Donald Trump has been flayed alive by Western media and leaders for saying Ukraine started the war. Here are facts, not myths, says Joe Lauria.
By Joe Lauria
Special to Consortium News
The outcry spread quickly across the Western world: Donald Trump dared say Ukraine started the war.
There is no simple blame to be laid on an entire country. It makes no sense to blame “ukraine” or “russia”. But it’s obvious that certain people are largely responsible. It’s quite clear that Putin and his pals ordered an invasion for colonial reasons. Now they got alt-imperialists writing pages and pages trying to flip the script. Pathetic. It’s not some geo-political mystery. It’s quite obvious whom to blame.
fwiw: Fuck USAian politicians too. Empire is trash regardless of the nationalist branding.
It’s quite clear to everyone who has been studying history that Russia is not doing colonialism, has stated explicitly that the invasion was because it could not distinguish NATO activity on its border from a real nuclear threat, and proceeded to behave exactly as if that was the case.
Just go look up NATO exercises in Ukraine. The first one ever was months before EuroMaidan. After that, NATO flew fucking B-52s in exercises right next to Russia. They even ran an exercise that was a simulation of invading Kaliningrad.
And just so we’re clear. Military exercises are when you build a logistics chain, activate units, and engage in every activity that you would if you were actually invading - the only difference is that you pull back before crossing borders or violating airspace. That means Russia has to activate defenses just in case this exercise ends up being the real thing. That is to say, NATO was literally operating in Ukraine and doing dry runs for invading Russia.
And you think Russia was doing a colonialism?