Washington’s Bi-Partisan Russia-Bashers Are Determined To Start a War
by Ron
Paul Posted on January 18, 2022
Russia-bashing is a bi-partisan activity in
Washington. Both parties think it makes them look “tough” and “pro-America.”
But while Republican and Democrat politicians continue to one-up each other on
“risk-free” threats to Russia, they are increasingly risking a devastating
nuclear war.
It’s all fun and games until the missiles start
flying. And in this case, we are risking total destruction over who governs
eastern Ukraine! Has so much ever been risked for so little?
The problem with all this tough talk is that
politicians start to believe their own rhetoric and propaganda. As a result, they don’t make sound decisions based on objective facts, but instead, make rash
decisions based on faulty misinformation.
When US politicians talk about Russia massing troops
on the Ukrainian border, for example, they leave out the fact that these troops
are actually inside Russia. With US troops in some 150 countries overseas,
you’d think Washington might pause before criticizing the “aggression” of
troops inside a country’s own borders.
They also leave out the reasons why Russia might be
concerned about its neighbor Ukraine. CNN reported recently that the Biden
Administration approved another $200 million in military aid to Ukraine last
month, making nearly half a billion dollars in weapons over the past year.
Imagine if China was sending half a billion dollars in
weapons to Mexico to strengthen and embolden a hyper-aggressive anti-US regime.
Would the US not be “massing troops near the Mexican border”?
Also, there is that issue about the US-backed overthrow
of the democratically-elected Ukrainian government in 2014, which is the
starting point of all these recent problems. And this week Yahoo News reported
that the CIA is training Ukrainian paramilitaries on US soil!
Recent talks between the US and Russia failed before
they even began, with the US side refusing to even consider ending useless and
provocative NATO expansion eastward. NATO is a Cold War relic that should have
been disbanded along with the Warsaw Pact. It serves no purpose and its
constant saber-rattling puts us at risk in conflicts that have nothing to do
with US national security.
How embarrassing it was to hear Blinken ridiculing
Russia for coming to the aid of ally Kazakhstan as a color revolution (with
likely US backing) was brewing. “I think one lesson in recent history is that
once Russians are in your house, it’s sometimes very difficult to get them to
leave,” Blinken told reporters. He said this with a straight face even as the
US continues to illegally occupy a large part of Syria, continues to occupy
part of Iraq against the will of that country’s parliament, and occupied a good
part of Afghanistan for 20 years!
Incidentally, as soon as the regime change attempt was
put down in Kazakhstan, Russian and allied troops began leaving the country.
But, of course, the reflexively pro-war US media doesn’t report anything
outside the narrative.
What to do about Russia? Stop backing regime change
along Russia’s borders, including Belarus, Kazakhstan, and elsewhere. Stop
meddling in foreign elections. Look at how we wasted four years on false claims
that the Russians meddled in ours. End weapons shipments and all aid to
Ukraine. End sanctions. Re-imagine the US defense budget as a budget to
actually defend the US. It’s really not that complicated: stop trying to rule
the world.
Reprinted from The Ron Paul Institute for Peace
& Prosperity.
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