Some leading neocons even see ousting Putin as a crucial step toward reestablishing the preeminence of their agenda. NED president Carl Gershman wrote in the Washington Post, "Ukraine's choice to join Europe will accelerate the demise of the ideology of Russian imperialism that Putin represents. ... Russians, too, face a choice, and Putin may find himself on the losing end not just in the near abroad but within Russia itself."
At minimum, the neocons hope that they can neutralize Putin as Obama's ally in trying to tamp down tensions with Syria and Iran -- and thus put American military strikes against those two countries back under active consideration. "
Parry's information about Kerry is informative. Here, a man he appointed, is sabotaging Obama's efforts. Kerry has traveled a long way since he protested the Viet Nam war-- a long way to the right.
I often have to restrain my reflex apology for Obama, that he's made mistakes. Deep in my heart I now believe that Obama doesn't make mistakes. He is cold and calculating. Given Parry's perspective, I would conclude that Obama is not a victim of neocons. He is a partner with them-- with Hillary and Bill Clinton, with Kagan, with the predators in the World Bank, with AIPAC.
If the neocons, including Obama, are targeting Putin, that should not be a surprise. Just consider it the same kind of treatment Obama has given to liberals, progressives and even Democrats. Remember Obama's "support" of the "public option" during the healthcare debate?
I drafted the title of this article before actually writing the article. Writing and researching it has taken me to a different set of questions, if not conclusions. Did Putin's interventions in Syria and Iran actually scuttle Obama's real agenda, which may have been to capitulate to Israeli and AIPAC pressures? Is Parry indulging his Obama mistake reflex?
And let's not forget Obama's intense lobbying for TPP and its Atlantic counterpart. It's always helpful to ask "qui bono?-- who benefits?" If the neocons get their man, bankster and austerity advocate Arseniy Yatsenyuk appointed, that'll make a lot of corporate players and globalization one world corporate planet people very happy.
I've said before that this situation in Ukraine is not simple. The deeper you look, the uglier and more complicated it gets. But it also makes more and more sense.
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