Placing the Ukrainian Conflict in Broader Perspective: Both Washington and Moscow are to Blame but not in Equal Terms

 

It’s never a good thing when progressives divide over an issue of pressing importance. There are some on the left who will hear nothing of Russia’s predicament as a result of NATO expansionism. The real question is whether Washington consciously provoked Russia into invading Ukraine. In other words, did the U.S. cynically put Russian into a situation in which it perceived that it had no alternatives. The fact that Biden refused to attempt to mediate or propose concessions (as occurred in 1962 when the two super-powers negotiated an end to the Cuban missile crisis), would indicate what Washington’s intentions were and are. I deal with the issue of alleged Russian imperialism in the following article. I argue that authoritarianism and expansionism can’t be conflated with ‘imperialism” as defined by Lenin. Similarly, Russia’s territorial expansion can’t be placed in the same sac as U.S. imperialism.

https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/how-the-issue-of-ukraine-is-playing-out-on-the-left