Tag Archives: Ukraine

Dare I Disagree With David Ignatius?  In today’s Washington Post (Dec. 31 ), intel columnist David Ignatius had a ten question multiple choice quiz about what will happen in 2022. He provided his own answers at the end, effectively forecasting.  Many I agree with and some, speculative about tech developments and such like, I have no opinion on.  However, on two very important ones, I think I disagree with him, if not overwhelmingly so. One of...

Way more than just Hunter Biden and his dad.Anti-WarThe Ukrainian Influence Peddling Rings – A Microcosm of How Imperial Washington Rolls David Stockman

When the dust settles in a month or two, the House of Representatives will have impeached President Donald Trump with a one-sided partisan vote and then the Senate will have exonerated Donald Trump with a similarly one-sided partisan vote. But at the end of the day, the United States will have acquired a new strategic ally in Central Europe: Ukraine. The very first day of the impeachment hearings in November has been responsible for an important national security decision that had no input...

At Wednesday’s debut of the impeachment hearings there was one issue upon which both sides of the aisle seemed to agree, and it was a comic-book caricature of reality.House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff led off the proceedings with this:  “In 2014, Russia invaded a United States ally, Ukraine, to reverse that nation’s embrace of the West, and to fulfill Vladimir Putin’s desire to rebuild a Russian empire…”  Five years ago, when Ukraine first came into the news, those...

Inquiring minds would like to know. The media conjured up Russiagate while ignoring the obvious — the Nazi resurgence and Neo-Nazism.RTUkraine's Nazis: Who are they, why are they so influential — and why have media ignored them?

Corruption Watch.Regular readers may recall that MNE has been on this for along time.Zero HedgeForget 'Creepy' - Biden Has A Major Ukraine ProblemTyler Durden

Longish and detailed, with lots of documentation. It's an excellent reference tool.Concerning in itself but also because of US support that turns a blind eye to it. "Never again" is happening again.The NationNeo-Nazis and the Far Right Are On the March in Ukraine Lev Golinkin