In an article headlined “Brainwashed for War with Russia,” Ray McGovern relates the historical context for the present military conflict in Ukraine, lambasting the U.S. and Western media for their deceitful coverage.
He identifies several major inflection points:
14 years ago, William Burns, who was then the U.S. Ambassador to Russia, cabled Washington on Feb. 1, 2008 to relate warnings from Sergei Lavrov. His cable, “Nyet means nyet: Russia’s NATO enlargement redlines,” was ignored when NATO declared on April 3, 2008 that “NATO welcomes Ukraine’s and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations for membership in NATO. We agreed today that these countries will become members of NATO.”
8 years ago, on Feb 22, 2014, the U.S. ran a blatant coup in Kiev, appointing the government according to the prescription laid out by Victoria “Fuck the EU” Nuland in a leaked recording.
