'... there’s a saying that NATO exists to deal with the instability that its own existence creates... it’s a horrible tragedy of the — you know, all these refugees, I mean, and as I’m glad you pointed out, in sharp contrast to the way people from the Middle East and, you know, nonwhite or, what have you, non-European refugees have been treated by the Poles and the EU generally.' https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/1/nato_expansion_ukraine_russia_crisis
#AlexanderCockburn #JuanGonzalez #DemocracyNow #Ukraine #Poland #EU #NATO #refugees #racism

"... it took three weeks for the U.S. and British to reach Baghdad, and most of the time they were advancing across desert. But this looks like a sort of — really like a lighting blitzkrieg in comparison. And, obviously, it’s also correct, as you say, that the Russians, Putin didn’t really — didn’t want to sort of permanently alienate the Ukrainian population..."
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/1/nato_expansion_ukraine_russia_crisis
#invasion of #Iraq and #Ukraine #AlexanderCockburn #JuanGonzalez #DN! #democracynow