(Having drained average Americans of their blood and treasure.......those bloodsucking bastahds now have as their targets the rest of the Ukrainians who are still alive after being cannon fodder for Wall Street. - CL)
At the end, “War and Theft” makes clear there are post-reconstruction plans for further land privatization that will benefit the same corporate investors who are already making a huge profit in Ukraine.
I have argued, along with many Russian commentators, such as Medvedev and others, that the SMO can only end on Russian terms—which would mean allowing Western Ukrainian oblasts the option of joining the Russian Federation, which immediately free them from financial obligations to Western companies and save the vast expanses of agricultural land West of the Dniepr.