How a Diminishing West Got Scared, Played Its Last Empire Card, and Put World War III Back on the Table
Peace Was at Hand
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How a Diminishing West Got Scared, Played Its Last Empire Card, and Put World War III Back on the Table
From Vietnam to Iraq to Kyiv, Democrats and Republicans Have Marched in Lockstep for the Military‑Industrial Uni‑Party That Really Rules
How Neoconservatives, Atlanticists, and Their Institutional Allies Destroyed the Last Chance for Peace in Ukraine
Glenn Diesen and Jeffrey Sachs trace the Ukraine conflict to NATO expansion, broken promises and a media system that excludes Russian security concerns.
Atlanticists, neoconservatives, contractors and media built a proxy battlefield, blocked peace efforts and branded dissent as Russian propaganda.
Ukraine provides the bodies, Russia is portrayed as the villain, Europe pays the bill, and Washington manages the war and the peace from a safe distance.
Europe is drifting toward a larger, more dangerous war with Russia because it refuses to confront the real causes of the current one.
Ukraine was promised NATO membership, denied a better Istanbul settlement and armed to keep fighting, leaving a harsher outcome than leaders admit.
Perhaps the most extraordinary development of the past year is not anything that happened on the battlefield.
How Defense-Funded Think Tanks, Legacy Media, and Index Funds Turned Ukraine’s Agony into Background Noise , While the Checks Kept Clearing