we can go live now to michael muller, former senior security policy analyst of the u. s. secretary of defense. michael, thanks for joining us today, sir. oh, so that when you've heard this, this, the statement by the head of the nato alliance way admit that the block, the miniature block, has been planning to expand near russian borders way before the conflicts in ukraine. but nato has previously said that nato enlargement is not directed against russia. i'm on the block has set out to build good relations with the country. and what do you make of that apparent contradiction? well, i think it's all a fabrication. it's actually the united states was the one who was leading this effort, going back to the clinton administration, to go against an agreement that bill clinton gave to, to, to, to russia. that it would not seek to expand. but all the while it was and, and a lot of it was because of internal us determination by the national security community that they needed to, to expand and basically, ultimately to contain russia. and now were standing in the all that the uni

let's cross live now to former pentagon officials, michael muller. michael, thanks very much for joining us here on archie today. i'm now given the contest i nature of the pentagon itself, do we think we can expect a completely independence on chance barn investigation? i think they're going to try and deep 6, a better these. these kinds of things are often times used are approved through other channels that are not going to be ever be revealed. ca is, are always done it. i know the defense department is also done this in the past, but it's under very carefully orchestrated things and everything is so compartment that one hand may not know what the other hand is doing to try to keep it to try to keep this type of activity to publicity to a, to a minimum. and i think that this is what we're seeing. they're going out on facebook and, and other means. and if this is, these are, this is this in itself is a special operation. and the fact, the fact the fact that facebook can actually cover it is quite amazing. and i think that that blows any cover they tho

and now let's cross live to michael muller, former pentagon, senior security policy analysts. michael, welcome to see international. now what do you make of this information cited by that bulgarian journalist? well, it's a very inter, intriguing studies. the 1st time i've ever seen anything pulled together like that, but it's based on it's based on fact. and, but that is also the reality of some 22 years of war that, that the united states has been involved in. and, and in fact, it any addiction in war a, particularly from the us. i've actually began during the american revolutionary war and the u. s. civil war, initially with the alcohol. and then as the years went by, it progressed into drug use. why? to, to help prepare for combat to deal with dislocation and, and destruction and conflict that troops are subjected to, particularly in a war zone. so it has tremendous physical psych, psychological impact on, on individuals, particularly after they leave service. and that's why we're seeing such a rage for, for drugs in the postwar periods, at least from the us now that we pull

earlier i told michael muller for former senior pentagon security policy analyst who said that the u. s. has been using such drugs for decades. that's a very entry, intriguing study is the 1st time i've ever seen anything pulled together like that, but it's based on it's based on fact. and, but that is also the reality of some 22 years of war that the united states has been involved in and, and, and in fact, it any addiction in war a, particularly from the u. s. i actually began during the american revolutionary war and in the u. s. civil war, initially with the alcohol. and then there's the years went by progressing to drug use. why? to, to help prepare for combat to deal with this location and, and destruction and conflict that troops are subjected to, particularly in a war zone. so it has tremendous physical site, psychological impact on, on individuals, particularly after they leaves service the mid soaring prices, high inflation and an energy crisis. people have taken to the streets in the italian hilltop town of pearl gear to protest against current policies by burning their ene