Ron Paul: Washington’s Bi-Partisan Russia-Bashers Are Determined to Start a War

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Russia-bashing is a bi-partisan activity in Washington. Both parties think it makes them look “tough” and “pro-America.” But while Republican and Democrat politicians continue to one-up each other on “risk-free” threats to Russia, they are increasingly risking a devastating nuclear war.

It’s all fun and games until the missiles start flying. And in this case we are risking total destruction over who governs eastern Ukraine! Has so much ever been risked for so little?

The problem with all this tough talk is that politicians start to believe their own rhetoric and propaganda. As a result they don’t make sound decisions based on objective facts, but instead make rash decisions based on faulty misinformation.

When US politicians talk about Russia massing troops on the Ukrainian border, for example, they leave out the fact that these troops are actually inside Russia. With US troops in some 150 countries overseas, you’d think Washington might pause before criticizing the “aggression” of troops inside a country’s own borders.

They also leave out the reasons why Russia might be concerned over its neighbor Ukraine. CNN reported recently that the Biden Administration approved another $200 million in military aid to Ukraine last month, making nearly half a billion dollars in weapons over the past year.

Imagine if China was sending half a billion dollars in weapons to Mexico to strengthen and embolden a hyper-aggressive anti-US regime. Would the US not be “massing troops near the Mexican border”?

Also there is that issue about the US-backed overthrow of the democratically-elected Ukrainian government in 2014, which is the starting point of all these recent problems. And this week Yahoo News reported that the CIA is training Ukrainian paramilitaries on US soil!

Recent talks between the US and Russia failed before they even began, with the US side refusing to even consider ending useless and provocative NATO expansion eastward. NATO is a Cold War relic that should have been disbanded along with the Warsaw Pact. It serves no purpose and its constant saber-rattling puts us at risk in conflicts that have nothing to do with US national security.

How embarrassing it was to hear Blinken ridiculing Russia for coming to the aid of ally Kazakhstan as a color revolution (with likely US backing) was brewing. “I think one lesson in recent history is that once Russians are in your house, it’s sometimes very difficult to get them to leave,” Blinken told reporters. He said this with a straight face even as the US continues to illegally occupy a large part of Syria, continues to occupy part of Iraq against the will of that country’s parliament, and occupied a good part of Afghanistan for 20 years!

Incidentally, as soon as the regime change attempt was put down in Kazakhstan, Russian and allied troops began leaving the country. But, of course, the reflexively pro-war US media doesn’t report anything outside the narrative.

What to do about Russia? Stop backing regime change along Russia’s borders, including Belarus, Kazakhstan, and elsewhere. Stop meddling in foreign elections. Look at how we wasted four years on false claims that the Russians meddled in ours. End weapons shipments and all aid to Ukraine. End sanctions. Re-imagine the US defense budget as a budget to actually defend the US. It’s really not that complicated: stop trying to rule the world.

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NC Scout is the nom de guerre of a former Infantry Scout and Sergeant in one of the Army’s best Reconnaissance Units. He has combat tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He teaches a series of courses focusing on small unit skills rarely if ever taught anywhere else in the prepping and survival field, including his RTO Course which focuses on small unit communications. In his free time he is an avid hunter, bushcrafter, writer, long range shooter, prepper, amateur radio operator and Libertarian activist. He can be contacted at [email protected] or via his blog at brushbeater.wordpress.com .

2 Comments

  1. These Things Happen January 18, 2022 at 09:36

    The globalists want it for depopulation purposes.
    The former USA must be a 3000 mile smoking crater of ruin before it can be declared a failed state and handed over to the CCP and UN.
    The sight of sinking US ships and planes shot out of the sky will be the end of the world conquering faculty lounge fart sniffers.
    The fabulous Rupaul rump ranger army will probably run off in its pretty pink high heels when Crazy Ivan gets going.
    Ask Jerry the German about the ass stomping that the descendents of Vikings can put down.

  2. Rennie January 22, 2022 at 02:47

    With all due respect to Dr. Paul, the crisis in the Ukraine goes much deeper than a land dispute over Crimea and the Donbas. There is a traumatic history between Ukraine and Russia. You only have to watch the interview on C-SPAN with the author of “Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar” to appreciate the utter perversity and depravity of the Bolsheviks and to gain an understanding of the depth of the psychological trauma inflicted on the inhabitants of the Ukraine during the Soviet era. To throw Ukraine under the bus in the name of appeasing Russia because it has nuclear weapons is tantamount to forcing a battered wife to return to her abusive husband unconditionally in the name of preserving peace in the neighborhood. It’s just a cruel thing to do.

    Now imagine if instead of coercing the Ukraine back into the Russian sphere of influence through military conquest, threats and intimidation, the Kremlin openly recognized this historical reality, formally apologized and negotiated some kind treaty that perhaps even included reparations. Even if all this were undertaken, it could still take centuries of civilized, self-restraint and careful diplomacy to wash away the stain of the 20th century from the collective psyche of the Ukraine. Perhaps only then could there be enough trust established between the two parties that closer political ties could become a reality.

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