Chris Hedges on NATO buildup that preceded Russia's invasion of Ukraine

NATO is building a missile base in Poland that's a hundred miles from the border with Russia.  We almost had a nuclear war over Soviet missiles in Cuba.  That's 90 miles from the coast of Florida.  I don't think Russia's fear and sense of betrayal...  I don't think any of that is unreasonable.  That's the tragedy.  That does again - I'm going to reiterate - not justify the war crime that they have committed and are committing in the Ukraine, but they had far more reason to be concerned than we did in Iraq where we just fabricated and lied and created weapons of mass destruction that didn't exist.

~ Chris Hedges, "Ukraine: Prelude to a War Crime," 16:00 mark, March 3, 2022