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Brian Becker – Roots of the Ukraine Crisis

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A good run down on how the situation in the Ukraine developed. The US is so hawkish. Since WW2 the country has been nearly always at war. Expanding NATO into Eastern Europe was extremely profitable. What’s really happening in Ukraine, and why is NATO expansion a red line for Russia? Most Americans have no sense of the vital political and historical context that created this crisis. It has been completely hidden by major U.S. media, Brian Becker explains on The Socialist Program.[embedded content]https://youtu.be/5PdmdMT1FAc

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A good run down on how the situation in the Ukraine developed. 

The US is so hawkish. Since WW2 the country has been nearly always at war. Expanding NATO into Eastern Europe was extremely profitable. 


What’s really happening in Ukraine, and why is NATO expansion a red line for Russia? Most Americans have no sense of the vital political and historical context that created this crisis. It has been completely hidden by major U.S. media, Brian Becker explains on The Socialist Program.




https://youtu.be/5PdmdMT1FAc

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