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False Ukraine Narratives: Sleepwalking Us Toward a Great Power War?

False Ukraine Narratives: Sleepwalking Us Toward a Great Power War?

Glenn Diesen - Greater Eurasia Podcast vor 1 Jahr

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I was invited by Massachusetts Peace Action to discuss the
narratives used by the US and NATO to pursue a long war in
Ukraine. I am very grateful to Massachusetts Peace Action for
their initiatives to end the war, as the call for diplomacy has
sadly been demonised as “controversial” or even treasonous over
the past years.A key false narrative has been that Russia’s
invasion was unprovoked, a lie that largely went unchallenged as
any dissent could be portrayed as an effort to “legitimise” or
even support the invasion. Once the premise of an unprovoked
invasion was established, any diplomacy and negotiations could be
presented as “rewarding Putin” and the only solution was a
military victory. The obligatory Hitler analogy also meant that
negotiations are appeasement and peace requires victory on the
battlefield. The injustice and suffering of Ukrainians was
weaponised as “helping Ukraine” is consistently translated into
further fuelling the war and rejecting diplomacy. Much like in
Afghanistan, the war enthusiasm was maintained by the media which
presented NATO’s motivations as altruistic and reassured the
public that Ukraine was winning. The narratives required for a
long war became immune to facts, and the NATO Secretary General
announced that weapons are the path to peace.The war started with
the NATO-backed coup in 2014. When Western governments toppled
the government in Kiev in 2014 to pull the country into NATO’s
orbit, it was known that only 20% of Ukrainians desired NATO
membership and NATO knew it would likely trigger a war. CIA
Director William Burns had warned already in 2008 that attempting
to pull Ukraine into NATO would trigger a civil war and a Russian
invasion, while also recognising this is something the Russians
would not want to do.The Minsk Peace Agreement of 2015 was
supposed to end the war, yet the Germans, French and Ukrainians
later admitted it was merely intended to buy time to arm Ukraine.
Zelensky was elected with a landslide victory in 2019 based on a
peace platform, yet he was pressured by American-financed “NGOs”
and US-backed fascist groups to reverse his position. The peace
platform was abandoned, while diplomacy with Donbas and
implementing the Minsk agreement were portrayed as
“capitulation”. When Russia demanded security guarantees in 2021
as Ukraine was becoming a de facto NATO member, the US and NATO
refused to offer anything of value. Kurt Volker, the former US
ambassador to NATO and US Special Representative for Ukraine
Negotiations, even argued in favour of no agreements as he wrote
that “success is confrontation”.Russia invaded Ukraine in
February 2022 to impose a political settlement, and contacted
Zelensky on the first day to start the negotiations. The US
responded by sabotaging the peace negotiations in Istanbul, and
Zelensky also confirmed the US preferred a long war to weaken
Russia even if this meant the destruction of Ukraine. As
recognised by the Israeli and Turkish mediators, and other
leading officials from NATO countries – the US saw an opportunity
to weaken its strategic rival by fighting with Ukrainians.If
propaganda fuels wars, then the truth can end wars. The media
that lied about every important aspect of the war and the
politicians who refused to even sit down with Russia as hundreds
of thousands died have no moral credibility or right to lecture
those who call for diplomacy.