(1/4) Is it #Russia or the #UnitedStates that’s overreaching? I hoped, when I voted for him, that age could have made @POTUS wiser as a leader -- but flaws remain -- a Cold Warrior conditioned by the past, despising #Putin with insults and accusations that require diplomacy.
(2/4) Presidency under siege, @POTUS sticking to worn-out @HillaryClinton-neocon playbook of the new, hawkish Democratic party. Pushing #NATO and #sanctions to new levels of risk in order to maim Russia at practically any cost short of WWIII - though (god forbid) that may change.
(3/4) Please see this devastating deep-state analysis of the U.S. economy by @profwolff and #MichaelHudson. Wordy but worth it, it sticks with me as true to the present world. Very interested in your reactions. consortiumnews.com/2022/03/31/rea…
(4/4) Also enclosed is an update from #PatrickLawrence on the war. Knowing the dirty tricks we pulled in #Syria, I understand Patrick’s mindset. All this anti-Russian propaganda, sweeping in its Western unity, smells bad -- literally like #Orwell’s "1984." consortiumnews.com/2022/04/05/pat…
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(1/5) Amid all the hysteria of Western media, screaming bloody murder at #Putin, omitting key facts when inconvenient, it’s most important to understand the full spectrum of what’s happening. With the help of the Internet, I’ve found some helpful and honest analyses.
(2/5) Pearls and Irritations, a progressive Australian platform, was sent to me by Zach Sklar, my cowriter on #JFK. @tonykevin was an Australian senior diplomat who was posted to their Embassy in Moscow. Here, he gets right to the crux of the matter. bit.ly/3skj0h9
(3/5) Also from Zach is “Understanding Putin’s Narrative…” by Jonathan Steele of the British @guardian. bit.ly/3Hn0FUW