hi gloria
i read what i could about the neonazi business, and am not convinced that they represent a significant part of the uykrainian forces. i read what i could about it, and it seemed very much a red herring.
you raised lots of questions about neocons in biden's administration, which are valid, and which sachs seems to lean heavily upon as well. it is an important issue, i agree. without supporting the earlier neocon agenda in the middle east, i still believe putin's
invasion of ukraine was and is terrible, and ought not to pass unopposed. it is one thing to argue western neocon horrors in iraq and the middle east, and another to say, well, russia is just fine with its own horrors in ukraine, not to mention syria and mali
i find sachs a very reliable source, and he reinforced arguments that more needs to be done to push for negotiations. who would oppose that? but is putin interested in negotiation?
we can call this the horns of a dilemma. arguments against nato expansion might well be valid, but not to the point where this war is justified. trying to create a more positive western approach doesn't mean accepting russian abuses and worse.
gloria, i try to keep an open mind on these issues, which means if i read something like sachs, i am inclined to listen, to change. for now, i read so much about russian abuses, it is hard to ignore their impact in any evaluation of the situation.
ken