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Normandy Four in Paris
by Stephen Lendman
On Tuesday, Sergey Lavrov met with his French, German and Ukrainian counterparts in Paris.
It's part of Moscow's all-out effort for ceasefire and peace in Donbass.
Lavrov and Putin have done more to resolve things diplomatically than any other world officials.
No two men are more worthy of Nobel Peace Prize recognition no matter how things turn out.
No two are less likely to receive the honor they deserve from a Committee notoriously favoring war criminals. Their struggle for regional peace and stability continues. Lavrov used diplomatic language calling Tuesday's talks "a useful meeting."
Donbass Ceasefire: Relative Calm Before the Storm?
by Stephen Lendman
Minsk II may be remembered as an interregnum moment before greater conflict resumes. It bears repeating what other articles stressed.
Donbass is Obama's war. He didn't launch it to quit. Stop NATO reports America's Air Force preparing to support Eastern European ground war.
Beefing up US military forces near Russia's borders spells trouble. Ukraine remains in the eye of the storm.
It's just a matter of time before conflict resumes. Donetsk People's Republic Prime Minister Aleksander Zakharchenko sees what's coming.
We're All Zombies
by Robert Bonomo
Night of the Living Dead (1968) - Directed by George Romero
"I have always liked the 'monster within' idea. I like to think of zombies as being us. Zombies are the blue-collar monsters." - George Romero
The most heinous thing a human can do is eat another human. Fear of cannibalism along with the other two great taboos, incest and inter-family violence, are the bedrocks of human culture. Without these taboos there is no human civilization, yet zombie cannibals are everywhere, from the most popular TV shows in the US and Europe to the most played PC games. Everywhere we look there is a zombie dragging his feet looking for human prey. The ubiquitous nature of this meme of semi-human creatures that survive only by breaking the most fundamental of human taboos is a clear indicator of a collective cultural pathology.
Obama’s War-Policies Show a Pattern
Eric Zuesse
[Editor’s Note: Documentation on each of the key points in this news report and analysis can be seen by merely clicking on the link where the given point is asserted. This is being especially noted because many of the facts reported here have not been covered generally in the Western press, and much of what is reported here could surprise some readers anywhere, and thus the documentation is linked-to. Our editors have checked the links and have found all of the allegations to be backed by solid sources. The reader is thus provided the same access to these sources that we do, so as to check what’s being alleged in this article.]
U.S. President Barack Obama has repeatedly employed a tactic of attacking Russia by using fundamentalist and other conservative extremists in a given Russia-allied nation, so as to turn that Russia-allied nation away from Russia, and toward America, and then of trying to crush these very same right-wing extremists who have been so effective in defeating (or at least weakening) the pro-Russian leader in that Russia-allied country. This tactic leaves civil war and enormous bloodshed in the given formerly (or still) Russia-allied nation.
Europeans Want TTIP Trade-Deal, though Obama Blocks Making Its Terms Public
Eric Zuesse
TTIP is a secretly negotiated trade deal between the U.S. and the EU, and all indications are that it will replace each nation’s drug-safety, product-safety, food-safety, environmental, and worker-protection, regulations and laws, placing them into the hands of panels composed of appointees of large international corporations, no longer in the hands of publicly elected officials, no longer in the hands of elected politicians, who need to face voters periodically in order to stay in power. Basically: U.S. President Barack Obama is demanding that European nations weaken their regulations, but has been encountering stiff resistance from some, which has dragged out negotiations.
German Economic News headlined, on 4 February 2015, "TTIP: civil rights complaint alleging secret negotiations,” and reported that Europe's Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, said: “American objection to the publication of certain TTIP documents is not a sufficient reason, alone on its own, to withhold information from the European public. The Commission will at all times ensure that exceptions to the basic rights of EU citizens are justified and reasonable whenever there is a limitation on access to documents.” But, she didn’t do anything to enforce her statement; the non-disclosure continued.
Lavrov in New York
by Stephen Lendman
If America had a foreign minister like Lavrov and others like him in top positions, we'd have world peace, not multiple direct and proxy wars of aggression against one country after another.
The scourge of mass slaughter and destruction would end. So would the threat of nuclear war.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists could roll back its Doomsday Clock to record safe levels.
Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Ukraine would be independently governed. Syria would have been spared war and mass displacement.
Efforts to replace Venezuela's model democracy with fascist governance would end.
Palestinian self-determination would be recognized. Support for Israel's war machine would end. Lawless sanctions wouldn't be imposed.
Financial War: US wants to trigger wave of Russian bankruptcies
German Economic News
The US government insists on a tightening of sanctions against Russia, and demands that the EU follow suit. Washington now wants sanctions that will have a "devastating” effect, which Russia must “suffer.” Financial measures are planned to trigger a wave of bankruptcies in Russia.
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond over the weekend had a visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry, concerning the US plan. Washington expects the EU to cooperate to force the Russian economy to its knees.
The US will drastically tighten sanctions against Russia: US Secretary of State John Kerry said this weekend in London that Russia was "guilty of gravely violating the Minsk truce." Kerry said Russia had the city Debalzewo attacked, and supported paramilitary warriors in the region, and contracted new troops near Mariupol. Kerry said: "This is a violation of the ceasefire. We are serious: there will be more actions that cause additional pain in the Russian economy.”
Al Jazeera Spy Cables
by Stephen Lendman
On February 23, Al Jazeera headlined "The Spy Cables: A Glimpse into the world of espionage."
Saying "(s)ecret documents, leaked from numerous intelligence agencies, offer rare insights into the interactions between spies."
Hold the cheers. Al Jazeera is owned, operated and controlled by Qatar's government. Its agenda is closely tied to Washington and other Western governments.
Doha hosts America's forward CENTCOM (US Central Command) headquarters. It's based at Al Udeid Air Base. It's home for 5,000 US forces.
PA implores Israel to release withheld funds
By Khalid Amayreh in Occupied Palestine
Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to hold onto
its scandalous security collaboration pact with Israel despite the latter's refusal to release hundreds of millions of dollars of Palestinian customs funds and tax revenue levied by Israel.
Two months ago, Israel stopped transferring the funds to PA coffers as reprisal for the Palestinian decision to join the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The Israeli measure has seriously hurt the PA ability to pay salaries for its employees, estimated to be over 120,000 civil servants and security personnel tasked with "maintaining security" on Israel's behalf.
Kerry Threatens Russia
by Stephen Lendman
His bluster, bullying and Big Lies wore thin long ago. He uses diplomacy as a weapon against sovereign independent countries.
On February 5, the Washington Post cited a poll of 1,615 scholars from 1,375 colleges and universities. Kerry was rated America's worst Secretary of State in the past 50 years.
On February 21, he and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond met in London. Irresponsible Russia bashing took center stage. Officials from both countries repeatedly blame Moscow for Kiev, US, and UK high crimes.
Ahead of his meeting with Hammond, Kerry threatened more sanctions on Russia. Earlier ones imposed accomplishing nothing besides growing enmity between both sides.
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