The Real History of the Ukraine War and Minsk Accords

• 38:59Iraq invasion killed more Iraqis than Saddam Hussein and created a proxy war with Iran.
• 39:25The Iraq and Syria wars created ISIS, sent two million refugees to Europe, destabilized democracies, and contributed to Brexit and French riots.
• 39:42American middle class was bankrupted by wars we couldn't afford to pay for.
• 40:26Ukraine war narrative depicts Putin as the new Hitler wanting to invade Europe, but the actual situation is far more complex.
• 40:42Putin resisted going to war; Russia has warned since 1992 that NATO expansion east would provoke a violent response.
• 40:59Russia was invaded three times through Ukraine, with Hitler killing one out of every seven Russians.
• 41:33In 2014, the U.S. spent five billion dollars funding the Maidan uprising to overthrow Ukraine's duly elected neutral government.
• 42:10The new pro-American regime made Russian language illegal and banned Russian political parties.
• 42:44Eastern Ukrainian provinces voted to join Russia, but Putin rejected the annexation and instead proposed the Minsk Accords as a peace treaty.
• 43:30Zelensky won election on a peace platform in 2019 with 70 percent support but pivoted after threats from ultranationalists and U.S. neocons.
• 44:26Putin invaded with only 40,000 troops, not the million-plus available, suggesting he wanted negotiation rather than conquest.
• 44:58By March, few had been killed; Putin returned to the negotiating table and worked with Israel and Turkey on a peace accord.
• 45:28Biden sent Boris Johnson to torpedo the peace agreement that Zelensky and Putin had both initialed.
• 45:46Since the failed peace deal, 400,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in unnecessary tragedy on the front lines.

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