I have seen a distressing number of left leaning American workers buying into the media narratives around Russia and Ukraine. Don't fall for it! I am not saying that Putin is the good guy or even innocent, but don't forget all the times we have been deliberately lied to and manipulated into pointless, endless wars: The USS Maine, The Tonkin Incident, the Iraqi “WMDs”, Operation Northwoods (which thankfully never came to pass) and The Zimmerman Telegram. I don't know what the “correct” interpretation of the current situation is. But it doesn't matter. If the military industrial complex does decide they want a war, we must reject their excuse, whatever it is. The true conflict is always between the 99% and those who exploit them, not between people who just happen to be different nationalities.