Episode 329 - Ukraine Explained ... Again
The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove · The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove
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Show Notes
In this episode, we are joined by Ed who was born in Russia and spent a lot of time in Ukraine.
I referred to the following article:
Hedges: Chronicle of a War Foretold
After the fall of the Soviet Union, there was a near universal understanding among political leaders that NATO expansion would be a foolish provocation against Russia. How naive we were to think the military-industrial complex would allow such sanity to prevail.
In a classified diplomatic cable obtained and released by WikiLeaks dated February 1, 2008, written from Moscow, and addressed to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, NATO-European Union Cooperative, National Security Council, Russia Moscow Political Collective, Secretary of Defense, and Secretary of State, there was an unequivocal understanding that expanding NATO risked an eventual conflict with Russia, especially over Ukraine.
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