Politics Done Right

The Nation’s Editorial Director & Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel discusses issues about the U.S. and NATO’s Ukraine stance & much more. Recently I contacted Norman Solomon to discuss his recent article on the Ukraine crisis. He said he would and did give me an interview on his piece. But he told me that I also needed to talk to Katrina vanden Heuvel, who could provide some in-depth perspectives complementary to his. I contacted her and set up this one. Katrina did not disappoint. Katrina pointed out several issues that the mainstream media seldom covers. One need not wonder why. How does the Bush/Baker broken promise on NATO expansion play into the current debacle? How does the need of the defense industrial complex play into the mobilization of troops and ammunition given America’s less than surreptitious exit from Afghanistan? That was likely a hell of a blow to the defense industrial complex. What parallels can one draw if we had similar geopolitical influences on our borders. A di