Maybe yes. The global 0.0001% are fighting out to the death in Ukraine, I quote from M.K. Bhadrakumar: The US seems to have figured out meticulously the dark secrets of the Russian elites — where they keep their illegal wealth in the western world and so on.
Armed with that wealth of information, the US seems to be aiming to create dissensions within the Russian elites and crack up the calculus of power in Moscow — a veritable “regime change”. Capitulate or regime change — that’s the choice the US is offering Moscow.
It’s a high-risk project. Of course, the system that Putin created is not a pushover. But, the US is undoubtedly in a punishing mood. What accounts for it? Can’t be Syria. Can’t be Iran, Iraq or Afghanistan. Can’t be the Arctic, can’t be BRICS.
Yes, it has to be the unprecedented humiliation and damage caused to the US’ global standing and foreign and security policies by the Edward Snowden affair, which Washington believes was masterminded from the Kremlin. It’s payback time for the CIA.
Clearly, the Ukraine game is no longer being played by politicians and diplomats. Smiley’s people are on the prowl. The fact that the CIA director John Brennan visited Kiev a week ago underscores that the game is deadly serious.
Thanks Farhang, for your intense article and the sprinklings of poetry. It endears anyone with Persian culture. For some reason, art thrives under oppression or tyranny, and it is often the case that, when the climate becomes more permissive, the masterpieces everyone expected just do not arrive.
Maybe yes. The global 0.0001% are fighting out to the death in Ukraine, I quote from M.K. Bhadrakumar: The US seems to have figured out meticulously the dark secrets of the Russian elites — where they keep their illegal wealth in the western world and so on.
Armed with that wealth of information, the US seems to be aiming to create dissensions within the Russian elites and crack up the calculus of power in Moscow — a veritable “regime change”. Capitulate or regime change — that’s the choice the US is offering Moscow.
It’s a high-risk project. Of course, the system that Putin created is not a pushover. But, the US is undoubtedly in a punishing mood. What accounts for it? Can’t be Syria. Can’t be Iran, Iraq or Afghanistan. Can’t be the Arctic, can’t be BRICS.
Yes, it has to be the unprecedented humiliation and damage caused to the US’ global standing and foreign and security policies by the Edward Snowden affair, which Washington believes was masterminded from the Kremlin. It’s payback time for the CIA.
Clearly, the Ukraine game is no longer being played by politicians and diplomats. Smiley’s people are on the prowl. The fact that the CIA director John Brennan visited Kiev a week ago underscores that the game is deadly serious.
Hi Farhang,
A sad piece of news here, a young poet is hanged in Iran.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/13/iran-middleeast
Thanks Farhang, for your intense article and the sprinklings of poetry. It endears anyone with Persian culture. For some reason, art thrives under oppression or tyranny, and it is often the case that, when the climate becomes more permissive, the masterpieces everyone expected just do not arrive.