by RT at RT
Concerns over a purported Russian “invasion” of Ukraine have been growing in the West, with the US/UK media machine in overdrive. “Experts” keep talking about the country’s “increasing military buildup” along its western borders and, every month, they post almost identical images from American satellites.
The Western press is painting a vivid picture of Moscow’s plan to “attack from three directions,” while politicians refer to some intelligence reports that describe mysterious movements of 100,000 troops.
War without War
“If Russia keeps getting away with what they’re doing in Ukraine and trying to alter borders, the entire international order will be in danger,” Evelyn Farkas, who served as US deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia during the Obama years, shared in her righteous indignation. She didn’t bother to explain what it is exactly that Russia is “doing.”
Farkas is now a lobbyist at NATO’s Atlantic Council adjunct and a NBC/MSNBC pundit.
Russian politicians and diplomats have pointed out time and time again that Moscow hasn’t violated any rules and has no desire to invade anywhere, but Western countries are nevertheless busy discussing sanctions. They debate whether targeting a few sectors would be enough or should Russia be cut off from SWIFT immediately, just to be sure?
The fact that a war is imminent is not even questioned in the Western public discourse, the only uncertainty is over how exactly it will start and what the reaction should be. While consensus regarding sanctions hasn’t been reached yet, it seems that the Western countries have quietly agreed to prepare for a bloodbath. Americans and their NATO allies are evacuating their citizens from Ukraine, while Kiev is receiving unprecedented amounts of military aid.
The financial assistance is a cause for celebration, of course, in Kiev. However, despite its claims of being the injured party, Ukraine has not welcomed the news about the evacuation of foreign citizens. Authorities openly say that such measures are premature, but Western experts believe that by “bombarding” the world with reports of imminent escalation and putting troops on high alert, the West will curb Russia’s supposed eagerness to start a war.
In a Financial Times article, Henry Foy has written that warnings and threats are the only way to stop a war, and that this also negates Moscow’s ability to launch a surprise attack, since NATO forces will be on high alert. “Staying quiet might be perceived as acceptance in Moscow, so there is a need to keep reminding Russia that there is a united front and there will be a sharp response,” Andrew Lohsen, a fellow at think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), said, echoing Foy’s words.
The journalist does not tell his readers that the CSIS is funded by defense contractors such as Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics, and General Atomics. All of whom have “skin the game.”
Mutual public accusations and threats lead us to believe that the situation is extremely tense and there is no going back. The united front that Lohsen refers to can’t be maintained without plans to get involved in a war and benefit from it one way or another. And therein lies the problem – do the EU, US and Ukraine have the same goals?
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