Another Geopolitical Triumph For Vladimir Putin!

[Thomas Eckhardt]

As regards Nuland, Kagan etc.: Here are some more details on how the US 
supported regime change from the ground up in Ukraine.

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/22758-meet-the-americans-who-put-together-the-coup-in-kiev

(I wish somebody would do this for German involvement via UDAR and 
Klitschko.)

I have no idea whether the author is trustworthy on these details which, 
as far as I know, cannot be found elsewhere. The two follow-up articles, 
however, are without fault as far as matters are concerned that I know a 
thing or two about (e.g. the absolutely decisive attack of the snipers, 
Right Sector, Swoboda, Andriy Parubiy). He also gives both sides of the 
story with regard to the Paets-Ashton phonecall in which Paets says that 
a stronger and stronger understanding is emerging that the snipers were 
not deployed by Yanukovitch. Highly recommended:

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/22940-focus-part-ii-meet-the-americans-who-put-together-the-coup-in-kiev

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/23201-exposing-the-cold-war-roots-of-americas-coup-in-kiev

But back to rich's post: It may well be that regime change in Ukraine 
was planned and pushed onwards by the Neocons as opposed to the 
US-government as such. Who else would risk nuclear holocaust for, well, 
what exactly? Ousting the corrupt Yanukovitch and spreading freedom and 
democracy? Ridiculous. Weakening Russia through Ukraine's turn to the 
West, in this case mainly the EU? More likely but not convincing. 
Drawing Russia into a conflict which may result, at the very least, in 
its isolation on the international stage and harsh sanctions which may 
or may not cripple the Russian economy? Driving a wedge between Russia 
and the EU? Promoting gas won by hydraulic fracturing? Rather more 
likely. What I do not want to believe yet is that, as Whitney and 
Roberts at Counterpunch suggest, the US wants war with Russia.

So, this may be the Neocons' considerations. But why do Obama and Kerry 
act as they do?

Thomas
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