By Ron Paul
November 22, 2022:
Information Clearing House
-- Last week the world
stood on the very edge of a nuclear war, as
Ukraine’s US-funded president, Vladimir Zelensky,
urged NATO military action over a missile that
landed on Polish soil. "This is a Russian
missile attack on collective security! This is a
really significant escalation. Action is
needed," said Zelensky immediately after the
missile landed.
But there was a problem. The missile was fired
from Ukraine – likely an accident in the fog of
war. Was it actually a Russian missile, of
course, that might mean World War III. But
Zelensky didn’t seem to be bothered by the
prospect of the world blown up, judging from his
reckless rhetoric.
While Zelensky has been treated as a saint by
the US media, the Biden Administration, and both
parties in Congress, something unprecedented
happened this time: the Biden Administration
pushed back. According to press reports, several
Zelensky calls to Biden or senior Biden Staff
went unanswered.
When US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan
finally returned Zelensky’s call, he is reported
to have said, “tread carefully” on claims Russia
was behind the missiles landing in Poland. The
Biden Administration went on to publicly dispute
Zelensky’s continued insistence that Russia shot
missiles into NATO-Member Poland. After two days
of Washington opposition to his claims, Zelensky
finally, sort of, backed down.
We’ve heard rumors of President Biden’s
frustration over Zelensky’s endless begging and
ingratitude for the 60 or so billion dollars
doled out to him by the US government, but this
is the clearest public example of the Biden
Administration’s acceptance that it has a
“Zelensky problem.”
Zelensky must have understood that Washington
and Brussels knew it was not a Russian missile.
Considering the vast intelligence capabilities
of the US in that war zone, it is likely the US
government knew in real time that the missiles
were not Russian. For Zelensky to claim
otherwise seemed almost unhinged. And for what
seems like the first time, Washington noticed.
As a result, there has been a minor – but
hopefully growing – revolt among conservatives
in Washington over this dangerous episode.
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene introduced
legislation demanding an audit of the tens of
billions of dollars shipped to Ukraine – with
perhaps $50 billion more in the pipeline. The
resolution currently has eleven co-sponsors.
Rep. Matt Gaetz has publicly stated that he
would not vote for one more dollar for Ukraine.
Others, like US Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), have
gone even further. In a recent Tweet Rep. Gosar
called US support for Ukraine a “corrupt
money-laundering operation.” As the fallout from
the recent collapse of the FTX crypto exchange
points to possible political corruption, his
claims may prove to be accurate.
When Sen. Paul introduced an amendment to the
massive aid package to Ukraine calling for
someone to audit the funds, he was ridiculed and
attacked. Some seven months later, his position
appears far more accepted. And that’s a good
thing.
When the Ukraine war hysteria finally dies down
– as the Covid hysteria died down before it – it
will become obvious to vastly more Americans
what an absolute fiasco this whole thing has
been. Hopefully Republicans will accelerate that
process when they take the House in January. It
cannot come too soon!
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