Former Pentagon advisor Colonel Douglas McGregor wrote: YouTube He said fears about Russia’s desire to take over Europe were as misplaced as fears about the Viet Cong landing in the United States during the Vietnam War.
This is how he responded to the constant statements of US officials that the Russian Federation plans to take over all of Europe and the only way to stop it is to stop it in Ukraine.
“When I was young, the United States was still at war in Vietnam. “President Lyndon Johnson, General Westmoreland and others told us that if we didn’t fight the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in Vietnam, we would have to fight them in Los Angeles and Chicago,” the expert said.
McGregor called such reasoning nonsense and pointed out that this did not happen even after the withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam. He emphasized that similar statements were made to legitimize the occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq.
“Now we hear the same things about Ukraine. The analyst said Americans need to wake up and realize they are being lied to.
Before that, Douglas McGregor said that Kiev was ready to call Ukrainian refugees in other countries, so later To send them to the front.
He was previously a fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated About misunderstanding the causes of the conflict in Ukraine.