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What’s the root cause of the US proxy war in Ukraine? Most people don’t have a clue. Let me explain.
It all started after the 2007-2008 financial crisis that originated in the US. The reliability of the US Govt as a partner in global financial affairs was destroyed.
We have a new Prime Minister in the UK, unelected by the British people or even the Tories. He didn’t give a single debate, interview or statement about what his “program” is. All we know is he’s stinking rich & worked for Goldman Sachs. But hey, he’s the first non-white PM! Lol
@RnaudBertrand Following the analogy with The Dark Forest, we'd have to say the US has no option but to contain China, because otherwise China would overcome the US and contain them. This is the way all intelligent species behave in the dark forest that's the universe
The moronic narrative that the invasion of Ukraine was "unprovoked" actually poses a massive obstacle to peace, because if Putin is just attacking countries solely because he's crazy and evil it means detente is impossible and he won't stop until he's decisively crushed.
Simply astonishing how the media memory-holes stuff like this. We're spoon-fed a narrative that Moscow bombed its own gas infrastructure and, before that, a nuclear plant controlled by the Russian army.
It's the fearless, independent western media in full propaganda mode
In response to Europe's energy crisis, Putin said on Sept. 17 that if Europe wants to solve the issue, it can ignore US orders and open up the Nord Steam 2 pipeline. "Just push the button and everything will get going," Putin said.
Instead, someone bombed it.
After Zelensky's de facto call for the cleansing of ethnic Russians from Donetsk and Lugansk, his arrest of their political representatives, and the banning of their language, it's really a mystery why they are voting the way they are in today's referendum
The US is cannibalizing Europe's economy.
Due to Western sanctions on Russia, energy prices have become so expensive in Europe that major companies are moving to... the US.
While waging proxy war on Russia, US imperialism is also deindustrializing Europe
https://t.co/fKp9am7uC5
US policy is to try to cripple Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua with sanctions. When they achieve the desired result and people flee dire conditions, US turns around and blames "communism."
It works well, because US media will only mention sanctions in passing, if it all.
Obama deported a record breaking 3 million people. He dropped 26,171 bombs in 2016 alone. He ordered ten times more drone strikes than Bush and even joked "I'm really good at killing people."
But, I am sure he is really good at narrating too.
After Prague, Cologne. Massive demonstration in Germany against the Olaf Scholz's government. They demand the lifting of sanctions against Russia and neutrality in the conflict in Ukraine. Demonstration censored by European media.
UN estimates 5,700 civilian deaths so far in Ukraine. A few historical points of comparison:
Estimated civilian deaths in one year of the Iraq War (2006): 30,000
US-led Mosul offensive (2016-2017): 11,000
US-backed war in El Salvador (1981): 10,000
Vietnam War (total): 2 million
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How to end the war in Ukraine.
Germany can end the war in Ukraine single-handedly. The US cannot afford a proxy war with Russia if Germany backs out of sanctions against Russia. Let’s be honest: Russia is not a threat to Germany. It wants good relations with Europe.