{"id":325192,"date":"2017-09-08T22:39:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T21:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/jackboot-diplomacy\/"},"modified":"2017-09-08T22:39:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T21:39:43","slug":"jackboot-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/jackboot-diplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackboot Diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The latest extraordinary roughshod violation of Russian diplomatic rights by the American authorities shows that the US doesn\u2019t want to restore normal bilateral relations. Indeed, it has now resorted publicly to jackboot diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>The rapid ordering of Russia to vacate three of its diplomatic properties \u2013 in a matter of hours \u2013 amid\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tass.com\/domestic-policy\/963310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/tass.com\/domestic-policy\/963310\">reported<\/a>\u00a0threats from the American authorities that they would smash down entrance doors if the orders were not complied with, shows a reckless disregard for Russia\u2019s sovereign rights. Not just Russia\u2019s sovereign rights, but the rights of all nations, as far as America is concerned.<\/p>\n<p>There were also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/963330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/963330\">reports<\/a>\u00a0that US secret service agents conducted inspections of the properties while Russian officials were deprived access to the building. Such conduct marks not only provocative contempt for Russian authorities, it also raises concerns that US agents were attempting to plant incriminating evidence which might be subsequently \u00abuncovered\u00bb by the ongoing probes into alleged Russian interference in the American presidential election last year.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, the manhandling of Russian diplomatic rights came on the personal orders from President Donald Trump,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2017\/09\/02\/politics\/russia-consulate-san-francisco-tensions\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2017\/09\/02\/politics\/russia-consulate-san-francisco-tensions\/index.html\">according to<\/a>\u00a0press reports. Previously, Trump had stated his desire to restore normal bilateral relations with Russia. One has to conclude that the latest breach of Russian sovereignty is a blunt sign that American official policy is now fully aligned in an antagonistic agenda toward Moscow.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmi-gold-silver.com\/blog\/buy-old-us-gold-coins\/?utm_source=LRC_Text_Ad&amp;utm_campaign=buy_old_us_coins\">Time to buy old US gold coins<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The collective American amnesia is astounding. The shuttering of the three Russian properties in San Francisco, New York and Washington was presented by the US State Department and US media as a \u00abretaliation\u00bb for Russia\u2019s expulsion of some 455&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2017\/09\/no_author\/jackboot-diplomacy\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest extraordinary roughshod violation of Russian diplomatic rights by the American authorities shows that the US doesn\u2019t want to restore normal bilateral relations. Indeed, it has now resorted publicly to jackboot diplomacy. The rapid ordering of Russia to vacate three of its diplomatic properties \u2013 in a matter of hours \u2013 amid\u00a0reported\u00a0threats from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-325192","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}