Below is an interesting article by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts. A curious assertion: if we follow the reasoning of the West, that a vote of the country a part wants to depart from is required, then Crimea was never a part of Ukraine because Ukraine is still part of Russia. Did theRussians vote that the Ukrainians were let go?
... Washington claims, falsely, that the referendum cannot be valid unless the entire population of Ukraine votes and agrees with the decision by Crimeans. Note that when Washington stole Kosovo from Serbia, Washington did not let Serbians vote.
But lets overlook Washington’s rank hypocrisy and self-serving double-standards. Let’s apply Washington’s argument that in order to be valid any change in Crimea’s status requires a vote on the part of the population of the country that it departs. If this is the case, then Crimea has never been a part of Ukraine.
Under Washington’ s interpretation of international law, Ukraine is still a part of Russia..
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It's a new world. Many countries were created to suit the needs of former Western colonizers & "financial overlords". When today, these Western countries are on the ropes financially (or even intellectually, as confirmed by their now obvious presstitute media which is losing credibility by the day), there's no reason why they should still hold sway with their arbitrary whims as before. Still acting by their fundamental edict that whoever controls the finances controls politics, they will continue with their delusion as long as they are allowed to control the world finances. Creating money out of nothing an exclusive franchise? At a time when it's very obvious they are merely propping their existence by blowing bubbles and other manipulations (e.g. roaring stock market because of money printing and other manipulations while the real economy is on the doldrums, etc.) should encourage everyone else to free themselves from an imploding financial system merely surviving on duct tape anyway. The inevitable will harm anybody who won't get out in time. Actually, everybody are on that trajectory already (even the Philippines with its now low debt ratio is effectively getting out after being burned by the IMF, e.g. notwithstanding the calamities which prompted supposedly "respected" Western financial magazines to float the idea of "$15 billion" needed for rehabilitation, trying to promote their racketeering gimmick at the expense of misfortune,etc.). Getting out of the creaky dollar system has become an emeregency.
It's not a total repudiation of whatever the West has contributed for the past centuries. But just as the Medicis borrowed the accounting tricks of the Arabs in front-loading the Western financial systems, the emerging countries will pick and choose what will suit them going forward. What's important, the narrative has really changed. It's the turn of our part of the world.
Read the whole article below. From the reliable Globalresearch.ca.
Washington Has Set The World On A Path To War
Why
is Washington so opposed to Crimean self-determination? The answer is
that one of the main purposes of Washington’s coup in Kiev was to have
the new puppet government evict Russia from its Black Sea naval base in
Crimea. Washington cannot use the government Washington has installed in
Ukraine for that purpose if Crimea is no longer part of Ukraine.
What
Washington has made completely obvious is that “self-determination” is a
weapon used by Washington in behalf of its agenda. If
self-determination advances Washington’s agenda, Washington is for it.
If self-determination does not advance Washington’s agenda, Washington
is against it.
The
Washington-initiated UN Security Council resolution, vetoed by Russia,
falsely declares that the referendum in Crimea, a referendum demanded by
the people, “can have no validity, and cannot form the basis for any
alteration of the status of Crimea; and calls upon all States,
international organizations and specialized agencies not to recognize
any alteration of the status of Crimea on the basis of this referendum
and to refrain from any action or dealing that might be interpreted as
recognizing any such altered status.”
Washington could not make it any clearer that Washington totally opposes self-determination by Crimeans.
Washington claims, falsely, that the referendum cannot be valid
unless the entire population of Ukraine votes and agrees with the
decision by Crimeans. Note that when Washington stole Kosovo from
Serbia, Washington did not let Serbians vote.
But
lets overlook Washington’s rank hypocrisy and self-serving
double-standards. Let’s apply Washington’s argument that in order to be
valid any change in Crimea’s status requires a vote on the part of the
population of the country that it departs. If this is the case, then
Crimea has never been a part of Ukraine.
Under Washington’ s interpretation of international law, Ukraine is still a part of Russia.
When
Khrushchev transferred Crimea (but not Sevastopol, the Black Sea base)
to Ukraine, Russians did not get to vote. Therefore, according to
Washington’s own logic it is invalid to recognize Crimea as part of
Ukraine. That also goes for other parts of Russia that Lenin
transferred to Ukraine. Under the logic of Washington’s UN resolution,
large parts of Ukraine are not legitimately part of Ukraine. They have
remained parts of Russia, because Russians were not allowed to vote on their transfer to Ukraine. Thus, there is no issue about “Russia annexing Crimea,” because, according to Washington’s logic, Crimea is still a part of Russia.
Do you need any more proof that the Ukrainian crisis is made up out of thin air by schemers in Washington who created the entire crisis for one purpose–to weaken Russia militarily.
No
one was surprised that the New York Times published on March 14 the
warmongering rant, written by neoconservatives for John McCain, which
described Washington’s aggression in Ukraine as Russia’s aggression.
The US government overthrows an elected democratic Ukrainian government
and then accuses Russia of “invading and annexing Crimea” in order to
divert attention from Washington’s overthrow of Ukrainian democracy.
There is no elected government in Kiev. The stooges acting as a
government in Kiev were put in office by Washington. Who else choose
them?
What
surprised some was Rand Paul joining the hysteria. Rand Paul wrote his
propagandistic rant against Russia for Time. Rand Paul claims, falsely,
that Putin has invaded Crimea and that it is an affront to “the
international community.” First of all, the decision of Crimea to leave
Ukraine is a decision of the Crimean population and the elected
government, not a decision by Russia. But, for the sake of argument,
let’s take Rand Paul’s lie as the truth: Is “Vladimir Putin’s invasion
of Ukraine a gross violation of that nation’s sovereignty and an affront
to the international community” like Washington’s invasions of Iraq and
Afghanistan, and Washington-sponsored invasions of Libya and Syria, and
Washington’s ongoing slaughter of Pakistanis and Yemenis with drones,
and Washington’s violation of Iran’s sovereignty with illegal sanctions,
and Washington’s violation of Ukrainian sovereignty by overthrowing the
elected government and imposing Washington’s stooges?
If
Putin is behaving as Rand Paul ignorantly asserts, Putin is just
following the precedents established by Clinton in Serbia, by Bush in
Afghanistan and Iraq, and by Obama in Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, and
Ukraine. Washington’s argument is reduced to: “We, the exceptional and
indispensable nation can behave this way, but no other country can.”
As
some Americans have misplaced hopes in Rand Paul, it is just as well
that he revealed in Time that he is just another fool prostituting
himself for the neoconservative warmongers and the military/security
complex. If Rand Paul is the hope for America, then clearly there is no
hope.
As
I have been pointing out, the propaganda and lies issuing from
Washington, its European puppets, New York Times, Time, and the entirety
of the Western media are repeating the path to war that led to World
War 1. It is happening right before our eyes.
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