Lithuania’s top diplomat slams West's timid reaction to Russia's war against Ukraine
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The West may not consider Russia's war against Ukraine as an immediate threat until a similar shock to Pearl Harbor occurs, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Nov. 28, according to LRT.
The West is not open and honest enough about what the war really means, the diplomat said, suggesting that this may be due to fear of the war escalating.
In most cases, the West tries to present the war "as a regional, still distant problem that does not affect us at all," the minister stated, adding that this is a big political problem.
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"As a person who is interested in history, I am afraid that we are waiting for Pearl Harbor," Landsbergis said.
“We have already gone through all the stages, but we think that since Pearl Harbor has not happened everything is fine. However, everything is not so rosy.”
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The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise, combined aerial and naval assault conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941.
Both Japanese carrier-based aircraft and midget submarines launched strikes against the U.S. Pacific Fleet and other military installations located near Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The attack devastated the Pacific Fleet and marked the entry of the U.S. into the Second World War.
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