Soon, the Collective West, led by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, levied a historic degree of sanctions against Russia, designed, she said, to leave the Russian economy “in tatters.” In September 2022, the US military, under orders from President Joe Biden, shattered the economy of its own ally Germany by blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines and eliminating the cheap Russian gas that was the keystone of the German economic “miracle.” Larry Johnson’s the story of how they scuttled the initial Istanbul talks appears here: A Blast from the Past — How the United States and Its NATO Allies Sabotaged Peace Between Russia and Ukraine. As a whistleblower at the time of the Challenger disaster, he exposed the flawed O-ring joints that destroyed the Space Shuttle, documenting his story in the book “Challenger Revealed.” After serving at Treasury, he became a vocal critic of the private finance-controlled monetary system, detailing his concerns in “We Hold These Truths: The Hope of Monetary Reform.” He served as an adviser to the American Monetary Institute and worked with Congressman Dennis Kucinich to advocate for replacing the Federal Reserve with a genuine national currency.
Author: Richard C. Cook
Published at: 2025-05-18 20:49:18
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