John Kerry, said his primary goal was to persuade Moscow to
halt its destabilizing activities in eastern Ukraine, and call publicly for
separatist groups to disarm and stand down.
Surely the expansion of NATO forces in the region will
promptly force Russia to back down. In the off chance it doesn't, one wonders
how NATO will respond if Russia instead adds some more tactical nukes to its
arsenal along the Polish border. Puredly defensively of
course. Will that, in turn, force NATO to back down? Somehow we doubt it.
Source: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-16/nato-boost-air-warship-presence-around-russia-netherlands-may-deploy-f-16s-ukraine.
Source: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-16/nato-boost-air-warship-presence-around-russia-netherlands-may-deploy-f-16s-ukraine.
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Comment: By
Hugo Adan, 04-17-2014
What irresponsible and stupid game!.
NATO war hostilities against Russia are getting worse and worse. This is not the first time that they deploy sophisticated weapons to the borders with Russia. This has nothing to do with diplomacy, this is simply a provocative military aggression totally unrelated to the events of South-East Ukraine.
There is clear intention of war in the game of NATO and that is a CRIME AGAINST PEACE AND SECURITY OF MANKIND. It was considered so in the article 6 of the Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal. That text was adopted by the International Law Commission in 1996, and submitted to the UN General Assembly (see the Yearbook of the Internationl Law Commission, 1996, vol II, Part Two).
This case should go to international Courts. Since the whole humanity is at risk of nuclear devastation because of this dangerous type of war craziness, any accredited Court in the world should have the authority to indict the top-layers in policy making involved in such crime. We don't trust anymore in the current ICC, is sided and captured by Western big corporations, so it is corrupted and untruthful.
Regarding today events in South East Ukraine, there is not one single evidence that Russia is promoting separatism; not even proof that Ukranian people are intended to secede. The blame on the south of separatism is a nasty distortion of their democratic demand for federalism. It is an stupid excuse to crack down the democratic demand of the people.
Federalism is the type of autonomy required to keep the nation united given the “situation” created by the illegal coup against a democratically elected government. The bilingual people of the south-east was excluded by the neo-nazis who assaulted the Constitution and nominate themselves as new government.
Nobody owe obedience to impostors that destroyed the State-Nation. The south wants to create their own government too as part of a Federal system, they do not want separatism, they want a united nation within a Federal system.
Instead of sending war planes to this region, the US should send Constitutional Lawyers to help the set up of a Federal System. Once the draft is set, it should be submitted to a Constitutional National Assembly for further debate and then submit it to a National Referendum.
Meanwhile the South has the right to create their own autonomous government without the violence of Kiev.
NATO war hostilities against Russia are getting worse and worse. This is not the first time that they deploy sophisticated weapons to the borders with Russia. This has nothing to do with diplomacy, this is simply a provocative military aggression totally unrelated to the events of South-East Ukraine.
There is clear intention of war in the game of NATO and that is a CRIME AGAINST PEACE AND SECURITY OF MANKIND. It was considered so in the article 6 of the Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal. That text was adopted by the International Law Commission in 1996, and submitted to the UN General Assembly (see the Yearbook of the Internationl Law Commission, 1996, vol II, Part Two).
This case should go to international Courts. Since the whole humanity is at risk of nuclear devastation because of this dangerous type of war craziness, any accredited Court in the world should have the authority to indict the top-layers in policy making involved in such crime. We don't trust anymore in the current ICC, is sided and captured by Western big corporations, so it is corrupted and untruthful.
Regarding today events in South East Ukraine, there is not one single evidence that Russia is promoting separatism; not even proof that Ukranian people are intended to secede. The blame on the south of separatism is a nasty distortion of their democratic demand for federalism. It is an stupid excuse to crack down the democratic demand of the people.
Federalism is the type of autonomy required to keep the nation united given the “situation” created by the illegal coup against a democratically elected government. The bilingual people of the south-east was excluded by the neo-nazis who assaulted the Constitution and nominate themselves as new government.
Nobody owe obedience to impostors that destroyed the State-Nation. The south wants to create their own government too as part of a Federal system, they do not want separatism, they want a united nation within a Federal system.
Instead of sending war planes to this region, the US should send Constitutional Lawyers to help the set up of a Federal System. Once the draft is set, it should be submitted to a Constitutional National Assembly for further debate and then submit it to a National Referendum.
Meanwhile the South has the right to create their own autonomous government without the violence of Kiev.
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Here the article in www.zerohedge.com
NATO TO BOOST AIR, WARSHIP PRESENCE AROUND RUSSIA; NETHERLANDS MAY DEPLOY F-16S TO UKRAINE.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/16/2014
NATO TO BOOST AIR, WARSHIP PRESENCE AROUND RUSSIA; NETHERLANDS MAY DEPLOY F-16S TO UKRAINE.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/16/2014
If there is was one way to assure a certain escalation in
Ukraine hostilities beyond what has already happened, it is for NATO to do
precisely what Russia warned it should not do: build up its presence in the
surrounding countries. Which is why we find it somewhat puzzling that NATO
announced it would do just this when as the Guardian
reported, the military alliance said it would step up its presence around
Russian borders to "reassure eastern European member states."
The reinforcements on Nato's eastern flank will
take the form of more air patrols over the Baltic states, greater numbers of
warships in both the Baltic and eastern Mediterranean, and more troops deployed
in eastern Europe.
The Nato buildup will also involve the redeployment
of warships, some of them now participating in counter-piracy operations off
Somalia, to the Baltic and the Mediterranean. A Nato official said the details
of the naval measures were still being discussed.
The Nato commander in Europe, General Philip
Breedlove, said several Nato member states had offered ground troops for
deployment in eastern European member states and that he would be soon making
recommendations on how they should be positioned. Breedlove said that the
situation represented more than a crisis, adding: "For Nato, it's bigger
than that. It's a paradigm shift."
It goes without saying that to Russia this will be seen as a hostile move on behalf of the western countries, which is why Breedlove said "he had attempted to call the Russian chief of general staff, Valery Gerasimov, to explain that the deployments were entirely defensive but had not been able to reach him."
Did he at least leave a voicemail explaining why the piling up of new troops is not to be seen as an offensive meneuver?
Furthermore, that this is happening today is no accident: tomorrow is the official start of international talks on the Ukrainian crisis in Geneva, and the NATO action is a way to increase pressure on Moscow. However, as has been seen repeatedly in the past month, the Kremlin does not handly increased pressure easily and instead, usually finds a way to re-escalate on its own.
What is the thinking behind what can only be classified as a short-sighted move? "A spokesperson for the US secretary of state, John Kerry, said his primary goal was to persuade Moscow to halt its destabilising activities in eastern Ukraine, and call publicly for separatist groups to disarm and stand down."
And just in case NATO's open action is not clear, "EU officials in Brussels said the list of Russians subject to visa bans and asset freezes would be expanded by the end of the week. The US state department also signalled it would co-ordinate a further tightening of sanctions with its European partners, but not before the Geneva talks."
"Don't expect any before tomorrow's
meetings," Marie Harf, deputy spokesperson at the state department, said.
"But if there are not steps taken by Russia to de-escalate, we will take
additional steps, including additional sanctions."
The negotiations will bring together Kerry, his
Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, the Ukrainian foreign minister, Andrii
Deshchytsia, and the EU's Ashton. It will mark the first time the quartet has
met since the Ukrainian crisis erupted in February.
In addition to one four-way encounter, Kerry will
conduct separate bilateral meetings with Lavrov, Deshchytsia and Ashton.
Western officials, however, cautioned that the talks were unlikely to bring a
diplomatic breakthrough.
Harf said that "top of the list" of US
demands would be that Russia halt what the US alleges are destabilising
activities in eastern Ukraine. The US wants Russia to publicly call on
separatists exerting control in cities in eastern Ukraine to disarm and stand dawn.
Of course, in case Russia also misses all of this because nobody could reach the Russian chief of staff on the phone, the Netherlands announced it is looking into the deployment of F16 fighter jets as Ukraine crisis air support "to try and ease the conflict around Ukraine, defence minister Jeanine Hennis told a television talk show on Tuesday night.
While there is no question of Nato military action against Russia, ‘we want to be very visible as support to our Eastern allies’, the minister told the Pauw & Witteman show.
With orange colored F-16s it will be very difficult not to be visible:
The defence minister added: "We are looking at how we can increase our air support or sea support in, say, the Baltic or the Black Sea region,’ she said. ‘We are members of an alliance for a reason and we will take our responsibilities.'Asked specifically what form Dutch air support could take, the minister said 'it could mean sending an F16.'
Surely the expansion of NATO forces in the region will promptly force Russia to back down. In the off chance it doesn't, one wonders how NATO will respond if Russia instead adds some more tactical nukes to its arsenal along the Polish border. Puredly defensively of course. Will that, in turn, force NATO to back down? Somehow we doubt it.
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