Gee- I was happliy unaware - that Lloyd Austin worked for Raytheon ? I wonder ...
There is nothing to “admit”
That has been US’s strategic goal since 1945.
Russia’s goal has been to turn neighboring states into Vassal states then incorporate them into the Empire. That has been Russia’s imperative for a millennia.
The US goal is to stop Russia’s forever goal of an Empire from Lisbon to Vladivostok.
This vid is really good
1.) WSJ, via MSN, 4/25/22: “U.S. Wants to See Russia Weakened, Says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin After Ukraine Visit” This was never about protecting Ukraine, this is a proxy war and was always about Russia.
NATO has been pushy.
2.) WION, Gravitas Plus: Did NATO push Ukraine into war?
“Ukraine conflict has been ‘westsplained’ enough. On Gravitas Plus, Palki Sharma tells you how Western arrogance & NATO’s expansionism are also to blame, how their actions precipitated the crisis in Ukraine.”
Weaken Russia. So extend the war and let more and more civilians die.
Awesome plan, great morals.
Of course! The military industrial complex and their Neocon friends in Washington needed a new enemy since the “War on Terror” had pretty much petered out, they managed to milk that one for 20 years though. I think China was probably their first choice, but then when Russia invaded Ukraine they saw their opening and realized if the could bring back the cold war and the “Great Russian Menace” those defense dollars would role in not only to expand our military but to finance the war in Ukraine and weaponize NATO. Which is exactly what’s happening.
bfl
Are you Russian? Is that your country?
Is there something wrong with weakening Russia?
Why should we care?
[I don’t believe this illegitimate unelected “administration” wants to weaken any country but the US]
Wait until this guy reads what we did for the Afghans when they were fighting the Russians!
Or what we did with Iran/Iraq when they were fighting each other.
Tucker C. had it right from the begining.
This was never about democracy. Ukraine isn’t a democracy.
This was never about sovereignty. We can care less about that too as we tell others what to do and flex to make them do it.
This was never about human rights, as we back countries like Saudi Arabia and do trade with China.
It was ALWAYS about money.
The US deep-state and MIC liked Russia in the 1990s - when it was weak, corrupt, easily stripped of assets and its politics controlled.
Unfortunately, that condition wasn’t so good for the Russian people.
the USA deep-state and NATO are gambling big they can return Russia to that condition. Its a very foolish notion.
As if it’s a bad thing...
Austin said “we want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can’t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine”
It’s very specific, not the spin story this youtuber is trying to make
Let me lay this out for you. Russia is fugu. That’s all you have to know.
No surprise here… that’s in line with American policy for decades. It’s in this country’s best interests to weaken its enemies.
Yeah keep in mind that the United Kingdom and France both said after Joe Biden is disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, that they could never work with Biden. Now all of a sudden everybody’s working together in singing Kumbaya
A big part of the problem is that none of these warmongering Neo-conservatives and Democratic Party members can recognize their own hypocrisy. But China and Russia do recognize our hypocrisy and they’re using our very own words to justify doing the same thing we did
We just got hosed for another 33 billion for aid to Ukraine. If anyone’s getting weakened it’s the American citizen.