Questioning the justification for U.S. involvement in the Ukraine War, 59-year-old Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) took heat from 59-year-old Secretary of State Antony Blinken for daring to question what led up to Russian Feb. 24 invasion. White House talking points prevent Blinken from questioning the merits of investing U.S. blood-and-treasure in Ukraine because White House officials repeat the war was “unprovoked and unjustified.” Paul tried to help Blinken see that there were events that led up to the invasion, including Ukraine’s 44-year-old President Volodymyr Zelensky hounding NATO for membership since taking office May 20, 2019. Blinken rejected Paul’s suggestion that the Ukrainian leader antagonized 69-Russian President Vladimir Putin. U.S. press immediately condemned Paul as repeating Putin’s propaganda, when his points were relevant in terms of the war.
Blinken rejected all of Paul’s suggestions that something led up to the Ukraine War, not something that happened out of the blue. Blinken told Paul, repeating more NATO talking points, that Zelensky had every right under NATO’s charter to ask for membership, since the policy is open door. Putin told Zelensky that it was a “red line” for the Kremlin for Ukraine to join NATO, something Zelensky, and now Blinken, completely ignore. Anyone who questions the U.S. involvement in the Ukraine war is denigrated by the White House and Democrat-friendly press, branding them a Putin apologists. Things really haven’t change in Democrat and media circles since the time former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called former President Donald Trump and “Putin puppet” at a Las Vegas debate Oct. 20, 2016. Hillary’s fake accusation hounded Trump for his four years in office.
Now no one can question what led up to the Ukraine War. Blinken repeats only White House talking points, refusing to acknowledge that 79-year-old President Joe Biden refused to deal with Putin’s requests for new security arrangement in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Biden ignored Putin’s requests finally prompting Putin to say Dec. 21, 2021 that he would take “military-technical measures” if Biden ignored his requests. No one can question the White House Ukraine policy, something expressed clearly yesterday in Ramstein, Germany by 68-year-old Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Austin told the gathering that the aim of the U.S. involvement in Ukraine was to degrade Russia’s ability to wage war against its neighbors. Austin essentially admitted that the U.S. involvement in Ukraine is to degrade the Russian military. Putin listened to Austin’s words carefully, realizing the U.S. was at war with Russia.
Paul tried but was too timid or out of his lane to really press Blinken on the amount of hostility directed by the White House against Russia and China. “Knowing full well that Ukraine was a unlikely to ever joint NATO since it had been 14 years since they said they were going to be members, why was it so important last fall—before this invasion—to continue agitating for Ukraine’s admission to NATO?” Paul asked Blinken. “It’s a question of standing up for the basic principle, that we strongly adhere to, that there should be and will be an open-door policy when it comes to NATO membership,” Blinken said, repeating NATO’s talking points. Blinken didn’t deny that letting Zelensky ask for NATO membership provoked Putin. Paul finds himself in a competitive campaign with Democrat Charles Booker. Paul wanted Blinken to know that despite White House denials, there was a ”reason” for the invasion.
Paul recognized that Biden has given Zelensky a blank check to fight the Ukraine War against Russia, supplying Ukraine $16 billion in military and humanitarian aid. Paul didn’t asked Blinken what’s Putin supposed to do with the U.S. supplying unlimited amounts of lethal weapons on Russia’ border. Blinken argued to Paul that the U.S. can stand up on principle even if it means starting WW III on the European Continent. “It is the fundamental right of these countries to decide their own future and there own destiny,” Blinken told Paul, showing no capacity to hear Paul’s point about the U.S. and Ukraine provoking the Kremlin. Yet Blinken’s the first to say the Ukraine War was “unprovoked and unjustified. “ Paul’s remarks were completely twisted by Blinken and the Democrat-biased U.S. press. If you ask the press, they see nothing wrong with the U.S. starting WW III on the European Continent.
No one has been more hypocritical about Russia and China that Blinken and 45-year-old National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, both insisting that it’s more important to stick up to principle than to avoid war. While it’s true Putin started the war, it’s also true there were plenty of provocations coming from the U.S. and Ukraine. “Rand Paul just attempted to justify Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He is actively pushing Putin’s propaganda in the Senate, and I will remove him from office in November,” said Booker, Paul’s Democrat rival in Kentucky. Whether admitted to or no by the White House, Biden’s abysmal approval ratings include his management of the Ukraine War. If Paul were really so off the wall on Ukraine, why do the vast majority of American voters find problems with Biden’s foreign and domestic policy? Paul reflects the view of a growing number of U.S. citizens.
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