The war in Ukraine was one of President Joe Biden’s topics in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. “If you can, stand up and send an unequivocal signal to Ukraine and to the world,” he said, prompting a standing ovation from elected Democrats and Republicans in Congress.
Joe Biden welcomed the reaction of Westerners and NATO to the invasion of Ukraine. “Six days ago, he continued, Russian Vladimir Putin wanted to shake the world and the foundations of the free world, but instead he ran into a wall of a strength that he mightn’t. hadn’t anticipated, he met the Ukrainian people.”
But also the Swiss people… Compared to the many sanctions taken once morest Moscow, he had this little sentence: “Even Switzerland imposes sanctions on Russia and supports the Ukrainian people”. After the Federal Council’s decision on Monday, the American press made headlines with this news. In the context, it may be flattering for Switzerland to have joined the sanctions, but what is implied in this “same”…