Yet another excellent article. I would sure love for ScheerPost to start distributing your articles, in addition to the occasional CounterPunch release (assuming that you allow that). I left the link for this article in today's Caitlin Johnstone article's comment section.
The article correctly calls the war in Ukraine an American war based inter alia on the long term efforts by the CIA to harden the Ukraine infrastructure as a platform for war. Putin's letter about the conflict made it clear that he believed that any delay in addressing those US efforts would forfeit any chance of success in doing so. The early success of the Ukraine defense efforts actually proved Russia's point that the US/NATO had already successfully upgraded the Ukrainian military substantially.
When Trump tries to play the role of a mediator between Russia and Ukraine, it is a fiction because in fact it is an American and a NATO war in many ways. Biden did a fine job in providing for the continuation of the war indefinitely with his personalized statements about Putin being without a soul while he himself donned a zionist cap to bless the genocide being committed by Israel.
Putin has already stated his resolution never again to trust NATO as having peaceful intentions toward Russia after 17 years of demanding it comply with its undertaking not to advance eastward. Ukraine may learn the same lesson about NATO in due course. The American electorate is -as this article points out - beside the point. The proof is that we elected a crook and would-be thug as president.
Perhaps the best hope for peace lies with Ukraine which may yet choose to save itself from the sacrifice demanded by NATO. If they could be rid of Zelenskyy who danced to NATO's tune, albeit reluctantly.
Yes, this is quite a plan the deep state and the Pentagon cooked (with the help of their hired help aka the Congress, of course) - overfund the War Budget (wrongly called the Defense Budget) year after year, thereby creating a slush fund with which the neocons and other lunatics in the always filled to the top military/industrial feed trough can start wars, fund wars and fight wars without ever informing the public about any of it. The totally corrupt Congress, of course, is also in that trough and, as long as the members receive their share of the loot, i.e. bribe money, they are very happy to not object to the usurpation of their power to determine whether war is authorized and declared. In other words, an end run around the Constitution has been arranged. And the pundits today, even some of whom we consider to be independent and honest (not the MSM) are still talking about how the Ukraine war will come to an end because the money appropriated by Biden will "soon" (but no one seems to know when "soon" is) will run out, thereby ending the funding of the war. The author has debunked that idea by pointing out that the rogue operators in "our" government can fund the war out of the slush fund at their disposal, with no accountability at all.
Well written and interesting! RE: Obama's role, IMO he played a role no matter even if he didnt7 give weapons OR support violence because he set up and advanced structures their that would inevitably bring this situation to conflict
The US-led coup in Ukraine happened when Barack Obama was in office. As commander-in-chief, this makes it his coup. The unstated story here is that Crimea is the home of Russia’s nuclear fleet, with its Black Sea access. The US would have shat itself and launched nukes had a foreign power done the same to it.
The Ukraine war is US foreign policy, not the possession of particular political leaders, no matter how egregious their motives and actions might have been.
Your comment is consistent with the events of the Cuban missile crisis between the Soviet Union ( Russia ) and the US. The US did react and its first impulse was to bomb the Soviet Union as recommended by the joint chiefs. But JFK took a diplomatic course and Khrushchev responded. Putin did propose a diplomatic course in the form of a proposed mutual security pact, but it was rejected out of hand by the neocon duo of Biden/Blinken. Where is Blinken now? Heading AIPAC?
the Pentagon screwed Kennedy by deploying nukes to Italy without telling him. Kennedy was negotiating with Khrushchev without knowing the facts.
It’s an interesting metaphor that hadn’t occurred to me until you raised it.
Hopefully the Russians understand that prevailing militarily will have different meaning for Russia and Europe than it does for the US. Americans still believe that the war can’t touch them.
If you saw the Postol link in the piece. in it he opines on the utter insanity of US nuclear gamesmanship. Most of Congress was born after the duck-and-cover drills of my generation. Their understanding of the danger that they are frivolously playing with is that of infants.
Yet another excellent article. I would sure love for ScheerPost to start distributing your articles, in addition to the occasional CounterPunch release (assuming that you allow that). I left the link for this article in today's Caitlin Johnstone article's comment section.
The article correctly calls the war in Ukraine an American war based inter alia on the long term efforts by the CIA to harden the Ukraine infrastructure as a platform for war. Putin's letter about the conflict made it clear that he believed that any delay in addressing those US efforts would forfeit any chance of success in doing so. The early success of the Ukraine defense efforts actually proved Russia's point that the US/NATO had already successfully upgraded the Ukrainian military substantially.
When Trump tries to play the role of a mediator between Russia and Ukraine, it is a fiction because in fact it is an American and a NATO war in many ways. Biden did a fine job in providing for the continuation of the war indefinitely with his personalized statements about Putin being without a soul while he himself donned a zionist cap to bless the genocide being committed by Israel.
Putin has already stated his resolution never again to trust NATO as having peaceful intentions toward Russia after 17 years of demanding it comply with its undertaking not to advance eastward. Ukraine may learn the same lesson about NATO in due course. The American electorate is -as this article points out - beside the point. The proof is that we elected a crook and would-be thug as president.
Perhaps the best hope for peace lies with Ukraine which may yet choose to save itself from the sacrifice demanded by NATO. If they could be rid of Zelenskyy who danced to NATO's tune, albeit reluctantly.
Yes, this is quite a plan the deep state and the Pentagon cooked (with the help of their hired help aka the Congress, of course) - overfund the War Budget (wrongly called the Defense Budget) year after year, thereby creating a slush fund with which the neocons and other lunatics in the always filled to the top military/industrial feed trough can start wars, fund wars and fight wars without ever informing the public about any of it. The totally corrupt Congress, of course, is also in that trough and, as long as the members receive their share of the loot, i.e. bribe money, they are very happy to not object to the usurpation of their power to determine whether war is authorized and declared. In other words, an end run around the Constitution has been arranged. And the pundits today, even some of whom we consider to be independent and honest (not the MSM) are still talking about how the Ukraine war will come to an end because the money appropriated by Biden will "soon" (but no one seems to know when "soon" is) will run out, thereby ending the funding of the war. The author has debunked that idea by pointing out that the rogue operators in "our" government can fund the war out of the slush fund at their disposal, with no accountability at all.
"insane is too kind a description of the plan". This. Capitalism at its finest...
Well written and interesting! RE: Obama's role, IMO he played a role no matter even if he didnt7 give weapons OR support violence because he set up and advanced structures their that would inevitably bring this situation to conflict
The US-led coup in Ukraine happened when Barack Obama was in office. As commander-in-chief, this makes it his coup. The unstated story here is that Crimea is the home of Russia’s nuclear fleet, with its Black Sea access. The US would have shat itself and launched nukes had a foreign power done the same to it.
The Ukraine war is US foreign policy, not the possession of particular political leaders, no matter how egregious their motives and actions might have been.
The US needs a new way, not new politicians.
Thanks for the comment Mike!
Your comment is consistent with the events of the Cuban missile crisis between the Soviet Union ( Russia ) and the US. The US did react and its first impulse was to bomb the Soviet Union as recommended by the joint chiefs. But JFK took a diplomatic course and Khrushchev responded. Putin did propose a diplomatic course in the form of a proposed mutual security pact, but it was rejected out of hand by the neocon duo of Biden/Blinken. Where is Blinken now? Heading AIPAC?
Thanks for the comments William.
As I understand it from this link https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/01/the-real-cuban-missile-crisis/309190/
the Pentagon screwed Kennedy by deploying nukes to Italy without telling him. Kennedy was negotiating with Khrushchev without knowing the facts.
It’s an interesting metaphor that hadn’t occurred to me until you raised it.
Hopefully the Russians understand that prevailing militarily will have different meaning for Russia and Europe than it does for the US. Americans still believe that the war can’t touch them.
If you saw the Postol link in the piece. in it he opines on the utter insanity of US nuclear gamesmanship. Most of Congress was born after the duck-and-cover drills of my generation. Their understanding of the danger that they are frivolously playing with is that of infants.
This is a real mess.
Spot on and God help us, indeed.