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Ukraine — Almost 101!
My perspective on Ukraine — doesn’t fit — with the current — Putin — VILLAIN, Zelensky — HERO — divergence.
There is NO Question that Russia — invaded Ukraine and that this was wrong. There is a HUGE difference between criticizing Putin — and accepting — the Myths — of — “Ukrainian” innocence/victimhood. The Ukrainian People are largely victims. There is also a history even simply looking back over the past 15–25 years which has far more — oppressors and rulers — leading people astray in Ukraine than one commonly reads about. There is a serious minority of Nazis — not “neo-Nazi’s” — within Ukraine. Similar to U.S. politics — where the number of true heroes in recent politics — is probably somewhere between 15–25 or a few more — vs. hundreds, if not more than 1000+ who are anywhere from “bad” to “horrible”.
What follows are some good sources for a truer picture. One need not agree with everything they say, to recognize that the picture within CNN/MSNBC and similar is seriously, seriously distorted, being more a tacit endorser of the “United States Empire” — for lack of a better world (and most of this is over decades — not merely related to DT.
Read-on please!
1. Norman Finkelstein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w14sfEOfVus — Norman Finkelstein — Ukraine 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USciAjCIwyY — Norman Finkelstein — Ukraine 2024
