And the resemblance of some uniforms to those worn by Russian soldiers is also circumstantial, since military gear often looks similar or it could have been sold to civilians, or the men could be veterans who kept their old uniforms after leaving the military. The fact that these men are adept at handling weapons also could mean that they have prior military experience, not that they are still active.
For the Times to cite the Obama administration's endorsement of the Kiev regime's claims as some kind of verification is also silly. Anyone who has followed the Ukraine crisis knows that the U.S. government is wholeheartedly on the side of the post-coup regime, trumpeting its propaganda and dismissing any counterclaims from the Yanukovych camp or from Moscow.
The rest of the piece can be read here and I would strongly recommend the fine work at Consortium News as an invaluable resource to those seeking to understand where it all went wrong in the US of A, particularly in the huge archives section which is filled with must read stories. From the CIA assimilating Nazi war criminals after WW II to The October Surprise to Reagan's Latin American death squads to Iran-Contra and on to the present Parry's site is an essential source of information that you will not find in establishment organs such as the New York Times or Washington Post.
Despite it's venerable reputation, The New York Times cannot be trusted and it is not because of any sort of phony "liberal" bias that has long served the American right but of an establishment bias that supports the American war machine no matter which criminal party is technically in power. The NYT by allowing Gordon to continue to prostitute himself out as a mouthpiece for the war party is as damning as any of the other hogwash on it's editorial page pumped out by the likes of set for life country clubber elite insiders Thomas Friedman, David Brooks and the latest shill for the Ukraine neo-Nazi usurpers Nicholas Kristof. Mr. Gordon has joined the pantheon of professional imperial bullshitters with his latest contribution to the warfare state, right up there with NBC's reptilian David Gregory who on Easter Sunday continued to push the hoax that was the Donetsk Jew registration leaflets after they had pretty much been exposed as a fraud. In an interesting and revealing footnote a story just came out that the network had hired a "psychological consultant" for the host of their sinking Sunday morning flagship.
The program - often mocked as "Press the Meat" may have finally jumped the shark on Easter Sunday. While Pope Francis honored what is arguably the highest holiday of the Christian religion by following in the tradition of Jesus and calling for peace in Syria and Ukraine the message being sold on US TV was exactly the opposite. You would think that the corrupt state-corporate media, the neocons and the American political class would at least honor those who wish to celebrate the Easter holiday in peace with their friends and family. In actuality, it is a great time to go on the air with dishonest interviews of characters of ill repute, peddle outrageous lies and reach the maximum desired audience so as to bring their horseshit to family dinners. Easter Sunday was no exception and the usual array of scum was present on the telescreens to preach their message of fear, loathing and vengeance. Shameful but that's just the way that we roll in the smoking crater of what is left of America these days.
The increasingly repugnant Gregory showed a national television audience exactly why it is that his bosses saw fit to conduct that particular assessment during his interview with "Yats", who hit all of the talking points. I excerpt from that proudly advertised "exclusive" from the transcript, if you can stomach it the entire rotten thing is here:
DAVID GREGORY: When you hear President Vladimir Putin talk about Novorossiya, "New Russia," where he talks about Ukraine being part of Russia, does that tell you that Putin will not stop until Ukraine is part of Russia?
ARSENIY YATSENYUK: President Putin has a dream to restore the Soviet Union. And every day, he goes further and further. And God knows where is the final destination. And he was very clear, saying this stuff in his state of the union two years ago. And I believe that you do remember his famous Munich speech saying that the biggest disaster of the former century is the collapse of the Soviet Union. I consider that the biggest disaster of this century would be the restoring of the Soviet Union under the auspices of President Putin.
DAVID GREGORY:Vice President Biden will be in Ukraine this coming week. My question to you, Prime Minister: Is Ukraine strong enough militarily to stop Russia in the east? If not, what specifically will you ask the Obama administration for? Do you need modern weaponry? Do you need advanced lethal weaponry to stop the Russians?
ARSENIY YATSENYUK: We need a strong and solid state. We need financial and economic support. We need to overhaul the Ukrainian military. We need to modernize our security and military forces. We need the real support. You know, it's easy to answer the question you just asked me. How can you stop the nuclear-powered state which is Russian Federation that spent billions of dollars to modernize their military instead of Ukraine? In the last four years, the former president, together with the Russian supporters, what they did, they just dismantled Ukrainian military and Ukrainian security forces. So we need to be in very good shape in order to stop Russia. And for this shape, we need to have and to get the real support from our Western partners.
DAVID GREGORY: So you need weapons?
ARSENIY YATSENYUK: We need financial, economic support. We need to modernize Ukrainian military and to overhaul all structures of Ukrainian defense system.
DAVID GREGORY: Final question. There have been ghastly reports coming out of eastern Ukraine this week about some kind of forces forcing Jews in the eastern part of the country to register with local authorities. What do you make of this? Are these accurate? Are Jews particularly at risk?
ARSENIY YATSENYUK: We got information that these so-called peaceful protesters with light ammunition in their hands, that they sent a number of bulletins saying that everyone who is a Jew to be indicated as a Jew. And today in the morning, I made a clear statement urged Ukrainian military and security forces and Ukrainian Department of Homeland Security urgently to find these bastards and to bring them to justice.
It's even money that the "bastards" will be some patsies who get killed in a shootout with military or security forces with incriminating 'ties' to Putin and Russia. The reference to the "Ukranian Department of Homeland Security" may as well be to the Ukranian Gestapo -- the term "Homeland" or "Heimat" is in its true European element rather than a disease that has taken root in America.
The whole thing adds up to Americans being on the hook to engage in still more costly and dangerous foreign misadventures. With millions of our own citizens out of work, underemployed, homeless, all of the hungry children right here in the US, a financial system that is gamed to the hilt and markets that cannot function without the government propping them up, an outdated and decaying infrastructure and yet it is acceptable to send billions to an illegally installed government in Ukraine? David Gregory is set for life as are the political class and their media court jesters but it sends a very clear message to the rest of the population and that message is "f*ck You". Let them eat war and beg for seconds.
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