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The West Marches East, Part 1: The U.S.-NATO Strategy to Isolate Russia
Andrew Gavin Marshall
In early March of 2014, following Russia's invasion of Crimea in Ukraine, the New York Times editorial board declared that Russian President Vladimir Putin had "stepped far outside the bounds of civilized behavior," suggesting that Russia should be isolated politically and economically in the face of "continued aggression."
John Kerry, the U.S. Secretary of State, lashed out at Russia's " incredible act of aggression," stating that: "You just don't in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on [a] completely trumped up pre-text." Indeed, invading foreign nations on "trumped up pre-texts" is something only the United States and its allies are allowed to do, not Russia! What audacity!
Stoking Confrontation with Russia
by Stephen Lendman
Confrontation is dangerous. At risk is escalating things to conflict. Doing so is madness. Major wars start this way.
Extremists infesting Washington go where angels fear to tread. Peace is considered sissy.
The militant Atlantic Council's just concluded Defending the Vision of a Europe Whole and Free conference addressed crisis conditions in Ukraine.
Hawkish present and past Western officials participated. Barry Pavel heads the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security.
Madmen In Power
Editorial by Gaither Stewart
(Rome) On the heels of the disasters left behind by the USA-led wars in the small countries of Iraq, Libya and Syria, among others, the reasons for America’s blatant and barely disguised aggression against Ukraine might seem at first puzzling. If America’s armed forces and its proxies left such socio-economic messes in such smaller and weaker countries, why the sudden all-out attack on Ukraine that translates into an attack on the powerful nuclear power Russia? If US forces could not defeat the Shia in Iraq, nor suppress the tribal society in Libya, nor break the Assad government in Syria, how could Washington’s power-mad neocons even dream of planting missile bases in Ukraine and of subduing an unbeatable Russia as both Napoleon and Hitler experienced?
Water Liberty: How Innovation Trumps Privatization
By Rady Ananda
The World Bank joins Nestlé in wanting to privatize water, deeming it “extremist” to suggest that those born on this planet have a natural right to clean, potable water. Meanwhile, RT’s Abby Martin reports that the watchdog group Corporate Accountability International recently released a new analysis showing that:
“Investing in private water does not extend access and is also counterproductive for economic development. By contrast, infrastructure investment, abandoned by the corporate sector, is where real benefit can be achieved: the World Health Organization estimates more than $10 of economic benefit from every $1 invested in water infrastructure systems.“
Willful Blindness: Abraham Foxman and the Armenian Genocide
BY: Pierce Nahigyan
"Turkish official teasing starving Armenian children by showing bread, 1915,
Collection of St. Lazar Mkhitarian Congregation"
Few would expect a survivor of the Holocaust to be the face of genocide denial. Imagine the surprise of Suffolk Law School’s student body when its administration’s chosen commencement speaker turned out to be just that.
Abraham Foxman, the long-time director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an organization dedicated to eradicating anti-Semitism and bigotry and protecting civil rights, seems a figure beyond reproach. Yet Foxman has invited controversy to Suffolk University for his unwillingness to recognize the 1915 Armenian Genocide - an event which saw an estimated 1.5 million Armenians massacred by the Turks - and his campaign to defeat Congressional acknowledgement of said genocide.
Criticism of Foxman has centered on this disconnect, that a man who lived through the attempted extermination of an entire race now denies that truth of another. Many at Suffolk are unwilling to participate in that hypocrisy.
Turnabout is Fair Play - Cuba and Ukraine
Russia's response to United States and European Union efforts in Ukraine represents a more restrained, lower stakes version of the response by the U.S. to the installation of nuclear missiles in Cuba by the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in 1962. Today, the headline above could be inverted to read:
Russia Blockades Ukraine, Tells US to 'Lay Off"
More than 50 years ago, U.S. President John F. Kennedy initiated a naval blockade of Cuba based on photographic evidence of medium range nuclear missile on the island just ninety miles from Florida. In his address to the nation of October 22, 1962, the president declared:
Fact Checking Scoundrel Media Lies
by Stephen Lendman
Edward Herman and David Peterson contributed an important chapter to a forthcoming cutting edge book on Ukraine.
It's titled "Flashpoint in Ukraine: How the US Drive for Hegemony Risks World War III
Herman and Peterson explain Western propaganda "in overdrive," saying:
"(D)eeply ingrained Cold War ideology remains in Western capitals and their political and intellectual culture."
"It's best understood as a dichotomous or binary system: One side is 'good,' the other side is 'evil.' "
"One side acts on behalf of universal values, the other acts out of narrow self-interests."
Putin v. Kerry
by Stephen Lendman
Putin's statesmanship embarrasses Kerry. Both men are geopolitical opposites.
Putin represents responsible leadership. Kerry shames the office he holds.
On April 29, Putin addressed Ukrainian crisis conditions forthrightly. On the same day, Kerry irresponsibly addressed the Atlantic Council.
In 1961, it was established to support NATO. It's headquartered in Washington. It supports America's global agenda.
Past and current members include a rogue's gallery of reliable US imperial supporters.
They include Henry Kissinger, George Schultz, James Schlesinger, James Baker, Zbigniew Brzezinski, James Jones, Condoleezza Rice, Richard Holbrooke, Susan Rice, and an array of current and former top military officials.
Ukraine Hypes a Nonexistent Russian Threat
by Stephen Lendman
For the first time since WW II, overt fascists hold real power in Europe. They hold major government posts.
They menace regional stability. They threaten world peace. Ukraine is Exhibit A.
Olexander Turchynov is illegitimate coup-appointed putschist president/parliament chairman.
He's Ukrainian armed forces commander-in-chief. He's Batkivshchyna/All-Ukrainian Union/Fatherland party deputy chairman.
He's militantly fascist. He deplores democracy. He prioritizes hardline rule. He tolerates no opposition.
He hyped the Big Lie. He did so to create a nonexistent enemy.
He did it to generate fear. He acted to enlist greater Western support. Washington provides plenty. So do rogue EU allies. Turchynov wants more.
Confronting Russia and China Militarily
by Stephen Lendman
Washington's imperial agenda reflects madness. Overreach may be its undoing. Potential global war threatens everyone. On Tuesday, Obama ended his Asian trip. Confronting China was prioritized. On April 28, Stripes headlined "Obama's Asia trip yields better military ties but no trade concessions," saying:
He returned home "partly successful." In Japan and South Korea, he reaffirmed post-WW II ties.
"In Malaysia, he made strategic inroads in a country that’s long been one of China's closest friends in Southeast Asia."
He firmed up Washington's chokehold colonization over the Philippines. A new 10 year military agreement solidified it. More on it below.
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