As John Mearsheimer says—and which I believe is right—the United States bears the primary responsibility for the crisis in Ukraine.

Thomas Palley has written some good articles on this and in his latest, he address the issue of whodunnit on the attack on the Nord Stream pipeline. The article is titled Sabotaging Germany, Blaming Russia: Another View Of The Nord Stream Pipeline Attack.

Unfortunately discussion of US imperialism is now forbidden and even Post-Keynesians smear Palley. An example in this discussion.

Here’s Tony Blinken, US Secretary of State saying how this is a good opportunity!

Here’s Jeffrey Sachs saying he thinks that it’s the United States which did it and talks about how saying this is now taboo.

This crisis has shown how anti-imperialism is a rare thing in the West. It’s sad but perhaps scholars need to update their theories and reevaluate the role of the left in the West as providers of a left cover for imperialism.