This week we’ve got one thing on the brain: Ukraine. David fills us in on the long history of US interventionism and context for the current conflict. This is a tragic, catastrophic story full of bad actors on all sides. From the expansion of NATO to covert CIA actions that installed bloodthirsty regimes, Western governments’ interventionism fuels so much war. One bit of good news though! Covid cases are down 90% in the United States and we’re looking forward to seeing people in person!
The history of the CIA in Ukraine:
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-02-25/ukraine-cia-insurgents-russia-invasion
A brief and incomplete list of American election meddling:
https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/02/26/msnbc-needs-a-history-lesson/
“This is what happens in banana republics around the world where the United States takes a very active role in preventing that kind of military coup.”
https://archive.org/details/MSNBCW_20220204_210000_Deadline_White_House/start/4320/end/4380
You never forget your first, the CIA overthrows Syria’s first elected president:
https://time.com/4735438/america-syria-war-coup-history/
When the U.S. installed Boris Yeltsin: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/06/26/russian-election-interference-meddling/
We even bragged about it on the cover of Time Magazine:
http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19960715,00.html
Remember that time“Obama directed the release of 12 Lockheed Martin F-16 aircraft, 20 Boeing Harpoon missiles, and up to 125 M1A1 Abrams tank kits… Obama told Sisi he would continue to ask the U.S. Congress for $1.3 billion in military aid for Egypt per year…”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-egypt-military/obama-ends-freeze-on-u-s-military-aid-to-egypt-idUSKBN0MR2GR20150401
Jeffrey Goldberg’s 2016 interview with Obama:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/04/the-obama-doctrine/471525/
Brookings Institute goons call for even more weapons to Ukraine https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2016/03/18/the-obama-doctrine-and-ukraine/
The Bidens and Ukraine:
https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/02/20/escalating-the-new-cold-war-with-russia-via-ukraine-bidens-unprincipled-stands-involving-covert-operations-blackmail-corruption-nepotism-and-state-terrorism/
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