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Russia Responds to Obama's Bombastic State of the Union Address
by Stephen Lendman
Obama consistently turns truth on its head. On Tuesday, he said America's upholds "the principle that bigger nations can't bully the small…"
No nation bullies, pressures and bludgeons other nations to comply with its wishes more than America. At the same time wrongfully accusing Russia of aggression in Ukraine.
No evidence whatever suggests it. Plenty shows US dirty hands responsible for Ukrainian crisis conditions. Ongoing conflict. Fascism in Europe's heartland.
Ukraine Stiffs China for Billions It Owes
Eric Zuesse
China paid Ukraine $3B two years Ago for grain still not delivered, now demands refund. Another $3.6B that’s owed to China, will probably also default.
Russia’s RIA Novosti News Agency reported, on January 17th, that China is demanding refund of $1.5 billion in cash and of an additional $1.5 billion in Chinese goods that were paid in advance by China (in 2013), for a 2012 Chinese order of grain from Ukraine, which goods still have not been supplied to China.
According to RIAN, “State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine (STATE FOOD) supplied grain in 2013, elsewhere, but not to China. The new Kiev authorities had an opportunity to fix the short-sighted actions ‘of the [previous] Yanukovych regime,’ and to present a positive economic image to the Chinese.” But it didn’t happen.
America's Abysmal State
by Stephen Lendman
America never was beautiful. Less than ever now during harder than ever hard times since the Great Depression.
Permanent wars on humanity at home and abroad. Bipartisan defense of wealth, power and privilege at the expense of beneficial social change.
Obama's State of the Union address combined demagogic rubbish, duplicitous boilerplate, pure fantasy, colossal arrogance, and a contemptible assertion of US supremacy.
"…America stands strong and united with our allies," he said. Leading "with persistent, steady resolve."
Israeli State Terror the Root Cause of Palestinian Blowback
by Stephen Lendman
Israeli state terror is longstanding. Palestinians are ruthlessly persecuted. Terrorized for praying to the wrong God.
Assaulted, beaten, arrested, imprisoned, tortured and murdered in cold blood. For daring to resist Israeli barbarism. Demanding fundamental rights everyone deserves.
Violence begets more of it. The latest incident won't be the last. Automatically called "terrorism."
Israeli media accounts didn't surprise. Omitting what most needs explaining.
YNet News headlined "12 stabbed in terror attack on Tel Aviv bus." A same day headline read "Netanyahu: Paris, Brussels, Tel Aviv - all victims of same terror."
The Jerusalem Post headlined "Terror attack in Tel Aviv: Palestinian seriously wounds 4 in stabbing rampage on bus."
An accompanying article headlined "Tel Aviv terrorist says he was motivated by Operation Protective Edge."
The closest Israeli media come to explaining blowback. Short of condemning decades of Israeli state-sponsored terror. What most needs highlighting.
Genocide in Donbas
by Stephen Lendman
Last April, Kiev launched premeditated naked aggression on Donbas. Mischaracterized as a "counterterrorism" operation. Fighting raged for months. Abated somewhat following agreed on September Minsk protocol terms. Never stopped. Illegitimate oligarch president Petro Poroshenko vowed to crush Donbas resistance. Intends full-scale war. Wants fascist tyranny replacing Donbas democracy.
Last May, the reliable Strategic Culture Foundation (SCF) called Kiev's war on Donbas a "genocide campaign." Believing at the time anti-junta resistance would spread across Ukraine.
Israel's Latest Aggression
by Stephen Lendman
Israel ignores international laws, norms and standards. Operating extrajudicially. Unaccountably.
Mass murdering Gazans in cold blood. Terrorizing West Palestinians daily.
Making the country increasingly unfit to live in for Jews. Why many vote with their feet and leave.
Since 2013 alone, Israel conducted multiple premeditated air attacks on Syrian targets. Others earlier in recent years.
State terrorism. War crimes by any standard.The latest incident on Sunday. Reports said an Israeli helicopter gunship fired missiles at Hezbollah military leader Imad Mughniyeh's car in Syria's Quneitra province.
GITMO: Symbol of America's Moral Depravity
by Stephen Lendman
America is a gangster state by any standard. Despotic and then some. Democratic in name only.
Hopelessly corrupted beyond fixing. Washington's criminal class is bipartisan. The worst of the worst make policy. Unconstitutionally.
Including sanctioning torture as official policy. GITMO one of many US global torture prisons. It's best known one. The tip of the iceberg.
Run out of sight and mind. Extrajudicially and then some. America's gulag operates worldwide.
US-Backed Naked Kiev Aggression on Donbas
by Stephen Lendman
Ukraine is America's newest colony. Illegitimate fascist governance in Europe's heartland.
US installed puppet leaders run things. Threatening to destabilize the entire continent. Waging war on their own people.
Naked aggression by any standard. Dirty war. Without mercy. Using chemical and other banned weapons.
Warplanes and artillery attack civilian neighborhoods. According to Russia's Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) representative:
"Whereas previously, Donetsk was shelled by non-controlled units of the National Guard and the so-called territorial battalions, today it is absolutely obvious that residential quarters are being shelled by regular units of the Ukrainian army."
Escalated Kiev Aggression on Donbas
by Stephen Lendman
A previous article said Kiev never abided by its ceasefire agreed on terms. Systematically violating them straightaway.
Conflict continues daily. Ongoing since Kiev launched premeditated aggression last April. Mobilizing now for escalated conflict.
Supported by Washington politically, economically and militarily. With heavy weapons supplied covertly. Authorized by the so-called Ukraine Freedom Support Act (UFSA) of 2014.
Illegitimate oligarch president Petro Poroshenko vowed to crush Donbas democracy. Replace it with hardline rule.
Abolish fundamental freedoms. Institute repressive harshness. Several earlier articles warned of all-out war on Donbas.
Naked aggression by any standard. Targeting civilian neighborhoods. Murdering noncombatant men, women and chilcren in cold blood.
PBS-TV’s Frontline’s Misrepresents Russia’s Vladimir Putin
Eric Zuesse
On January 13th, the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) telecast the FRONTLINE documentary, “Putin’s Way,” which purported to be a biography of Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin.
The press release about this film states: "Drawing on firsthand accounts from exiled Russian business tycoons, writers and politicians, as well as the exhaustive research of scholar and best-selling Putin’s Kleptocracy author Karen Dawisha, the film examines troubling episodes in Putin’s past, from alleged money-laundering activities and ties to organized crime, to a secret personal fortune said to be in the billions. … These accounts portray a Russian leader who began by professing hope and democracy but now is stoking nationalism, conflict and authoritarianism.”
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