Russia was assured that NATO would not move East when Berlin Wall came down
Fri 8:38 am +00:00, 10 May 2024 9Jack Matlock, former Presidential adviser on freign affairs from the 1990s, Internal pressures brought the Soviet Union to an end, not western pressure. The western powers wanted NATO to continue to ensure Germany didn’t dominate Western Europe.
So much recent propaganda says that Russia is the threat today when it is NATO that has expanded endlessly since the Wall came down.
The US has never tolerated any power to develop in the American sphere. Expanding NATO endlessly was bound to bring a reaction from Russia.
The media narrative of Russian aggression needs correcting.
Two thirds of Ukrainians were against absorption into NATO.
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This was really hard to listen to. Mr Matlock may be interesting, but his huffing and puffing and his long lectures were difficult to take and I kept losing the thread.
I agree Belyi but a key part of the war propaganda denies that US/UK promised that NATO would not expand Eastwards after the fall of the Berlin Wall. This is repeated in the media many times, and many believe that Russia is the aggresor in Ukraine, when it is US/UK/France. History might not be sexy, but old people know stuff.
Well I can’t call myself a young person, but this is something that has been known and repeated for years. If people are listening to the propaganda, they will completely miss this and all the other pieces of information that those of us who have been following the subject already know.
I didn’t find that Mr Matlock said anything that hasn’t already been said and resaid, so perhaps that was why I found it tedious.
I find the people who want war with Russia believe Russia is the aggressor throughout. Yes it’s tedious Belyi but lives are at stake. Do you have children or grandchildren? If saving lives has to be boring, let’s be boring!
I’m an enthusiastic supporter of The Duran and it is my first port of call in the morning. However, I consider that the people who listen to Alexander and Alex are not the people you mention.
Judging by the comments, their viewers are extremely savvy and have known all about this for ages.
Yet Alexander is clearly wanting the facts to be rebroadcast and to to hear the exact words from the US Ambassador to Russia under George Bush. Alexander used to propose peace in every broadcast but has tired of doing that over the years that the war has lasted. Maybe the peace possibilities will come back into his words, as others join him in this area of thought. Time for a rethink of the old facts.
It became clear to me after 7 October when Alexander so clearly avoided the elephant in the room regarding Gaza that there are certain topics which he studiously avoids. He is very keen to maintain an income vis social media, but my respect for him has diiminised substantially when seeing how afraid he is of AIPAC and the whole Zionist issue. It has saddened me greatly and I now prefer sources such as Laith Marouf, Dimitry Lascaris, Syriana Analysis, Vanessa Beeley, people who actually put their lives on the line. Sorry to be so blunt, and apologies if I have offended anyone. Just my honest opinion. I am sure there will be many who disagree with me!
I am not quite sure about that assessment d. I remember writing an essay at school on Israel and Palestine sixty years ago. I can honestly say that what I wrote would equally apply today. What can be said that hasn’t already been said? The topic is a media filler like North Korea. Looking where the media isn’t asking you to look is more fruitful in undermining the power structures you mention.
Hopefully there are new audiences whom we are also engaging; also, repetition is a great way to embed knowledge, or sometimes just the new way something already known is expressed can set us off connecting dots which we have not connected before?