“enemies within” exist, within the United States ---- they extort our weapons and tax dollars for other nations.
On Tuesday, April 22, 2014 12:50:03 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > *The Left Renews Its Vows with Moscow* > > Posted By *William R. Hawkins* On April 21, 2014 > > There were many on the Left in the West who lamented the collapse of the > Soviet Union as much as did Vladimir Putin. They saw the USSR as the main > restraint on U.S. imperialism; helping to arm and support hostile Third > World regimes and creating a zone of “peace” outside the reach of > capitalism. The leftist view of the world did not change just because the > Soviet empire disintegrated. Its motivation is still “anti-imperialist” and > it has embraced every movement that has declared itself the enemy of > Western civilization. The Ukrainian crisis has sparked a revival of the > left-wing love affair with Moscow. What amounts to a renewal of vows in the > ideological marriage of the Cold War is evident in how events are > presented, with Russia again embraced for standing up to the United States > and the European Union. > > *The Nation* has, of course, taken its usual “blame the West first” > explanation for the Ukraine crisis. It’s April 15 > report<http://www.thenation.com/blog/179338/we-are-witnessing-civil-war-ukraine> > cites > the magazine’s long-serving editor Katrina van den Heuvel, “We are > witnessing civil war,” vanden Heuvel says, one that was “triggered by the > European Union’s reckless ultimatum—despite Russian President Vladimir > Putin’s offer of a tripartite agreement—which compelled an elected > president of a deeply divided country to choose economically between the > West and Russia.” In truth, it was Russia’s stooge Viktor Yanukovych who > broke off talks with the EU to lead Kiev into the Russian camp. His actions > prompted an uprising of the Ukrainian people who did not want to be sold > back into a revived Kremlin empire. In the face of an aroused Ukrainian > populace, Putin realized there was no chance of controlling a > democratically chosen Kiev government. So he resorted to force to grab what > parts of the country he thinks Russia can hold. > > It should be remembered that vanden Heuvel edited a collection of essays > right after the 9/11 attacks, its theme was that the terrorist attacks were > “blowback” by an aroused Islamic protesting American imperialism. Vanden > Heuvel argued that the proper response was for Washington to refer the > matter to the United Nations. > > At OpEdNews, a radical website that frequently airs calls for President > Barack Obama to be tried alongside Dick Cheney for war crimes (particularly > for the use of drone strikes), there are columns like those of George > Eliason entitled “Kiev’s War Against the Peace-Loving People of South-East > Ukraine.” Left-wingers cannot understand why the Ukrainian people would > want to be independent from Russia. Aligning with the evil capitalist West, > even the democratic socialist EU, is anathema. Thus patriotic Ukrainians > are termed “ultra-nationalists” who are then equated with “neo-Nazis.” > Pro-Russian militants are called dissidents seeking liberation. German > Chancellor Angela Merkel is > portrayed<http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-crisis-in-the-ukraine-and-the-return-of-german-militarism/5377882>as > wanting to resume Hitler’s march to the East, with the backing of the > hegemonic United States. In an earlier > column<http://www.opednews.com/articles/On-Ultra-Nationalists-Whe-by-George-Eliason-Anti-semitic_Congress_Democracy_Government-140330-740.html>, > > Eliason criticized Illinois Senator Dick Durbin (who is of > Lithuanian-descent) for having stated during John Kerry’s bid for the > Presidency, “If John Kerry is elected; Kerry will work vigorously for > Ukraine’s continued independence and prosperity.” That was apparently a > fascist thought even though it came from a very liberal source. > > Left-wing rhetoric is crude even by the low standards of the Cold War. > Consider this > diatribe<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Are-Corporate-Mercenaries-by-Donn-Marten-Austerity_Blackwater_Corporate-Rule_Democracy-140411-169.html>from > another OpEd columnist, > > With the illegal, coup d’état installed government in Kiev about to engage > in some very serious skull cracking to put down a mounting rebellion in > Eastern Ukraine there have been some accounts that hired guns from > corporate mercenary firms are augmenting the local paramilitary police > forces. With the pushback against the US backed ‘Yats’ regime and it’s > neo-Nazi shock troops it is imperative that a real version of the > Euromaiden ‘revolution’ not be allowed to take root to oust the stooges of > the corporate global finance mafia. > > The author, Donn Martin, a self-styled progressive activist, cites a story > from the state-run Russian News and Information Agency which is supposedly > not as corrupt as the Western media. On April 9, RIA Novosti reported “The > deployment of foreign private security firms in Ukraine is unacceptable as > they increase the risk of an outbreak of civil war, Dennis John Kucinich, a > former US Representative from Ohio and a two-time presidential candidate, > told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.” Kucinich was such a joke as a Congressman > that his own Democratic party contrived to gerrymander him out of his seat. > Leftists have often called Western NGOs “mercenaries” especially the > National Endowment for Democracy which it has been alleged stirred up the > anti-Yanukovych protests. For leftists like Martin, U.S.-EU policy is > simply aimed at “making Ukraine safe for corporate > vultures.”<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Making-Ukraine-Safe-for-Co-by-Donn-Marten-Deep-Politics_Foreign-Policy_Media-Foreign_Military-Coups-140413-737.html> > > > Global Research is a Montreal-based group that studies “globalization” > with a focus on opposing U.S. and allied operations against terrorism. It > has also defended Iran from “predatory” Western policy including > “US-NATO-Israel preparations to wage a pre-emptive nuclear attack on Iran.” > > On March 30, it posted an > essay<http://www.globalresearch.ca/canadas-harper-stokes-imperialisms-drive-against-russia/5375879>“Canada’s > Harper Stokes Imperialism’s Drive Against Russia.” Writer Keith > Jones was eager to portray the Soviet Union as a victim whose agony is > simply being continued by the U.S. > > It is the US, Canada and their European allies that have moved > aggressively against Russia, which emerged from the restoration of > capitalism and the dissolution of the Soviet Union economically and > geopolitically hobbled. In the past two decades, NATO—the US-led military > bloc whose *raison d’être* was to counter and, if need be, militarily > conquer the Soviet Union—has incorporated all of the states of Eastern > European formerly allied with the USSR, as well as the Baltic states of > Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, which were part of the USSR till 1991. As a > result, NATO forces are now deployed on Russia’s borders. > > Jones makes no mention of the Berlin Wall or Warsaw Pact puppet > governments only kept in power by the Red Army. Jones continues, “To > achieve this predatory objective, the US and Germany precipitated the > current crisis by intervening in Ukraine and fomenting the fascist-led > overthrow of the country’s elected president, Viktor Yanukovych, after he > balked at signing a pact with the European Union.” > > In the footsteps of Rosa Luxemburg and V.I. Lenin, Jones sees the West as > creating the Ukrainian crisis to bail out “a systemic crisis of world > capitalism.” > > Through war and threats of war, Washington is seeking to offset the > relative decline in the US’s economic might and lay claim to resources, > markets and strategic territories….Canadian imperialism also hopes to > directly profit from the confrontation between Russia and the western > powers, seeing it as a golden opportunity for Canada to displace Russian > oil exports to Europe and overcome opposition within the US to the building > of the Keystone XL pipeline. > > Jones makes no mention of how Moscow has used its leverage as a major > supplier of natural gas to Europe to bully not only Ukraine but the rest of > the continent. Providing Europe with alternative to Russian energy is a > vital part of a long-term solution to the confrontation, but it is a > solution that Jones does not want to see as it would weaken Russia. What is > alarming is that Global Research claims its views are used as source > material by college and university students. > > Over at the Revolutionary Communist Progressive Labor Party (you can’t > make this up) the mood is that former KGB officer Putin really is a welcome > return of the USSR. In December, it presented a history of > events<http://www.plp.org/challenge/2013/12/26/ukraine-battleground-for-russian-and-us-rulers.html> > leading > to the current crisis. > > Russian President Vladimir Putin successfully pressured cash-strapped > Ukraine into remaining in Russia’s orbit and canceling its planned > alliances with the U.S.-leaning European Union (EU) and the U.S.-run > International Monetary Fund (IMF)…. For Russia, Ukraine is a matter of > fundamental national security. For a Western power, Ukraine is of value > only if that power is planning to engage and defeat Russia, as the Germans > tried to do in World War II. Putin didn’t merely frustrate the EU and the > IMF; he stopped the expansion of Pentagon-led NATO (North Atlantic Treaty > Organization) in its tracks. > > For Leftists, the nationalist revolution against Russian domination was > not a real revolution. What Ukraine needs, according to the PLP, is a > communist revolution against capitalism, which can only come if the country > is kept out of the clutches of the West. > > What motivates the Left is not research, analysis or “truth seeking.” It > is motivated purely by hatred. Leftists are alienated from the Western > civilization within which they live. They reject its values, scoff at its > traditions and label its astounding material success as immoral. Yet, > everyone needs to feel part of something larger than themselves. Since they > cannot embrace anything akin to national loyalty, they align with foreign > regimes or movements that share their opposition to heir home country. > Given that they only want the worst for their native land, to see it > defeated in battle and to collapse into ruin and revolution, there is no > reason for anyone who wants to see their nation remain strong and > prosperous to pay any attention to their blathering. 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