By Paul Craig
Roberts
Dr Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury for Economic Policy and associate editor of the Wall Street Journal.
He was columnist for Business Week, Scripps Howard News Service, and Creators
Syndicate. He has had many university appointments. His internet columns have
attracted a worldwide following. His latest book, The Failure of Laissez Faire
Capitalism and Economic Dissolution of the West is now available. More articles
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The Obama regime, wallowing in
hubris and arrogance, has recklessly escalated the Ukrainian crisis into a
crisis with Russia.
Whether
intentionally or stupidly, Washington’s propagandistic lies are driving the
crisis to war. Unwilling to listen to any more of Washington’s senseless
threats, Moscow no longer accepts telephone calls from Obama and US top
officials. The crisis in Ukraine originated with Washington’s overthrow of the
elected democratic government and its replacement with Washington’s hand-chosen
stooges. The stooges proceeded to act in word and deed against the populations
in the former Russian territories that Soviet Communist Party leaders had
attached to Ukraine. The consequence of this foolish policy is agitation on the
part of the Russian-speaking populations to return to Russia. Crimea has
already rejoined Russia, and eastern Ukraine and other parts of southern
Ukraine are likely to follow. Instead of realizing its mistake, the Obama
regime has encouraged the stooges Washington installed in Kiev to use violence
against those in the Russian-speaking areas who are calling for referendums so
that they can vote their return to Russia. The Obama regime has encouraged
violence despite President Putin’s clear statement that the Russian military
will not invade Ukraine unless violence is used against the protesters. We can
safely conclude that Washington either does not listen when spoken to or
Washington desires violence.
As Washington
and NATO are not positioned at this time to move significant military forces
into Ukraine with which to confront the Russian military, why is the Obama
regime trying to provoke action by the Russian military? A possible answer is
that, with Washington’s plan to evict Russia from its Black Sea naval base
having gone awry, the US government’s fallback plan is to sacrifice Ukraine to
a Russian invasion so that Washington can demonize Russia and force a large
increase in NATO military spending and deployments.
In other words, the fallback prize is a new cold war and
trillions of dollars more in profits for Washington’s military/security
complex. The
handful of troops and aircraft that Washington has sent to “reassure” the
incompetent regimes in those perennial trouble spots for the West – Poland and
the Baltics – and the several missile ships sent to the Black Sea amount to
nothing but symbolic provocations. Economic sanctions applied to individual
Russian officials signal nothing but Washington’s impotence. Real sanctions
would harm Washington’s NATO puppet states far more than the sanctions would
hurt Russia. It is clear that Washington has no intention of working anything
out with the Russian government. Washington’s demands make this conclusion
unavoidable. Washington is demanding that the Russian government pull the rug
out from under the feet of protesting populations in eastern and southern
Ukraine and force the Russian populations in Ukraine to submit to Washington’s
stooges in Kiev. Washington also demands that Russia renege on the reunification
with Crimea and hand Crimea over to Washington so that the original plan of
evicting Russia from its Black Sea naval base can go forward. In other words, Washington’s demand is that Russia put
Humpty Dumpty back together again and hand him over to Washington. This demand is so unrealistic that it surpasses the
meaning of arrogance. The White House Fool is telling Putin: “I screwed up my
takeover of your backyard. I want you to fix the situation for me and to ensure
the success of the strategic threat I intended to bring to your backyard.”
The ignorant Western media and Washington’s
European puppet states are supporting this unrealistic demand. Consequently,
Russian leaders have lost all confidence in the word and intentions of the
West, and this is how wars start. European
politicians are putting their countries at great peril and for what gain? Are
Europe’s politicians blackmailed, threatened, paid off with bags of money, or
are they so accustomed to following Washington’s lead that they are unable to do
anything else? How do Germany, the UK, and France benefit from being forced
into a confrontation with Russia by Washington? Washington’s
arrogance is unprecedented and is capable of driving the world to destruction.
Where is Europe’s sense of self-preservation? Why hasn’t Europe issued arrest
warrants for every member of the Obama regime? Without the cover provided by
Europe and the ignorant media, Washington would not be able to drive the world
to war. PCR/HJL
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