by John Helmer, Moscow
  @bears_with

In the very first Pentagon press briefing of the Trump Administration, held this past Tuesday, Air Force Lieutenant General Alexus Grynkewich, who directs US military operations on the Ukraine battlefield and in Yemen, announced:  “President Trump and Secretary Hegseth,  they understand that when America gets involved in a fight, it’s our job to also end that fight as fast as humanly possible because we have a moral obligation to win and win decisively.”  

This isn’t the morality of self-defence, sovereign rights, human rights, just or holy war, the rules-based order, or even the morality of the ends justifying the means. This is war fighting for its own sake – and to prove that MAGA means MAWWA — Make America Win War Again.

In this discussion with Ray McGovern and Nima Alkhorshid, the prospects are analysed for a negotiated end-of-war settlement in the Ukraine following the telephone call between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump.

The discussion then asks the question: If Trump is to be acknowledged as the peacemaker in the war against Russia, what is he doing launching air and missile raids on Yemen to kill as many of the Houthi (Ansar Allah) leaders as he can find?

Is this President Jekyll, President Hyde? Which one of them, or is it both of them who believe he has the “moral obligation to win and win decisively”?

View and listen to the hour-long discussion here.  

by Editor - Wednesday, March 19th, 2025