Thread by @ggreenwald

Given all the various claims about what "real leftists" must say and think about Russia/Ukraine, it's worth hearing this two-part answer from Noam Chomsky from February 13, when asked about rising tensions over Ukraine between Moscow and NATO:

The 2nd part. One of the most bizarre claims is now is that his view -- that NATO expansion is genuinely threatening to all Russians, not just Putin -- is some Kremlin propaganda invented last week when, in fact, it's what US officials and scholars have been saying for years.

Here's @PeterBeinart documenting how top US security officials, including the current CIA Director, have been warning for years: NATO expansion will provoke Russian action in Ukraine. You don't have agree, but don't pretend it's some new invention of RT:

peterbeinart.substack.com/p/bidens-cia-d…

Notably, Dilma Rousseff -- the President of Brazil from 2010-2016 with the center-left PT party of Lula (yes, it's center-left in governance, even if left in origins) -- gave a great interview this week echoing Chomsky. We'll have subtitles up shortly:

Here's @robertwrighter, citing Beinart's work, highlighting what Biden's CIA Director, William Burns, warned the Bush WH back in 2008 about NATO expansion. Again, disagree if you want, but claiming it's some new pro-Putin talking point is just fiction.👇

nonzero.substack.com/p/why-biden-di…