Ukraine: Identifying the Principal Enemy does not mean the Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend

The proverb the enemy of my enemy is my friend suggests that two parties can or should work together against a common enemy.

Although it is often described as an Arabic proverb, there is no evidence of such an origin. The earliest known expression of this concept is found in a Sanskrit treatise on statecraft dating to around the 4th century BC, while the first recorded use of the current