The news today on the Pentagon leaks consists of claims that the FBI led investigation is making progress and that the chief suspect is a “gun enthusiast” who supposedly shared the documents in a gaming chatroom. You can read about this at Zerohedge:
I'm debating the 'Putin is a criminal madman bent on restoring imperial Russia through territorial expansion' case vs. 'Russia was justifiably provoked for decades before it started its SMO in Ukraine' case with an 'American Patriot' friend. Can anyone point me to a good and comprehensive written analysis of the 'Russia was justifiably provoked' case? Thanks.
I must admit, I was reflexively all in for Ukraine at the start. Then I saw Mearsheimer's 2015 YouTube lecture on NATO expansion, where he precisely foresaw the future as if the SMO started the day prior. Turned me around 180°. A true WTF moment for me. Putin's POV is not difficult to grasp.
I'm debating the 'Putin is a criminal madman bent on restoring imperial Russia through territorial expansion' case vs. 'Russia was justifiably provoked for decades before it started its SMO in Ukraine' case with an 'American Patriot' friend. Can anyone point me to a good and comprehensive written analysis of the 'Russia was justifiably provoked' case? Thanks.
This piece from Counterpunch (well named) should do it, as well as any interview directly of Professor Stephen F. Cohen!
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/06/06/excluded-encircled-and-threatened-stephen-cohen-puts-the-us-under-the-spotlight-for-its-treatment-of-russia-in-the-1990s/
Good luck!
Thanks!
And then there’s this from little-known but extremely well-written and researched Consortium News…lays it all out from a to z!
https://consortiumnews.com/2022/01/28/the-tangled-tale-of-nato-expansion-at-the-heart-of-ukraine-crisis/
Cheers!
Thanks!
Thanks!
I must admit, I was reflexively all in for Ukraine at the start. Then I saw Mearsheimer's 2015 YouTube lecture on NATO expansion, where he precisely foresaw the future as if the SMO started the day prior. Turned me around 180°. A true WTF moment for me. Putin's POV is not difficult to grasp.
This caught leader is typical intelligence patsy... total bs.
https://www.youtube.com/live/Gh9CxQ2C0qI?feature=share
Tx, Mike. I'm still listening, but Johnson's point about the CIA doc seems quite telling.
Also the point about the FISA doc.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/04/leaker-of-ukraine-classified-documents-reportedly-arrested-nytimes-arrived-at-house-before-the-feds/
It is really insulting how stupid and gullible they think some of us are.
Down the rabbit hole, again…