Ukraine's Most Important Meeting: RAYTHEON & LOCKHEED MARTIN /Lt Col Daniel Davis & Larry Johnson

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Larry Johnson condemns U.S. policy toward Russia and Ukraine as driven by the military-industrial complex — Lockheed, Raytheon, General Dynamics — and by “warmongers” (Keane, Petraeus, Hegseth) who profit while ordinary Americans grow poorer. He criticizes a Washington meeting between Ukrainian officials and U.S. arms firms as theatrical and self-serving, arguing Western support prolongs the war rather than produces peace.

He accuses U.S. leaders of backing a Ukrainian government that suppresses dissent and tolerates extremist elements, which fuels Russian grievances rooted in World War II losses. The speaker warns Western rhetoric about confronting Russia and China together is fantasy: Europe’s economies and militaries are weakened, the U.S. industrial base can’t match Russian production of munitions, and strategic overreach risks American lives for corporate profit.

He portrays China and Russia as better-positioned economically and militarily, says decoupling from China has backfired, and argues the U.S. should pursue friendship and mutual respect with China instead of confrontation. Finally, he decries the casual use of military force (e.g., maritime strikes) as unlawful, dehumanizing, and counterproductive — driven more by spectacle and profit than by strategy or justice.