THE GENEVA AGREEMENT CHANGE
NOTHING.
The Geneva agreement changes nothing. The
USA/EU/NATO will not accept any resolution of the Ukraine crisis that does not include
the Ukraine being integrated into the USA/EU/NATO geopolitical space. They have
been working for this outcome for 20 years, have spent $5 billion on it, and
have caused a regional crisis with possible global implications in order to
achieve it. They
are determined they will not walk away empty handed.
By Lionel Reynolds | Friday, April 18, 2014
[Read my comment to this article at the end]On Wednesday night the crisis in the Ukraine became deadly, with 3 anti-coup rebels killed by National Guards in the Black Sea port city of Mariupol. The next day, in Geneva, the USA, Russia, EU and Ukraine reached an ‘agreement’ after just a few hours of negotiations.
There follows a review of the key points in the text:
The text starts as follows:
“All sides must refrain from any
violence, intimidation or provocative actions. The participants strongly
condemned and rejected all expressions of extremism, racism and religious
intolerance, including anti-Semitism.”
How can the coup government keep a straight face
and add its signature to this statement?
This is a regime that placed a
fascist in charge of National Security. After the coup Andriy Parubiy was
appointed secretary (the operational head) of the National Security and Defence
Council of Ukraine. Between 1998-2004 he was the leader of the Patriots of Ukraine,
the paramilitary wing of what would go on to become the Svoboda party.
In 2012, the British Sun newspaper
exposed this groups involvement in training football hooligans (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4284461/The-Sun-investigates-anarchy-in-Ukraine-Euro-2012-hate-camps.html).
The group was offloaded by Svoboda
in 2004 as part of the ‘Orange Revolution’ revamp of the Ukrainian fascist
movement. This is a classic ruse by neo-nazi and fascist groups when they
garner sufficient support to hold out the possibility of some form of power.
The hair is grown out, the football hooligan element pushed to one side, the rhetoric
and symbolism is ‘refreshed’ and ‘updated’ to reflect the new found
‘respectability’ of the movement.
Prior to 2004, Svoboda was an out
and out neo-nazi group – called the ‘Social National Party’. It had a modified
‘runic symbol’ as its party logo, restricted membership to ethnic Ukrainians,
and actively recruited football hooligans and skinheads.
The
current operational head of Ukrainian National Security was the co-founder of
this nazi party and the leader of its paramilitary wing. It has three members
in the government. If the government was serious about the Geneva agreement it
would kick out the fascists. The reason it hasn’t is because they are a
critical part of the regime’s support base.
The Geneva Text continues:
“All
illegal armed groups must be disarmed; all illegally seized buildings must be
returned to legitimate owners; all illegally occupied streets, squares and
other public places in Ukrainian cities and towns must be vacated.
Amnesty will be granted to
protestors and to those who have left buildings and other public places and
surrendered weapons, with the exception of those found guilty of capital
crimes.
It
was agreed that the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission should play a leading role
in assisting Ukrainian authorities and local communities in the immediate
implementation of these de-escalation measures wherever they are needed most,
beginning in the coming days. The U.S., E.U. and Russia commit to support this
mission, including by providing monitors.”
The intention here is to disarm the
Eastern rebels – the supposedly Russian ‘terrorists’ and ‘special forces’ that
carried out a series of occupations and raids last week in South Eastern
Ukraine. Three of these rebels were killed in an attack on the National Guard
base in the Black Sea port city of Mariupol the night before the Geneva talks.
AP
reported that 63 of the rebels were detained and that 38 were later released.
At time of writing this article, it is unknown how many of the remaining 25 are
‘Russian special forces’. The only rebel named in the AP report was identified
as a ’40 year old business man from Donetsk’
(http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_306481/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=PrQIkBmS)
(http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_306481/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=PrQIkBmS)
But what about the Maidan activists?
What about the many organised groups of armed nationalists and fascists who
took to the street, fought the Berkut and pushed the Yanukovych regime out –
despite the February 21st agreement that had been signed by all the main
opposition parties? Will they be disarmed? Probably not, because they
are being co-opted into the de jure legal coercive apparatus of the
Ukrainian State.
On Tuesday last week, as the
military offensive against the Eastern rebellion took shape, Andriy Parubiy,
the fascist that the neo-liberal Yatsenyuk regime chose to do its dirty work,
declared on Twitter:
“Reserve
unit of National Guard formed #Maidan Self-defense volunteers was sent to the
front line this morning.”
(http://consortiumnews.com/2014/04/16/ukraine-through-the-us-looking-glass/)
(http://consortiumnews.com/2014/04/16/ukraine-through-the-us-looking-glass/)
A revamped Ukrainian National Guard
was announced in mid-March, and as commentators observed at the time, and
Parubiy’s tweet confirms, this was essentially a move to incorporate the Maidan
activists into the security/military structures of the State.
In addition, as recently as last
Monday, Interior Minister Avakov announced the creation of special police
divisions to preserve public order. Up to 12,000 members are to be recruited.
How many of these will be Russian speakers from the East who are opposed to the
coup regime? ( http://rt.com/news/ukraine-bounty-payouts-protesters-156/)
It
is the anti-regime groups that are to be disarmed. The Maidan pro-regime groups
are to be given uniforms.
The text then states:
“The
announced constitutional process will be inclusive, transparent and
accountable. It will include the immediate establishment of a broad national
dialogue, with outreach to all of Ukraine’s regions and political
constituencies, and allow for the consideration of public comments and proposed
amendments.”
This is the section of the agreement
that supposedly speaks to the demand of the Russians and the rebels for greater
autonomy from Kiev.
According to the BBC report (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27072351):
“Russia
has pushed for federalization of Ukraine – giving the country’s regions more
power outside the central government, with the apparent aim of keeping the
heavily Russian-speaking eastern regions within Moscow’s sphere of influence.
Although the talks’ final document doesn’t specify federalization, it does
speak of a “constitutional process (that) will be inclusive, transparent and
accountable,” effectively meaning that federalization will remain a top issue.”
In fact the agreements wording is so
general it is difficult to see how it could have any impact at all on
federalisation. The federalisation issue is simple – who decides? Does the whole of Ukraine decide whether any
part of the Ukraine can have devolved powers, or does just the region in
question decide? For example, does the
Donbas region decide on whether it wants devolved powers, or does the whole of
the Ukraine have to decide first whether the Donbas region has a right to even
decide for itself.
The regime has been framing the
federal issue in terms of the latter approach. The agreement will have no
impact on the resolution of this issue. The wording is extremely general and
consistent with a number of conflicting approaches. It is designed to defuse
the situation – not solve the problem.
In the meantime, in Brussels this
week, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen stated that the imperialist bloc would
increase its presence in Eastern Europe, flying more sorties over the Baltic
region and deploying allied warships to the Baltic and Eastern Mediterranean.
General Philip Breedlove, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, raised the
possibility of more ground forces at some stage.
The Geneva agreement changes nothing. The
USA/EU/NATO will not accept any resolution of the Ukraine crisis that does not include
the Ukraine being integrated into the USA/EU/NATO geopolitical space. They have
been working for this outcome for 20 years, have spent $5 billion on it, and
have caused a regional crisis with possible global implications in order to
achieve it. They
are determined they will not walk away empty handed.
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Mr. Lionel Reynolds who is one of
the frequent contributors for The 4th Media is an independent analyst and
maintains the www.dispatchesfromempire.com blog.
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My comment:
It is true, the Geneva meeting doesn't change nothing. Lavrov war right, he referred as “a compromise, of sorts” or quasi-agreement, a preliminary one. The worst part of the meeting was the non-invitation of the main part of the problem: the rebels in the South. How you going to define their life without listening them. That explain the failure of the meeting. The statement "“All illegal armed groups must be disarmed; all illegally seized buildings must be returned to legitimate owners; all illegally occupied streets, squares and other public places in Ukrainian cities and towns must be vacated." was not signed by the rebels. Meaning, la lucha continua, their fight will continue. What the West allies are going to do?, kill them? That will be a step on the trap, either an invitation for Russian to defend them as soon the rebels request their help, or to arm the rebels with anti-tank weapons, with the later version of stinger they have and other self-defense equipment. If so, the whole region will be in flames. Does the US or Europe have economic basis to this adventure?. What if a nuclear device is being used in this process.. Does Europe or the US consider immune to retaliation?. I guess to only solution to the current problem in Ukraine is Federalism, not legitimizing the Coup in Kiev with elections, that does not solve the problem. The next Geneva meeting should be on Federalism.
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My comment:
It is true, the Geneva meeting doesn't change nothing. Lavrov war right, he referred as “a compromise, of sorts” or quasi-agreement, a preliminary one. The worst part of the meeting was the non-invitation of the main part of the problem: the rebels in the South. How you going to define their life without listening them. That explain the failure of the meeting. The statement "“All illegal armed groups must be disarmed; all illegally seized buildings must be returned to legitimate owners; all illegally occupied streets, squares and other public places in Ukrainian cities and towns must be vacated." was not signed by the rebels. Meaning, la lucha continua, their fight will continue. What the West allies are going to do?, kill them? That will be a step on the trap, either an invitation for Russian to defend them as soon the rebels request their help, or to arm the rebels with anti-tank weapons, with the later version of stinger they have and other self-defense equipment. If so, the whole region will be in flames. Does the US or Europe have economic basis to this adventure?. What if a nuclear device is being used in this process.. Does Europe or the US consider immune to retaliation?. I guess to only solution to the current problem in Ukraine is Federalism, not legitimizing the Coup in Kiev with elections, that does not solve the problem. The next Geneva meeting should be on Federalism.
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JUST IN CASE
The full text JOINT GENEVA STATEMENT ON UKRAINE FROM APRIL
17
Following is the
text of the statement released by diplomats
meeting in Geneva on the Ukraine crisis ; they agreed that
parties would refrain from “violence, intimidation, or provocative actions” and
that all “illegal armed groups will be
disarmed.” [there was not such FULL
TEXT “Illegal armed groups remains a controversial statement]
The Geneva meeting on the
situation in Ukraine agreed on initial concrete steps to de-escalate tensions
and restore security for all citizens. [This seems to be the text. I did # it]
1
All sides must
refrain from any violence, intimidation or provocative actions. The
participants strongly condemned and rejected all expressions of extremism,
racism and religious intolerance, including anti-semitism.
2
All illegal
armed groups must be disarmed; all illegally seized buildings must be returned
to legitimate owners; all illegally occupied streets, squares and other public
places in Ukrainian cities and towns must be vacated.
3
Amnesty will be
granted to protestors and to those who have left buildings and other public
places and surrendered weapons, with the exception of those found guilty of
capital crimes.
4
It was agreed
that the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission should play a leading role in
assisting Ukrainian authorities and local communities in the immediate
implementation of these de-escalation measures wherever they are needed most,
beginning in the coming days. The U.S., E.U. and Russia commit to support this
mission, including by providing monitors.
5
The announced
constitutional process will be inclusive, transparent and accountable. It will
include the immediate establishment of a broad national dialogue, with outreach
to all of Ukraine’s regions and political constituencies, and allow for the
consideration of public comments and proposed amendments.
6
The participants
underlined the importance of economic and financial stability in Ukraine and
would be ready to discuss additional support as the above steps are
implemented.
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