U.S. Senate rescinds War Powers Act. Votes for many more years of unjust WAR's

I find it hard to believe that 100 U.S. Senators have the power to continue waging wars all over the world based on lies and deception for invading Iraq. This is amazing information and should be an education to all humanity. For a small group of people to have such power over billions of lives is so contrary to democratic principles espoused by our governments and media. Take heed humanity, you're in for a very bumpy ride regarding any peaceful resolution to the situation at hand in Ukraine and elsewhere. In addition, we have 5 cowardly Senators that abstained or did not vote for such a crucial bill. This Bill was initiated in February 2023. For those senate members that attended and voted "YEA" on this bill you should be enshrined in the book of true leadership and proclaimed a valid member of the human race. Your actions speak louder than the words of our mainstream media.

So, there you have it humanity as listed below for all to see and research at your leisure. We are doomed by a handful of zealots and puppets of the ruling class. May we all pray and maintain faith that the greater power of the universe has taken note and will bring forth true justice to our home on earth.

Purpose: S.Amdt.2 — 118th Congress (2023-2024)All Information (Except Text)

118th CONGRESS 1st Session

S. 316

To repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 9, 2023

Mr. Kaine (for himself, Mr. Young, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Lee, Mr. Coons, Mr. Paul, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Daines, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Marshall, Mr. King, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Moran, Mr. Luján, Ms. Collins, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Braun, Mr. Booker, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Reed, Mr. Vance, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Schatz, and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

March 8, 2023

Reported by Mr. Menendez, without amendment

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A BILL

To repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST IRAQ RESOLUTION.

The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (Public Law 102–1; 105 Stat. 3; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST IRAQ RESOLUTION OF 2002.

The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107–243; 116 Stat. 1498; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) is hereby repealed.

§1541. Purpose and policy

(a) Congressional declaration

It is the purpose of this chapter to fulfill the intent of the framers of the Constitution of the United States and insure that the collective judgment of both the Congress and the President will apply to the introduction of United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, and to the continued use of such forces in hostilities or in such situations.

(b) Congressional legislative power under necessary and proper clause

Under article I, section 8, of the Constitution, it is specifically provided that the Congress shall have the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution, not only its own powers but also all other powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.

(c) Presidential executive power as Commander-in-Chief; limitation

The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.

Roll Call Vote 118th Congress - 1st Session

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XMLVote Summary 

Question: On the Amendment (Paul Amdt No. 2 )

Vote Number: 65

Vote Date: March 22, 2023, 05:51 PM

Required For Majority: 3/5

Vote Result: Amendment Rejected

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 2 to S. 316 (No short title on file)

Statement of Purpose: To repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force.

Vote Counts:

YEAs9

NAYs

86

Not Voting

5

*Information compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate bill clerk under the direction of the secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

Alphabetical by Senator Name 

Baldwin (D-WI), Yea
Barrasso (R-WY), Nay
Bennet (D-CO), Nay
Blackburn (R-TN), Nay
Blumenthal (D-CT), Nay
Booker (D-NJ), Nay
Boozman (R-AR), Nay
Braun (R-IN), Yea
Britt (R-AL), Nay
Brown (D-OH), Nay
Budd (R-NC), Nay
Cantwell (D-WA), Nay
Capito (R-WV), Nay
Cardin (D-MD), Yea
Carper (D-DE), Nay
Casey (D-PA), Nay
Cassidy (R-LA), Nay
Collins (R-ME), Nay
Coons (D-DE), Nay
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
Cortez Masto (D-NV), Nay
Cotton (R-AR), Nay
Cramer (R-ND), Nay
Crapo (R-ID), Nay
Cruz (R-TX), Nay
Daines (R-MT), Nay
Duckworth (D-IL), Nay
Durbin (D-IL), Not Voting
Ernst (R-IA), Nay
Feinstein (D-CA), Not Voting
Fetterman (D-PA), Not Voting
Fischer (R-NE), Nay
Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay
Graham (R-SC), Nay
Grassley (R-IA), Nay
Hagerty (R-TN), Nay
Hassan (D-NH), Nay
Hawley (R-MO), Nay
Heinrich (D-NM), Not Voting
Hickenlooper (D-CO), Nay
Hirono (D-HI), Nay
Hoeven (R-ND), Nay
Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Nay
Johnson (R-WI), Nay
Kaine (D-VA), Nay
Kelly (D-AZ), Nay
Kennedy (R-LA), Nay
King (I-ME), Nay
Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay
Lankford (R-OK), Nay
Lee (R-UT), Yea
Lujan (D-NM), Nay
Lummis (R-WY), Nay
Manchin (D-WV), Nay
Markey (D-MA), Yea
Marshall (R-KS), Nay
McConnell (R-KY), Not Voting
Menendez (D-NJ), Nay
Merkley (D-OR), Nay
Moran (R-KS), Nay
Mullin (R-OK), Nay
Murkowski (R-AK), Nay
Murphy (D-CT), Nay
Murray (D-WA), Nay
Ossoff (D-GA), Nay
Padilla (D-CA), Nay
Paul (R-KY), Yea
Peters (D-MI), Nay
Reed (D-RI), Nay
Ricketts (R-NE), Nay
Risch (R-ID), Nay
Romney (R-UT), Nay
Rosen (D-NV), Nay
Rounds (R-SD), Nay
Rubio (R-FL), Nay
Sanders (I-VT), Yea
Schatz (D-HI), Nay
Schmitt (R-MO), Nay
Schumer (D-NY), Nay
Scott (R-FL), Nay
Scott (R-SC), Nay
Shaheen (D-NH), Nay
Sinema (I-AZ), Nay
Smith (D-MN), Nay
Stabenow (D-MI), Nay
Sullivan (R-AK), Nay
Tester (D-MT), Nay
Thune (R-SD), Nay
Tillis (R-NC), Nay
Tuberville (R-AL), Nay
Vance (R-OH), Yea
Van Hollen (D-MD), Nay
Warner (D-VA), Nay
Warnock (D-GA), Nay
Warren (D-MA), Yea
Welch (D-VT), Nay
Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay
Wicker (R-MS), Nay
Wyden (D-OR), Nay
Young (R-IN), Nay

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

 Grouped By Vote Position 

YEAs ---9

Baldwin (D-WI)
Braun (R-IN)
Cardin (D-MD)
Lee (R-UT)
Markey (D-MA)
Paul (R-KY)
Sanders (I-VT)
Vance (R-OH)
Warren (D-MA)

NAYs ---86

Barrasso (R-WY)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Boozman (R-AR)
Britt (R-AL)
Brown (D-OH)
Budd (R-NC)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Capito (R-WV)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Collins (R-ME)
Coons (D-DE)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hassan (D-NH)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Hirono (D-HI)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kaine (D-VA)
Kelly (D-AZ)
Kennedy (R-LA)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lujan (D-NM)
Lummis (R-WY)
Manchin (D-WV)
Marshall (R-KS)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Moran (R-KS)
Mullin (R-OK)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murphy (D-CT)
Murray (D-WA)
Ossoff (D-GA)
Padilla (D-CA)
Peters (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Ricketts (R-NE)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rosen (D-NV)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schmitt (R-MO)
Schumer (D-NY)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Sinema (I-AZ)
Smith (D-MN)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Tester (D-MT)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warner (D-VA)
Warnock (D-GA)
Welch (D-VT)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wicker (R-MS)
Wyden (D-OR)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 5

Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Fetterman (D-PA)
Heinrich (D-NM)
McConnell (R-KY)

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

 Grouped by Home State 

Alabama:

 

Britt (R-AL), Nay

 

Tuberville (R-AL), Nay

 

Alaska:

 

Murkowski (R-AK), Nay

 

Sullivan (R-AK), Nay

 

Arizona:

 

Kelly (D-AZ), Nay

 

Sinema (I-AZ), Nay

 

Arkansas:

 

Boozman (R-AR), Nay

 

Cotton (R-AR), Nay

 

California:

 

Feinstein (D-CA), Not Voting

 

Padilla (D-CA), Nay

 

Colorado:

 

Bennet (D-CO), Nay

 

Hickenlooper (D-CO), Nay

 

Connecticut:

 

Blumenthal (D-CT), Nay

 

Murphy (D-CT), Nay

 

Delaware:

 

Carper (D-DE), Nay

 

Coons (D-DE), Nay

 

Florida:

 

Rubio (R-FL), Nay

 

Scott (R-FL), Nay

 

Georgia:

 

Ossoff (D-GA), Nay

 

Warnock (D-GA), Nay

 

Hawaii:

 

Hirono (D-HI), Nay

 

Schatz (D-HI), Nay

 

Idaho:

 

Crapo (R-ID), Nay

 

Risch (R-ID), Nay

 

Illinois:

 

Duckworth (D-IL), Nay

 

Durbin (D-IL), Not Voting

 

Indiana:

 

Braun (R-IN), Yea

 

Young (R-IN), Nay

 

Iowa:

 

Ernst (R-IA), Nay

 

Grassley (R-IA), Nay

 

Kansas:

 

Marshall (R-KS), Nay

 

Moran (R-KS), Nay

 

Kentucky:

 

McConnell (R-KY), Not Voting

 

Paul (R-KY), Yea

 

Louisiana:

 

Cassidy (R-LA), Nay

 

Kennedy (R-LA), Nay

 

Maine:

 

Collins (R-ME), Nay

 

King (I-ME), Nay

 

Maryland:

 

Cardin (D-MD), Yea

 

Van Hollen (D-MD), Nay

 

Massachusetts:

 

Markey (D-MA), Yea

 

Warren (D-MA), Yea

 

Michigan:

 

Peters (D-MI), Nay

 

Stabenow (D-MI), Nay

 

Minnesota:

 

Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay

 

Smith (D-MN), Nay

 

Mississippi:

 

Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Nay

 

Wicker (R-MS), Nay

 

Missouri:

 

Hawley (R-MO), Nay

 

Schmitt (R-MO), Nay

 

Montana:

 

Daines (R-MT), Nay

 

Tester (D-MT), Nay

 

Nebraska:

 

Fischer (R-NE), Nay

 

Ricketts (R-NE), Nay

 

Nevada:

 

Cortez Masto (D-NV), Nay

 

Rosen (D-NV), Nay

 

New Hampshire:

 

Hassan (D-NH), Nay

 

Shaheen (D-NH), Nay

 

New Jersey:

 

Booker (D-NJ), Nay

 

Menendez (D-NJ), Nay

 

New Mexico:

 

Heinrich (D-NM), Not Voting

 

Lujan (D-NM), Nay

 

New York:

 

Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay

 

Schumer (D-NY), Nay

 

North Carolina:

 

Budd (R-NC), Nay

 

Tillis (R-NC), Nay

 

North Dakota:

 

Cramer (R-ND), Nay

 

Hoeven (R-ND), Nay

 

Ohio:

 

Brown (D-OH), Nay

 

Vance (R-OH), Yea

 

Oklahoma:

 

Lankford (R-OK), Nay

 

Mullin (R-OK), Nay

 

Oregon:

 

Merkley (D-OR), Nay

 

Wyden (D-OR), Nay

 

Pennsylvania:

 

Casey (D-PA), Nay

 

Fetterman (D-PA), Not Voting

 

Rhode Island:

 

Reed (D-RI), Nay

 

Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay

 

South Carolina:

 

Graham (R-SC), Nay

 

Scott (R-SC), Nay

 

South Dakota:

 

Rounds (R-SD), Nay

 

Thune (R-SD), Nay

 

Tennessee:

 

Blackburn (R-TN), Nay

 

Hagerty (R-TN), Nay

 

Texas:

 

Cornyn (R-TX), Nay

 

Cruz (R-TX), Nay

 

Utah:

 

Lee (R-UT), Yea

 

Romney (R-UT), Nay

 

Vermont:

 

Sanders (I-VT), Yea

 

Welch (D-VT), Nay

 

Virginia:

 

Kaine (D-VA), Nay

 

Warner (D-VA), Nay

 

Washington:

 

Cantwell (D-WA), Nay

 

Murray (D-WA), Nay

 

West Virginia:

 

Capito (R-WV), Nay

 

Manchin (D-WV), Nay

 

Wisconsin:

 

Baldwin (D-WI), Yea

 

Johnson (R-WI), Nay

 

Wyoming:

 

Barrasso (R-WY), Nay

 

Lummis (R-WY), Nay

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

Iraq and the Pathologies of Primacy The Flawed Logic That Produced the War Is Alive and Well By Stephen Wertheim Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. “Over two decades, Americans have stubbornly refused to move on from Iraq,” Stephen Wertheim writes in a new essay for Foreign Affairs. This is in large part because the United States has not truly reckoned with the causes of the war, he argues.    The decision to invade Iraq “stemmed from the pursuit of global primacy”—and despite the chaos, destruction, and death that the war in Iraq caused, “the quest for primacy endures,” Wertheim writes. Washington is “caught in a doom loop, lurching from self-inflicted problems to even bigger self-inflicted problems, holding up the latter while covering up the former.” And today, as tensions mount with rivals such as Russia and China, the desire to defend its preeminent power position continues to “put the United States on a collision course with other countries.” The “next Iraq,” Wertheim warns, “could well take the form of a great-power war.” Read more from Foreign Affairs on the U.S. invasion of Iraq and how it continues to haunt the Middle East and shape American leadership:   “Why Iraqi Democracy Never Stood a Chance” by Renad Mansour “Why the Press Failed on Iraq” by John Walcott “The Middle East’s Lost Decades” by Maha Yahya “How the Iraq War Taught Me About the Limits of American Power” by Max Boot “The Right—and Wrong—Lessons of the Iraq War” by Hal Brands “Why America Remains Trapped by False Dreams of Hegemony” by Andrew J. Bacevich

Why does the U.S.A blame others for wrongdoing when our house is not in order?

 The mainstream media is the voice of the corrupt and controlled by our deceivers but sometimes a nugget of truth comes forth. Why don't you hear more about the shenanigans prevalent in our current government? If this could be aired across all media, I think people would start to understand how corrupt our government has become and what it would take to restore the Republic.  I was not a fan of Trump but Ron Paul was much more logical and trustworthy when he tried to stop the madness. As we approach WW3 we should be aware of who is making the decisions to continue our decent into the abyss of insanity.

What are Israel’s Plans for the New Israeli Ukraine?

Is  this the reason we are sending arms and billions to Ukraine? What does this mean for the U.S.A.? Have we been informed of this by our mainstream media?

Read and educate yourself if you dare.

Source: 

What are Israel’s Plans for the New Israeli Ukraine?

by Jan Westh

When Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych decided in November 2013 to shelve the decision on a cooperation agreement with the EU, this decision was followed by the immediate occupation of Maidan Square in Kyiv by protesters. These protesters, more or less armed, were then able to push through a coup d’état in early 2014.

A question that arises in retrospect is whether these “protesters” represented the great crowd, or whether it can be seen largely as a fruit of the Nazi propaganda fed by the CIA since 1954. Well, in 2004 the CIA got the EU on board and this US-led European organization was then able to spend 496 million euros in support of “front groups” such as e.g. Right Sector,

The CIA, which from 1954 had a focus on Ukraine certainly did not work blindly but had as its goal a strong neo-Nazi unit that could undermine Russian influence with the goal, of a power shift. Crimea in particular had been very desirable to the Jews ever since 1945 when a destitute Stalin came close to selling the entire peninsula to Jewish bankers (Sudoplatov, 1994). This suggests that the CIA was under Zionist domination and could fall back on the words of the Jewish ideologue Brzezinski, “whether you are a Nazi or a jihadist does not matter, as long as you fight Russia”.

Part of the Jewish Center of Dnepropetrovsk

Brzezinski’s words show the racism that you cannot close your eyes to if you want to understand the Ukrainian crisis. So could e.g. politician B. Filatov talk about: “Russian idiots who really do not understand why we are ready to kill them”(K.F. Ipatyev 2014).

Or when visiting Maidan activists in Odessa were able to lock pro-Russian protesters in the union house, burn more than a hundred of them inside and scream; “let the devils burn.” Perhaps our own Prime Minister should have thought about that racism thing before he received the racist President Poroshenko while he completely distances himself from Putin.

But there were also other forces working for a coup d’état. The worldwide Jewish organization Chabad-Lubawitch had a very strong center in Dnepropetrovsk in Ukraine. In a writing published on May 28, 2014, with the title, Re-Build Khazaria in Ukraine by K.F.Ipatyev, one can clearly see that the meaning of the Maidan coup was not only political – a religious overthrow would take place in secret. A politician in the said city B. Filatov announced the project, “Jewish Kyiv”, and the powerful oligarch I. Kolomoyski, who is also an Israeli citizen, confirmed Chabad’s ultimate goal, “to build in Ukraine a new state,

The promised Land, the new Zion”, (K.F. Ipatye

They got a long way because several of the leaders in the coup were Zionists and soon they began to speak openly in these circles that they could forget about Israel and instead wait for the Messiah on Ukrainian soil. Yes, they even started changing the name Ukraine to Khazaria. Here then I must tell you briefly about the country of Khazaria because our educated historians and teachers tasked with teaching the subject of history never dared to put that word in their mouths.

Khazaria was a medieval trading nation that existed for about 300 years but was annihilated in the 11th century. It was located in southern Russia and also included the Crimean Peninsula. The strange thing about this state formation, where the inhabitants consisted of Tatars, Turks, and also Indo-Europeans, was that sometime during the 8th century it underwent such a strong religious change to Judaism, that the whole country was then referred to as Jewish. The inhabitants then came to be called Ashkenazim Jews and they came throughout history to populate large parts of Eastern Europe. It is estimated that 80 – 90% of the world’s Jews are Ashkenazi. However, modern Jews have completely distanced themselves from this exact description of history and instead claimed that they have their roots in Palestine, to legitimize their claim to that land.

Khazaria at its height in the ninth century

This suddenly changed in the run-up to 2014 when it appeared that Ukraine would be “vacated”. An Israeli commission consisting of historians had, on behalf of the government, investigated the issue of Jewish debt from Khazaria. the results were presented in a secret report which, however, was somehow leaked to the Israeli correspondents Hirsh Ostropoler and I.Z. Grosser-Spass was able to report the results in The Times of Israel 16.3. 2014. Historians proved that the majority of Jews have their roots in Khazaria, and thus not in Palestine.

“The evidence that eastern and central European Jews have no historical claim to Palestine has resulted in a flurry of activity in Israel and abroad. However, some Israelis and Jews abroad are not taking any chances. One of the main reasons why billionaire tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky, the governor of Dnipropetrovsk province, is spending tens of millions of dollars on the recruitment of right-wing Ukraine nationalists and neo-Nazis from another part of Europe to fight against the Russian-speaking majority in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, is a fear that plans to turn Ukraine into a “second Israel” will be derailed.” (Wayne Madsen, 2014).

Birds of a Feather Flock Together with a dose of cash bribes and power arm-twisting threats

Back to The Times of Israel:

“The anonymous Netanyahu aide is also quoted by The Times of Israel journalists as revealing why the Israeli government is making a play for a large Israeli settlement in Ukraine: ” As the Prime Minister has said, no one will tell Jews where they may or may not live on the historic territory of their existence as a sovereign people. He is willing to make painful sacrifices for peace, even if that means giving up part of our biblical homeland in Judea and Samaria.

But then you have to expect us to exercise our historical rights somewhere else. We decided this will be on the shores of the Black Sea, where we were an autochthonous people for more than 2000 years. Even the great non-Zionist historian Simon Dubnow said we have the right to colonize Crimea. It’s all in the history books. You can look it up” (Wayne Madsen, 2014).

A belated Christmas greeting from the Parliament of Ukraine, Radan (photo Sputnik)

Sad for Netanyahu and his supporters, that Putin managed to take Crimea back before Israel occupied the island.. Or as Ipatyev put it: “Putin was faster, leaving no chance to the Kolomoyski junta nor their Chabad bosses.” (K.F. Ipatyev, 2014) No, it didn’t go very well, the only thing that the CIA and its clients succeeded exceptionally well in was its ability to convince Western politicians and the mainstream that Russia was the real cause of this Ukrainian catastrophe.

The reality today looks like this: Forty million Ukrainians are brought to the brink of hell by a junta consisting of the USA, Israel, NATO, and the EU. There they are left without help.

U.S and other nations support an Apartheid State and Terrorism

 

New Israeli Regime Moves Toward “Cleansing” All Palestinians From Palestine

Israel’s new fascist government has increased the collective punishment of Palestinians — a war crime.

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6 reasons the neocons in the West wanted this war with Russia

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland and Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy

Frank Wright — Life Site News Feb 15, 2023

There has been a lot of war news recently, combined with confusing messaging. With no overall aim in sight it is difficult to make sense of the policy of the United States and its Western allies. Here is a brief overview of the chaos which has replaced the careful plans of our masters.

Robert Kagan is one of the leading neoconservatives in the United States. His wife, Victoria Nuland, led the 2014 putsch in Ukraine which installed a neoliberal, Western-oriented government. He openly admits that Russia was provoked into invading Ukraine. Why would he say this?