Robert F. Kennedy Jr
@RobertKennedyJr
(May 10, 2023)

ERRATA: Apologies for my earlier tweet reporting that the U.S. had installed nuclear-capable Aegis Missile systems in Ukraine. This was incorrect. The U.S. installed the Aegis batteries in Romania and Poland. According to former top NATO military planner Col. Douglas Macgregor and historian Benjamin Abelow, the Russian government’s fear that the U.S. was about to install the same systems in Ukraine was one of several national security anxieties that motivated Russia’s 2022 invasion. Russia had been deeply concerned that new U.S. missile systems, deployed as close as 400 miles from Moscow, could increase the chance that, in a crisis, the U.S. might believe it could carry out a decapitating preemptive first strike.
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At the very least, policymakers should carefully consider this perspective, to balance out the relentless warmongering and myopic Russophobia of the foreign policy establishment. I do not condone Russia’s invasion. The point here is not to excuse, but to understand the full set of circumstances behind the war. With understanding, we can negotiate a just and lasting peace, and avoid starting more wars in the future.

Here are some more elements of the set of circumstances that led to the Ukraine war. These are from Abelow’s deeply researched book, “How the West Brought War to Ukraine.”...

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