No, the Iraq War does not give Putin the right to invade Ukraine

Two wrongs do not make a right

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Eugene Robinson at The Washington Post argues that the invasion of Iraq has left the U.S. with a "credibility problem" in condemning Russia's military intervention in Ukraine. By invading a country ostensibly to protect its own interests, he says, Russia is acting much like the U.S. has with its invasions of other sovereign nations in the Middle East and elsewhere.

Vladimir Putin himself argues that Western criticism of his invasion of Crimea is hypocritical:

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John Aziz is the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also an associate editor at Pieria.co.uk. Previously his work has appeared on Business Insider, Zero Hedge, and Noahpinion.