[Peace-discuss] An exchange

[karen aram]

It should be noted that Midge O’brien has a very good letter in todays NG, and Ricky Baldwin had a very good one, published Feb. 27th, but written before the Russian invasion. I see it as still relevant given it points out the issues of causation, which as  said previously, unless the American people focus on the cause, and take responsibility there will likely be no end to the war or provocations and violence. 


> On Mar 5, 2022, at 11:09 AM, Boyle, Francis A <fboyle at illinois.edu> wrote:
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> Good one! fab
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> Francis A. Boyle
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> From: karen aram <karenaram at hotmail.com> 
> Sent: Saturday, March 5, 2022 9:38 AM
> To: Boyle, Francis A <fboyle at illinois.edu>
> Cc: Brussel, Morton K <brussel at illinois.edu>; Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>; Ricky Baldwin <baldwinricky at gmail.com>; Levy, Stuart A <salevy at illinois.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] An exchange
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> Please see Morton Brussel’s excellent letter recently submitted to the NG.
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> "It is disheartening to listen to the chorus of condemnation against Russia. There is no empathy or understanding for the Russian fear of encirclement by weaponized NATO countries. There is no recognition that Russia offered proposals to defuse the situation, proposals derided by the Biden administration. Not only were the proposals basically ignored, but military actions were carried out by a nazified Ukraine military, especially in the Donbas, causing thousands of casualties. Russians no doubt remember how these same Nazi elements incinerated peaceful opponents in Odessa after the coup of Maidan, and feared it would be repeated in eastern Russian-speaking Ukraine. As a result, Russia felt forced to dramatize its serious concerns; hence the current incursion into Ukraine.
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> Preferable actions to create a stir in western and US citizenry would have been clearly evident Russian military forces off the US  east coast, or even weaponry shipped to Cuba, however dangerous. As it is, we have an inert and ignorant American citizenry, lulled and distracted by an all encompassing propaganda matrix. One might have thought that the NATO nations would have considered that their cities could be engulfed in any larger European conflict. Their total condemnation of the Russian attack on Ukraine seems to belie such considerations. 
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> The sanctions and continued shipping of armaments to Ukraine by NATO countries will likely cause greater conflict. A dire situation, illustrating the turpitude, hypocrisy, and corruption of American government policy-makers and their NATO clients." 
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> —mkb
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