Ukraine Analysis

Noam Chomsky, the MIT professor and writer, is about as far left as you can get. He despises Putin, yet Chomsky has said in an interview that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was not unprovoked. Bush’s invasion Iraq was unprovoked and unjustifiable. Unlike the US, Russia had reason to invade.

1. There was much talk about Ukraine joining NATO in recent years. This was a direct security threat to Russia. When the Soviet Union dissolved, NATO and especially America promised Russia it would not expand into former Soviet nations.
2. America had been interfering in Ukraine’s democracy for years, the US was able to convince the leftist party to cut down trade with Russia, which would negatively effect Russia’s economy. In 2014 the conservative Pro-Russian candidate won the election but was then shortly impeached, there were some saying that Russia interfered and got him elected while there were some saying that the impeachment was a US backed coup. This led to mass protest with the Ukrainian government cracking down on the Conservatives who were majority Russian nationalists who spoke Russian. This crack down went so far to limit the use of the Russian language.
3. The Donbas area of Ukraine attempted to break off from Ukraine which resulted in a civil war which became a proxy war between US and Russia. The U.S. gave weapons and money to Ukrainian government while Russia did the same for the Separatist. Russia, Germany and France brokered a cease fire in Ukraine known known as the Minsk 2 agreement, Russia reports that for the past 8 years the Ukrainian Government broke the cease fire bombing civilian areas in the Donbas, French intelligence reported the same thing as Russia. Ukraine and US denied it saying that the Separatist were breaking the ceasefire. According to Russia, they are defending the the oppressed Russian nationals in Ukraine while also pushing back NATO expansion which has been progressing towards Russia’s sphere of influence.

Here is an exclusive interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Interviewed by Tucker Carlson. This is the full interview. It was conducted on February the 6th, 2024.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbvDpIRX6Ek