Ray McGovern

May 4, 2021

“Ukraine For Dummies” is the title I gave to a piece I published a year and a half ago ( See: https://consortiumnews.com/2019/11/14/ray-mcgovern-ukraine-for-dummies/ ) to provide some background for those wondering why the news was full of Ukraine and the pundits were full of something else.

Originally published on Ray McGovern’s homepage on May 2, 2021

On Friday, April 30, I was interviewed by an independent Dutch researcher and journalist Elze van Hamelen for what I might describe as a sequel to “Ukraine For Dummies” — a sort of Cliff’s Notes regarding Ukraine as the center of the storm in recent weeks — a summary with some relevant colour for the non-expert. It was a happily relaxed conversation, during which I could elaborate freely on recent postings like these three:

https://original.antiwar.com/mcgovern/2021/04/21/putin-isnt-bluffing-on-ukraine/

https://original.antiwar.com/mcgovern/2021/04/14/biden-and-blinken-blink-on-ukraine/

https://raymcgovern.com/2021/02/04/most-blatant-coup-in-history/

Reviewing the chronology of events over the past five tense weeks, it became clear that several things came to a head on April 13, culminating in President Biden’s very strange call to President Putin. My guess is that it was Putin who called first and left a “voicemail” saying: “Your Ukrainians and the crazies abetting them are playing with fire; please call me — and quickly.”

Lots more was covered in the interview:

— The key role of China — yes, China — a increasingly important factor in the background.

— The meretricious “mainstream media” as the anchor, the linchpin of the MICIMATT.

— Who’s in charge in Washington?

— Has Russia matched the U.S. in sophisticated weaponry?

— How a kindergarten teacher showed me more wisdom than George Kennan

— Dan Berrigan, simple but profound: “Do the right thing. Results are not unimportant, but they are secondary,” 

I hope listeners enjoy the interview as much as I did.

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Note
The editor has changed the original title, adding “the larger perspective and how you are fooled by the media.”

Ray McGovern was a CIA analyst from 1963 to 1990. Read more about him – and how he came to know things so deeply and comprehensively – here.

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