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In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I only just saw this. I meant to say they. Was referring to the US foreign policy brain trust. LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. But, just to be clear, I think that, if at all realistic, fighting the Russians to a standstill (our helping with this) is the right move. I’m not sure about how realistic this is, though. My actual belief (not conditio…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Yeah, that is pretty much the most important passage. There is a pretty black-and-white issue of justice to care about here and I’m not entirely ready to give up on helping the Ukrainians get as much justice as can be r…

In reply to Steve Beers. I agree with all of that, except that I think it’s credible for some British or American blood quietly to be shed on Ukrainian soil, in the form of military advisors or trainers killed in action. If the numbers are kept s…

In reply to mlyoung57. Here is the most sickeningly revealing passage in that article you linked to: Lastly, we must consider the state of Ukraine’s forces heading into the Donbas fight. Though Western media is saturated with reports of Russian failur…

In reply to Phil Tanny. We didn’t “essentially agree” with his takeover of Crimea. That’s a tendentious misdescription of events. We didn’t militarily intervene in it, but non-intervention is not “agreement.” W…

In reply to David Potts. Not really sure where all this snark about Chomsky is coming from. Chomsky has been writing about American foreign policy for fifty years–a lot longer than anyone criticizing him. In this case, he’s invoking a veter…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I’m curious as to why some people think giving Putin part of Ukraine would end this conflict. We essentially agreed with his takeover of Crimea. Did that end the conflict? LikeLike