From proxy warrior to pest - The Grayzone live

Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate cover the humiliation of Volydymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office and the geopolitical shifts it has unleashed. Will this mean the end of NATO? They will also discuss Israel's sabotage of the Gaza ceasefire, its role in Trump's war on free speech, and the shocking sectarian rampage by Syria's new ruling junta.

[PerceivedREALITY]

Aaron and Max deserve to be in the Journalism Hall of Fame. Independent journalists with journalistic integrity are the heroes of our time.

[Danswordtracks]

Thanks for covering Syria, and the persecution of minorities in particular the Alawites who are getting no western coverage and need urgent protection. Please keep covering this issue and featuring people like Hekmat. Your work is appreciated. Peace.

[AnnabelRussell-ydyk]

The Grayzone is a fantastic program, thoughtful, intelligent, informed. Today, it occurred to me that it may last for a very long time, and I greatly hope so.

[timwalter]

Max & Aaron, you do so much for us all for the benefit of the world, please keep charging ahead . Thank you so much.

[JanaSuzanne]

I feel so sad about what has become of Syria 😢

[Grandosiada]

Still one of the best channels for revealing the truth. Amazing work, incredibly intelligent guest. Thank you.

[NY-qfiq]

Thank you, Max and Aaron. You are true MENSCH!

[WaldemarAyco]

I am Polish and no one in Poland was allowed to vote on whether the EU should take over nation states.

[scotthcomyns]

Until we brake the chains of Usury, humanity will never be free.

[hayleyholland]

From proxy war to pest. Best title.

[talesfromthetarheelstate]

The shit we do in this country is mind blowing. Shining beacon of freedom my ass.

[PerceivedREALITY]

Zelensky didn't try to prevent the conflict through diplomacy because he lacks honor and integrity.

In 2014 there was a coup. Soon after, there was a massacre in Odessa (dozens of people were burned alive). Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. A civil war broke out due to the rise in ethnic tensions. For 8 years the Ukrainian military was indiscriminately shelling civilians living in Donbas.

If Zelensky honored the Minsk agreement and pledged neutrality, none of this would have happened. The 8 year civil war would have ended and Donbas would have remained part of Ukraine. War is the ultimate failure of diplomacy.

Zelensky, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande admitted that Ukraine had no intention to honor the Minsk agreements.

Who didn't want peace? Who advised against the 2022 peace talks in April? Hint: someone visited Zelensky in Kiev at that time

Russia's national security was compromised once NATO began to expand eastwards. Russia clearly stated that Ukraine joining NATO was a red line (November 2021) and unfortunately this concern was never taken seriously. The Russians openly stated: if nothing changes, we will be forced to act in order to defend our national security. Enhancing the national security of one country at the expense of another is unacceptable. The Russians have legitimate security concerns.

20th September, 2021: Ukraine launched military drills with US and NATO

NATO is not a defensive alliance. NATO illegally bombed Yugoslavia (a direct violation of the U.N. Charter).
We should never forget what they did to Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq etc.

Who blew up the pipeline causing an environmental disaster?

Zelensky banned all opposition and arrested a leading priest.

Zelensky tried to invoke article 5 under false pretenses. Remember the incident in Poland.

Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed.
Poroshenko said, “Our children will go to schools and kindergartens—theirs will hide in the basements”.

Russians will never forget the 2014 Odessa massacre. The whole world needs to know about it.

Why was Denis Kireev eliminated? He was a member of Ukraine's negotiating team during the peace negotiations. He wanted to help his country.

Ukraine has a hit list. They target artists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Hundreds of children are on this list. 13 year old Faina Savenkova was placed on this list.
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is on this list. Jimmy Dore (American stand-up comedian, podcaster) and Aaron Maté (Canadian writer and journalist) are on this list.

There is evidence that Ukrainian troops have been indiscriminately shelling civilians in Donbas (they used petal mines and targeted areas where there was no military presence).

The azov troops trapped in the azovstal steelworks in Mariupol used human shields. They refused to allow civilians to leave despite of humanitarian corridors being present.
Russia held a proposed cease fire in order for the civilians to leave, but azov would not allow the civilians to leave.

Ukraine has committed many acts of terrorism (car bombs and other forms of assassination). Darya Dugina (journalist) R.I.P.

The first terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed the truck driver and the individuals in the adjacent car (innocent civilian victims).
The second terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed two parents and severely injured their young daughter.

I have done a lot of research and it took me a long time to write this comment. I have stated a lot of facts and I have given my honest opinion.
I have provided a brief summary of events that took place. In order to explain this whole situation in great detail, a book would need to be written.
Hopefully someone will write an UNBIASED book, stating facts and allowing the readers to form their own judgments. Everything I said can be fact checked and verified.

[PerceivedREALITY]

Russia is not our enemy. Greetings from Australia.

[mikestrohlein]

“Americans are a warlike people” George Carlin.

[MYTAccount]

*The Grayzone is always educating.* 👏👏👏

[paulwalker]

I am constantly saddened by the pure evil forces at work in this world that don`t care in the slightest about human life.

[whirledpeas]

Ukrain’s fate was already predicted more than 2000 years ago by a famous Chinese philosopher:”If a country is small but not humble, if it is weak but not wary of the strong, if it is disrespectful and insults its large neighbors, if it is greedy, arrogant and undiplomatic, it will perish." Han Fei 280BC.

[pipster]

Ursula looking for 800 billion to defend against a country using dish washer and refrigerator chips for bombs😂😂

[Jane]

So sad for Ukraine. So sad for this world.

[musketierimmer]

Great show. Go on Max and Aaron. Everything I know about Syria is from you.