When Trump paused such “lethal aid,” Dems cried treason & impeached based on premise he was using it to compel a probe of Biden. But they had no evidence his Biden scheme was tied to this “aid.” Hence they leaned in on Cold War jingoism & hoping that John Bolton could save them:
I warned at the time, in columns for The Nation, that Dems’ Ukrainegate, like its Russiagate predecessor, was not only based on flawed/non-existent evidence but also dangerous — further legitimating in left-liberal circles a neocon Cold War agenda. thenation.com/authors/aaron-…
I couldn’t find too many takers. Instead, Cold War fanatics were elevated as brave anti-Trump resistance heroes no matter how many unhinged, chauvinist things they said:
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In Jan. 2020, I interviewed Stephen F. Cohen about the dangerous Cold War chauvinism promoted at Trump's impeachment trial & the overlooked background of the Ukraine crisis. Cohen passed away in Sept. 2020. Everything he says is highly relevant to today:
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