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Ukraine News - Apr 4, 2014
Russia raises gas prices for Ukraine by 80 percent - Reuters
Russia to Charge Ukraine More Than Germany as Gas Discounts End - Bloomberg
Moscow Calls on Ukraine to Pay Down Its $2.2 Billion Gas Debt - ABC News
VIDEO: Ukraine PM: Russian gas price hike "absolutely unacceptable" - CCTV.com English
Europeans plan to create consortium and buy Ukrainian gas transit system - ITAR-TASS
US, EU hail Ukraine’s drive to diversify natural gas supplies - ITAR-TASS
Europe energy: Russian addiction, American seduction (VIDEO) - euronews
INTERACTIVE CHART: How Europe can replace Russian gas - Bruegel.org
Ukraine ‘spillover’ could wreck world economy: IMF chief Lagarde - RT Business
Russia Helped Ukraine, But Now Ukraine Needs More, IMF's Lagarde Says - forbes.com
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Ukraine Implicates Ex-President and Russia in Protesters’ Deaths - NYTimes.com
Ukraine detains 12 riot police on suspicion of 'mass murder’ of protesters - Reuters
Ukraine security chief: Alfa special force suppressed Kiev riots - ITAR-TASS
No Berkut troops among ‘Maidan snipers’: Ukrainian special forces veteran - RT News
Pro-Russian protests diminish in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region - The Washington Post
Donetsk Billboard Bids 'Goodbye' to Russia Ahead of Unity Rally - The Moscow Times
Will Ukraine become a neutral, federal state? - Georgia Straight
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VIDEO: 'We’ll retaliate if Russia attacks' Ukraine PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk - BBC News
Ukraine steps up security measures to guard border with Russia - ITAR-TASS
Yatsenyuk: Kiev hopes for NATO assistance in upgrading Ukrainian army - ITAR-TASS
Russia says wants answers on NATO troops in eastern Europe - Reuters
Russia recalls chief military representative to NATO - RT News
Pentagon Suspends Missile Shield Talks with Russia over Ukraine | World | RIA Novosti
Russia says troops to pull back from Ukraine border - CBS News
Russia arrests 25 Ukrainians for sabotage - The Washington Post
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Ukraine News - Apr 3, 2014
Russia could achieve Ukraine incursion in 3-5 days: NATO general Breedlove - GlobalPost
VIDEO: Interview with Gen. Breedlove on Ukraine crisis - YouTube
Breedlove: Ukraine situation shows need for US forces in Europe - Stripes
NATO to Firm Up Its Presence in Eastern Europe as It Halts Cooperation With Russia - NYTimes.com
VIDEO: NATO Suspends Cooperation with Russia Over Ukraine Crisis - Boston.com
Ukraine to Hold Military Exercises with European, NATO Allies - VOA
Defense Officials in Ukraine for Consultations - Defense.gov
U.S. Looking to Reassure NATO Allies About Ukraine - Defense.gov
U.S. Sends More Marines to Romania, Navy Vessel to Black Sea - Defense.gov
U.S. sends 10 F-15 jets to Baltic states [VIDEO] - UPI.com
NASA suspends contact with Russia over Ukraine crisis - The Verge
Bulgaria Wary as Russia Steps Up Military Flights Over Black Sea - VOA
Putin Signs Law Terminating Black Sea Fleet Agreements with Ukraine - RIA Novosti
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Russia Duma formulates measures to preserve Ukrainian integrity: every region to elect its own authorities and Russian as a state language - ITAR-TASS
Donetsk regional council demands official status for Russian language - ITAR-TASS
Language conflict: Different tongues, common homes in Ukraine - The Economist
Former U.S. State Department official Josh Cohen: A Federal Model for Ukraine - The Moscow Times
Ukraine Moves to Disarm Paramilitary Groups - NYTimes.com
Moscow Insists Ukraine Government Take Decisive Steps to Disarm Radicals - RIA Novosti
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POLL: Americans Are Deeply Conflicted Over The Crisis In Ukraine (VIDEO) - huffingtonpost.com
POLL: Most Russians Would Back Kremlin In Case of War With Ukraine, Poll Says - The Moscow Times
POLL: Russians Unconcerned About Western Sanctions Over Crimea – Poll - RIA Novosti
US, EU discuss energy options amid push to rely less on Russia - EUROPE ONLINE
Joint Press Statement EU-U.S. Energy Council - state.gov
Russia Tightens Pressure on Ukraine With Rise in Natural Gas Price - NYTimes.com
Kerry to Russia: Don't use energy as a weapon in Ukraine crisis - CSMonitor.com
Ukraine to discuss import prices with Russia’s largest gas producer - ITAR-TASS
Gazprom says CEO, EU favour mutually beneficial relations - Reuters
U.S. to wean Europe, Ukraine off Russian gas - THE DAILY STAR
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"Our Energy Moment": The Blue Engine Behind Fracked Gas Exports PR Blitz
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog
Behind nearly every major corporate policy push there's an accompanying well-coordinated public relations and propaganda campaign. As it turns out, the oil and gas industry's push to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) obtained via hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") plays the same game.
"Our Energy Moment": The Blue Engine Behind Fracked Gas Exports PR Blitz
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog
Behind nearly every major corporate policy push there's an accompanying well-coordinated public relations and propaganda campaign. As it turns out, the oil and gas industry's push to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) obtained via hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") plays the same game.
Ukraine News - Mar 31, 2014
US, Russia talks fail to end Ukraine deadlock - Boston Herald
Russia urges West to back 'federal' solution for Ukraine - Yahoo News
VIDEO (and transcript): Interview with Lavrov on Ukraine - RT News
VIDEO: Kerry: No decisions about Ukraine without Ukraine - YouTube
In A Divided Donetsk, Russians And Ukrainians Vie For Support (AUDIO) - NPR
VIDEO: Ukraine: Donetsk divided as pro-Russia activists push for referendum - YouTube
VIDEO: Loyalties divided in Ukraine's Odessa - YouTube
VIDEO: Odessa - Ukraine! No war! No russian occupation! 1000m flag! - YouTube
VIDEO: Pro Russia protesters take over Ukraine's Lugansk city - YouTube
Senate Intel chair: Crimea’s gone - CNN.com Blogs
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Russia says it has “no intention” of invading Ukraine - CBS News
Tour of Ukraine-Russia Border Finds No Signs of Military Buildup - NBC News.com
Final US Congressional Approval Expected for 1 Billion Ukraine Aid (VIDEO) - VOA
U.S. sends top NATO general back to Europe over Ukraine crisis - Reuters
US ships 300,000 MREs to Ukraine military - TheHill
Ukraine crisis prompts new look at US defense cuts - Bloomberg
Putin submits proposals on denouncing some Russia-Ukraine agreements on Black Sea Fleet - ITAR-TASS
After Crimea, Moldova too fears unwanted events on road to EU - Reuters
US vows $10m Moldova to boarder security with Ukraine - brecorder.com
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What are they hiding?: Some Serious Problems with the FBI’s Killing of a Witness in Florida
By Dave Lindorff
In the voluminous report issued by Florida State’s Attorney Jeff Ashton’s Office on the killing in Orlando last May 22 of a witness/suspect under interrogation by the FBI -- an investigation that concluded that the shooting was “justified” -- there is not a single mention of the bruise and contusion on the left side of Todashev’s head.
Egypt News - Mar 27
U.S. Warns Against Executing Brotherhood Members, It may affect the aid that Washington provides to Cairo - Israel National News
John Kerry Press Statement: Mass Trials and Sentencing in Egypt - state.gov
HRW, Amnesty condemn Egypt death sentences - Cairo Post
Most Minya Convicts Not Brotherhood Members: Lawyer - haberler.com
Egyptian doctor faces life on the run after mass death sentences - Reuters
VIDEO: Egypt: Reactions in Minya to the Death Sentences in Brotherhood Mass Trial - YouTube
Students in Egypt protest mass death sentences - Yahoo News
VIDEO: Egypt unrest: one killed during clashes in Cairo after mass death sentence - YouTube
VIDEO: Clashes erupt in Alexandria, Egypt after mass death sentence - YouTube
Brotherhood head, 682 others tried in Egypt after mass death sentence - Reuters
Egypt: Proceedings go ahead despite lawyers’ boycott - The Scotsman
Egypt prosecutor orders other mass trials of 919 Islamists - Washington Times
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Top general Abdel Fatah al-Sissi to run for president in Egypt - The Washington Post
VIDEO: Egypt: Al-Sisi announces presidential bid as fresh unrest hits Cairo - euronews
Egyptian sources: Sisi is urgently seeking completion of new arms deal with Russia - JPost
Egypt mulls economic cooperation, free trade zone with Russia's customs union - THE DAILY STAR
Russian industrial zone to be established in Egypt - Daily News Egypt
Egypt says eyes Russian liquefied gas: Minister - Daily News Egypt
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Florida State’s Attorney takes a dive on FBI slaying probe Two Law Enforcement Officers, Two Stories of a Witness Killing: Who’
By Dave Lindorff
The Florida State’s Attorney for the Orlando region, Jeffrey Ashton, today released his conclusion at the end of a 10-month investigation into the FBI slaying of Ibragim Todashev, a suspected witness in the Boston bombing case, saying that he will not be prosecuting the agent. Ashton ruled that the killing, in which the agent, at the end of a nearly 5-hour May 21 interrogation in Todashev’s Orlando apartment, fired seven bullets into Todashev, killing him justifiably, after being attacked.
Ukraine News - Mar 22
Putin signs reunification laws for Crimea, Sevastopol - The Voice of Russia
Crimea: Putin Orders Fireworks in Moscow to Celebrate Annexation Treaty - ibtimes.co.uk
VIDEO: Moscow and Crimea light up skies with fireworks to celebrate reunion - YouTube
VIDEO: Fireworks burst in Sevastopol after Crimea is declared Russian - YouTube
Russia says it will build up military presence in Crimea - Reuters
Pro-Russia militiamen seize Ukrainian ships at gunpoint - NY Daily News
VIDEO: Gunmen storm Ukrainian warship in Crimea - YouTube
Crimea's Pro-Russian Militants To Join Russian Armed Forces - defensenews.com
Crimea's Strategic Value to Russia - Center for Strategic and International Studies
Current Status of the Russian Black Sea Fleet - Matthew Aid
Here Are The Ships In Russia's Legendary Black Sea Fleet (PHOTOS) - Business Insider
VIDEO: Black Sea Fleet service members patrol Sevastopol streets - YouTube
VIDEO: Natalia Poklonskaya Japanese Anime Viral Hit - YouTube
VIDEO: Natalia Poklonskaya conquer Europe - YouTube
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European Union signs landmark political deal with Ukraine - Reuters
VIDEO: EU signs political association pact with Ukraine - DW.DE
What's in the EU-Ukraine agreement? - GlobalPost
EU Adds $1.4Bln to Ukrainian Aid After Political Deal Signed - RIA Novosti
EU imposes new sanctions against Russia after Putin signs bill annexing Crimea - Fox News
VIDEO: Ukraine crisis: EU extends sanctions over Crimea - YouTube
Obama orders new round of sanctions on Russia - azcentral.com
President Putin mocks US sanctions, vows not to retaliate - RT News
Russian shares plummet as Western sanctions hit key sectors - The Independent
Sanctions on Russia: Why a lot more than Europe's energy is at stake (VIDEO) - CSMonitor.com
EU leaders accelerate quest to reduce energy reliance on Russia - Reuters
Russia, West ‘doomed to agree’ on gas supply issues - cnbc.com
Can Europe Wean Itself Off Russian Gas? - NPR
EU options on Russian energy stranglehold few and pricy - Reuters
Nuclear industry hopes Ukraine crisis to boost business in Europe - Reuters
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Ukraine has no more Black Sea Fleet gas discount - Presidential spokesman - The Voice of Russia
Russia may demand $11 bn back by revoking fleet hosting deal with Ukraine – Medvedev - RT Business
Europe, Ukraine Discuss Pipeline Upgrades, Reversals - Natural Gas Intelligence
Crimea loss to cost Ukraine hundreds of billions of dollars - GlobalPost
This map shows what the loss of Crimea really means for Ukraine - washingtonpost.com
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Ukraine News - Mar 20
VIDEO: President Obama: No U.S. Military Action in Ukraine - NBC 7 San Diego
U.S. defense chief praises Ukraine's restraint in Crimea crisis - Yahoo News
Ukraine to Pull All Its Forces From Crimea, Conceding Loss - NYTimes.com
Ukraine to Deploy More Troops on Border With Russia - RIA Novosti
Pro-Russian Forces Seize Ukraine Navy Headquarters in Crimea - VOA
Russia to Build Bridge to Crimea - RIA Novosti
VIDEO: Crimea: Ukrainian servicemen vacate Sevastopol naval base - YouTube
VIDEO: Russian troops seize Ukrainian navy base in Sevastopol - France 24
VIDEO: Official: Ukrainian Soldier killed in Crimea - YouTube
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Crimean Tatars Will Have to Vacate Land – Official - RIA Novosti
Crimean Tatars Hardly Reassured by Putin’s Promises of Inclusion - VICE News
Crimea: Tatars Mourn Tortured Father-of-Three Reshat Ametov - ibtimes.co.uk
Crimea: Disappeared Tatar Man Found Killed - Human Rights Watch
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Baltic nations look to Biden for assurance after Russia annexation of Crimea - AP
VIDEO: Joe Biden: We Stand With Baltic Allies, Against Russian Aggression - YouTube
VIDEO: Biden to Russia: US Will Defend NATO Allies - YouTube
U.S. eyes military training in Baltics after Russia 'land grab' - Reuters
In Poland, Biden Promises Allies Protection - NYTimes.com
Poland And Lithuania Wary Of Kaliningrad Being Base Of Next Move From Russia - ibtimes.com
AP Interview: Romanian president says Russia has created conflicts around the Black Sea - AP
Moldova tells Russia: don't eye annexation here - Yahoo News
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary regards changing Crimea’s status as unlawful - mfa.gov.ua
News from Ukraine's diplomatic missions - MFA of Ukraine
Why Belarus Wants to Make Friends with the New Ukrainian Government - Belarus Digest
European leaders seek ways to curb dependence on Russian gas - Reuters
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Ukraine News - Mar 18
VIDEO (and transcript): Obama announces sanctions after Crimea referendum - The Washington Post
Exclusive: Russia Will Sanction U.S. Senators - The Daily Beast
Europe analysts say sanctions won't dissuade Putin - usatoday
What further sanctions could Russia face? - BBC News
Russia’s $160 Billion Stick Hinders Crimean Sanctions - Bloomberg
Russia’s Unconventional Weapon: Natural Gas - The New Yorker
Europe will find it difficult to wean itself off Russian gas - THE DAILY STAR
Does Russia Need To Sell Gas More Than The EU Needs To Buy It (GRAPH)? - Zero Hedge
Germany To Play Central But Expensive Role in Sanctions against Russia - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Gazprom mulls contract changes to keep Europe clients-paper - Reuters
US Using Oil to Fight Russian Gas Politics in Ukraine? - oilprice.com
Russia tensions risk higher gas prices for Europe, says Eni boss - FT.com
Crimea moves to nationalise Ukraine energy firms - GlobalPost
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The Crimean Referendum to Join Russia Was an Unconstitutional Sham - New Republic
Crimea referendum sees 123 percent turnout in Sevastopol? - The Daily Dot
Crimea Referendum Illegitimate says US Legal Scholar - VOA
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Exxon's Russia Partnerships Challenge US Exports As Energy Weapon Narrative
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog
Photo Credit: Getty Images
In a long-awaited moment in a hotly contested zone currently occupied by the Russian military, Ukraine's citizens living in the peninsula of Crimea voted overwhelmingly to become part of Russia.
Ukraine News - Mar 15
Central and Eastern Europe Face Economic Threat From Ukraine Crisis - WSJ.com
Baltic States View Ukraine Crisis With Trepidation - WSJ.com
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are keeping a close eye on events in Ukraine - naturalgaseurope.com
A Baltic perspective on the Ukraine crisis - BUSINESS NEW EUROPE
Poland and Baltics feel heat from Crimea - BBC News
President of Poland: "Poland will not accept Crimea split from Ukraine” - president.pl
Bulgarian Foreign Min. Urges Withdrawal of Russian Troops from Crimea - Novinite.com
Slovakia Officially Rejects Crimea Referendum - The Daily Slovakia
Slovakia boosts German gas imports as Ukraine cut looms - Reuters
Moldova alarmed over 'contagious' separatism in Ukraine's Crimea - Reuters
EU, U.S. urged to support Ukraine, Moldova in case of Russia s energy blackmail - Ukrinform
PM: Patriot missiles could be deployed in Lithuania, if needed - The Lithuania Tribune
Russia Suspends Some Trade via Lithuanian Port, PM Says - VOA
Estonia supports Ukraine's integrity, denies recognition of Crimean referendum - nrcu.gov.ua
In wake of Ukraine crisis, Estonia woos ethnic Russians: Expert - The Times of India
President Lukashenko: Belarus has not halted cooperation with Ukraine - BELTA
Kremlin jets in joint exercise with Belarus - The Australian
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Ukraine News - Mar 13
Obama, Ukraine premier outline potential opening over Crimea - chicagotribune.com
VIDEO: President Obama Meets with Prime Minister Yatsenyuk of Ukraine - The White House
Ukraine’s President Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
US Congress Pushes for Expelling Russia From G8 and Imposing Sanctions - RIA Novosti
Ukraine bill with sanctions, IMF reforms clears hurdle in U.S. Senate - Reuters
Exclusive: EU approves framework for asset freezes, travel bans on Russia - Reuters
EU to sign part of association deal with Ukraine next week: Polish PM - Reuters
Russian Stocks Drop as Ukraine Fears Continue - RIA Novosti
Putin's Ukraine actions may knock Russia's central bank off course - Reuters
Putin’s Oligarchs Are Key to War and Peace in Ukraine - The Fiscal Times
Crimea to take over Ukraine state firms, gas fields on its territory - NDTV.com
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US flexes military might with Ukrainian war games together with Poland - The Scotsman
NATO sends 2 surveillance planes to Ukraine border - Fox News
Ukraine, Poland To Hold Joint Air Force Drills - defensenews.com
Moldova, Another Former Soviet Republic, Worried Over Russia's Move On Crimea - ibtimes.com
Belarus says Russia to send warplanes in response to NATO drills - Yahoo News
Ukraine Refocuses Debate on US Missile Defense - Military.com
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Ukraine president: Kiev will not use army to stop Crimea secession - theguardian.com
Dwarfed by Russian might, Ukraine plans new defense force - Yahoo News
VIDEO: Ukraine leaders create national guard - brisbanetimes.com.au
Ukraine Accuses Russia of Military Buildup - ABC News
Crimea Pro-Russian Militia Swells as Vote Risks Call to Arms - Bloomberg
'The Goblin': Crimean leader who pledges loyalty to Putin - Yahoo News
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The New Crimean War: Balls, Brains and History
By John Grant
Making political sense out of the events in Ukraine and Crimea has become great sport. Does it mean a new Cold War? Is Vladimir Putin a better, more “potent” man than Barack Obama? Who has bigger balls?
Ukraine News - Mar 11
US will not recognise Crimea referendum, says ambassador - theguardian.com
U.S. Wants Evidence Russia Ready To Ease Ukraine Crisis - rferl.org
Russia risks consequences over Crimea referendum, Cameron and Merkel say - theguardian.com
EU diplomats preparing next level of sanctions on Russia - Reuters
Lavrov: Russia will unveil new Ukraine settlement plan - The Voice of Russia
Hoping to isolate Russia, US woos China on Ukraine - Connecticut Post
Obama calls Spain, Kazakh leaders on Ukraine - Yahoo News
With eye on Crimea, U.S. starts military drills on Russia's doorstep - Yahoo News
Russia Reacts to US Warship's Arrival in Black Sea - Military.com
VIDEO: How New U.S. Sanctions Will Hit Putin for Crimea - Bloomberg
Business Titans in Russia Fear New Front in Ukraine Crisis - NYTimes.com
Ukraine Sees Gazprom Charging 37% More for Gas in Q2 - Bloomberg
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VIDEO: Crimea crisis: Ukrainian PM pledges not to let go of a ‘single centimetre’ of land - euronews
Ukraine starts army drills as Russian military guards border with Crimea - smh.com.au
VIDEO: Russia Establishes Crimea Supply Route, New Border - Businessweek
Crimea 'soldiers' swear oath before pro-Moscow PM - GlobalPost
VIDEO: Crimea 'soldiers' swear oath before pro-Moscow PM - YouTube
Crimea PM: Preparations for joining Russia already underway - The Voice of Russia
Crimean Tatar Leader Appeals To Obama - haberler.coma
Crimean Tatars fear return of Russian rule - Yahoo News
VIDEO: Crimean Tatars wary of Russia referendum - YouTube
Rival rallies in Crimea chant for Russia and Ukraine - theguardian.com
VIDEO: Ukraine crisis: Rival rallies of protesters in Crimea - YouTube
Journalists, Activists Reported Missing In Crimea - rferl.org
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Ukraine News - Mar 9
China urges calm and restraint in Ukraine - CSMonitor.com
Russia threatens to cut Ukraine gas amid Crimea tensions - Yahoo!7
EU leaders draw up plans to send gas to Ukraine if Russia cuts off supply - theguardian.com
Central European nations appeal to Congress for faster exports of US natural gas - Fox News
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Ukraine will not give up Crimea: acting foreign minister - Reuters
Crimean PM says 'no one' can cancel referendum on joining Russia - Reuters
VIDEO: Crimea Tatars Protest Russian Incursion in Bakhcisarai - YouTube
VIDEO: It’s Ukraine vs. Russia at Rival Protests in Simferapol - NBC News.com
Crimea Could Prove Expensive Acquisition for Russia - WSJ.com
VIDEO: Muscovites divided on controversial Crimea referendum - YouTube
Warning shots fired as OSCE mission turned away from Crimea - Yahoo News
Crimea's New Leader, a Man With a Murky Past - ABC News
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Hillary Clinton: Playing a Dog-Eared “Hitler” Card
By Norman Solomon
The frontrunner to become the next president of the United States is playing an old and dangerous political game -- comparing a foreign leader to Adolf Hitler.
At a private charity event on Tuesday, in comments preserved on audio, Hillary Clinton talked about actions by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in the Crimea. “Now if this sounds familiar, it’s what Hitler did back in the ’30s,” she said.
The next day, Clinton gave the inflammatory story more oxygen when speaking at UCLA. She “largely stood by the remarks,” the Washington Post reported. Clinton “said she was merely noting parallels between Putin’s claim that he was protecting Russian-speaking minorities in Crimea and Hitler’s moves into Poland, Czechoslovakia and other parts of Europe to protect German minorities.”
Clinton denied that she was comparing Putin with Hitler even while she persisted in comparing Putin with Hitler. “I just want people to have a little historic perspective,” she said. “I’m not making a comparison certainly, but I am recommending that we perhaps can learn from this tactic that has been used before.”
Yes indeed. Let’s learn from this tactic that has been used before -- the tactic of comparing overseas adversaries to Hitler. Such comparisons by U.S. political leaders have a long history of fueling momentum for war.
“Surrender in Vietnam” would not bring peace, President Lyndon Johnson said at a news conference on July 28, 1965 as he tried to justify escalating the war, “because we learned from Hitler at Munich that success only feeds the appetite of aggression.”
After Ho Chi Minh was gone, the Hitler analogy went to other leaders of countries in U.S. crosshairs. The tag was also useful when attached to governments facing U.S.-backed armies.
Three decades ago, while Washington funded the contra forces in Nicaragua, absurd efforts to smear the elected left-wing Sandinistas knew no rhetorical bounds. Secretary of State George Shultz said on February 15, 1984, at a speech in Boston: “I’ve had good friends who experienced Germany in the 1930s go there and come back and say, ‘I’ve visited many communist countries, but Nicaragua doesn’t feel like that. It feels like Nazi Germany.’”
Washington embraced Panama’s Gen. Manuel Noriega as an ally, and for a while he was a CIA collaborator. But there was a falling out, and tension spiked in the summer of 1989. Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger said that drug trafficking by Noriega “is aggression as surely as Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland 50 years ago was aggression.” A U.S. invasion overthrew Noriega in December 1989.
In early August 1990, the sudden Iraqi invasion of Kuwait abruptly ended cordial relations between Washington and Baghdad. The two governments had a history of close cooperation during the 1980s. But President George H. W. Bush proclaimed that Saddam Hussein was “a little Hitler.” In January 1991, the U.S. government launched the Gulf War.
Near the end of the decade, Hillary Clinton got a close look at how useful it can be to conflate a foreign leader with Hitler, as President Bill Clinton and top aides repeatedly drew the parallel against Serbia’s president, Slobodan Milosevic. In late March 1999, the day before the bombing of Kosovo and Serbia began, President Clinton said in a speech: “And so I want to talk to you about Kosovo today but just remember this -- it’s about our values. What if someone had listened to Winston Churchill and stood up to Adolf Hitler earlier?”
As the U.S.-led NATO bombing intensified, so did efforts to justify it with references to Hitler. “Clinton and his senior advisers harked repeatedly back to images of World War II and Nazism to give moral weight to the bombing,” the Washington Post reported. Vice President Al Gore chimed in for the war chorus, calling Milosevic “one of these junior-league Hitler types.”
Just a few years later, the George W. Bush administration cranked up a revival of Saddam-Hitler comparisons. They became commonplace.
Five months before the invasion of Iraq, it was nothing extraordinary when a leading congressional Democrat pulled out all the stops. “Had Hitler’s regime been taken out in a timely fashion,” said Rep. Tom Lantos, “the 51 million innocent people who lost their lives during the Second World War would have been able to finish their normal life cycles. Mr. Chairman, if we appease Saddam Hussein, we will stand humiliated before both humanity and history.”
From the Vietnam War to the Iraq War, facile and wildly inaccurate comparisons between foreign adversaries and Adolf Hitler have served the interests of politicians hell-bent on propelling the United States into war. Often, those politicians succeeded. The carnage and the endless suffering have been vast.
Now, Hillary Clinton is ratcheting up her own Hitler analogies. She knows as well as anyone the power they can generate for demonizing a targeted leader.
With the largest nuclear arsenals on the planet, the United States and Russia have the entire world on a horrific knife’s edge. Nuclear saber-rattling is implicit in what the prospective President Hillary Clinton has done in recent days, going out of her way to tar Russia’s president with a Hitler brush. Her eagerness to heighten tensions with Russia indicates that she is willing to risk war -- and even nuclear holocaust -- for the benefit of her political ambitions.
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Norman Solomon is co-founder of RootsAction.org and founding director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. His books include “War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death.” Information about the documentary based on the book is at www.WarMadeEasyTheMovie.org
Ukraine News - Mar 7
Obama urges Putin in phone call: De-escalate crisis in Ukraine - Washington Times
Readout of President Obama’s call with President Putin of Russia - The White House
Statement by the US President on Ukraine - The White House
US moves on several fronts over proposed Crimea referendum to join the Russian Federation - Fox News
Congress steps up action on Ukraine - usatoday.com
'Visa bans, asset freezes are next': Europe announces three step sanctions against Russia - RT News
Ukraine Crimea Crisis: China Takes Ambiguous Stance in US-Russia Standoff - ibtimes.co.uk
Ukraine's interim president says government working to block Crimea referendum - Fox News
Russian State Duma will decide on Crimea after referendum: MP - The Voice of Russia
Does Putin really want Crimea within Russia? Maybe not. (VIDEO) - CSMonitor.com
Crimea vote is no slam dunk for Putin - FT The World
Moscow assets, market ratings fall as Crimea votes to join Russia - Reuters
Russia Starts Massive Air Defense Drills Amid Crimea Standoff - RIA Novosti
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POLL: Regional polls show few Ukrainians, Russians want a united, single state - Pew Research Center
POLL: More Than Half of Ukrainians Want to Join EU - The Moscow Times
Crimeans divided on secession referendum - usatoday
In Crimea, old fears and new propaganda sow terror among Russian-speakers - AP
Crimean Tatars: Leader Announces Boycott Of Crimea Autonomy Referendum - UNPO
VIDEO: Crimean Tatar Leader Announces Referendum Boycott - rferl.org
POLL: Poroshenko tops new Ukrainian presidential poll - kyivpost.com
GRAPH: Ukrainian Presidential Poll - Metapolls
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Ukraine News - Mar 6
VIDEO: Secretary Hagel and General Dempsey on Russian Involvement in Ukraine - YouTube
Pentagon boosts training, NATO air policing amid Ukraine crisis - Reuters
Lavrov: Russia cannot order Crimean 'self-defense' units back to base - Yahoo News
VIDEO: Russian troops not in control of Crimea, says Lavrov - euronews
Crimea to Set Up Own Law Enforcement and Security Services - RIA Novosti
'We Don't Want War Here': Pro-Russia Self-Defense Militias Patrolling Crimea - NBC News.com
Crimean Premier Says Ukrainian Military Units Have Started to Surrender - NYTimes.com
Agreement on cooperation between Tatarstan, Crimea signed in Simferopol - kyivpost.com
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VIDEO: AP Interview: Ukraine PM says Crimea Situation Resembles 'coup' - YouTube
White House to Putin: Allow international monitors in Crimea - Washington Times
OSCE military observers banned from entering Crimea, Lithuanian foreign minister says - ITAR-TASS
VIDEO: No warm welcome for OSCE in Crimea - YouTube
Pro-Russian gunmen force UN envoy to flee Crimea - i24news
VIDEO: Militia blocks UN envoy from leaving cafe in Crimea - YouTube
Activists replant Russian flag above HQ in Ukraine city of Donetsk - Reuters
VIDEO: Ukraine: Pro-Russian protesters occupy Donetsk admin building - YouTube
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Grasping for diplomatic exit, EU offers $15 billion in aid to Ukraine as envoys converge - Fox News
Kerry Takes Offer of 1 Billion Aid to Ukraine and Pushes Back at Russian Claims - NYTimes.com
Russia cancels Ukraine's gas discount and demands $1.5bn - Telegraph
Ukraine looks for $2bn loan from Russia - RT Business
Chinese investment in Ukraine could be costly casualty of conflict with Russia - Fox News
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Ukraine Uprising: U.S Hypocrisy + Russian Aggression VS. Movement of the Squares
Originally Posted at PopularResistance.org
http://youtu.be/jeGcYKnr13s
After two months of protestors in Maidan Square in Kiev, Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych has been ousted and yet, with support from Russia, remains defiant. As U.S Secretary of State offers aid to Ukraine, he managed to tell Face The Nation (with a straight face) ““You just don’t in the 21st Century behave in 19th Century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped-up pretext.”
Not funny, but it’s still hard not to laugh: How Can the US Accuse Russia of Violating International Law?
By Dave Lindorff
If you want to make moral or legal pronouncements, or to condemn bad behavior, you have to be a moral, law-abiding person yourself. It is laughable when we see someone like Rush Limbaugh criticizing drug addicts or a corrupt politician like former Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) voting for more prisons, more cops, and tougher rules against appeals of sentences.
The same thing goes for nations.
One cheer for the Times (three for the Guardian): Nation’s Major Paper Says Snowden’s a Hero, but Won’t Say Obama’s a Criminal
By Dave Lindorff
Let’s start here by conceding that today’s New York Times editorial saying that President Obama should “find a way to end (Edward) Snowden’s vilification and give him an incentive to return home” was pretty remarkable.
It shouldn’t be, though.
Two cheers for Pope Francis: About Time American Idiocy and Paranoia over Marxism Got Called Out
By Dave Lindorff
So Pope Francis, the new pope who has conservative American Catholics, particularly those in politics and the media, freaked out because he is criticizing capitalist greed, knows Marxists who are "good people," and isn't upset to be labeled one of them, even though he says "Marxist ideology is wrong.".
The Geopolitics of Energy: An Interview with Steve Horn
Cross-Posted from Frack the Media
A Pre-Conspiracy Theory: What If Our Premature Nobel Laureate President’s Having a ’63-Style Kennedy Moment?
By Dave Lindorff
I’m going to engage here in a thought experiment which may make some readers a little queasy, but bear with me.
It’s been half a century since the wrenching experience of having a charismatic young president cut down by bullets in what most Americans apparently still believe was a dark conspiracy by elements of the US government unhappy with the direction he was taking the country in international affairs.
US may be committing robotic war crimes: Two Human Rights Groups Blast US for Drone Killing Campaigns
By Dave Lindorff
Last week President Obama was largely successful at blacking out from the American public word that Nobel Peace Prize Malala Yousafzai, the courageous Pakistani advocate of girls’ education nearly killed by Taliban gunmen a year ago, used a photo-op invitation to the White House to ask the president to halt to his drone killings of Pakistanis. But Obama cannot so easily silence the condemnations today of his remote drone “Murder, Inc.” program by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
Is Dithering Always Bad?: Trust and Verify and Vomit
By John Grant
The media didn’t waste time lining up US leaders to trash Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent op-ed in The New York Times. There was the expected outrage that such a “dictator” and “tyrant” had the gall to lecture the United States of America. Bill O’Reilly referred to Putin as “a criminal monster.” Charles Krauthammer kept it real and called Putin "a KGB thug.”
Call Waiting: Peaceful Syrian Opposition Ignored by Peace Laureate Obama
Interview by Dave Lindorff
As Syrian expatriate Dr. Rim Turkmani was watching President Barack Obama give his brief nationally televised address to the American people and the people of the world last night, she says she had two contradictory feelings. “I felt good that it was not a war speech,” says this British-based member of the political office of an organization called The Syrian State Current, a movement that is seeking non-violent democratic change in Syria. “But what upset me was his repeated referring to what is happening in Syria as a ‘civil war.’ There is an element of civil war in the violence in Syria, but more importantly it is a proxy war between the US and Russia, and it has to be acknowledged that the US and Russia are the key players.”
Breaking: Obama DOE Issues 1st Marcellus Shale Fracked Gas Export Permit
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has granted the first ever LNG export permit license to Dominion Resources, Inc. to export gas obtained from the controversial hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") process in the Marcellus Shale basin.
LNG Tanker; Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons
