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Scapegoating Russia for War and Profit
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
21 Nov 2017
🖨️ Print Article

The military-industrial complex depicts Russia as an implacable enemy of the U.S. “to justify our eternal war footing,” said Daniel Kovalik, professor of human rights at the University of Pittsburgh and author of The Plot to Scapegoat Russia. “The Democrats are also pushing it to cover their tracks for what appeared to be an impossible loss to Donald Trump.”

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