Leaker Drips All Over US Plans for Perpetual Proxy War Against Russia

 

by Walt Zlotow 

Posted onApril 16, 2023

As long as the US government deceives and covers up its war crimes and perpetual warfare worldwide, folks with access and an agenda will spill the sordid beans.

One such is Jack Teixeira, the young Massachusetts National Guard airman arrested in the latest bombshell leaks that have blown the cover on US strategy in Ukraine.

We’ve learned the truth about US lies regarding a negotiated settlement there. The Biden administration promised negotiations when Ukraine takes back lost territory. Sounds encouraging doesn’t it? But the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) assessment Teixeira coughed up, revealed its unlikely Ukraine can take back lost territory.

Worse? If they do, even inflicting massive Russian casualties, the assessment asserts negotiations still unlikely. That’s why it said the war, with all its slaughter and destruction, will surely continue into 2024. But only Ukraine will suffer; only Ukrainians will die. Can you say ‘another trillion dollar US perpetual war killing others’?

More worse? The assessment ponders continued stalemate may cause internal Ukraine tensions leading to leadership changes. Zelensky might consider his own personal exit strategy.

Worst of all? Prolonged stalemate may encourage Zelensky to seek long range missiles to bomb deep into Russia. That’s a prescription for nuclear confrontation the US doesn’t like revealed in leaked secret assessments.

Two of my heroes in the pushback to senseless US warfare are Daniel Ellsberg and Julian Assange. Ellsberg published the Pentagon Papers in 1971 which blew up US happy talk about our endless Vietnam War. Assange released US Iraq war crime video in 2010. While Ellsworth skated due to Nixon’s dirty tricks, Assange has been holed up with declining physical and mental health in an embassy and UK prison for the past 11 years. The US really doesn’t want an Assange trial. They likely want him dead.

While it’s too early to judge whether Teixeira will end up in the Leakers Hall of Fame, every peace loving American should ponder his revelations…and push back against senseless, self-destructive militarism that may cause our doom.

Walt Zlotow became involved in antiwar activities upon entering University of Chicago in 1963. He is current president of the West Suburban Peace Coalition based in the Chicago western suburbs. He blogs daily on antiwar and other issues at www.heartlandprogressive.blogspot.com.

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