By Branko MARCETIC
She isn't the first to admit - after the fact - that taking NATO off the table to avoid Russian invasion was considered, and dismissed
When it comes to the Ukraine war, there have long been two realities. One is propagated by former Biden administration officials in speeches and media interviews, in which Russian President Vladimir Putin's illegal invasion had nothing to do with NATO's U.S.-led expansion into the now shattered country, there was nothing that could have been done to prevent what was an inevitable imperialist land-grab, and that negotiations once the war started to try to end the killing were not only impossible, but morally wrong.