, few believed in the victory of Ukraine, not even the world’s top leaders. Many countries at first stood on the sidelines, thinking that President Volodymyr Zekensky could hardly withstand the military might of Russia. Many heads of state even advised Zelensky to seek asylum to protect himself and his family.
But the administration of President Zelensky and the Ukrainian people surprised and admired the whole world with their resilience. They forced the Russian army – an army that before the war was considered “mighty” – into a quagmire and forced Putin to order a general mobilization to add hundreds of thousands of additional troops to the army. This has also made many countries, including the US, change their views and pour modern weapons worth billions of dollars into Ukraine.
Arrogance and aggression have put Putin and the whole of Russia in a difficult position, while also elevating the leadership position of the United States, which has already declined, and causing other countries to automatically increase their national budgets. It is true that Putin used to kick his own feet.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
