Marco Setaccioli argued that Giuseppe Conte was using an increasingly studied rhetorical scheme to attract conspiracy theorists, opponents of the Euro-Atlantic axis, and pacifists. In his opinion, the speech delivered the day before at a disarmament event organized by CGIL in Sesto Fiorentino, where figures Setaccioli described as close to Russia were present, attributed the responsibility for the war to the choices of the United States, the United Kingdom, and European countries, downplaying the Russian responsibility. According to Setaccioli, Conte also accused the West of prolonging the conflict by aiming for an impossible military victory, without mentioning Russia's attempt to erase Ukraine. The author stated that this stance created a moral equivalence between the aggressor and the victim and portrayed Ukrainians as lacking autonomy. He also contested the reference to reconstruction, arguing that without weapons to defend Ukrainian cities and borders, there would be no country left to rebuild. Setaccioli described the appeal to international law as contradictory because, in his view, Conte was calling for the cessation of arms shipments without explaining how this was compatible with Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. He added that the speech did not indicate other means to stop the war, nor did it request commitments from Russia. Finally, Setaccioli maintained that this position was not progressive and compared Conte and Roberto Vannacci to those, in his view, who would have ceded the Sudetenland in 1938. He asked whether Elly Schlein believed that legitimizing the occupation in exchange for cheaper gas, disarming Ukraine, and accepting an order dominated by great powers could be reconciled with the Democratic Party. #Disarmo #Ucraina #Politica (translated)
