{"id":99003,"date":"2013-12-14T08:19:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T08:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?guid=6c295ccdd7afdd5437f0a60b0727fdc8"},"modified":"2013-12-14T08:19:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T08:19:00","slug":"hardball-us-geopolitics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/hardball-us-geopolitics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardball US Geopolitics"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hardball US Geopolitics<\/b><\/div>\n
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by Stephen Lendman<\/div>\n
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America seeks unchallenged global dominance. No holds barred tactics pursue it. Rule of law principles don’t matter. Means justify ends. Might makes right.<\/div>\n
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Events are manipulated. Wars, economic disruption, financial terrorism, and other upheavals play out in real time. Grand schemes reflect them.<\/div>\n
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Ongoing Ukrainian protests didn’t erupt by chance. Washington’s dirty hands manipulated them. Obama officials want Kiev turning West, not East. They’ll stop at nothing to achieve it.<\/div>\n
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They want Russian influence weakened. They want Ukraine’s potential ruthlessly exploited. They want its people transformed into serfs. They want another NATO member they control.<\/div>\n
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They’re playing hardball against Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. They’re considering various options. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said:<\/div>\n
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“All policy options, including sanctions, are on the table, in our view, but obviously that still is being evaluated.” She didn’t say what kind Washington has in mind.<\/div>\n
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It imposes sanctions recklessly. It does so lawlessly. It does it ruthlessly. One day it’ll go too far. It’ll target one victimized country too many. <\/div>\n
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Most others won’t go along. They’ll maintain normalized relations. They should be doing it now. Washington rules don’t matter if no one obeys them. It’s high time that practice took hold.<\/div>\n
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America is a global bully. It’s all take and no give. US officials warned Yanukovych. Don’t target protesters forcefully, they said.<\/div>\n
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Doing so in America is common practice. So is lawlessly interfering in the internal affairs of other countries. State terrorism is official  policy. War on humanity rages.<\/div>\n
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New World Order ruthlessness reflects it. McAlvany Intelligence Advisory calls it:<\/div>\n
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