It’s interesting that so many people now deem to authoritatively speak of the agency of a country whose geopolitics were relatively unknown until recently. Chom

It’s interesting that so many people now deem to authoritatively speak of the agency of a country whose geopolitics were relatively unknown until recently. Chomsky and others simply have the benefit of having watched this completely avoidable tragedy unfold. Putins rise to power, Russia’s ostracization from the western order, etc. And I could say the same in the inverse: there are many who had no interest in anti-imperialism until it aligned with anti-Russian and pro U.S. sentiment. It’s easy to tell from the fact that U.S. imperialism that has been going on alongside the Russian invasion has gone almost entirely ignored. (Somalia being the latest example) Ultimately this is a pointless argument — the stage has been set, the rules agreed upon. The U.S. and EU will fund Ukraine indefinitely and NATO will continue to take in European countries. I hope and pray that the war comes to a resolution that allows Ukraine to keep its sovereignty on its own terms.