The the hello and welcome to cross dog were all things are considered. Im peter lavelle, gives western backers had high hopes for ukraine, celebrated counter offensive, but alas, they were just hopes and illusions. The cruel reality of the ground demonstrates that nato and to live in a world of magical thinking. And ukraine is paying the price, the cross sucking ukraines fate. Im joined by my guess, carla nixon in washington. He is a political analyst in columbus. We have miss the winston. She is a political activist, as well as host of the miss b. Winston show on t n t radio ad in paris we crossed the way to mars than she is a syndicated columnist and a party contributor across stock rolls in effect. That means you can jump anytime you want and i always appreciate it. Lets go to miss the 1st and columbus. I just came back from vacation though im one of the last person that i talked to on this program was you. So were kind of filling up the gap here. Missing is it a time for kids . Western backers to start eating pro. I mean, i went through an article, a few articles yesterday of all the, you know, the months ago is a success is assured, you know, the break through the lines of russians have no morel. The equipment is from the 19 sixteens, you know all of that garbage that weve been reading and now we have a very different reality and its pretty hard even the western media is beginning to say, oh its looking all a little problem. Matic, of course are trying to put a spin on it, but i mean, its about time they start putting of a lens of reality on this here because its only prolonging a a conflict. The ukraine has no possibility of winning miss they. Yeah, youre absolutely right. The problem is i dont think that theyre going to do that. I mean, ive seen that play out so many times. I mean, it took what 20 years for people to admit that iraq was a bad idea. So its unlikely that thats going to happen. I think, as you just said, theres going to be a lot of spend put on this situation. Theyre going to try to uh, you know, make it as pretty as possible while also trying to save as much space as possible. I just, i dont know that were going to see the kind of a crow eating, but you think that there needs to be. I think that there is a far too much narcissism in far too much pride involved in that situation was a very good point though rachel. One thing you cant hide, though is public opinion. Uh, cnn recently had a whole 55 percent of those polled do not want more money being said ukraine, germany is starting to the industrialized inflation remains high and european politics. The politicians are facing elections. Those are realities you can ignore, theyre not realities that you can actually put a spin on. Yeah, i agree with misty that i dont think theyre going to pull play on this anytime soon. And for the 2 reasons that she cited the ego and the fact that theyve put so much effort into this already, that theyre not willing to let it go. But more than that, it always comes down to money. So money through the military, Industrial Complex is what theyre getting out of this. And its just this excuse to launder tax payer money for the the Us Government to longer talks here, money from pockets of tax payers into the military defense Industrial Complex. And whats happening is theyre able to, you know, put all this money into these weapons makers under the guise of helping you crane. And i dont think thats going and any time soon. And its really interesting is the new talking point that im seeing over and over again, not only from top washington figures, but also from you know, the National Dogs online. So that whole online bought for data. And weve heard it from senator Lindsey Graham. Weve heard it from the front office lady and senator, hillary clinton. Weve heard it from senator richard limits all. So people who have been in washington a really long time and give you an idea of whats being said behind the scenes. And the talking point that keeps coming out is what a bargain. This is what a great deal the us is getting. There are asking us to go in and do anything. Were just, were just getting all these billions but youre a, i understand, you know, theres no body bag effect here for the us. Were, were getting a real bargain out of this and, and, you know, the average person is obviously saying, well, why is all this money going to ukraine . And thats the push back. Thats what theyre trying to play on now, to sell it to people. No, no, no, you really dont understand. You might see billions going out the door or into the military Industrial Complex. You might be asking, you know, why are things such a disaster in the us . Why are we not spending that money here . And the reality is you dont get it, you dont get it, you guys are too stupid. You understand the way we understand things. And here in washington, and were telling you, its a great deal. Were getting a great deal. They are fighting the russians for has thats literally what Lindsey Graham said. He, he said, you know, russians are dying and were not having to do it. Thats a great thing. So i think were gonna see more of that as the poll start to show more a more that although there is support in the us among the us people for and ukrainians, and for ukraine dont really understand exactly how to support them. But they liked the idea of supporting them at the same time. Theyre tired of seeing this money go out the door on this week. We know the talking point. I think were going to see more more justified. Yeah, this thing is going, yeah, i mean, thats a cold come for a garland for the craniums. I mean, again, you know, we can, we can talk about the military mass, the financial math, economic math. But we can talk about human math to garland. Theyre just running out of people. I mean, theres a certain, in everett ability to this here. Rachel is absolutely right. And miss the as to said, you know, you can have all these talking points, but it doesnt change the political and military math on the ground in ukraine, garland. Yeah, but i think to understand the mentality of the neo cons one need only look at the collapse of afghanistan. There was an infamous conversation. Were in jo, body and was talking to ash ralph gunny who was in the puppet leader of afghanistan. And donnie basically said to him, look, the tyler bond, they are over running all of our positions, everythings fallen apart, this thing is crashing. And joe biden said to them, him, we need to make, maintain the perception, even if its not true, that you know, things are going well, blah, blah, blah. So even when they knew that their proxies a lab, so they just said, lets just lie. And lets just maintain the narrative. And next thing, you know, people are dangling off the fuselage of a c 130, trying to get out of cobbled airport. Thats the way they do things. They dont have the emotional tools necessary to have the motivation to live in the real world. So what theyre going to do is maintain the narrative as long as they can. And then when it falls apart, they will deal with it. And you know, i guess my gosh ralph gunny zalinski and his true if theyre alive, well try to get out of a out of the country with as much money as they can steal. You know, im glad you brought that up. Youll miss the, its a, you know, be up until like, 15 minutes ago, you couldnt really talk about corruption in ukraine. Which, curiously, before the complex started, that is the only thing people talked about ukraine. So now its back on the agenda. It is kind of a get out of jail free card in my opinion, and looking down the line, you know, as the ones he wishes to croak after all like gone e. Okay, im glad that the garland brought that up. But its interesting that you know, were doing it on the cheap and, and of course ukraine is very, very corrupt. Its very interesting commingling of narratives, misty. It really is, and its very interesting to watch this play out and watch the way that the narrative managers are selling the story in the way that theyre kind of dancing that on that line. Where they are trying to encourage continued support from the American Public for the conflict in ukraine, while also trying to maintain their ability to sort of walk things back as it goes to our as it is, as anybody whos been paying attention, knew that it would. And so, as rachel said, you know, that we have this situation where all of these, this is not, she said this is not a one off. We have multiple different, high level officials who were talking about, you know, this is a great deal for us. No americans are dying, but what theyre not talking about is an entire generation of mostly ukrainian men is being sacrificed on the altar of western imperialism. And nobodys really talking about that. And its, as you just mentioned, were now starting to see conversations crop back up about the corruption from zelinski. And thats always been the case that has always been as you said, that this was something that was widely covered prior to the conflict broke out. And so now that theyre starting to bring that narrative back, it looks as if theyre trying to set the stage for, you know, winding this thing down, because i think that the goal was never us going to san said many years ago about afghanistan. The goal is not a successful more. The goal is unless were in the bid the, the whole point of the situation in ukraine was not for ukraine to beat russia. Everybody knew that that was not going to happen. The goal was to use ukraine to try to we can rush up both economically and militarily and so we are trying to get whatever we can, whatever bank for the, our buck that we can in doing that. And then we will, uh, you know, very gracefully walk ourselves out of this situation and blame it on its own entity. Well, rachel, i think ive already set on this program. The, the, the ultimate spin is, however, this is revolt, a result. The russians didnt make it to paris. We won. Yeah, well, i mean, there also has the negative paris, but the u. S. Has basically decimated the european economy and what ended up happening is that you, all of us here in europe are wondering k. Um, we had cheap russian gas coming in. We werent at war with russia. Europe has a very different relationship with russia than the us does. In fact, one of the reasons the e u, the European Union was created in the 1st place was to be a more competitive entity against the us on the global stage. And ultimately, what ended up happening now is with this, the north stream pipeline being blown up by the way thats being played on ukraine. Now in case you havent noticed in the process, were seeing and intelligence officials saying, you know, you can probably did it how, how convenient that is. Um, so that goes into what youre saying with respect to, you know, that whole narrative around corruption. Oh yeah. They also blow up pipelines and so if youre going to blame anyone, blame them, theres no real investigation happening. Nobody really wants to know what happened there. Theyre afraid of, you know, what they might find, i think. But ultimately, whats happened is europe is trading that cheap. Russian gas for super expensive american liquefied natural gas at 34. 00 times as an annual net called the french presence at the market price of whats being paid in the us. The prices of skyrocketed for everything to the point where germany, the economic engine of your cant either afford to make fertilizer. So whats the doing . Importing 300. 00. 36. I think it is percent more from russia. So in other words, instead of making these things itself with cheap rushing, guess they are importing the, the end product from russia in the meantime. Or theyve also boosted russian liquefied natural gas and drugs. Its right by 40 percent in e compared to 2021. So ultimately theyre doing all this versus the going saying, you know, look, were sticking it to the area. So it easy because we stopped buying Russian Energy and yet theres sneaky to in the back door. So all this is just to make sure a, its all just to appease the average person who doesnt scratch beneath the surface to figure out whats really going on. And its just been a disaster for the average person here in europe. And instead of being dependent on russian gas, which of us constantly was saying and browsing in europe not to not to be doing. Were now completely dependent or over dependent on american liquefied natural gas. Its even more expensive than wells, no end in sight. Yeah, well were relying on retail, howre i . Solar power, but thats not ready for primetime. Yeah. But with, with friends like the United States, the europeans dont need any friends its, its really, its truly extraordinary. And i mean, ive all often said, you know, we will need future psychologists to explain it, not historians. Im going to jump in here. Were going to go to a short break. And after that short break, well continue. Our discussion on ukraine state. Stay with are the, the price of the best and decline of the best ease and feel it was a booth. I know what we should do. East weather, east or west north to south be less per phone to boot, solidarity and Global Corporations all the years ago. The kind of the world has never seen. So east, west and on. So we have one comedy, one time in the russian states. Never as one of the most sense community most ill send some of the same assistance. Must be the one else calls question about this, even though we will then in the European Union, the kremlin media mission, the state on trust routing and supports the r t spoke neck, keeping our video agency roughly all the band on youtube tv services for what question did you say they requested the welcome make the process . Were all things are considered computer la belcher menu were discussing ukraines fate. The. Okay, lets go back to the island in washington. Im so far in this problem. We have talked about different narratives and different spins and i think our really important one to, to take a look at which western media and refuses to acknowledge or try to a accept a different way of understanding how this conflict is being conducted. But keep talking about a square meters of land or how much they, you know, they picked up. So you creating a right and theres no a jump. 47 people. Okay. Moving forward. But see, thats a total misunderstanding of whats going on here at the very, very beginning. And a lot of people didnt understand it and they still dont the rush. It said it had to atems in this complex demilitarization indeed, not certification. Now what does that mean . It means destroying ukraines military. That is being done. As matter fact, it is already been done because now and its a nato military and then then the knots vacation, thats code and i think its very clear to me. Its regime change. They dont want these people empower here. They dont want an anti rush on their border inside of a military alliance against moscow. So, you know, looking at the counter offensive, looking at square meters and all of this, you know, a, a land bridge. All that, its all quite and its called nonsensical because if you understood it from the Russian Point of view, then you would say, yeah, we have to need it. We need to start negotiating, but they wont do that. Darwin, the right, because its big discuss it from the perspective of the russians claims. If a, a, if they discuss it from the see, i mean the rush, it rushes aims, then will expose the reality of whats going on here. Remember, theyre saying that russia, that put and isnt made man, and he wants to expand in the soviet empire and take everything back over. But hes heading for the English Channel if we dont stop permits, etc. So they have from that perspective, they have to discuss this through the lens of territory pollutant once more territory. So were going to discuss territory if you discuss it through the lens of the military threat. That is, that its being suppressed that, that, uh, ukraine presents via a proxy army. Then that exposes that. Russia sees a military threat and theyre addressing a military threat. So they have to discuss it through the land of, of taking more land. They are, therefore, they can say putting wants to take more land and it doesnt take them back to a discussion of rushes rush it. The reason russia is addressing the military abilities of ukraine is because thats what they see as a threat is high. And so i think that, that, thats the bottom line of that 12 mistake garland is absolutely right, because you can, then we have this a symmetrical understanding. Whats going on garlands right . Its about security and, you know, folks, i, i dont want to sound like a broken record, but december 17th before the start of the conflict. Thats what russia said. We want to talk about security and the state department blew it off. Okay. And they didnt take it seriously for ukraine because now with this is where we are, its all about security and anyone that says that is a toady of the kremlin. That is just that, thats maniacal thinking, misty. Yeah, youre absolutely right. And its not even been just since december, it was a, this has been for years while im here. And russia has been warning the west and nato for years. Weve been expanding data closer and closer to them against the problems of is that we made to not do so. And so i think that russia has been in, you know, and people like do it as the guidelines that like to claim that hes some crazy, maniacal madman who just woke up one day and decided to invade ukraine because he was in a bad mood or something thats just completely nonsensical and a not at all in reality. What he has done here is been warning for years that he is concerned about, as you just said, the security of his country and off his borders and data was continued to process even further and further. And so this is something that he has been warning us about for a very long time. I think in my opinion, hes been incredibly patient and dealing with this. And it is always been about, in my opinion, for him and for the, for the, for the country a brush thats always been about security. And so the idea that, again, its that narrative, right . Its about narrative management. Thats then they have to create this kind of comic book villing out of bottom or putting in order to justify the conflict that we are in and out. We are in that we are enabling and in fact that we provoked a this is not an unprovoked war. This is absolutely provoked, but it was provoked by with the western data not by water put in and rush out. And so again, i think its all that narrative spent. Its the way that they have to sell the store in order to manufacture consent, especially from the American Public who is very war weary. I think they have to find ways of selling it in order to be able to be able to push that narrative and, and get that, that kind of support it. Rachel missed the use the term. Uh, a cartoon figure. Well, theres a cartoon figure in, in french politics. His name is, is out of cosy. He actually did an interview, which was very interesting. By the way, i agreed with him on many points for varying, for do i a put it this way . He was right about a lot of things for the wrong reasons, but nonetheless, he did Say Something that was uh along the lines of what darwin it must be of already said, security and pan. Your opinion, security needs to be discussed. Of course, he was destroyed in the public for his interview. Go ahead. Rachel. The right phone. Refresh presently for that stuff was he just had a book come out in which he explained some of the decisions they made while he was president of france up until just before the console on. So i 2012 and he, whats interesting about him is hes not going to back down from his positions. Hes very, very confident, politician. He knows these files really well. He also has the ability, which many western leaders dont anymore. And thats the ability to see things pragmatically through the lens of somebody elses point of view. In other words, he can look at the issue of ukraine and see why it is a problem for russian president vladimir virginia. He can see why the present of russia would have the need or the interest to defend russian interest. Now, it seems like all france and the rest of europe and United States can do is see everything through the lens of this us wed western agenda. And to just, you know, to the point of all this kilometer counseling i, its actually pretty funny. Its like the new cobit case counting before counting the number of kilometers that shift back and forth along that skirmish line. We were counting the number of cases where people really have no idea what any of this means. They dont know the size of the old last were talking about and which these kilometers are kind of shifting back and forth. It really means nothing. I mean, its anecdotal. And, and yet is that again, like just like the code case count . I guess the latest example is you know, the weather max here in europe. What temperature is going to be today and will be color purple, or which means where the worlds about to blow up, or will it be current color, dark orange, you know, 20 years ago the same temperatures were colored, maybe yellow. But i mean, thats just, its simple things and use simple minds and unfortunately thats, you know, were in this kind of horse race mentality, type of society. Everybody thinks theyre watching a super bowl game and, and theyre reading for their team and its just a lot more complicated than that. And soccer was the somebody who understood as that. And i think hes a little bit dismayed it at whats become of critical. He says hes in western society. Yeah. It, garland, i agree with complete with, with rachel said there. I mean, im not the biggest fan. It was a lot of cozy and when he was present and but rachel was absolutely right. I mean, a much of what he had to say was pragmatic, but for reasons that i would disagree with him, i want more more topic before we, we are in the show here. Go on another narrative that is being spewed out there, churned all the time, is a nature of postwar ukraine, and i find this so. So bizarre is like, ok, number one will be here. Who grade if there is a ukraine . What will it look like . Where, who will populated school want to return to it . It will be an economic basket case if it doesnt have any access to the seat. I mean, what are these people talking about, or are they fundraising . Darlin . Its a big part of the discussion of post mortem crane if you look at whats going on with whats happening right now with countries such as black rock, a company such as black rock, you know, buying out parts of west and ukraine, trying to figure out what will be left is to figure out how they can do to ukraine, what they try to do to rush it in the 1990 is that the ultimate goal is to go in and pick the bones of the whatever is left uh, whatever meat is left on the on the carpets of ukraine, these vultures want to go in and they want to pick the vote. And so the real discussion of post were ukraine is the neo liberal discussion of going into a country and taking everything in any and everything thats left. They dont really care about ukraine. The discussion is, you know, what can we get out of this . How can we get our Company Countries in that, and how can we make sure that we keep somebody like zelinski in charge . That will facilitate the wholesale transfer of all assets in all available methods of making money in ukraine into the hands of these western corporations. Yeah, mostly, i think the hunter biden has a lot of free time. Maybe he could do some painting and yeah. Okay, see it apparently have some kind of affinity with ukraine as a matter of fact, the whole buying a family has an affinity with you guys . Mostly. So would you be investing money in postwar ukraine . No, itll only take you less that. Thats even a conversation that were having, frankly, the idea that 1st of all, that theres going to be, if you set a post were ukraines there may not even be want it. And especially given the fact that were now shipping off depleted uranium and it costs are munitions. I mean, thats going to be causing, wreaking havoc in the country for decades to come. And so it, and frankly, i think its, you know, as board galloway pointed out on twitter, i think you know, that the, uh, the u. K is claiming that theyre going to funds of rebuilding of ukraine. They havent even rebuilt greenville tower. Those people are still displaced, i mean, and in this situation, we have an United States, a china, and now we is completely obliterated. It has been a just destroyed by this fire, this region wildfire. And so the idea that we are pledging to rebuild the country that we are responsible for destroying when we dont even take care of our own, we dont even rebuild our own its, its a, thats something thats always frustrating me about this conflict is that im expected to believe that we actually care about the people of ukraine, when frankly, we dont even care about the people of our own country. Thats very true, rachel. We have one more minute, go ahead and finish it all for us to what mr was saying there. I think if they struck oil under green cell tower, i think thered be a whole lot of interesting with marriage. So i think it comes down to that. Okay, well, i mean, rachel, i mean the, the, it just kind of objectifying ukraine. I mean, its not a, its a place where people can find west theaters can find on a map. And they, they have no understanding of geo politics is its never part of the conversation. And so really what youre saying is that once the country is destroyed, then the, then its up to the western tax payers to rebuild it. Go ahead 30 seconds. Rachel, as i say, i like to say that is it summers the best time here in paris because all the frontier gone. I think they might be taking the same kind of way with ukraine. Maybe ukraine without ukrainians. Is the ideal situation for them . Because that way they dont have to really deal with anyone when it comes to exploiting resources and this is all about. And then they can do what they want with respect to russia as border. And they dont have to pretend that, you know, theyre cooperating with anybody over there. They can just use it as a free for all and, and, and the host for the state department that its been for years now. Yep, thats exact. And thats why, you know, its, its very, its a very sad faith. No, im no matter how you cut it up or ukraine and the ukranian people. Thats all the time we have. I want to thank my guess in washington, columbus and in paris. And of course, i want to thank our viewers for watching us here at r t. So you next time, remember the, [000 00 00;00] the on the beach, lets click the link. Listen, you have to change the rules and cant move so, so to personalize. Can use me over to good enough to go to the, to the phone as long as you learn your image stuff or it will cause a lot of new which in the for the thing that would inform you said with them when we get to the side of celia was this because it did just wouldnt care to get a car through the new year. 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