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Can Reality Any Longer Be Acknowledged?

Paul Craig Roberts

The attack on Russian strategic forces by Ukraine, with or without President Trump’s knowledge and with or without help from Washington and the British, could have been the most dangerous event in East-West relations during my lifetime.  The reason is that recently revised Russian war doctrine states that an attack, even by a non-nuclear country, on the Russian strategic triad requires a strategic response.  Strategic usually means nuclear or at least a disabling response.  

Putin dodged the responsibility (more later), but no one knew for certain that he would.  In other words, whoever is responsible for the attack on Russia’s strategic bombers subjected Ukraine, Europe, the US to the possibility of nuclear attack, depending on whom the Russians decided was responsible.  This person or persons is a madman, a maniac who must be identified and removed from his position.  Try to imagine how it is possible for, say Zelensky, to launch an attack that could result in nuclear war between the US and Russia.  How can control over whether or not the US faces nuclear war be in the hands of Zelensky?  If Zelensky is responsible, the US and NATO have a massive failure in command and control.  If Trump or someone in the Trump administration gave the green light, they should be removed for committing the most potentially dangerous act during my lifetime...........more.........