Meanwhile, ethnic Russians in
eastern Ukraine (Donetsk and Luhansk), looked longingly at Crimeans and
at their cousins and aunts in stable, comparatively well-managed Russia
next door. They too decided enough with the chaos and NATO/ neofascist
shenanigans, and declared independence.
What were the poor Russians to do? Ignore suffering compatriots trapped in a western-inspired nightmare? Bow to the threatening NATOistas?
Who is the disinformer?
NATO is marching through Sweden this month to drum up support to join the club, to have the privilege of being the latest domino to fall into the post-1997 eastern European black hole. Lo and behold, officials in Stockholm suddenly encountered "a flood of distorted and outright false information on social media, confusing public perceptions of the issue." Such fabrications as:
* the alliance could stockpile secret nuclear weapons on Swedish soil;
* NATO could attack Russia from Sweden without government approval;
* NATO soldiers, immune from prosecution, could rape Swedish women without fear of criminal charges.
Canadian experience
Hmmm. "Outright false"? All NATO minions do as they're told. Woe to anyone who defies the empire. Ask all post-WWII Canadian prime ministers, especially John Diefenbaker, against whom JFK managed a postmodern coup, deposing him in 1963, when Diefenbaker balked at stationing nuclear missiles on Canadian territory.
Kennedy's buddy, our very own Nobel Peacenik Lester Pearson, quickly signed on the dotted line, and secretly opened the doors, no Canadian sovereignty strings attached. His successor Pierre Trudeau, who derided Pearson as the "defrocked Prince of Peace", was vilified by Nixon for giving asylum to US war resisters and launching his own quixotic detente initiative with the Soviets, which of course went nowhere.
Look at cynical Trudeau Jr, now slavishly following the NATO line on everything. Why bother to buck the empire?
Turkey's travails
Ask Erdogan about the US fury when he refused to let the US launch "Operation Enduring Freedom" to destroy Iraq from Turkey.
Erdogan is a reluctant US ally, no friend of imperialism. But he too bowed increasingly over time to US pressure. He condoned, however grudgingly, the invasions of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. And for his pains, for disagreeing with the US, he just barely survived a coup attempt which has US fingerprints all over it. Take note, Sweden!
As for rape, murder and theft, the US insists that states blessed with US troops sign "status of forces agreements", which give all troops immunity to local justice. Ask the Japanese about US occupiers and date rape.
Little Lithuania
Is polite little Sweden likely to give the finger to some future 'urgent' NATO request? Hardly. And what about more alarming NATO newbies right on Russia's doorstep, like Lithuania?
Au contraire, the Lithuanian government just welcomed some of the 40,000 NATO "spearhead" forces, rushed to bases in Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Romania, and Bulgaria, following the Ukraine coup in 2014. Hey, who's doing the 'invading' here?
What were the poor Russians to do? Ignore suffering compatriots trapped in a western-inspired nightmare? Bow to the threatening NATOistas?
Who is the disinformer?
NATO is marching through Sweden this month to drum up support to join the club, to have the privilege of being the latest domino to fall into the post-1997 eastern European black hole. Lo and behold, officials in Stockholm suddenly encountered "a flood of distorted and outright false information on social media, confusing public perceptions of the issue." Such fabrications as:
* NATO could attack Russia from Sweden without government approval;
* NATO soldiers, immune from prosecution, could rape Swedish women without fear of criminal charges.
Canadian experience
Hmmm. "Outright false"? All NATO minions do as they're told. Woe to anyone who defies the empire. Ask all post-WWII Canadian prime ministers, especially John Diefenbaker, against whom JFK managed a postmodern coup, deposing him in 1963, when Diefenbaker balked at stationing nuclear missiles on Canadian territory.
Kennedy's buddy, our very own Nobel Peacenik Lester Pearson, quickly signed on the dotted line, and secretly opened the doors, no Canadian sovereignty strings attached. His successor Pierre Trudeau, who derided Pearson as the "defrocked Prince of Peace", was vilified by Nixon for giving asylum to US war resisters and launching his own quixotic detente initiative with the Soviets, which of course went nowhere.
Look at cynical Trudeau Jr, now slavishly following the NATO line on everything. Why bother to buck the empire?
Turkey's travails
Ask Erdogan about the US fury when he refused to let the US launch "Operation Enduring Freedom" to destroy Iraq from Turkey.
Erdogan is a reluctant US ally, no friend of imperialism. But he too bowed increasingly over time to US pressure. He condoned, however grudgingly, the invasions of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. And for his pains, for disagreeing with the US, he just barely survived a coup attempt which has US fingerprints all over it. Take note, Sweden!
As for rape, murder and theft, the US insists that states blessed with US troops sign "status of forces agreements", which give all troops immunity to local justice. Ask the Japanese about US occupiers and date rape.
Little Lithuania
Is polite little Sweden likely to give the finger to some future 'urgent' NATO request? Hardly. And what about more alarming NATO newbies right on Russia's doorstep, like Lithuania?
Au contraire, the Lithuanian government just welcomed some of the 40,000 NATO "spearhead" forces, rushed to bases in Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Romania, and Bulgaria, following the Ukraine coup in 2014. Hey, who's doing the 'invading' here?
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