Aaron Maté : How the Ukraine War Started.(Judging Freedom)

Maté points out that the war started in 2014 after anti Russian extremists were installed following the US backed coup that caused people in the East to refuse to recognise the new Government. US advisors then pushed for military action against the Eastern breakaway areas, and Crimea, and pushed for conflict at every turn when things could have deescalated.

The key thing Maté explains is that the conflict has been perpetuated by corrupt elements of the US bureaucracy, the neocons, plus Ukrainian extremists - groups that continually override the wishes of elected politicians who are under the threat of death if they don't play along. This is why ending the fighting has been so difficult, particularly when these extremist groups don't care how many people are killed to fulfil their objective of giving Russia a black eye. This is an excellent video that explains what's been going on politically over the last 10 years. 

Note: The last part of the clip deals with the Israeli war on Gaza and attempts to remove the entire Palestinian population. 

Editorial comment:

While this video does rehash material shared on here (and at the original Spookyweather blog) over the last 10 years, it points out something that is not widely emphasised and that is the role of killing politicians that refuse to go along with the war mongering. It's obviously a thing for any politician in Ukraine but it also applies in the USA. This is the world we actually live in, and fixing it is therefore difficult. There are groups of people that don't play by any rules, except calculating whether they'll ever be caught or held accountable.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, August 29, 2025.]