Question: Is the party that launched the invasion a warmonger?
Oh the irony! Good ole Rand Corporation (our government think tank) came out with a report in 2019 outlining steps the U.S. could take to “weaken, destabilize and encourage regime change in Russia.” Their strongest recommendation to achieve the goals was to provoke Russia militarily in Ukraine. They apparently have had a “change of heart” on the issue and have issued a new 32 page report outlining “It is disadvantageous for the United States to prolong the conflict in Ukraine.”
As one commenter noted: “The same RAND that consistently produced reports for Pentagon that suborning a Ukraine hostile to Russia was the key to effectively destroying Russia.
i.e. Splitting it apart into smaller fiefdoms, vulnerable to Chechnya style terrorist insurrections, and open to exploitation and looting by the West..”
Cyberspec News, [1/27/2023 2:54 AM]
RAND: It is disadvantageous for the United States to prolong the conflict in UkraineThis is the conclusion (https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PEA2510-1.html) reached by the experts of the well-known American information and analytical center RAND Corporation, having studied the current prospects of Washington, against the background of the growing escalation between NATO countries and Russia.
Experts believe that the United States needs to start taking steps right now to establish a lasting peace, despite calls from Kiev and the hawks of the North Atlantic Alliance to continue supplying weapons until Kiev fully returns the territories of the former Ukraine.
To create the ground for negotiations, RAND calls on Washington to do the following:
1️⃣Explain their plans for the future support of Kiev (just to be believed), assuming obligations to ensure security;
2️⃣Provide guarantees of Ukraine’s neutrality;
3️⃣Establish conditions for easing sanctions against Russia.RAND experts apocalyptically conclude that the alternative to peace is “a prolonged war that creates serious problems for the United States, Ukraine and the rest of the world.”
Interestingly, the RAND material came out before Victoria Nuland’s statements about the probability (https://t.me/c/1564771638/8635) of easing the anti-Russian sanctions and the impossibility (https://t.me/u_now/83955) to deliver Abrams tanks before the spring of this year. Although, many experts believe that these are just words that have nothing to do with reality.
Yes, obviously, and anyone advocating for a wider war IS a warmonger.