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Dead Constitution See other Dead Constitution Articles Title: Trump Administration's Policy on Ukraine? Trump Administrations Policy on Ukraine? by Stephen Lendman Its not encouraging based on Nikki Haleys Thursday UN Security Council remarks - sounding like neocon Samantha Power never left. Her maiden voyage appearance as US envoy outrageously condemn(ed) Russian actions in Ukraine - ignoring flagrant Kiev aggression, including willful shelling of Donetsk civilian areas. The United States stands with the people of Ukraine, who have suffered for nearly three years under Russian occupation and military intervention, Haley ranted. Until Russia and the separatists (sic) it supports respect Ukraines sovereignty and territorial integrity, this crisis will continue. Shocking stuff! Haley speaks for Trump. Her disgraceful misrepresentation of hard facts didnt go down well in Moscow. Russias lower house State Duma International Affairs Committee chairman Alexey Pushkov blasted her, saying (i)t looks like the new US representative at the UN came with remarks
written by (Samantha) Power. How can Russia be blamed when (Ukrainian forces) are firing at Donbass? Moscows UN envoy Vitaly Churkin condemned Kievs escalation, saying its regime desperately, frantically needs money so it provoked conflict to swindle (it from) the European Union, certain European countries and from the United States and from international financial institutions by pretending to be the victims of aggression. He accused Kiev of trying to use the armed clashes that it provoked as a pretext for a complete rejection of the February 12, 2015 Minsk II agreement. He called for deescalation to prevent disaster and to return the situation to the political track (so) the situation in (Donbass wont) develop (into a) worse-case scenario. Kievs UN ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko turned truth on its head blaming the Russian army and Russian-backed separatists (sic) of starting the latest escalation. Militantly anti-Russia European Council president Donald Tusk issued a statement, saying we are reminded again of the continued challenge from Russias aggression in eastern Ukraine. In her remarks, Haley continued her anti-Russia rant, saying Eastern Ukraine
is not the only part of the country suffering because of Russias aggressive actions. The United States continues to condemn and call for an immediate end to the Russian occupation of Crimea. Crimea is a part of Ukraine. Our Crimea-related sanctions will remain in place until Russia returns control over the peninsula to Ukraine. Fact: Crimeans voted overwhelmingly to return to Russia, wanting no part of Kievs putschist regime. Putin accommodated them. The Republic of Crimea is Russias Southern Federal District. That wont change! Fact: Haleys remarks suggest improving Russia/US ties wont come easily at best, perhaps wishful thinking at worst. Fact: Donbass freedom fighters decisively smashed Kievs earlier aggression, why its forces resort to shelling alone so far this time around. They cant win militarily. Aggression was launched for political and economic reasons. The regime wrecked the country. Its a financial deadbeat, in default on its debt, unable to function without foreign aid. Conditions are deplorable. Waging war on Donbass distracts attention from state-inflicted misery. How long it can work is uncertain. In 2004 and 2014, US-instigated color revolutions replaced sitting governments with illegitimate pro-Western puppet regimes. Will another uprising follow, this time internally generated, replacing US-installed putschists with leadership looking east, not west? Its unlikely soon, maybe longer-term. Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. His new book as editor and contributor is titled "Flashpoint in Ukraine: How the US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III." http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanIII.html Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com. Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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