The Narrative That This War Was "Unprovoked" Prevents Peace by Caitlin Johnstone published on 2022-10-02T01:47:38Z The moronic narrative that the invasion of Ukraine was "unprovoked" poses a massive obstacle to peace, because if Putin is just attacking and invading countries solely because he's crazy and evil it means detente is impossible and he won't stop until he's decisively crushed. If it's accepted that the US empire has played no role in provoking Putin's actions, that means there's nothing the empire could do to make continued Russian aggression less likely apart from regime change, or at least severely crippling and punishing Russia militarily. Reading by Tim Foley. Genre News & Politics Comment by Howard Mar Well, as a few knowledgeable people say, similar to 1979, the US "empire" has purposefully crossed the "red line" of pushing Ukraine into a pseudo NATO stance, even if it hasn't "joined" NATO. Rejection by NATO holds no water, as arms flow into Ukraine like a waterfall. Of course, the big question is begged, the reason the US set up Ukraine to "breach" Russia's warning to NATO - sure to get a response, just as happened in 1979 in Afghanistan. 2022-10-02T02:47:12Z