| − | By definition, the [[United States]] is waging a proxy war against [[Russia]], using [[Ukrainian]]s as their instrument, with the goal of not ending the war but prolonging it, making the United States a cobelligerent.<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2022-03-17/u-s-is-in-a-proxy-war-with-russia-panetta-video</ref> The United States flooded Ukraine with billions of dollars of sophisticated weaponry, with some of those arms ending up in the hands of [[neo-Nazi]] battalions integrated into the Ukrainian government and military. The ''[[New York Times]]'' admitted that “[[C.I.A.]] officers are helping to ensure that crates of weapons are delivered into the hands of vetted Ukrainian military units."<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/19/us/politics/us-ukraine-russia-escalation.html?smid=tw-share</ref> | + | By definition, the [[United States]] is waging a proxy war against [[Russia]], using [[Ukrainian]]s as their instrument, with the goal of not ending the war but prolonging it, making the United States a cobelligerent.<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2022-03-17/u-s-is-in-a-proxy-war-with-russia-panetta-video</ref> [[Leon Panetta]], who served as [[CIA]] director and secretary of defense under [[Barack Obama]], acknowledged that the war in Ukraine was an American proxy war.<ref>https://mronline.org/2022/04/09/the-u-s-proxy-war-in-ukraine/</ref> |