What Rich didn't tell you is that, in 2014 the US began executing the first of two known material violations the Budapest Memorandum to which you refer, signed in 1994 by the US, Great Britain and Russia. In February of that year, the US State Department, coordinated by Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Victoria Nuland, violated point #1 of the agreement, which was to "Respect the Ukraine's independence and sovereignty in the existing borders." Acting on behalf of the President of the United States, using private contractors and very likely multinational intelligence assets, Nuland instigated a coup against the legitimately-elected government of Ukraine, overthrowing the government and installing a puppet government under a puppet prime minister, Yatzenuk. That occurred on the heals of the Ukrainian government awarding a major energy contract to Russian state gas giant Gazprom. Nuland and the State Department wanted the contract to go to any number of western corporations, Chevron leading the pack. Shortly thereafter, the puppet Ukranian government reversed the decision and went with western energy companies. So in essence, the US Government worked on behalf of private interests in overthrowing the legitimate Ukrainian government. (That's also the pattern of what happened in 1953 when the CIA overthrew the democratically-elected government of Iran and installed the Shaw who ruled for the next 25 years. The elected government of Iran had cancelled a contract giving BP rights to the oil fields, opting to extract oil using a state-owned entity. So what I'm describing here is nothing new. The Iraq invasion of 2003 was over control of oil fields and using Federal Reserve currency to purchase Iraqi oil.) It was that event, the overthrow of the Ukrainian Government in 2014, which triggered authority necessary for Donetsk and Lugansk to declare independence under international law. They were under no obligation to remain under the control of a US puppet government. I was studying these events as they happened over nine years ago, and in May of that year gave a talk on the subject, which is on video you can watch here https://youtu.be/gc7Pukqtlug , explaining what was really happening in Ukraine at the time. In 2019, I wrote a article describing these events, which you can find here https://hanksullivan.substack.com/p/ukraine-what-really-happened. Once the events of February 2014 unfolded, the US under Obama effectively negated the agreement Rich spoke about. But it was the US, not Russia, who violated the agreement. The violations presented an existential threat to Russia, which Putin merely responded to. If the US would overthrow the government of Russia's neighbor, they would overthrow the government of Russia, given the opportunity.
But that's not all. Point #3 of the 1994 agreement required all parties to refrain from economic coercion against Ukraine. We know the US violated that part of the agreement, and likely made it an ongoing policy. Remember, VP Joe Biden in on video bragged about violating that part of the 1994 agreement, making $5 billion in economic aid to Ukraine contingent on the Ukrainian President firing the prosecutor investigating son Hunter.
As far as NATO countries voting unanimously to support Ukraine against Russia, NATO is the United States. The other NATO countries do as the United States says. The United States under Joe Biden attacked the infrastructure of Germany, blowing up the Nordstream II pipeline, and Germany has not uttered a whisper of an objection. NATO is a paper tiger, as I say in this article. NATO will do as its told because the US financial system, meaning Wall Street, dictates terms to the Eurozone through the ECB, including the choices of who sits in prominent positions in NATO. NATO will do as it is told. After the economic collapse of 2008-9, the Fed manufactured $16 trillion out of the air and bailed out the banks of Europe. The Fed has that power. The Eurozone lives in fear of not pleasing the US Government.
Rich knows Putin has no designs on rolling over Moldova, the Balkans, etc. Russia has lived peacefully alongside the nations of Eastern Europe for the last 30 years. The few exceptions to peace, such as the uprising in Georgia, have been manufactured by US and western intelligence agencies, the official policy of NATO since the 2008 Bucharest NATO Summit being for both Ukraine and Georgia to become NATO countries, in violation of well-documented, however unofficial commitments by Bill Clinton to Boris Yeltsin when the Soviet Union broke up.
Regarding the last point Rich made to you, saying it is "wrong" for America to back out of supporting a country once it makes a commitment, wow, there is so much wrong in the premise of his argument that I could write all day. First of all, an agreement means both parties make commitments to each other, sacrificing something. What do the American people get out of this agreement from Ukraine? The only thing the American people receive is the right to have its tax dollars and future wealth sent to Ukraine to be used to support an unwinnable war and to be redistributed among Ukrainian oligarchs who bribe each other for that perk. What do we get? Nothing. Therefore, this commitment Rich talks about is not even valid. Secondly, it is private interests who are the beneficiaries of US support, not the American people. Ukraine is the money-laundering capital of the world. To be able to send massive amounts of money to Ukraine, to then be sent back to various political entities, supporting political candidates in the US has been one major function fulfilled by Ukraine. Furthermore, Ukraine has provided a haven for biological warfare research to be conducted, US bio-labs dotted all over the countryside, AS ADMITTED BY VICTORIA NULAND (real name NUDELMAN) in her testimony to Senator Marco Rubio, which yo can find on YouTube. These research facilities exist(ed), now destroyed by Russia, only in violation of international law. Again, there is nothing in this for the American people. Private interests related to the US and world financial systems are the beneficiaries of this twisted research. Think World Economic Forum, Bill Gates, World Heath Organization, etc.
Finally, Rich tells you if America does not fulfill its commitments referred above, American credibility on the world stage will be severely damaged. American credibility dissolved during the 2020 election. America has no legitimate government. The world knows it. The US Government is now operated by rogues for private purposes. The thought that if American does not persist in going along with our rogue government's private purposes would be laughable, if not one of the saddest situations since the British burned Washington DC to the ground during the War of 1812.
There is nothing in this for you and me. There is nothing in this for the American people. The US Government is using the wealth confiscated from the American people, you and me, and future wealth of our progeny, to further the diabolical purposes of private parties and institutions who have over time taken control of our government. That's what is going on here , and that is what 6th district US Representative Rich McCormick is supporting. Remember what Rich says in the video above. After he describes his MILITARY policy in Ukraine, I say, "Then you agree with Biden." Rich finishes his remarks saying, "I agree with a lot of people...I don't think Biden goes far enough." He cointinues, "We went halfway in Vietnam, that didn't go very well...We went halfway in Afghanistan, that didn't go very well." Understand, neither of those US military ventures had anything to do with you or me or the American people. They furthered the private interests of those who make money and accrue power by such things.
I Thank you very much for the question. I know you will think about what I have told you.
Hank thank you for your insightful article. I had the opportunity to speak with Rich McCormick at the 6th district convention a few weeks ago. I am very opposed to US involvement in in this War. Rich was very passionate and persuasive about the subject (although I am still very opposed). He gave 4 reasons he thinks we should be involved.
Do you have any prospective on these?
1. After the collapse of the Soviet Union the US entered into an agreement with Ukraine to protect it in exchange for them giving up their nuclear weapons. They gave them up so we are obligated to protect them.
2. All NATO countries voted unanimously to support Ukraine against Russia. If we opposed the war and did not support Ukraine, our commitment to NATO would be called into question.
3. Once Putin rolls over Ukraine he would be on to Moldova, the Balkans etc. to rebuild the greatness of the former Soviet Union. Only stronger and more emboldened.
4. Once we made a commitment to support a country from foreign aggression it would be very wrong of us to go back on that commitment. Our credibly on the world stage would be severely damaged.
Any insights you have on these would be greatly appreciated.
What Rich didn't tell you is that, in 2014 the US began executing the first of two known material violations the Budapest Memorandum to which you refer, signed in 1994 by the US, Great Britain and Russia. In February of that year, the US State Department, coordinated by Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Victoria Nuland, violated point #1 of the agreement, which was to "Respect the Ukraine's independence and sovereignty in the existing borders." Acting on behalf of the President of the United States, using private contractors and very likely multinational intelligence assets, Nuland instigated a coup against the legitimately-elected government of Ukraine, overthrowing the government and installing a puppet government under a puppet prime minister, Yatzenuk. That occurred on the heals of the Ukrainian government awarding a major energy contract to Russian state gas giant Gazprom. Nuland and the State Department wanted the contract to go to any number of western corporations, Chevron leading the pack. Shortly thereafter, the puppet Ukrainian government reversed the decision and went with western energy companies. So in essence, the US Government worked on behalf of private interests in overthrowing the legitimate Ukrainian government. (That's also the pattern of what happened in 1953 when the CIA overthrew the democratically-elected government of Iran and installed the Shaw who ruled for the next 25 years. The elected government of Iran had cancelled a contract giving BP rights to the oil fields, opting to extract oil using a state-owned entity. So what I'm describing here is nothing new. The Iraq invasion of 2003 was over control of oil fields and using Federal Reserve currency to purchase Iraqi oil.) It was that event, the overthrow of the Ukrainian Government in 2014, which triggered authority necessary for Donetsk and Lugansk to declare independence under international law. They were under no obligation to remain under the control of a US puppet government. I was studying these events as they happened over nine years ago, and in May of that year gave a talk on the subject, which is on video you can watch here https://youtu.be/gc7Pukqtlug , explaining what was really happening in Ukraine at the time. In 2019, I wrote a article describing these events, which you can find here https://hanksullivan.substack.com/p/ukraine-what-really-happened. Once the events of February 2014 unfolded, the US under Obama effectively negated the agreement Rich spoke about. But it was the US, not Russia, who violated the agreement. The violations presented an existential threat to Russia, which Putin merely responded to. If the US would overthrow the government of Russia's neighbor, they would overthrow the government of Russia, given the opportunity.
But that's not all. Point #3 of the 1994 agreement required all parties to refrain from economic coercion against Ukraine. We know the US violated that part of the agreement, and likely made it an ongoing policy. Remember, VP Joe Biden in on video bragged about violating that part of the 1994 agreement, making $5 billion in economic aid to Ukraine contingent on the Ukrainian President firing the prosecutor investigating son Hunter.
As far as NATO countries voting unanimously to support Ukraine against Russia, NATO is the United States. The other NATO countries do as the United States says. The United States under Joe Biden attacked the infrastructure of Germany, blowing up the Nordstream II pipeline, and Germany has not uttered a whisper of an objection. NATO is a paper tiger, as I say in this article. NATO will do as its told because the US financial system, meaning Wall Street, dictates terms to the Eurozone through the ECB, including the choices of who sits in prominent positions in NATO. NATO will do as it is told. After the economic collapse of 2008-9, the Fed manufactured $16 trillion out of the air and bailed out the banks of Europe. The Fed has that power. The Eurozone lives in fear of not pleasing the US Government.
Rich knows Putin has no designs on rolling over Moldova, the Balkans, etc. Russia has lived peacefully alongside the nations of Eastern Europe for the last 30 years. The few exceptions to peace, such as the uprising in Georgia, have been manufactured by US and western intelligence agencies, the official policy of NATO since the 2008 Bucharest NATO Summit being for both Ukraine and Georgia to become NATO countries, in violation of well-documented, however unofficial commitments by Bill Clinton to Boris Yeltsin when the Soviet Union broke up.
Regarding the last point Rich made to you, saying it is "wrong" for America to back out of supporting a country once it makes a commitment, wow, there is so much wrong in the premise of his argument that I could write all day. First of all, an agreement means both parties make commitments to each other, sacrificing something. What do the American people get out of this agreement from Ukraine? The only thing the American people receive is the right to have its tax dollars and future wealth sent to Ukraine to be used to support an unwinnable war and to be redistributed among Ukrainian oligarchs who bribe each other for that perk. What do we get? Nothing. Therefore, this commitment Rich talks about is not even valid. Secondly, it is private interests who are the beneficiaries of US support, not the American people. Ukraine is the money-laundering capital of the world. To be able to send massive amounts of money to Ukraine, to then be sent back to various political entities, supporting political candidates in the US has been one major function fulfilled by Ukraine. Furthermore, Ukraine has provided a haven for biological warfare research to be conducted, US bio-labs dotted all over the countryside, AS ADMITTED BY VICTORIA NULAND (real name NUDELMAN) in her testimony to Senator Marco Rubio, which yo can find on YouTube. These research facilities exist(ed), now destroyed by Russia, only in violation of international law. Again, there is nothing in this for the American people. Private interests related to the US and world financial systems are the beneficiaries of this twisted research. Think World Economic Forum, Bill Gates, World Heath Organization, etc.
Finally, Rich tells you if America does not fulfill its commitments referred above, American credibility on the world stage will be severely damaged. American credibility dissolved during the 2020 election. America has no legitimate government. The world knows it. The US Government is now operated by rogues for private purposes. The thought that if American does not persist in going along with our rogue government's private purposes would be laughable, if not one of the saddest situations since the British burned Washington DC to the ground during the War of 1812.
There is nothing in this for you and me. There is nothing in this for the American people. The US Government is using the wealth confiscated from the American people, you and me, and future wealth of our progeny, to further the diabolical purposes of private parties and institutions who have over time taken control of our government. That's what is going on here , and that is what 6th district US Representative Rich McCormick is supporting. Remember what Rich says in the video above. After he describes his MILITARY policy in Ukraine, I say, "Then you agree with Biden." Rich finishes his remarks saying, "I agree with a lot of people...I don't think Biden goes far enough." He continues, "We went halfway in Vietnam, that didn't go very well...We went halfway in Afghanistan, that didn't go very well." Understand, neither of those US military ventures had anything to do with you or me or the American people. They furthered the private interests of those who make money and accrue power by such things.
I Thank you very much for the question. I know you will think about what I have told you.
Terror attacks, bombing of civilian areas in Donbass causing refugees to flee toward Russia prior to Russian invasion
Of course, everyone has their perspective. But right off the bat the NY Times above reports on cluster bomb attacks on civilians. The Times would not have had time to realign its propaganda toward Ukraine at that time because the reporting on all the violence to ensue had not yet polarized into propaganda, true or not. Sometimes propaganda can actually be true.
But you can look up as many references as you like. The reason I call this 'genocide' is because after the Obama/US coup, taking down the legitimate, elected government of Ukraine in 2014, the oblasts of Donetsk and Lugansk had every right under international law to declare independence and create a legitimate government for themselves. Because the Ukrainian government was thereby illegitimate, any attack, ie. bombing, missiles, etc. on civilian areas of the Donbass had no lawful, military purpose, and was therefore merely an effort to kill civilians. That is genocide.
Interesting. The entire point of the 1st amendment was to prevent the restriction of free speech and more importantly information. It doesn't guarantee accuracy.
What Rich didn't tell you is that, in 2014 the US began executing the first of two known material violations the Budapest Memorandum to which you refer, signed in 1994 by the US, Great Britain and Russia. In February of that year, the US State Department, coordinated by Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Victoria Nuland, violated point #1 of the agreement, which was to "Respect the Ukraine's independence and sovereignty in the existing borders." Acting on behalf of the President of the United States, using private contractors and very likely multinational intelligence assets, Nuland instigated a coup against the legitimately-elected government of Ukraine, overthrowing the government and installing a puppet government under a puppet prime minister, Yatzenuk. That occurred on the heals of the Ukrainian government awarding a major energy contract to Russian state gas giant Gazprom. Nuland and the State Department wanted the contract to go to any number of western corporations, Chevron leading the pack. Shortly thereafter, the puppet Ukranian government reversed the decision and went with western energy companies. So in essence, the US Government worked on behalf of private interests in overthrowing the legitimate Ukrainian government. (That's also the pattern of what happened in 1953 when the CIA overthrew the democratically-elected government of Iran and installed the Shaw who ruled for the next 25 years. The elected government of Iran had cancelled a contract giving BP rights to the oil fields, opting to extract oil using a state-owned entity. So what I'm describing here is nothing new. The Iraq invasion of 2003 was over control of oil fields and using Federal Reserve currency to purchase Iraqi oil.) It was that event, the overthrow of the Ukrainian Government in 2014, which triggered authority necessary for Donetsk and Lugansk to declare independence under international law. They were under no obligation to remain under the control of a US puppet government. I was studying these events as they happened over nine years ago, and in May of that year gave a talk on the subject, which is on video you can watch here https://youtu.be/gc7Pukqtlug , explaining what was really happening in Ukraine at the time. In 2019, I wrote a article describing these events, which you can find here https://hanksullivan.substack.com/p/ukraine-what-really-happened. Once the events of February 2014 unfolded, the US under Obama effectively negated the agreement Rich spoke about. But it was the US, not Russia, who violated the agreement. The violations presented an existential threat to Russia, which Putin merely responded to. If the US would overthrow the government of Russia's neighbor, they would overthrow the government of Russia, given the opportunity.
But that's not all. Point #3 of the 1994 agreement required all parties to refrain from economic coercion against Ukraine. We know the US violated that part of the agreement, and likely made it an ongoing policy. Remember, VP Joe Biden in on video bragged about violating that part of the 1994 agreement, making $5 billion in economic aid to Ukraine contingent on the Ukrainian President firing the prosecutor investigating son Hunter.
As far as NATO countries voting unanimously to support Ukraine against Russia, NATO is the United States. The other NATO countries do as the United States says. The United States under Joe Biden attacked the infrastructure of Germany, blowing up the Nordstream II pipeline, and Germany has not uttered a whisper of an objection. NATO is a paper tiger, as I say in this article. NATO will do as its told because the US financial system, meaning Wall Street, dictates terms to the Eurozone through the ECB, including the choices of who sits in prominent positions in NATO. NATO will do as it is told. After the economic collapse of 2008-9, the Fed manufactured $16 trillion out of the air and bailed out the banks of Europe. The Fed has that power. The Eurozone lives in fear of not pleasing the US Government.
Rich knows Putin has no designs on rolling over Moldova, the Balkans, etc. Russia has lived peacefully alongside the nations of Eastern Europe for the last 30 years. The few exceptions to peace, such as the uprising in Georgia, have been manufactured by US and western intelligence agencies, the official policy of NATO since the 2008 Bucharest NATO Summit being for both Ukraine and Georgia to become NATO countries, in violation of well-documented, however unofficial commitments by Bill Clinton to Boris Yeltsin when the Soviet Union broke up.
Regarding the last point Rich made to you, saying it is "wrong" for America to back out of supporting a country once it makes a commitment, wow, there is so much wrong in the premise of his argument that I could write all day. First of all, an agreement means both parties make commitments to each other, sacrificing something. What do the American people get out of this agreement from Ukraine? The only thing the American people receive is the right to have its tax dollars and future wealth sent to Ukraine to be used to support an unwinnable war and to be redistributed among Ukrainian oligarchs who bribe each other for that perk. What do we get? Nothing. Therefore, this commitment Rich talks about is not even valid. Secondly, it is private interests who are the beneficiaries of US support, not the American people. Ukraine is the money-laundering capital of the world. To be able to send massive amounts of money to Ukraine, to then be sent back to various political entities, supporting political candidates in the US has been one major function fulfilled by Ukraine. Furthermore, Ukraine has provided a haven for biological warfare research to be conducted, US bio-labs dotted all over the countryside, AS ADMITTED BY VICTORIA NULAND (real name NUDELMAN) in her testimony to Senator Marco Rubio, which yo can find on YouTube. These research facilities exist(ed), now destroyed by Russia, only in violation of international law. Again, there is nothing in this for the American people. Private interests related to the US and world financial systems are the beneficiaries of this twisted research. Think World Economic Forum, Bill Gates, World Heath Organization, etc.
Finally, Rich tells you if America does not fulfill its commitments referred above, American credibility on the world stage will be severely damaged. American credibility dissolved during the 2020 election. America has no legitimate government. The world knows it. The US Government is now operated by rogues for private purposes. The thought that if American does not persist in going along with our rogue government's private purposes would be laughable, if not one of the saddest situations since the British burned Washington DC to the ground during the War of 1812.
And I warned of all this on the eve of the Russian invasion. On February 23, 2022, I made the following post, that Greenscreen (Biden) had really "stepped in it." Please read what I wrote moments before these events of war were about to unfold: https://www.facebook.com/hank.sullivan1/posts/pfbid02SzgbS422eBvbVu2Pf4rBi5ngwzVryFX3aLQhayDGLvt175rgryENhcgg765aLC5Cl
There is nothing in this for you and me. There is nothing in this for the American people. The US Government is using the wealth confiscated from the American people, you and me, and future wealth of our progeny, to further the diabolical purposes of private parties and institutions who have over time taken control of our government. That's what is going on here , and that is what 6th district US Representative Rich McCormick is supporting. Remember what Rich says in the video above. After he describes his MILITARY policy in Ukraine, I say, "Then you agree with Biden." Rich finishes his remarks saying, "I agree with a lot of people...I don't think Biden goes far enough." He cointinues, "We went halfway in Vietnam, that didn't go very well...We went halfway in Afghanistan, that didn't go very well." Understand, neither of those US military ventures had anything to do with you or me or the American people. They furthered the private interests of those who make money and accrue power by such things.
I Thank you very much for the question. I know you will think about what I have told you.
Actually this is pretty accurate
Hank thank you for your insightful article. I had the opportunity to speak with Rich McCormick at the 6th district convention a few weeks ago. I am very opposed to US involvement in in this War. Rich was very passionate and persuasive about the subject (although I am still very opposed). He gave 4 reasons he thinks we should be involved.
Do you have any prospective on these?
1. After the collapse of the Soviet Union the US entered into an agreement with Ukraine to protect it in exchange for them giving up their nuclear weapons. They gave them up so we are obligated to protect them.
2. All NATO countries voted unanimously to support Ukraine against Russia. If we opposed the war and did not support Ukraine, our commitment to NATO would be called into question.
3. Once Putin rolls over Ukraine he would be on to Moldova, the Balkans etc. to rebuild the greatness of the former Soviet Union. Only stronger and more emboldened.
4. Once we made a commitment to support a country from foreign aggression it would be very wrong of us to go back on that commitment. Our credibly on the world stage would be severely damaged.
Any insights you have on these would be greatly appreciated.
What Rich didn't tell you is that, in 2014 the US began executing the first of two known material violations the Budapest Memorandum to which you refer, signed in 1994 by the US, Great Britain and Russia. In February of that year, the US State Department, coordinated by Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Victoria Nuland, violated point #1 of the agreement, which was to "Respect the Ukraine's independence and sovereignty in the existing borders." Acting on behalf of the President of the United States, using private contractors and very likely multinational intelligence assets, Nuland instigated a coup against the legitimately-elected government of Ukraine, overthrowing the government and installing a puppet government under a puppet prime minister, Yatzenuk. That occurred on the heals of the Ukrainian government awarding a major energy contract to Russian state gas giant Gazprom. Nuland and the State Department wanted the contract to go to any number of western corporations, Chevron leading the pack. Shortly thereafter, the puppet Ukrainian government reversed the decision and went with western energy companies. So in essence, the US Government worked on behalf of private interests in overthrowing the legitimate Ukrainian government. (That's also the pattern of what happened in 1953 when the CIA overthrew the democratically-elected government of Iran and installed the Shaw who ruled for the next 25 years. The elected government of Iran had cancelled a contract giving BP rights to the oil fields, opting to extract oil using a state-owned entity. So what I'm describing here is nothing new. The Iraq invasion of 2003 was over control of oil fields and using Federal Reserve currency to purchase Iraqi oil.) It was that event, the overthrow of the Ukrainian Government in 2014, which triggered authority necessary for Donetsk and Lugansk to declare independence under international law. They were under no obligation to remain under the control of a US puppet government. I was studying these events as they happened over nine years ago, and in May of that year gave a talk on the subject, which is on video you can watch here https://youtu.be/gc7Pukqtlug , explaining what was really happening in Ukraine at the time. In 2019, I wrote a article describing these events, which you can find here https://hanksullivan.substack.com/p/ukraine-what-really-happened. Once the events of February 2014 unfolded, the US under Obama effectively negated the agreement Rich spoke about. But it was the US, not Russia, who violated the agreement. The violations presented an existential threat to Russia, which Putin merely responded to. If the US would overthrow the government of Russia's neighbor, they would overthrow the government of Russia, given the opportunity.
But that's not all. Point #3 of the 1994 agreement required all parties to refrain from economic coercion against Ukraine. We know the US violated that part of the agreement, and likely made it an ongoing policy. Remember, VP Joe Biden in on video bragged about violating that part of the 1994 agreement, making $5 billion in economic aid to Ukraine contingent on the Ukrainian President firing the prosecutor investigating son Hunter.
As far as NATO countries voting unanimously to support Ukraine against Russia, NATO is the United States. The other NATO countries do as the United States says. The United States under Joe Biden attacked the infrastructure of Germany, blowing up the Nordstream II pipeline, and Germany has not uttered a whisper of an objection. NATO is a paper tiger, as I say in this article. NATO will do as its told because the US financial system, meaning Wall Street, dictates terms to the Eurozone through the ECB, including the choices of who sits in prominent positions in NATO. NATO will do as it is told. After the economic collapse of 2008-9, the Fed manufactured $16 trillion out of the air and bailed out the banks of Europe. The Fed has that power. The Eurozone lives in fear of not pleasing the US Government.
Rich knows Putin has no designs on rolling over Moldova, the Balkans, etc. Russia has lived peacefully alongside the nations of Eastern Europe for the last 30 years. The few exceptions to peace, such as the uprising in Georgia, have been manufactured by US and western intelligence agencies, the official policy of NATO since the 2008 Bucharest NATO Summit being for both Ukraine and Georgia to become NATO countries, in violation of well-documented, however unofficial commitments by Bill Clinton to Boris Yeltsin when the Soviet Union broke up.
Regarding the last point Rich made to you, saying it is "wrong" for America to back out of supporting a country once it makes a commitment, wow, there is so much wrong in the premise of his argument that I could write all day. First of all, an agreement means both parties make commitments to each other, sacrificing something. What do the American people get out of this agreement from Ukraine? The only thing the American people receive is the right to have its tax dollars and future wealth sent to Ukraine to be used to support an unwinnable war and to be redistributed among Ukrainian oligarchs who bribe each other for that perk. What do we get? Nothing. Therefore, this commitment Rich talks about is not even valid. Secondly, it is private interests who are the beneficiaries of US support, not the American people. Ukraine is the money-laundering capital of the world. To be able to send massive amounts of money to Ukraine, to then be sent back to various political entities, supporting political candidates in the US has been one major function fulfilled by Ukraine. Furthermore, Ukraine has provided a haven for biological warfare research to be conducted, US bio-labs dotted all over the countryside, AS ADMITTED BY VICTORIA NULAND (real name NUDELMAN) in her testimony to Senator Marco Rubio, which yo can find on YouTube. These research facilities exist(ed), now destroyed by Russia, only in violation of international law. Again, there is nothing in this for the American people. Private interests related to the US and world financial systems are the beneficiaries of this twisted research. Think World Economic Forum, Bill Gates, World Heath Organization, etc.
Finally, Rich tells you if America does not fulfill its commitments referred above, American credibility on the world stage will be severely damaged. American credibility dissolved during the 2020 election. America has no legitimate government. The world knows it. The US Government is now operated by rogues for private purposes. The thought that if American does not persist in going along with our rogue government's private purposes would be laughable, if not one of the saddest situations since the British burned Washington DC to the ground during the War of 1812.
And I warned of all this on the eve of the Russian invasion. On February 23, 2022, I made the following post, that Greenscreen (Biden) had really "stepped in it." Please read what I wrote moments before these events of war were about to unfold: https://www.facebook.com/hank.sullivan1/posts/pfbid02SzgbS422eBvbVu2Pf4rBi5ngwzVryFX3aLQhayDGLvt175rgryENhcgg765aLC5Cl
There is nothing in this for you and me. There is nothing in this for the American people. The US Government is using the wealth confiscated from the American people, you and me, and future wealth of our progeny, to further the diabolical purposes of private parties and institutions who have over time taken control of our government. That's what is going on here , and that is what 6th district US Representative Rich McCormick is supporting. Remember what Rich says in the video above. After he describes his MILITARY policy in Ukraine, I say, "Then you agree with Biden." Rich finishes his remarks saying, "I agree with a lot of people...I don't think Biden goes far enough." He continues, "We went halfway in Vietnam, that didn't go very well...We went halfway in Afghanistan, that didn't go very well." Understand, neither of those US military ventures had anything to do with you or me or the American people. They furthered the private interests of those who make money and accrue power by such things.
I Thank you very much for the question. I know you will think about what I have told you.
"Ukraine began an 8-year policy of genocide against Russian-speaking peoples in those regions"
Citation(s)?
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/world/ukraine-used-cluster-bombs-report-charges.html
Ukraine uses cluster bombs on civilian population in heart of Donetsk
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-60738988
Indiscriminate missile attacks on civilian areas
https://uwidata.com/23879-living-under-attack-during-8-years/
Ukrainian army dividing to destroy local civilians during 8 years after 2014
https://mronline.org/2022/06/06/ukrainian-army-terror-bombings/
Ukrainian terror bombing of civilian areas for 8 years
https://www.dw.com/en/why-is-the-donbas-so-important-for-russia/a-61547512
War raging in Donbass for 8 years
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/events-leading-up-russias-invasion-ukraine-2022-02-28/
15,000 killed in fighting in Donbas during 8-years after 2014 coup and independence declared
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Ukrainian-Bombings-Displace-The-Population-Of-Donbass-20220218-0009.html
Terror attacks, bombing of civilian areas in Donbass causing refugees to flee toward Russia prior to Russian invasion
Of course, everyone has their perspective. But right off the bat the NY Times above reports on cluster bomb attacks on civilians. The Times would not have had time to realign its propaganda toward Ukraine at that time because the reporting on all the violence to ensue had not yet polarized into propaganda, true or not. Sometimes propaganda can actually be true.
But you can look up as many references as you like. The reason I call this 'genocide' is because after the Obama/US coup, taking down the legitimate, elected government of Ukraine in 2014, the oblasts of Donetsk and Lugansk had every right under international law to declare independence and create a legitimate government for themselves. Because the Ukrainian government was thereby illegitimate, any attack, ie. bombing, missiles, etc. on civilian areas of the Donbass had no lawful, military purpose, and was therefore merely an effort to kill civilians. That is genocide.
Thanks, Charles, for the very good question.
thank you.
Interesting. The entire point of the 1st amendment was to prevent the restriction of free speech and more importantly information. It doesn't guarantee accuracy.