Natural Citizen
02-01-2015, 08:53 PM
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Screenshot from CNN video
In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Barack Obama acknowledged that the United States had "brokered a deal to transition power in Ukraine," thus admitting to the highest level of democratic impropriety imaginable.
Before we consider Obama’s stunning remarks, and how the Ukrainian people sold their country for a song, let’s rewind to November 2013, when then-President Viktor Yanukovich had shocked western capitals (and, more importantly, western markets) by suspending plans for an association agreement with the European Union.
As if on command, thousands of Ukrainians suddenly poured into the streets of Kiev to protest the decision. Such a rapid reaction should not have come as a surprise. After all, a multitude of US government agencies – most notably, USAID - had been operating in Ukraine since the collapse of the Soviet Union, investing billions on its latest "democratic" pet project.
This is no conspiracy theory. On December 13, 2013, Assistant Secretary of State Victoria "F*ck the EU" Nuland, following her third trip to Ukraine in five weeks, told the National Press Club: "Since Ukraine's independence in 1991 the United States has…invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in needs and other goals."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaR1_an9CnQ&x-yt-ts=1422579428&x-yt-cl=85114404#t=19
Although many are tempted to believe otherwise, governments don't normally spend such prodigious amounts of money in a foreign country unless it expects to get something hefty (in this case, Kiev’s loyalty) in return. Governments are by nature opportunists, not philanthropists, which is precisely why Russia gave USAID the boot in 2012.
We should note here that it was not just US taxpayer dollars that unwittingly provided the funds to support the coup d’ etat in Ukraine. In another softball interview with CNN’s Zakaria, billionaire George Soros (http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1405/25/fzgps.01.html) last May coolly admitted: “I set up a foundation in Ukraine before Ukraine became independent of Russia. And the foundation has been functioning ever since and played an important part in events now.”
Certainly those billions of dollars weren’t spent just on humanitarian work, like distributing pastries to the Ukrainian masses gathered on Independence Square. After all, there was the significant question as to who would get to lend Ukraine a multi-billion dollar bailout loan to stay afloat. Once upon a time, western financial institutions had cornered the market on the lucrative job of bailing out countries. Today, however,other economic agencies - BRICS for example - offered Kiev a much more attractive rate than the IMF. Yet the lender of last resort bagged itself another national trophy for its fireplace.
Michael Hudson, of Counterpunch, summed up (http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/09/09/the-imfs-new-cold-war-loan-to-ukraine/) the IMF victory...
Continued - Obama openly admits 'brokering power transition' in Ukraine (http://rt.com/op-edge/228379-obama-power-transition-ukraine/)
Screenshot from CNN video
In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Barack Obama acknowledged that the United States had "brokered a deal to transition power in Ukraine," thus admitting to the highest level of democratic impropriety imaginable.
Before we consider Obama’s stunning remarks, and how the Ukrainian people sold their country for a song, let’s rewind to November 2013, when then-President Viktor Yanukovich had shocked western capitals (and, more importantly, western markets) by suspending plans for an association agreement with the European Union.
As if on command, thousands of Ukrainians suddenly poured into the streets of Kiev to protest the decision. Such a rapid reaction should not have come as a surprise. After all, a multitude of US government agencies – most notably, USAID - had been operating in Ukraine since the collapse of the Soviet Union, investing billions on its latest "democratic" pet project.
This is no conspiracy theory. On December 13, 2013, Assistant Secretary of State Victoria "F*ck the EU" Nuland, following her third trip to Ukraine in five weeks, told the National Press Club: "Since Ukraine's independence in 1991 the United States has…invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in needs and other goals."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaR1_an9CnQ&x-yt-ts=1422579428&x-yt-cl=85114404#t=19
Although many are tempted to believe otherwise, governments don't normally spend such prodigious amounts of money in a foreign country unless it expects to get something hefty (in this case, Kiev’s loyalty) in return. Governments are by nature opportunists, not philanthropists, which is precisely why Russia gave USAID the boot in 2012.
We should note here that it was not just US taxpayer dollars that unwittingly provided the funds to support the coup d’ etat in Ukraine. In another softball interview with CNN’s Zakaria, billionaire George Soros (http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1405/25/fzgps.01.html) last May coolly admitted: “I set up a foundation in Ukraine before Ukraine became independent of Russia. And the foundation has been functioning ever since and played an important part in events now.”
Certainly those billions of dollars weren’t spent just on humanitarian work, like distributing pastries to the Ukrainian masses gathered on Independence Square. After all, there was the significant question as to who would get to lend Ukraine a multi-billion dollar bailout loan to stay afloat. Once upon a time, western financial institutions had cornered the market on the lucrative job of bailing out countries. Today, however,other economic agencies - BRICS for example - offered Kiev a much more attractive rate than the IMF. Yet the lender of last resort bagged itself another national trophy for its fireplace.
Michael Hudson, of Counterpunch, summed up (http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/09/09/the-imfs-new-cold-war-loan-to-ukraine/) the IMF victory...
Continued - Obama openly admits 'brokering power transition' in Ukraine (http://rt.com/op-edge/228379-obama-power-transition-ukraine/)