“In
2014 the U.S. has succeeded in demonizing Vladimir Putin and Russia,
precipitating a New Cold War that may yet become a hot one. The evil
empire is back. The White House has made proficient use of mass media
propaganda to get the job done. First, they’ve controlled the
narrative. This is critical for two reasons: one, because it permits
the White House to sweep the February coup in Kiev into the dustbin
of American memory, never to be seen again. Second, it has allowed it
to swiftly assert its claim that Russia is a dangerously expansionist
power on the edges of a serene and peace-loving Europe. In other
words, the omission of one fact and commission of another.”
“On the
former front, by the State Department’s own concession, it spent
some $5 billion in Ukraine, fomenting dissent under the standard
guise of democracy promotion. The myriad NGOs beneath the nefarious
cloud of the National Endowment for Democracy are little more than
Trojan horses through which the State Department can launch
subversive activities on foreign turf. We don’t know all the surely
insidious details of the putsch, but there are suggestions that the
violence was staged by and on behalf of the groups that now sit in
power, including bickering neofascists that were foolishly handed the
nation’s security portfolio.”
“Crimeans
swiftly organized a secession vote—swiftly denounced as fraud by
Western media (with some credence, it should be added). Given their
Russian ethnic profile and quite credible fears of oppression from
Kiev, whose nationalist bully boys were already posturing about
eviscerating Russian citizens rights, Russia’s annexation of Crimea
is certainly understandable to minds not saturated in Western
propaganda.”
“The
White House has successfully characterized Russia as the Slavic
aggressor while sweeping NATO’s undeniably hostile behavior beneath
the rug of its false rectitude. Claims of the need to defend another
nation’s 'sovereignty' are always a bit rich coming from the White
House. Yet the rhetoric of outrage streams forth from Washington, and
it sometimes seems the principal qualification for a high-level
appointment in an American administration is the capacity for a
blithe hypocrisy that brooks no irony.”
“Among
other missing pieces of the story currently being peddled by the MSM,
is the issue of NATO’s raison d’être, which vanished with the
collapse of the Warsaw Pact and the dissolution of the USSR. No
matter, it has swiftly refashioned its mandate into a rapid-reaction
force ready to descend on flashpoints around the globe, like Serbia
and Libya and Afghanistan. Despite promises to the contrary, it has
essentially worked to bring all the former Warsaw Pact countries into
its U.S.-dominated embrace. The goal is self-evident: put missiles on
Russia’s doorstep, the better to alienate Moscow from Berlin and
ensure that Washington isn’t left out in the cold by its rivals.”
“Sounds
like NATO baiting the Russia Bear. No doubt it hopes to lure Moscow
into aggressive actions with which it can a) quickly smear Putin in
the MSM, and b) use to rationalize a massive arsenal in eastern
Europe.”
“The
West seems intent on manufacturing a conflict, if not a war, where
none existed. Peace, described as elusive in the press, could be
achieved in a matter of days if the White House were so inclined.
Instead, it prefers escalation. And sooner or later, Russia will move
more visibly to defend the eastern rebellion, stepping squarely into
the trap. In fact, it may already have.”
“Despite
its own flood of propaganda, it would be credulous not to imagine the
Russians supplying arms and tactical support to the so-called
'pro-Russian insurgents' in the east. Nor would it be astonishing to
see Russian troops cross the border. Again, the question arises: what
would you do? Particularly given the Kiev-led brutality aimed at
eastern 'rebels'? Would you respond like Putin has, or rather more
recklessly, perhaps like John F. Kennedy when he heard of Russian
missiles in Cuba? Or imagine a pro-Russian Mexican government,
installed by a Moscow coup, shelling pro-American citizens near the
U.S. border. In imagining how Washington might respond, the words
‘restraint’ and ‘judicious’ don’t come readily to mind.”
“Short
shrift has been given to the news that the BRICS nations—representing
some 40 percent of the world’s population—have declined to join
the West in its sanctions regime.”
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What
we see now, is a cruel battle with time. On the one hand, Russia
and China, together with the rest of the BRICS, are trying to get
rid of the dollar and form their own currency system to gain
complete independence, on the other, the neocon banking-corporate
puppets in the US are in panic and seek desperately a pretext to
come to war with Russia and put an end to this threat for their
plans. This explains their agony to drag Russia into a warm
conflict.
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What
we see in Ukraine is probably another failure of various think
tanks, mostly from Washington, which they are funded, of course,
by the international capital. It seems that, apart from the fact
that they have underestimated Putin's abilities, they have also
wrongly estimated that Russia had passed permanently in the
neoliberal phase and would be ready to become an easy victim to
promote their plans. According to these plans, the ultimate
goal would be probably to dissolve the vast Russian territory in
future and bring in power Western-friendly puppet regimes, in
order not only to conquer the valuable resources, but also to
impose permanently the neoliberal doctrine on "unexplored"
regions and populations.
What
was left to do, for the moment, is to challenge Putin in order to
drag Russia in an endless attrition war in East Ukraine and this
explains to a degree Putin's hesitation to act like he did in
Crimea. Against Russian army, of course, the West will not risk to
put an organized military force, but only teams of mercenaries of
private armies, as already did. It is certain, however, that,
despite that the global economic oligarchy has lost valuable time
because of its wrong moves, it will not give up its plans for
Russia easily ...
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Within 24 hours from the tragic
MH-17 flight, US officials rushed to align with the Ukrainian
government, based on 'evidence' that came out remarkably fast.
While in other cases, the Western hypocrites 'recommend sangfroid'
and suggest to every direction not to rush to make conclusions,
this is a case where they completely violate their own 'calm down'
policy as advice to others.
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