
[Source: newyorker.com]
The Cold War did not end for the United States with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Instead, the United States set out on a systematic 30-plus year effort to undermine, humiliate and threaten the Russian state. This has ultimately led to the tragedy of the war in Ukraine.
Of course this is nothing new.
Invasions of the Russian land mass by the West have been regular and destructive. Napoleon invaded in 1812, killing 500,000 Russians. The Crimean War of 1853-1856 killed another 250,000.
World War I saw 3,300,000 Russian deaths, and World War II 27,000,000. In total the Western Powers have been responsible for 30-35 million dead Russians, not to mention turning western Russian into a moonscape, over two centuries. Everyone attacked Russia through Ukraine. This is known in historical circles as a pattern.
But I digress.
Posted by The NON-Conformisthttps://covertactionmagazine.com/2024/08/02/how-the-united-states-drove-russia-to-invade-ukraine-and-the-potential-consequences/