»To find out who rules over you, simply find out who
you are not allowed to criticize.« Voltaire (1694-1778)
Written by Ron Paul
Last week two prominent Ukrainian opposition figures
were gunned down in broad daylight. They join as
many as ten others who have been killed or committed
suicide under suspicious circumstances just this year.
These individuals have one important thing in common:
they were either part of or friendly with the Yanukovych
government, which a US-backed coup overthrew last year.
They include members of the Ukrainian parliament and
former chief editors of major opposition newspapers.
were gunned down in broad daylight. They join as
many as ten others who have been killed or committed
suicide under suspicious circumstances just this year.
These individuals have one important thing in common:
they were either part of or friendly with the Yanukovych
government, which a US-backed coup overthrew last year.
They include members of the Ukrainian parliament and
former chief editors of major opposition newspapers.
While some journalists here in the US have started to
notice the strange series of opposition killings in Ukraine,
the US government has yet to say a word. Compare this
to the US reaction when a single opposition figure was
killed in Russia earlier this year.
notice the strange series of opposition killings in Ukraine,
the US government has yet to say a word. Compare this
to the US reaction when a single opposition figure was
killed in Russia earlier this year.
Boris Nemtsov was a member of a minor political party
that was not even represented in the Russian parliament.
that was not even represented in the Russian parliament.
Nevertheless the US
government immediately demanded
that Russia conduct a thorough investigation of
his murder,
suggesting the killers had a political motive.
As news of the Russian killing broke, Chairman of the
House
Foreign Affairs Committee Ed Royce (R-CA) did not wait for
evidence to
blame the killing on Russian president Vladimir
Putin. On the very day of Nemtsov’s murder, Royce told the
US media that, “this shocking murder is the latest assault
on those who dare to oppose the Putin regime.”
Putin. On the very day of Nemtsov’s murder, Royce told the
US media that, “this shocking murder is the latest assault
on those who dare to oppose the Putin regime.”
Neither Royce, nor Secretary of State John Kerry,
nor President Obama, nor any US government figure
has said a word about the series of apparently political
murders in Ukraine. On the contrary, instead of questioning
the state of democracy in what looks like a lawless Ukraine,
the Administration is sending in the US military to help train
Ukrainian troops!
nor President Obama, nor any US government figure
has said a word about the series of apparently political
murders in Ukraine. On the contrary, instead of questioning
the state of democracy in what looks like a lawless Ukraine,
the Administration is sending in the US military to help train
Ukrainian troops!
Last week, just as the two political murders were taking
place,
the US 173rd Airborne Brigade landed in Ukraine to begin training
Ukrainian national guard forces – and to leave behind some useful
military
equipment. Though the civil unrest continues in Ukraine,
the US military is
assisting one side in the conflict – even as the
US slaps sanctions on Russia
over accusations it is helping out
the other side!
As the ceasefire continues to hold, though shakily,
what kind
of message does it send to the US-backed government in Kiev
to have
US troops arrive with training and equipment and an
authorization to gift Kiev
with some $350 million in weapons?
Might they not take this as a green light to
begin new hostilities
against the breakaway regions in the east?
The Obama administration is so inconsistent in its foreign
policy.
In some places, particularly Cuba and Iran, the administration is
pursuing a policy that looks to diplomacy and compromise to help
improve
decades of bad relations. In these two cases the
administration realizes that
the path of confrontation has
led nowhere.
When the president announced his desire to see the end
of
Cuba sanctions, he stated very correctly that, "…we are
ending a policy that was long past its expiration date.
When what you’re doing doesn’t work for fifty years,
it’s time to try something new.”
ending a policy that was long past its expiration date.
When what you’re doing doesn’t work for fifty years,
it’s time to try something new.”
So while Obama is correctly talking about sanctions
relief
for Iran and Cuba, he is adding more sanctions on Russia,
backing Saudi
Arabia’s brutal attack on Yemen, and pushing
ever harder for regime change in
Syria. Does he really believe
the rest of the world does not see these double
standards?
A wise consistency of non-interventionism in all foreign affairs
would be the correct course for this and future US administrations.
Let us hope
they will eventually follow Obama’s observation that,
“it’s time to try
something new.”
Copyright
© 2015 by Ron Paul Institute.
Source: http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles
Source: http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles
/2015/april/19/political-murders-in-kiev-us-troops-to-ukraine/
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