Crowder Says: Show Notes: Russia-Ukraine Crisis Explained

Show Notes: Russia-Ukraine Crisis Explained
Team Crowder - January 24, 2022 at 09:24AM

Russia is invading Ukraine, and we'll tell you who's to blame. HINT: A lot of them work in the White House. Plus, CNN tries mansplaining to Bari Weiss. And is Joe Biden really prepared to leave MORE Americans behind enemy lines?

Russua-Ukraine Crisis Explained: Why Europe's on the BRINK OF WAR! | Louder with Crowder <a href="https://youtu.be/BQsV45xNb8c" target="_blank">youtu.be</a> TOP 4 WAYS THE USA CAUSED THE UKRAINE CRISIS <ul> <li>Last week, Biden accidentally gave away the USA’s strategy regarding Ukraine. SOURCE: <a href="https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1483922047914942466?s=20" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li>Yesterday, the State Department ordered all families to leave the American embassy in Ukraine. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/state-department-orders-diplomats-families-to-leave-us-embassy-in-ukraine-citing-threat-of-russian-military-action/2022/01/23/c857b95e-7ca3-11ec-a844-86749890616a_story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WaPo</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/state-department-orders-diplomats-families-to-leave-us-embassy-in-ukraine-citing-threat-of-russian-military-action/2022/01/23/c857b95e-7ca3-11ec-a844-86749890616a_story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a>Here are the top 4 ways the US caused the Ukraine Crisis.</li> <li>GLOBAL LIBERAL AGENDA <ul> <li>Many of you watching this probably knew NOTHING about Ukraine until Putin invaded Crimea. But the Russia-Ukraine crisis started long before this. SOURCE: <a href="https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1166019649747578880?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li>After the Cold War, the US faced no global opposition, allowing it to pursue Liberal Hegemony. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/liberal-hegemony-foreign-policy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TheNation</a></li> <li>All post-Cold War US presidents followed this strategy…Until Donald Trump. SOURCE: <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulaChertok/status/1015009939679375360?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li>The USA sought to westernize Eastern Europe and wanted to expand NATO eastward to help achieve this. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.mearsheimer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Why-the-Ukraine-Crisis-Is.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">JohnMearsheimer</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>NATO EXPANSION <ul> <li>Russia wanted NATO to remain intact to pacify a unified Germany. Germany is still an “enemy state” of the UN, along with Japan and Italy. SOURCE: <a href="https://legal.un.org/repertory/art53.shtml" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UN</a></li> <li>But Russia saw the eastward expansion of NATO as a potential threat. This is because France, Imperial Germany, and Nazi Germany all marched through Ukraine to invade Russia.</li> <li>Some US Experts understood this very well. George Kennan, the architect of the Soviet containment strategy during the Cold War, said in 1997: “Expanding NATO would be the most fateful error of American policy in the post-cold-war era. Such a decision may be expected... to impel Russian foreign policy in directions decidedly not to our liking.” SOURCE: <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-jul-07-me-10464-story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LATIMES</a></li> <li>But President Clinton pushed NATO expansion, and in 1999 it added Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/13/world/expanding-alliance-the-overview-poland-hungary-and-the-czechs-join-nato.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NYTimes</a></li> <li>In 2004, NATO added 7 more Eastern European countries. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/03/world/as-nato-finally-arrives-on-its-border-russia-grumbles.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NYTimes</a></li> <li>In 2008, NATO endorsed the addition of Ukraine and Georgia. This angered Russia, and President Vladimir Putin responded. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1584027/Stay-away-Vladimir-Putin-tells-Nato.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Telegraph</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>DEMOCRATIC SUBVERSION <ul> <li>The US spent billions of dollars to influence Ukraine and oppose lawfully elected politicians. It’s estimated the US invested $5B in Ukraine from 1991-2013. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.mearsheimer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Why-the-Ukraine-Crisis-Is.pdf" target="_blank">JohnMearsheimer</a></li> <li>The US also funded the National Endowment for Democracy, which helped fund opposition to Ukraine’s DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED president. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.mearsheimer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Why-the-Ukraine-Crisis-Is.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">JohnMearshimer</a>, <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/26494374?read-now=1&seq=4#page_scan_tab_contents" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DavidKorenke</a></li> <li>Also of note: From 1990-2015 George Soros’ organization International Renaissance Foundation spent $181M to spread “democracy” in Ukraine.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <img class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c792203f1aa62bc4005edaecd2e66ae8" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" id="89fa7" loading="lazy" src="https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/media-library/image.png?id=28996668&width=980" /> <ul> <li>UKRAINE COUP <ul> <li>After years of US politicians egging on the revolution, the catalyst of the coup came in 2013. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0epyHOz-Pbs" target="_blank">YouTube</a></li> <li>Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych rejected an economic deal with the EU in favor of a richer offer from Russia. Yanukovych was removed from office and fled to Russia. SOURCES: <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/19/ukraine-russia-nato-crisis-liberal-illusions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ForeignPolicy</a>, <a href="https://world.time.com/2014/02/22/ukraines-president-flees-protestors-capture-kiev/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Time</a></li> <li>US officials weren’t shy about showing their support for the revolutionaries. At a protest in Kyiv, John McCain addressed the crowd saying: “We are here to support your just cause: the sovereign right to determine Ukraine’s own destiny freely and independently. And the destiny you seek lies in Europe.” SOURCE: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-ukraine-us-sens-mccain-murphy-address-protesters/2013/12/15/be72cffe-65b0-11e3-997b-9213b17dac97_story.html" target="_blank">WaPo</a></li> <li>In a leaked phone call, America’s top diplomat for Europe, Victoria Nuland, expressed her support for opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Unsurprisingly, Yatsenyuk became the new prime minister of Ukraine. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/02/07/273020508/u-s-diplomats-leaked-phone-call-gets-poor-reception" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NPR</a></li> <li>In response to the Western-backed coup, Putin responded by invading and then incorporating Crimea. It was a fairly easy target because a majority of the population is ethnically Russian. In 2015, 93% of Crimeans said they supported Russia’s annexation. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2015/03/20/one-year-after-russia-annexed-crimea-locals-prefer-moscow-to-kiev/?sh=391e44b8510d" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Forbes</a></li> <li>Russia also backed separatist groups in Donetsk and Luhansk in Eastern Ukraine. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56678665" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BBC</a></li> <li>Then-Secretary of State John Kerry commented on Russia’s inability to follow liberal norms. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goARQz-SbUg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a></li> <li>Putin was threatened by the expansion of NATO and Western influence and strategically moved to secure his country. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-putin-nato/putin-says-annexation-of-crimea-partly-a-response-to-nato-enlargement-idUSBREA3G22A20140417" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reuters</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> The Louder with Crowder Dot Com Website is on Instagram now! <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lwcnewswire/" target="_blank">Follow us at @lwcnewswire</a> and tell a friend! <img align="right" src="https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/dir-logo/215491/215491.jpg" width="350" /> from Steven Crowder Says

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Show Notes: Russia-Ukraine Crisis Explained