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Putin v. Obama: Geopolitical Opposites
by Stephen Lendman
It bears repeating what other articles stressed. Putin supports peace and stability. Obama wages one war after another.
Putin affirms UN Charter and other rule of law principles. Obama ignores them. He claims a divine right to achieve unchallenged hegemony. He does it belligerently.
Putin believes nation-state sovereignty is inviolable. Obama wants pro-Western puppet governments replacing independent ones.
The Russian Public Opinion Research Center (WCIOM) is the leading post-Soviet opinion research company.
It's late February poll showed Putin's approval rating at a two-year high. Nearly 68% of Russians approve his policies.
Regarding Liz Wahl and Abby Martin, Just a Reminder That Phil Donahue Was Crucified Twice in America for Opposing War with Iraq
via chycho
With all the coverage of Liz Wahl's resignation from RT and Abby Martin's comments (2 ) on why she condemned Russia's actions in Crimea, thought I would just remind everyone that Phil Donahue, "an American media personality, writer, and film producer best known as the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show", a show that had a "29-year run on national television in America", a person who was "ranked #42 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time". a person that Oprah Winfrey credits for giving birth to her show, stating that "if it weren't for Phil Donahue, there never would have been an Oprah Show!", was fired from MSNBC for opposing the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, "even though his show was a highly rated one on the network."
I believe Chris Hedges put it best in an article entitled, "The Day That TV News Died":
Emperor Obama Issuing Edicts on the Ukraine
Michael Collins
Is anybody listening?
President Barack Obama appears to be at some distance from reality. He's issuing statements about the Ukrainian situation as though he were the maximum leader of a vast empire that includes just about everywhere except Russia and China.
The scope of the president's edicts is remarkable considering the lack of public support, even interest, in using the influence of the United States in this conflict. In addition, the Obama threats and actions are riddled with inconsistencies.
Propaganda War on Russia
by Stephen Lendman
Propaganda wars precede hot ones. Deception, popular fiction and Big Lies launch them. Intense Russia bashing risks international peace, stability and security.
Washington's imperial war machine is humanity's greatest threat. Permanent war is official US policy.
Presidents wage one after another at their discretion. Imagine challenging Russia irresponsibly. Imagine risking open conflict doing it.
The damn fool in the White House lied claiming Moscow "seek(s) to exert force on a neighboring country." He wrongfully accused Putin of violating international law.
On Tuesday, John Kerry met with Washington-backed putschists in Kiev. He ignored longstanding lawless US aggression.
“CUALQUIER PAÍS INDEPENDIENTE QUE ES MÍNIMAMENTE FAVORABLE A NEGOCIAR Y CONTINUAR RELACIONES CON RUSIA, ES UN BLANCO DE VIOLENCIA”
El análisis de James Petras en Radio Centenario, 3 de marzo de 2014
“Los países occidentales, particularmente EE.UU., hace tiempo que está eliminando aliados de Rusia, está buscando siempre imponer nuevos gobiernos títeres en los límites con Rusia. Y más allá de los límites, cualquier país independiente que es mínimamente favorable a negociar y continuar relaciones con Rusia, es un blanco de violencia”, dijo el sociólogo norteamericano James Petras en CX36.
Transcribimos el análisis de James Petras del lunes 3 de marzo que usted puede volver a escuchar aquí: http://www.ivoox.com/james-petras-3-marzo-audios mp3_rf_2887900_1.html
Chury: Estamos preocupados porque abundan y abundan los titulares sobre dos conflictos realmente muy fuertes y muy serios. Uno es el de Venezuela, muy difundido, pero particularmente el tema de Ucrania.
Habíamos elegido ese tema, naturalmente que tú estás trabajando en él y bueno, te pedimos un arranque por allí, por Ucrania, por Crimea, por Rusia en definitiva y por la Unión Europea, por la OTAN, por EE.UU...
Evidence Shows Kiev Putschists Recruited Euromaidan Snipers
by Stephen Lendman
Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet confirmed it. On February 25 , he and EU foreign policy Catherine Ashton spoke.
They were monitored. They didn't know it at the time. Their discussion was leaked.
Paet talked to Ashton after returning from Kiev, he said. "At the time, (he) was already in Estonia," he added.
On Wednesday, he held a press conference. He issued a statement saying Euromaidan killings demand an independent investigation.
Estonia's Foreign Ministry confirmed the leaked phone call's authenticity.
"We reject the claim that Paet was giving an assessment of the opposition's involvement in the violence," it stressed.
It's impossible reinterpreting what he meant.
He only commented on what he heard in Kiev. He spilled the beans. Intentionally or not, he confirmed what's been independently believed all along.
The Bush-Obama's Neocon Foreign Policy of Isolating Russia and of Expanding NATO is a Dismal Failure
by Rodrigue Tremblay
“Every state is condemned to follow a policy dictated by its geography.”
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
NATO's goal is] "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down."
Lord Ismay, first NATO Secretary-General
"Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other."
James Madison (1751-1836), fourth American President
The hazards associated with American foreign policy since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 should appear obvious to all, because it is precisely this policy that has caused the crisis in Ukraine with all its negative consequences for the coming months and years.
Crisis in Ukraine
by Stephen Lendman
Crisis conditions in Ukraine are potentially the most dangerous since Nazism's scourge terrorized Europe.
Washington bears full responsibility. European partners share it. Obama claimed another imperial trophy. Whether he'll keep it is another matter entirely.
Vladimir Putin supports resolving conflict conditions responsibly. Western officials irresponsibly criticize him. Media scoundrels bash him mercilessly.
He's the only world leader challenging US imperial lawlessness responsibly. He deserves worldwide support.
At a March 4 news conference, he said Moscow supports peace, not war. He'll deploy troops only to protect Russian nationals.
Ukraine's legitimate President Viktor Yanukovych requested he do so. He asked him to help restore law and order.
Media Scoundrels on the Wrong Side of History
by Stephen Lendman
Famed journalist George Seldes (1890 - 1995) called them "prostitutes of the press." Paul Craig Roberts calls them "presstitutes."
They're that and much more. They're propagandists, not journalists. They're charlatans. They're scam artists. They're blackguards.
They're scoundrels in the worst sense of the term. They make street whores look respectable by comparison.
They're paid to lie, distort, misinform, and blame imperial victims for horrendous crimes committed against them.
They support powerful monied interests. They ignore popular ones. They march in lockstep with imperial lawlessness.
AJ Liebling (1904 - 1963) once said: "Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."
He added: "People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news."
Western television is worst of all. It's a wasteland. Educator/media critic Neil Postman (1931 - 2003) called Americans "the most entertained and least informed people in the world."
In Birzeit, ‘Trigger Happy’ Israel Vindicates Amnesty’s Report
By Nicola Nasser*
“The elite police unit had shot Washaha at point-blank range dozens of times,
according to the pieces of brain that covered the room, not to mention his
legs, arms and fingers that were nearly severed from his body,”
In the Palestinian West Bank town of Birzeit early last February 27, the Israeli (IDF) Occupation Forces (IOF) acted determinedly, under the media spotlights, to feed Amnesty International with a show case study to vindicate the report it released only hours earlier, entitled “Trigger-happy: Israel’s use of excessive force in the West Bank,” and to refute the Israeli official diplomatic denial of the contents thereof. Under the command of Col. Yossi Pinto, a Nahal infantry force of the Binyamin Territorial Brigade, joined by the Border Police’s elite Counterterrorism Unit, Yamam, according to Israeli The Jerusalem Post on the same day and “200 Israeli soldiers, dozens of jeeps, two (military) bulldozers and many Shin Bet [internal security] officers” according to Amira Hass of Haaretz on this March 3, including some 28 – more than thirty army patrol armored vehicles according to the count of Arab natives of Birzeit who spoke to this writer, were amassed in this Birzeit University town, raising a hell of explosives and gunfire and disrupting its peaceful countryside early spring morning.
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