by Moss Robeson at The Grayzone
Joint Base Andrews, located fifteen miles southeast of the White House in Prince George’s County, Maryland, is home to Air Force One and three 18-hole golf courses long favored by U.S. presidents and members of Congress. Brute fascists are starting a new tradition on the green.
Retired four-star general David Petraeus addressed at least a half dozen Azov veterans at the June 7 event, held just three days before the news broke that the U.S. State Department cleared the notorious Azov Brigade in the National Guard of Ukraine to receive weapons, training, and other assistance from the United States. Petraeus, a former director of the CIA, commanded U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The charity golf event capped off the first annual “U.S.-Ukraine Freedom Summit” held by the Borderlands Foundation, an organization founded in early 2022 by former West Point instructor Samuel Cook to help “Ukraine Claim it’s [sic] Rightful Place in the History Books.” According to Petraeus, “The Borderlands Foundation team has been very helpful during my visits to Ukraine and in my efforts to understand the situation there.” They’ve also teamed up to promote his latest book about the “evolution of warfare from 1945 to Ukraine.”
The three-day “Freedom Summit,” starring Petraeus and Azov veterans, included a “U.S.-Ukraine Veterans Forum,” and a “U.S.-Ukraine Defense Innovation Forum” that featured speakers from Washington, the Office of the President of Ukraine, and the “defense communities” of both countries.
In April 2024 the Borderlands Foundation signed a memorandum of cooperation with…
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