Tensions are boiling over in southeastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, where pro-Russia protesters have essentially taken over and declared themselves an independent republic.
Ukraine’s interim Prime Minister, who knows a little something about being installed after a foreign-backed protest, sees the demonstrations as a Russian plot, and has warned Russia against moving into the border territory.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned Ukraine against making any move to crack down on the protests, saying they would not tolerate the use of force against ethnic Russians in Donetsk.
The Obama Administration likewise warned of escalation, and the White House claimed secret evidence that some of the protesters were being paid. Secretary of State John Kerry demanded Russia publicly disavow the Donetsk protesters.
I also have secret evidence that Kerry's a cross-dresser. And you're certain to be just as disappointed at the source. So that stays a secret too.
…and if it were illegal or unconstitutional for the WH to lie, it could still find a judge to declare it none-of-the-business of the Judicial Branch.
Lavrov warned Ukraine against making any move to crack down on the protests, saying they would not tolerate the use of force
If I recall right, that was also how the US treated Yanukovich.
Now I cannot comment on secret evidence, there is OPEN AND PUBLIC evidence that the three parties that took over in Kyev are GENOCIDAL. The largest, The Fatherland Party, led by Tymoschenko and her deputy, Jatzenyk, are for nuking the Russians living in Ukraine. She was taped in a phone conversation — quite a long conversation before the fall of Yanukovich, answering the question from an official on what to do with the Russians if the new government took over. Are they to become a second class citizens? Ne, she said, we will nuke them. All of them. She also talked of her many connections in the West, and how she is going to get her all connections to help nuke Russia as well. She and her ilk will not forget or forgive Russia for winning the war against Hitler. To them, it us personal, as Banderistas fought as rear guard to the withdrawing Hitler armies. The other party in power, Svoboda, on its website detailed how the Russians, Jews, Tatars, Hungarians, Bulgarians and Romanians will be killed. This party will empower local administration to decide whom to kill, suggesting that the priority will be intelectuals and the middle class.
So, what is west doing in such company? Clueless — as always. So, are Kerry and Obama really supporting genocide against the people of Southeast Ukraine? Are they to just wait until they send the "punishment squads". In Kyev today, they are discussing "punishments", and nobody since they took power even talked to those regions at all! And Obama/ Kerry team is worried about Russians.
“White House claimed secret evidence that
some of the protesters were being paid.”
Interesting point, for how do we know the difference between a home-grown rebellion and a foreign backed coup? But really, what difference does it make? For if the majority are so indifferent as to let some power combine take over their government, then they are the root cause and should expect no sympathy from those who avoid such stupidity.
Paid rent-a-rioters? Most likely. We saw it in Athens. We saw it in Kiev. So why not elsewhere? And the more Lavrov makes statements which deny Ukraine's sovereignty, the more he paints himself into a corner. Little by little, Putin is being lured to his distruction in the Baltic.
Putin and Lavrov have been very diplomatic and pragmatic during this whole ordeal. They make Western leaders look like children. It is the West that is in trouble. Imperial overreach has been a fact for a long time now. I do not see India and China siding with the West in this. In fact zerohedge has been reporting on talks between the countries of setting up and institutionalizing different and more modern methods of payment arrangements that will not include the US dollar. This means the beginning of the end for US financial domination as others will be sure to follow to remove the yoke of US imperialism from their necks.
There is no creditable news that one could agree with USG, everything in this world, even the creation of state department mercenaries are other nations fault, the support for Saudis barbarians by McCain and others are other nations fault, in Donetsk, off course is the Russian fault but USG and EU creation for a Neo fascism cop de Etta taking over Ukraine is the USG and EU's right? This is hypocrites at work, this is hypocrisy signed by USG Samantha Power at UN and rest of state departments statement like, the one "f….u….c…k…EU".