The media campaign attacking Russia is in high gear these days. Russia is accused of cyberwarfare, leaking poor Hillary's emails, and now, of a slick disinformation campaign to undermine poor NATO, our bastion of peace.
Then there is the traitor Edward Snowden, basking in sunny Moscow. He blew a loud whistle from Hong Kong in 2013, revealing numerous US global surveillance programs, many run by the National Security Agency, implicating telecommunication companies and European governments.
Though he had no desire to defect to Russia (and the Russians were reluctant to take him), he was denied his US passport, marooned in Moscow, and pleaded political asylum. What was poor Russia to do?
Bush Sr and friends smiled and plied Yeltsin vodka in the 1990s, assuring him that NATO would never dream of expanding eastward, that Russia would now be the West's best friend, that together, they would bring peace and joy to the world. They even signed a scrap of paper in 1997 solemnly avowing this.
Sadly, the US, like the cannibal plant in Little Shop of Horrors, has an insatiable craving for human blood. "Feed me!" the plant cries incessantly, as its postmodern florist Seymor scurries to find or produce the necessary fresh blood.
NATO kiss of death
NATO
(excuse me, the plant) grows by leaps and bounds. I won't spoil the
ending, but I suggest you hurry to see the off-off Broadway musical
before it reaches us in real life. It is a cult classic.
Who interfered in Ukraine affairs?
New York Times
journalist Neil MacFarquhar's "A Powerful Russian Weapon: The Spread of
False Stories" features an ominous picture of "unidentified soldiers"
in Crimea in March 2014, the implication being that Russia had boldly
invaded Crimea following the coup in Ukraine.
Crimea is a
complex place, part of the Russian empire from the 18th century (taken
from the Ottomans). It was never really part of the sorry looking
Ukraine of today, which was never really a state until the Soviet Union
collapsed in 1991, and has lurched from one crisis to another.
Ukraine
is the least functional of the dysfunctional pseudo-states created in
1991 by a tiny cabal of now ex-Soviet functionaries. They used the
latest 'time of troubles'* to snatch personal power and become
fabulously wealthy, with full support of the US. Until a coup by
NATO-lovers and neofascists**--blessed by Obama--seized power in
February 2014.
Nobel Peacenik Obama later admitted he tried to
broker a deal during the coup, calling on the Ukrainian army to "stand
down" to allow the formation of a "transitional government". Outrageous,
but who cares if you violate international law in the interests of
empire? Of course, no mention of this is made in MacFarquhar's piece, or
anywhere else in western media.
Crimea from 1991 on has called
for reunification with Russia. It was always an autonomous republic, and
when the coup happened in February 2014, Crimeans jumped at the chance
to make use of it. In March, 78 of the 100 Crimean parliamentarians
voted to join Russia, and in a referendum 97% voted 'yes'.
What
was poor Russia to do? Refuse to take the beleaguered Crimean
Russians*** back into the fold? Cede its key military base--where its
ships were still docked--to NATO?
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