NP: NATO expansion

[Thomas Eckhardt]

Am 28.09.2014 um 12:41 schrieb alice malice:
> see NY Times for
>
> It Pays to Be Putin’s Friend
>
> By STEVEN LEE MYERS, JO BECKER and JIM YARDLEYSEPT. 27, 2014
>
>
> Articles in this series are examining how President Vladimir V.
> Putin’s system of
> personalized state-sponsored capitalism allows him to wield power at
> home and abroad.
>

This may all well be true, it is just not what I am talking about.

I am talking about what actually happened on Maidan in the weeks leading 
up to and including the ouster of Yanukovich, about Western support for 
an oligarch and Banderist government that employs neo-Nazi militias, and 
this time around, yes, I also talked about NATO expansion. If you think 
that our support of neo-Nazis in Ukraine, to take my pet example, is 
justified because Putin is such an incredibly bad person, why don't you 
just say so? If you think that our support for neo-Nazis is justified 
because Russia is far worse, why don't you just say so?

But of course, no one dares mention the Nazis. People are not used to 
soldiers with swastikas and SS runes on their helmets being depicted as 
the good guys. They might even begin to ask questions.

One last thing, then I hope to be through with this for now. There is 
one lonely satirical programme that opposes the relentless propaganda in 
German mainstream television, radio broadcasting and the print media. I 
suspect Pynchon readers might be able to enjoy the satire even if they 
don't share the political outlook. Here is a relevant clip (switch on 
English subtitles):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSOfQ7tgTLg#t=492

Thomas
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