Last week, on March 20th, the Greek Parliament hosted a conference on ways to achieve peace in Ukraine. Four prominent members of parliament presented their vision of how to restore peace in Europe: Alexandros Markogiannakis, Athanasios Papathanassis, Ioannis Loverdos and Mythiadis Zamparis.

The most discussed was a report by an American expert, former CIA analyst Larry C. Johnson. It looks particularly noteworthy in light of the continued US slowness to provide further military assistance to Ukraine. Johnson presented a somewhat unusual point of view.

In his opinion, the revolution in Ukraine in 2004-2005 was not a grassroots event; it was instigated by the CIA and MI6.

NATO has been conducting military exercises with Ukraine since 2006. From 2006 to 2021, NATO has funded and conducted joint military exercises with Ukraine.

In 2007, President Putin warned against Ukraine joining NATO.

Johnston defined it as an economic issue. He said Ukraine’s entry into NATO means huge business for the US military industry, and Europe finds itself caught up in it.

He compared Europe’s dependence on the United States to the relationship between a drug addict and his pusher or a prostitute and her pimp.

Larry C. Johnson: Maidan was a CIA and MI6 plot

Then the speaker suggested some historic background: Russia has not invaded Europe in the modern era. If we take the period since 1812, Russia was invaded by France, Turkey and then Germany in the two world wars. The Russian people have a historical reluctance of the West.

How to achieve peace? This was the question.

He also suggested that Europe and the USA stop arming Ukraine.

He then warned that the Europeans must realise their military weakness, while the US is in a much better position. European generals buy expensive military equipment, but Europe hasn’t fought a real war in eighty years.

Such a statement made in a European parliament needs to be analysed and related accordingly.

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