by Stephen Lendman
Washington considers most despotic regimes worldwide
valued allies - including a few it installed, notably the illegitimate
Nazi-infested lunatics running Ukraine.
According to its interior minister Arsen Avakov, a
special unit is being trained to return Crimea to Ukrainian control, even
though it’s sovereign Russian territory and attempting it would be a
declaration of war.
Russia’s military can decisively smash any Ukrainian
invasion attempt - in a matter of hours. Avakov’s comments reflect arrogant bluster,
saying:
“We have nothing. We need a new army, a new National
Guard, a new police force. This is what the government of Ukraine is working on
right now.”
“We must restore all of this, and then, with enough
will, Crimea will be ours. I have no doubt of that.”
Claiming a “project” was undertaken to seize Crimea
amounts to the ranting of a lunatic. They infest Ukraine, including
illegitimate US-anointed oligarch president Petro Poroshenko.
According to his press service, Ukraine’s “Defense Ministry
and the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been told to submit
proposals on a considerable buildup of Ukraine’s defense capabilities in the
Kherson region and along the entire Black Sea coast” - notably with Crimea in
mind.
Donbass freedom fighters smashed Kiev’s military last
year. Threatening Russia is meaningless bluster. Sevastopol Governor Sergey
Menyailo calls it “blowing smoke,” explaining:
“No one in Crimea, neither residents, nor, especially,
armed forces, is afraid of these braggart statements.” He believes it’s a ploy
to justify increased military spending, intended for use against Donbass.
According to Crimea’s chief prosecutor Natalya
Poklonskaya, “(i)f they are going to create armed battalions and so on, may
they have a look at article 208 of the Russian Criminal Code and see the
penalty” - longterm imprisonment for attempting to overthrow the legitimate
government.
“(C)reating illegal armed forces for seizing foreign
territories…is a crime…Let them care about their own business, within their own
territory, and not commit crimes against Russian citizens,” she added.
In March 2014, Crimeans voted overwhelmingly by
internationally monitored referendum judged open, free, and fair to return to
Russia (a 96.77% majority with an 83.1% turnout).
Self-determination is a UN Charter guaranteed right.
Crimea is legally part of Russia.
There’s no going back. Popular will corrected a
historic mistake. Lunatics in Kiev aren’t about to change it, nor their
paymasters in Washington.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at
lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.
His new book as editor and contributor is titled
"Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III."
http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanIII.html
Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.
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