I have never read anything so full of bullshite in a very long time. Russia this and Russia that. News for you Mr. Idiot. Like the communist who is your president, KGB Putin et al lies about what his hands are doing all of the time. In my view, Steven Lendman transends ordinary stupidity and is a willfully misinformed ideological communist moron who wishes he was one of 'Stalin's Jews'so he could get away with killing even more Ukrainians.

I agree with LO. There are so many things wrong with what Lendman says here that commenting on them all would consist of writing a book. So, let's say it very simple. There are ONLY three (3) reasons for government to exist, period. If government exists in any form for reasons other than these, than government is being used to DO the exact opposite of the ONLY 3 things that it can legitimately exist for.

The ONLY 3 legitimate reasons for government of any form are something like Isaac Asimov's 3 fundamental laws of robotics. They are:

1. To judge claims of harm and damage, and harm and damage restitution, between people.

2. As long as it does NOT harm or damage people... To organize people for self protection from natural disasters, and to organize people who VOLUNTARILY work to build projects that they ALL agree on building.

3. As long as it does NOT adversely affect #1 and #2 above... To protect from invading governments and nations that would harm people, damage their property, or STEAL FROM THEM.

Government is not legitimate in its attacks against other nations under the guise of, "A strong defense is an active offense." There are other ways to make a strong defense, other than going and attacking other nations.

The point is that BOTH, the United States and Russia, are WRONG in what they are doing over in the Ukraine. Why? Because the only thing that they BOTH are really doing is forwarding the programs of the International Bankers in taking over the world while at the same time harming and damaging peoples of many nations.

Perhaps you can write this better than I can. Perhaps you can see some other point that I have missed. And, of course, there are all kinds of details that should be added to explain the LIMITATIONS OF GOVERNMENTS. But if it doesn't include the above 3 reasons, it is in danger of promoting the harm and damage that governments are meant to prevent.

By the way, right here at home, the U.S. and the State governments are constantly harming individuals, damaging their property, and stealing from them. If we think we are so good, then we better take a big look at the forced income tax systems that we have here in the States. These systems are enhancing the International Bankers and promoting their agendas... in addition to harming our people here at home.