{"id":289333,"date":"2024-06-12T07:40:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T07:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=289333"},"modified":"2024-06-14T06:51:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T06:51:26","slug":"sen-lindsey-graham-coughs-up-the-real-reason-why-u-s-is-providing-unlimited-funding-of-russia-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=289333","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Lindsey Graham coughs up the real reason why U.S. is providing unlimited funding of Russia-Ukraine war:"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/leohohmann.com\/2024\/06\/10\/sen-lindsey-graham-coughs-up-the-real-reason-why-u-s-is-providing-unlimited-funding-of-russia-ukraine-war-hint-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-preserving-freedom-or-democracy\/\">Hint\u2026 it has nothing to do with preserving freedom or \u2018democracy\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Leo Hohmann \u2013 leohohmann.com June 11, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) has become the first member of the Washington establishment to say the quiet part out loud regarding the U.S. funding of the war between Ukraine and Russia, which is really a war between the U.S.\/NATO and Russia. Ukraine is just NATO\u2019s proxy.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with CBS News Face the Nation on Sunday, Senator Graham said Washington\u00a0\u201ccannot afford\u201d\u00a0to allow Russia to achieve victory in its war with Ukraine as this would mean losing direct access to vast mineral wealth.<\/p>\n<p>Graham accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being a\u00a0\u201cmegalomaniac\u201d\u00a0who is attempting to\u00a0\u201cre-create the Russian Empire by force of arms,\u201d\u00a0starting with Ukraine \u2014 this is a favorite talking point of the Washington neocons which has no basis in fact. Graham then claimed that if Moscow wins the war, it will proceed to take over Ukraine\u2019s wealth and share it with China. Graham described that prospect as\u00a0\u201cridiculous,\u201d\u00a0suggesting it would be better if this\u00a0\u201cgold mine\u201d\u00a0were claimed by the U.S. and its allies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re sitting on $10 to $12 trillion of critical minerals in Ukraine. They could be the richest country in all of Europe\u2026 If we help Ukraine now, they can become the best business partner we ever dreamed of, that $10 to $12 trillion of critical mineral assets could be used by Ukraine and the West, not given to Putin and China,\u201d\u00a0Graham stated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lindsey Graham just said the quiet part out loud: We should go to war with Russia because Ukraine is a &#39;gold mine&#39; of critical minerals. This is eerily reminiscent of Bush&#39;s push for war in Iraq for oil. Warmongering for resources is not just wrong\u2014it&#39;s a betrayal of our values. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tvIu6tby1X\">pic.twitter.com\/tvIu6tby1X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rugged Warrior (@RuggedWarrior5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RuggedWarrior5\/status\/1800235040376275280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What? Wait a minute. I thought this war was about defending freedom and democracy. You mean it\u2019s really all about money and resources?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Senator Graham for telling the truth. You just admitted on national television that everything being fed to the American people by the military-industrial complex and its lackeys in Congress, not to mention the corporate media, about why we are sending billions to Ukraine is a flat-out lie. More than two years of fake news were blasted into oblivion by that one-minute segment from Lindsey Graham.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, Graham gave part of the truth but not the whole truth. The U.S.\/NATO wants to control not only the vast natural resources in Ukraine but in Russia as well. Russia\u2019s natural resources dwarf those of Ukraine. It has huge amounts of natural gas, oil, gold and rare-earth mineral. That\u2019s why they\u2019ve openly called for a regime change in Russia, to replace Putin with a Western puppet more favorable to the financial interests of Western-based transnational corporations.<\/p>\n<p>Lest you think my analysis is of my own imagination, you should know that breaking up Russia into several countries and stealing its resources has long been a topic of discussion among Western elites, and they know this can only be done through war. The US government\u2019s Helsinki Commission held a Congressional briefing on June 23, 2022, plotting ways to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/2022\/06\/23\/us-government-decolonize-russia\/\">break Russia up into several smaller countries<\/a><\/strong>, in the name of supposed \u201cdecolonization\u201d and \u201canti-imperialism.\u201d<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-iGtFXs9gvo?si=WTyda18p-Vsu5h57\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p>Apparently, Graham wasn\u2019t paying attention to the news over the weekend. It was the pro-war politicians like himself who were punished in the European elections on Sunday. Western people do not want war with Russia, and they certainly don\u2019t want to send their sons or daughters to die in the Ukrainian meat grinder.<\/p>\n<p>Or, there could be one other, more troubling possibility. What if the establishment pro-war American politicians like Graham have been assured that, unlike their globalist buddies in Europe, they no longer have to fear the election returns? Let\u2019s hope that\u2019s not the case, but the timing of the bird flu fear-porn campaign that\u2019s starting to ramp up does seem a little odd, does it not?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>LeoHohmann.com is 100 percent reader supported and independent, not beholden to any corporate ads or sponsorships. If you appreciate my news updates and analysis and would like to support my work, you may send a donation of any size c\/o Leo Hohmann, P.O. 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