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Geneva cover for US warpath on Russia
By Finian Cunningham
The Geneva deal signed at the end of last week by the US and Russia to de-escalate tensions in Ukraine is being used by Washington as a cover for inciting more conflict with Moscow.
The ostensible purpose of "de-escalating conflict" is but a cynical misnomer. Washington intends to continue its long-term strategic encirclement of Russia and military aggression.
In signing the document in Geneva last Thursday, Russia no doubt did so in good faith with the objective of calming the unrest in Ukraine and trying to engage US-led NATO forces in a constructive dialogue.
But Moscow may have made a fatal error. The Geneva summit called by the US was attended by Russia, the European Union and a delegation from the NATO-backed junta in Kiev, which seized power illegally from the elected authorities back in February.
The junta in Kiev is characterized by fascist politics, with several of its self-proclaimed ministers belonging to the neo-Nazi Svoboda party. It has no legal mandate from the people of Ukraine - a fact that has sparked widespread protests in the east of the country where the population is mainly pro-Russian and opposed to the fascist coup plotters in Kiev.
Nevertheless Western governments and media have anointed the unelected regime in Kiev as "the government of Ukraine". Even though there is abundant evidence that the CIA-backed regime came to power by orchestrating mass murder of civilians during the infamous sniper shootings in Kiev's Maidan Square on February 20. The coup plotters that subsequently expropriated government offices in Kiev should therefore be subject to a criminal investigation, not lauded and feted as "ministers".
By attending the Geneva conference under the Washington-sponsored framework, Russia has effectively conceded legitimacy to the regime in Kiev. Previously, Moscow had insisted that the deposed President Viktor Yanukovych and his electoral mandate from 2010 was the remaining sovereign authority of Ukraine. Moscow now seems to have acquiesced to the American-backed regime change.
While the Geneva document calls for disarmament of all groups across Ukraine and the vacating of all illegally occupied public buildings, the strictures are being applied in a unilateral manner - against the pro-Russian, anti-Kiev protesters in the east and south of Ukraine. The regime in Kiev and its neo-Nazi shock troops in the paramilitary Right Sector are asserting that the disarmament obligations do not apply to them.
Indeed, over the weekend three pro-Russian civilians were shot dead at a checkpoint outside the city of Slavyansk after gunmen in cars opened fire. The attack is believed to have been carried out by the Kiev-based Right Sector paramilitaries, according to Itar-Tass reports.
More ominously, the Kiev junta is threatening to resume its "anti-terror" crackdown on the protesters in the east with the deployment of Ukrainian national armed forces - if the demonstrators do not immediately disband and hand over their weapons.
While US Secretary of State John Kerry was signing the "de-escalation" document in Geneva, Washington announced that it was to begin sending "non-lethal" military aid to the regime in Kiev. This is the same ruse that Washington has played in Syria where similar claims of "non-lethal" military aid to anti-government "rebels" is belied by US supplied anti-tank missiles and involvement of covert Special Forces.
So not only has a criminal coup in Ukraine been legitimized; it is now being openly armed to crush civilian protesters in large swathes of the country, which are opposed to the NATO-backed seditionists in Kiev.
Regrettably, Russia has allowed this development by participating in the Geneva forum last week.
What Moscow should have insisted on was for other groups from the east and south of Ukraine to have been permitted to attend the Geneva summit and to voice their grievances on equal terms. At all times, the illegal NATO-installed Kiev regime should in no way be referred to as the "government of Ukraine".
Moreover, what is even more problematic about the so-called Geneva deal is that Washington and its European allies, with full amplification from the dutiful Western media, are henceforth placing the burden for "de-escalation" of tensions and conflict in Ukraine squarely on Moscow.
If the pro-Russian protest groups in eastern and southern cities of Donetz, Kharkov, Lugansk, Slavyansk and Odessa, among other places, do not disarm and disband - that is, surrender - then Russia will be blamed for "continuing agitation".
The signs are that Washington is thus preparing a self-fulfilling prediction. Within hours of the Geneva document being signed, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was telling his Polish counterpart that up to 10,000 American troops would be deployed in that country. That move is an integral part of the ongoing rapid expansion of NATO air, sea and ground forces in the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, as well as in Romania, Bulgaria and the Black Sea.
In other words, while Russia signs a "de-escalation" commitment, Washington continues its strategic military encirclement of Russia in violation of past NATO promises to Moscow that it would not do so.
Also, no sooner had the Geneva conference wrapped up, US President Barack Obama was then casting doubts on Russian cooperation and said his administration was drawing up new harder-hitting economic sanctions against Moscow.
As the New York Times reported over the weekend: "Mr Obama is focused on isolating President Vladimir V Putin's Russia by cutting off its economic and political ties to the outside world, limiting its expansionist ambitions in its own neighborhood and effectively making it a pariah state."
Meanwhile, the Washington Post claimed: "Concerns have been especially acute in the three Baltic nations that were once part of the Soviet empire and now fear that they could be next on Russian President Vladimir Putin's hit list."
The belligerent rhetoric and mentality in Washington - referring to Russia as "a pariah state" and Putin's "hit list" - is not just a travesty of the real NATO causes of regime change and upheaval in Ukraine. It also shows that the US is set on a collision course with Moscow.
The Geneva so-called accord is merely a cover for Washington to pursue its aggressive military agenda towards Russia.
PressTV - Geneva cover for US warpath on Russia
By Finian Cunningham
The Geneva deal signed at the end of last week by the US and Russia to de-escalate tensions in Ukraine is being used by Washington as a cover for inciting more conflict with Moscow.
The ostensible purpose of "de-escalating conflict" is but a cynical misnomer. Washington intends to continue its long-term strategic encirclement of Russia and military aggression.
In signing the document in Geneva last Thursday, Russia no doubt did so in good faith with the objective of calming the unrest in Ukraine and trying to engage US-led NATO forces in a constructive dialogue.
But Moscow may have made a fatal error. The Geneva summit called by the US was attended by Russia, the European Union and a delegation from the NATO-backed junta in Kiev, which seized power illegally from the elected authorities back in February.
The junta in Kiev is characterized by fascist politics, with several of its self-proclaimed ministers belonging to the neo-Nazi Svoboda party. It has no legal mandate from the people of Ukraine - a fact that has sparked widespread protests in the east of the country where the population is mainly pro-Russian and opposed to the fascist coup plotters in Kiev.
Nevertheless Western governments and media have anointed the unelected regime in Kiev as "the government of Ukraine". Even though there is abundant evidence that the CIA-backed regime came to power by orchestrating mass murder of civilians during the infamous sniper shootings in Kiev's Maidan Square on February 20. The coup plotters that subsequently expropriated government offices in Kiev should therefore be subject to a criminal investigation, not lauded and feted as "ministers".
By attending the Geneva conference under the Washington-sponsored framework, Russia has effectively conceded legitimacy to the regime in Kiev. Previously, Moscow had insisted that the deposed President Viktor Yanukovych and his electoral mandate from 2010 was the remaining sovereign authority of Ukraine. Moscow now seems to have acquiesced to the American-backed regime change.
While the Geneva document calls for disarmament of all groups across Ukraine and the vacating of all illegally occupied public buildings, the strictures are being applied in a unilateral manner - against the pro-Russian, anti-Kiev protesters in the east and south of Ukraine. The regime in Kiev and its neo-Nazi shock troops in the paramilitary Right Sector are asserting that the disarmament obligations do not apply to them.
Indeed, over the weekend three pro-Russian civilians were shot dead at a checkpoint outside the city of Slavyansk after gunmen in cars opened fire. The attack is believed to have been carried out by the Kiev-based Right Sector paramilitaries, according to Itar-Tass reports.
More ominously, the Kiev junta is threatening to resume its "anti-terror" crackdown on the protesters in the east with the deployment of Ukrainian national armed forces - if the demonstrators do not immediately disband and hand over their weapons.
While US Secretary of State John Kerry was signing the "de-escalation" document in Geneva, Washington announced that it was to begin sending "non-lethal" military aid to the regime in Kiev. This is the same ruse that Washington has played in Syria where similar claims of "non-lethal" military aid to anti-government "rebels" is belied by US supplied anti-tank missiles and involvement of covert Special Forces.
So not only has a criminal coup in Ukraine been legitimized; it is now being openly armed to crush civilian protesters in large swathes of the country, which are opposed to the NATO-backed seditionists in Kiev.
Regrettably, Russia has allowed this development by participating in the Geneva forum last week.
What Moscow should have insisted on was for other groups from the east and south of Ukraine to have been permitted to attend the Geneva summit and to voice their grievances on equal terms. At all times, the illegal NATO-installed Kiev regime should in no way be referred to as the "government of Ukraine".
Moreover, what is even more problematic about the so-called Geneva deal is that Washington and its European allies, with full amplification from the dutiful Western media, are henceforth placing the burden for "de-escalation" of tensions and conflict in Ukraine squarely on Moscow.
If the pro-Russian protest groups in eastern and southern cities of Donetz, Kharkov, Lugansk, Slavyansk and Odessa, among other places, do not disarm and disband - that is, surrender - then Russia will be blamed for "continuing agitation".
The signs are that Washington is thus preparing a self-fulfilling prediction. Within hours of the Geneva document being signed, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was telling his Polish counterpart that up to 10,000 American troops would be deployed in that country. That move is an integral part of the ongoing rapid expansion of NATO air, sea and ground forces in the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, as well as in Romania, Bulgaria and the Black Sea.
In other words, while Russia signs a "de-escalation" commitment, Washington continues its strategic military encirclement of Russia in violation of past NATO promises to Moscow that it would not do so.
Also, no sooner had the Geneva conference wrapped up, US President Barack Obama was then casting doubts on Russian cooperation and said his administration was drawing up new harder-hitting economic sanctions against Moscow.
As the New York Times reported over the weekend: "Mr Obama is focused on isolating President Vladimir V Putin's Russia by cutting off its economic and political ties to the outside world, limiting its expansionist ambitions in its own neighborhood and effectively making it a pariah state."
Meanwhile, the Washington Post claimed: "Concerns have been especially acute in the three Baltic nations that were once part of the Soviet empire and now fear that they could be next on Russian President Vladimir Putin's hit list."
The belligerent rhetoric and mentality in Washington - referring to Russia as "a pariah state" and Putin's "hit list" - is not just a travesty of the real NATO causes of regime change and upheaval in Ukraine. It also shows that the US is set on a collision course with Moscow.
The Geneva so-called accord is merely a cover for Washington to pursue its aggressive military agenda towards Russia.
PressTV - Geneva cover for US warpath on Russia
