Russia is fighting an existential conflict against a hostile military alliance on its western border in a SMO that would never have been necessary without a US-instigated coup in Kiev in 2014.
Your (Chris Hedges) link:
"The pimps of war who orchestrate these military fiascos migrate from administration to administration.
"Between posts they are ensconced in think tanks — Project for the New American Century, American Enterprise Institute, Foreign Policy Initiative, Institute for the Study of War,
"The Atlantic Council and The Brookings Institution — funded by corporations and the war industry.
"Once the Ukraine war comes to its inevitable conclusion, these Dr. Strangeloves will seek to ignite a war with China.
"The U.S. Navy and military are already
menacing and
encircling China. God help us if we don’t stop them.
"Rhetoric from Old Playbook..."