Talking Post with Yonden Lhatoo

Ordinary Americans can be forgiven for thinking Ukraine must be especially meaningful for U.S. foreign policy.

Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, and Chris Hedges have lent their expertise to the subject of the war in Ukraine with some recent comments that help bring some much-needed clarity to an often confusing and always contentious issue.

TIME OUT! Let’s think this through. We are told that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was “unprovoked”. But was it?

US agencies have directly and indirectly trained and empowered Nazis and ultra-nationalists at home and abroad to fight Russians in Ukraine. This program follows the blueprint established by Western intelligence agencies in Afghanistan and Syria.

The NATO summit, as well as Lithuania’s moves on Kaliningrad, show that the lessons of WWI — its beginning and end — are lost on us.

Frederick B. Hodges, former commanding general of U.S. Army-Europe, claimed last month that Ukraine’s forces would soon slow Russia’s advance and, the New York Times reported, begin “to roll back its gains by late summer.” Hodges said his confidence was based on his belief that “the Ukrainian logistical situation getting better each week while the Russian logistical situation will slowly degrade.”

The US hasn’t shown any interest in pursuing negotiations to end the war

In the aftermath of our celebration of the 1776 Declaration of Independence by our courageous ancestors and their revolutionary war against British colonization and domination, it’s imperative that we look in the mirror and recognize what we have become since then.

They closed her YouTube channel, blocked her PayPal account, and sentenced her to three years in prison without trial for interviewing Ukrainian citizens in the Donbas.