> Dr Abelow’s characterization of US motives in the Ukraine conflict,“ foolish”, is more sanguine than dissident views one hears from others, such as that the US/NATO is trying to “weaken Russia”, the US is testing its weapons for the real conflict it plans with China, that the war will be waged until the last Ukrainian left standing.
Whatever.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/01/a-voice-of-sanity-in-the-ukraine-war/
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From March 11, 2022 but the article comes to mind lots:
> A negotiated settlement is, it seems, unacceptable to the UK, who are willing to fight Russia, as the saying goes, down to the last Ukrainian; their vision was spelled out by Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who told Sky News that the conflict could last ‘years’ and the UK needs to be ‘prepared for a very long haul’.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/11/russia-has-been-baited-into-a-repeat-of-the-afghan-trap-first-time-as-tragedy-second-time-as-sickening-farce/
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