Ukraine’s interim government is promising new attacks against protester-held cities in its east, something they have presented as “anti-terrorism” operations, but is facing increasing warnings from Russia.
Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov said any attacks on Russian citizens in eastern Ukraine would be treated as an attack on the Russian Federation itself, and that Ukraine could “certainly” expect a response from its much larger neighbor in that event.
Lavrov also urged the US to stop escalating the situation, claiming they are acting in a “hands-on manner” to push Ukraine into a military confrontation. The US has openly endorsed military action against protesters repeatedly as a “law and order” measure.
The State Department angrily denied any involvement in Ukraine’s offensive, calling Lavrov’s comments “inflammatory” but insisting comfort with Ukraine’s attacks, which they dubbed a “counterterrorism operation.”
There is no doubt in any sane mind that USG in cooperation with EU running the show in Kiev, although EU operation might not look as they are involved but be sure that they are in the pictures. Russia needs not warn neither side of their retaliation, but rather get ready to act if the Kiev starts using their mercenaries, which they are, according to RT news, these Neo fascist are armed and already moving toward cities in eastern Ukraine, meanwhile US militarism regimes sending troops to Poland and other part of Eastern Europe preparing for a bigger war, if not the third world war.
Yes .Only this time the Goodies are Russian and the "black hatted" BAD guys are the so called pillars of Freedom and Human rights , the USA,NATO and their allies.
MAY THE GOOD GUYS WIN – GO RUSSIA.
GO RUSSIA.. ret us army….
Russia is no doubt fully in its right to come to the aid of the East Russians . The present Kiev junta after all said and done is not a legitimate government. Using the army, tanks and fighter planes against its own people does give Russia that right. This is the job for the police, not defence forces. Not even the previous ousted democratically elected government of a Yanukovitch did use the military. A quick Russian response should be carried out.
Lavrov's reaction reveals real fear in Putin's camp. It's perfectly that the Ukrainian government is deliberately trying to provoke a Russian invasion. Like the Polish cavalry that charged Hitler's tanks in 1939, what have they got to lose? At best, someone will come to their aid. At worst, they'll go down with their heads high. And of course, only 6 years after that cavalry charge, Hitler was dead, his political ideas were totally discredited and his country was in ruins. Nationalism has always been a recipe for death and distruction in Europe. That's why we have the EU.
You can rest assured that Russia will not stand idly by while US mercenaries turn an important border state into another Libya.
So when russia invades it's OK to protect their "interest." When the USA does it is is an evil conspiracy! Got it. Pretty good propaganda.
My Ukrainian contacts tell me that no one is lining up to go on this little expedition by the Kiev government, because the people who make up what passes for a military in Ukraine aren't really sure who is in charge, or whether their orders are legal.
One contact tells me of an uncle in the army who was ordered to drive his tank east, and when he got there, his vehicle was surrounded by locals who climbed on an poured lighter fluid into the engine. He and his unit were not ready to shoot anyone, so they just turned around and went back to base.
It's very important to remember that this is the same military that refrained from getting involved against the last set of protesters- the Yanukovich government never called them in, and they were not keen to come in and shoot civilians. Now they are being asked to go shoot civilians by the people they didn't intervene to shoot just two months ago.
The right-wing militants who drove the police away are useless for this job- they have no training or unit cohesion, and it would take years to make them into an armed force. They're good for throwing molotov cocktails at police lines, but not much more than that. For what the former protesters want to do, you need a real army. The question is, do they have one?
The big question is whether Ukraine can even round up more than a few hundred men willing to go.
If people are complaining about "western involvement" why are they OK with Russian involvement? Unless, they are Russian shills.
This propaganda site should be re-titled "pro-war.com" due to all the russia lovers wanting to invade a sovereign nation.
"Saddam gassed his own people." Saddam went.
"Gadaffi is killing his own people." Gadaffi went.
"Assad is killing his own people." They keep on trying.
"Western backed Ukrainian government is killing it's own people." It's Russia's fault.
The Western 'narrative' in a nutshell.
Russia has a "responsibility to protect" those Russians in Ukraine. They should start by imposing a "no-fly zone" over all of Ukraine, then bomb the crap out of everything that moves. The political and intellectual class should be totally destroyed so the Russian culture can be imposed in the guise of "nation building". Any press criticism of Putin must be limited to a personal nature and in must no way criticise the military tactics or objectives. Then Russia will finally be 'Westernised'.
THERE'S A SUCKER BORN EVERYDAY
Crimea, Ukraine, Russia, USA, Europe, NATO, Poland ????
Clearly people are in a state of self-delusion, with its accompanying problems of confusion brought on by that very same self-delusion.
As a consequence, they will find themselves in the same Wonderland that Alice, of the famed novel 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll, found herself in.
Except Alice, was able to find her way out, by 'realizing' that she was 'looking' at the situation with her 'eyes wide shut'.
Crimea, Ukraine, Russia, USA, Europe, NATO, Poland, and all the other regions, countries, states, kingdoms and so on, that anyone cares to name, are exactly the equivalent of the 'wonderland' that Alice found herself facing. Mere fantasies, fairy tales, fictions, creations of the mind, or figments of the imagination.
Without the 'realization' of the 'nature of countries' being creations of the mind, or figments of the imagination, mere wonderlands, then all people everywhere, will remain in a condition of self-delusion and allow themselves to be open to manipulation.
The 'choice' remains with people to learn, know and understand, what is the nature of these wonderlands as countries, and most importantly, appreciate their unrelenting influence and significance in their lives whether for good or for bad.
There's a sucker born everyday, need not be seen as something said that is disparaging, but should be taken as something that reminds all of us, in the words of Orwell, that we should all come to understand that –
to see that which is in front of ones nose is a constant struggle.
How we can learn 'to see that which is in front of ones nose', can be found part way down the source document linked, under the subtitled heading –
'SEQUENCE OF DOING BUSINESS USING WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS AS CONTRACTS',
SOURCE DOCUMENT:
THE BUSINESS OF KNOWING YOUR PLACE http://thereisnodebt.wordpress.com/2014/04/05/the…