Right now, American media are working night and day to attribute blame for the troubles in Ukraine to Putin’s territorial ambitions. It won’t work. The tale they tell is so transparently at odds with the facts that the pretense is bound to collapse. The real story is just the opposite: the geopolitical ambitions of the United States and the EU account for the troubles in Ukraine. No amount of media chicanery can suppress this stubborn fact for long. In the end, rational self-interest is bound to prevail over racial and religious animosities, and over any real or imagined civilizational divide. This leaves Obama and his advisors with few choices. They could, of course, seek peace; but the Nobel laureate is not about to do anything of the sort. Or they could try to outdo Bill Clinton. The problem with that is that Russia is not about to go the way of Yugoslavia. And even if it did, targeting it would not do much in the long run to satisfy corporate America.
Posted on: Sat, 17 May 2014 03:23:53 +0000
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