{"id":131538,"date":"2014-07-18T14:07:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T14:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=131538"},"modified":"2014-07-18T14:10:37","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T14:10:37","slug":"neocons-get-ball-rolling-world-war-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/war-terrorism\/neocons-get-ball-rolling-world-war-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Neocons Get Ball Rolling On World War III"},"content":{"rendered":"

Treasury Dept. and U.N. sanctions on Russia tantamount to declaration of war<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kurt Nimo<\/em><\/p>\n

Obama, Hillary Clinton, the State Department, John McCain and others in government have reached the conclusion Russia was behind the deadly attack on a Malaysian airliner in Ukraine. They have reached this conclusion despite the fact the attack occurred less than 24 hours ago and an investigation has yet to begin.<\/p>\n

The neocon wing of the establishment is ready to begin the process of blaming Russia and start the process of punitive sanctions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we could bring this to the U.N. and start the ball rolling,\u201d Stephen Black, a Russia fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council, told\u00a0USA Today<\/a>. \u201cNot just the Security Council, but the General Assembly, where Russia can\u2019t veto it. There are more economic tools. We did not simply block them from doing dollar-denominated transactions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The AFPC is aligned with the American Enterprise Institute, the Center for Security Policy and other neocon advocacy groups responsible for the invasion and occupation of Iraq.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the Atlantic Council, a NATO think tank staffed by an array of insiders like Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft, is calling for additional sanctions slapped on Russia.<\/p>\n

Damon Wilson, who served as a Russia and Ukraine expert in the administrations George W. Bush and Bill Clinton and now works for the Atlantic Council, says the U.S. government and the European Union should crank up \u201csanctions that bite, along with military assistance, including lethal military assistance\u201d the fascist dominated regime installed in Kyiv by the State Department.<\/p>\n

Expanding Sanctions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Obama called Russian President Putin on Thursday. He promised additional sanctions and made suggestions on how Russia might step away from the conflict on its border.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlong with our allies, with whom I\u2019ve been coordinating closely over the last several days and weeks, I\u2019ve repeatedly made it clear that Russia must halt the flow of weapons of fighters across the border into Ukraine, that Russia must urge separatists to release hostages, and support a ceasefire, that Russia needs to pursue internationally mediated talks and agreed to meaningful monitors on the border. I have made this clear to Mr Putin,\u201d\u00a0Obama said from the White House<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The latest sanctions bar Russian oil giant Rosneft and the bank Gazprombank OAO from obtaining new financing in U.S. capital markets, according to\u00a0The Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause Russia has failed to meet the basic standards of international conduct, we are acting today to open Russia\u2019s financial services and energy sectors to sanctions and limit the access of two key Russian banks and two key energy firms to U.S. sources of financing, and to impose blocking sanctions against eight arms firms and a set of senior Russian officials,\u201d a notice posted by the\u00a0Treasury Department<\/a>\u00a0states.<\/p>\n

Russia \u201ccould shut down the border and prevent the transfer of heavy weapons and materiel to separatists. They have not done that. President Putin himself could intervene with pro-Russian separatists and encourage them to abide by the ceasefire. He has not done that,\u201d said White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest.<\/p>\n

Earnest failed to mention that the confectionary magnate and current president of the regime in Kyiv,\u00a0Petro Poroshenko<\/a>, ended the ceasefire on July 1. He went on national television and said the coup regime would \u201cattack and liberate our land.\u201d<\/p>\n

War Preparations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlier this month the top commander of NATO, Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, announced \u201cU.S.-based troops will buttress American forces that have already been moved in recent months from Germany, Italy and elsewhere in Europe for stepped-up ground and air patrols in the three Baltic countries of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, plus Poland and Romania,\u201d according toMcClatchy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The effort to go up against Russia in Ukraine was derailed when Putin \u201cruled out a full-frontal invasion,\u201d as\u00a0Business Insider<\/a>\u00a0characterized Russian defense of its border, and moved troops and equipment away from the border in May. \u201cThe force that remains on the border is very large and it\u2019s very capable and remains in a very coercive posture,\u201d\u00a0Gen. Breedlove<\/a>\u00a0insisted.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Kiev\u2019s military campaign against fellow Ukrainians to the east faring poorly, an actual Russian invasion of Ukraine would only benefit them and their backers in both the European Union and collaborating states within NATO,\u201d\u00a0Tony Cartalucci<\/a>\u00a0wrote on July 15.<\/p>\n

The desire by the West to portray Russia as \u201cinvading Ukraine\u201d is rooted in the belief that it will undermine Russia\u2019s political leverage and open the doors to more aggressive NATO support for the faltering regime in Kiev. Perceived Russian aggression might make it easier to convince NATO and EU members who have not followed suit in exacting sanctions and condemnation against Russia to begin taking a more anti-Russian stance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The downing of a Malaysian airliner, an incident immediately exploited by the political class in Washington, will undoubtedly push \u201cexacting sanctions\u201d out on the fast track.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I have mentioned before, the US has no business meddling in Ukraine or trying to push NATO up to Russia\u2019s border,\u201d writes investor\u00a0Alex Dvorkin<\/a>. \u201cThat destabilizes the entire region and that will eventually lead to some sort of a war. NATO\u2019s presence in Ukraine would be equivalent to the Chinese or the Russians building a massive military base in Tijuana. Russia will not let that happen and it will go to war to prevent it, sanctions or not.\u201d<\/p>\n