{"id":116237,"date":"2014-05-04T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T07:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?guid=12fc846efd74e6a53f5519dc02268789"},"modified":"2014-05-04T07:28:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-04T07:28:00","slug":"putin-blames-west-for-ukraine-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/putin-blames-west-for-ukraine-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin Blames West for Ukraine Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"
Putin Blames West for Ukraine Conflict<\/b><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
by Stephen Lendman<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Washington bears full responsibility. Rogue EU partners share it. So do Kiev fascist putschists. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
They’re convenient US stooges. They mock legitimacy. State terrorism is official policy. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Washington fully supports it. Putin forthrightly condemns it. He represents responsible geopolitical leadership. He’s polar opposite Obama.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
His spokesman Dmitry Peskov released an official statement. It addressed Odessa’s massacre, saying:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“The authorities in Kiev not only bear direct responsibility, but are complicit in these criminal activities. Their arms are up to the elbows in blood.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Odessa reflects “the connivance of those who consider themselves the authority in Kiev.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“They allowed extremists and radicals to burn unarmed people alive. I stress that these people were unarmed.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Washington and rogue EU partners represent “the highest manifestation of cynicism.” <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“The people who justify this punitive operation are the same ones that did not allow the legitimate President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovich, to bring order to the country.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“In spite of consistent attempts to encourage dialogue, Russia has hit against provocation not only from Kiev, but also its Western sponsors.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Kiev putschists prevent any possibility for resolving things diplomatically, he added.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Obama outrageously called unrestrained violence “a move to restore order.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton was no better. “(T)he state’s monopoly on the legitimate use of violence needs to be respected,” she said.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Peskov called her comment “monstrous,” adding: “Our colleagues in the West are basically trying to justify the large numbers of murders we are seeing.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Moscow got thousands of Eastern Ukrainian calls for help, he said. “Desperate people call. They ask for help.” <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“The vast majority want Russia’s help. All these calls are reported to President Vladimir Putin.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Kramatorsk shares the eye of the storm. Ukrainian military forces attacked city residents. Right Sector thugs joined them. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Street fighting rages. Overnight Friday, at least 10 activists were killed. Dozens more were wounded.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Journalist Graham Phillips said all roads “in and out of Kramatorsk (are) blocked off.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
RT International<\/a><\/span>‘s Paula Slier said one resident told her “he heard (about) Right Sector (thugs) putting people on their knees and shooting them in (the) back of the head\u2026”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
She believes neo-Nazi thug Dmytro Yarosh is in Kramatorsk directing cold-blooded murder.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Two city checkpoints were destroyed. A TV tower was seized. Regime snipers atop buildings fire on city residents.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Street fighting rages. Civilians are being murdered in cold blood.  Coup-appointed Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said the operation’s “active phase” would continue on Saturday.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“We are not going to stop,” he added. A Donbas self-defense forces statement said:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“The security operation in Kramatorsk has resumed, snipers controlled by the Kiev government have occupied multi-story buildings and are firing from there.” <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“In addition, there is fighting on the town streets, involving the use of various weapons.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Casualties “are mainly civilians, who happened to be near the scene of fighting.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Donetsk regional cities are under attack. Activist Nikolai Solntsev said: <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“(F)ull mobilization (was) declared. Our security services are ready for full-scale military actions.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“We will mobilize our people today in the united people’s struggle resistance movement\u2026” It’s an ongoing struggle for freedom, he added.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Yasnogorka was attacked. It’s adjacent to Kramatorsk. An eye-witness said hostilities began late Friday.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Lights were turned off. “Shots (were) heard across the city. Signal rockets (lit) up the sky\u2026Peoples (said) the Ukrainian army is shooting at everything that moves right now.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Deaths and injuries were reported. Slavyansk hostilities continued. Self-defense forces headquarters was attacked.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Snipers target city residents indiscriminately. Odessa remains under attack. Lawless aggression defines official putschist policy.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Unarmed civilians are fair game. They’re being killed and injured in cold blood. Fighting shows no signs of abating.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Continuing it reveals fascism’s ugly face. Deaths and injuries mount. No end of conflict looms. Expect lots more deaths, injuries and suffering ahead.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Media scoundrels turned truth on its head. They ignored Kiev’s responsibility for dozens of deaths and injuries. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The New York Times<\/span><\/a> reported Odessa’s massacre irresponsibly, saying:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“Violence also erupted Friday in the previously calmer port city of Odessa, on the Black Sea, where dozens of people died in a fire related to clashes that broke out between protesters holding a march for Ukrainian unity and pro-Russian activists.” <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“Ukrainian and Russian news media showed images of buildings and debris burning, fire bombs being assembled and men armed with pistols.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
No mention of Right Sector thugs setting Odessa’s Trade Union House ablaze.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Nothing about their blocking ways out. Nothing about their brutally beating dozens managing to escape. Nothing about around two dozen hospitalized in serious condition.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Nothing about Kiev putschists responsibility. Nothing about Washington ordering them to unleash violence against Eastern Ukrainian activists.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The Washington Post<\/span><\/a> was no better. It turned truth on its head, saying: <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
On Friday, “Ukraine suffered its bloodiest day in nearly three months\u2026when the army launched its first major assault on a rebel stronghold and 34 killed in clashes between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian mobs in the Black Sea port city of Odessa.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“A pro-Ukrainian rally attended by thousands of soccer fans before a game Friday night was attacked by pro-Russian separatists.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: Ukraine’s military and Right Sector fascist thugs bear full responsibility for what’s happening.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: So-called Russian mobs are ordinary civilians.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: They’re activists fighting for freedom.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: They’ve been indiscriminately attacked.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: Hooligans and Right Sector thugs attacked freedom fighting self-defense forces.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: They’re Ukrainians.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: They’re civilians.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: They want Ukraine federalized.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: They want local autonomy.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: They want fundamental rights everyone deserves.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Don’t expect the Washington Post to explain.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/span> editors headlined “Ukraine Needs US Military aid,” saying:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“The battle for Ukraine is entering a dangerous new phase, as the Kiev government is finally making an attempt to regain control over its eastern cities from local thugs and Russian special forces.” <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“Is it too much to ask the US to offer the military means to help Ukraine keeps its own territory?”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Washington bears full responsibility for Ukraine’s violence. Journal editors irresponsibly blamed Putin.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
He wants to “disrupt his neighbor,” they said. He’s doing it as May 25 elections approached, they added.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
They’ll be farcical when held. They’ll have no legitimacy whatever.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“The Russian strongman wants to block the vote, or disrupt it enough so he can call it illegitimate,” said Journal editors.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“His Russian-sponsored fighters moved this week from smaller towns in eastern Ukraine\u2026”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: Kiev-deployed Right Sector thugs attacked unarmed civilians indiscriminately.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: They murdered dozens in cold blood.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: Ukraine’s military committed lawless aggression. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: It continues unabated.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: Unarmed civilians are shot.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: They’re murdered in cold blood.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Journal editors want US Washington-supplied military aid. They support lawless aggression. They consider civilians fair game.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
They ignored Odessa’s massacre. They turned a blind eye to Right Sector thugs shooting unarmed civilians in the back of the head.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
They’re mindless of fascism’s dark side. They expressed full support.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The Chicago Tribune<\/span><\/a> misreported on Odessa’s massacre, saying:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Its “riot\u2026ended in a deadly blaze in a trade union building\u2026”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
No mention of fascist Right Sector responsibility. Nothing about brutally beating unarmed civilians. Nothing about murdering them in cold blood.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Western countries blamed Russia “for stoking separatism and fear,” The Tribune said.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“Moscow could be planning to repeat its ‘annexation’ of Crimea in other parts of Ukraine,” it added.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
It turned truth on its head saying so. Tribune readers have no idea what’s going on.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Nor do US TV viewers. Their Ukrainian coverage blames victims for Kiev crimes. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Spin suppresses truth. Cold-blooded murder is called self-defense. Civilians are called “terrorists.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Military aggression is called defending Ukraine responsibly. Big Lies substitute for reality. CNN misreported. It’s “unclear how (the Odessa) fire began,” it claimed.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fox News blamed Russian special forces. Thousands of Eastern Ukrainians asked Putin for help. According to Fox News, they asked Kiev for protection against Russia.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Other cable channels and broadcasters reported similar Big Lies. They pointed fingers the wrong way. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
They’ve done so throughout months of conflict. They support right over wrong. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Western print and electronic media march in lockstep with imperial lawlessness. They support Kiev putschists.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
They’re propagandists. They masquerade as journalists. They turn truth on its head. They systematically lie to readers and views. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
They endorse what demands condemnation. They do it 24\/7 round-the clock. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The battle for Ukraine’s soul continues. No end of conflict looms. Expect worse than ever ahead. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Bloodbath in a dozen or more cities could follow. Don’t expect media scoundrels to explain accurately. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Expect Big Lies to repeat ad nauseam. Expect truth to be systematically buried.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
His new book is titled “Banker Occupation: Waging Financial War on Humanity.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanII.html<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
It airs three times weekly: live on Sundays at 1PM Central time plus two prerecorded archived programs. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.progressiveradionetwork.com\/the-progressive-news-hour<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Putin Blames West for Ukraine Conflict<\/b><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
by Stephen Lendman<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Washington bears full responsibility. Rogue EU partners share it. So do Kiev fascist putschists. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
They’re convenient US stooges. They mock legitimacy. State terrorism is official policy. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Washington fully supports it. Putin forthrightly condemns it. He represents responsible geopolitical leadership. He’s polar opposite Obama.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
His spokesman Dmitry Peskov released an official statement. It addressed Odessa’s massacre, saying:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“The authorities in Kiev not only bear direct responsibility, but are complicit in these criminal activities. Their arms are up to the elbows in blood.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Odessa reflects “the connivance of those who consider themselves the authority in Kiev.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“They allowed extremists and radicals to burn unarmed people alive. I stress that these people were unarmed.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Washington and rogue EU partners represent “the highest manifestation of cynicism.” <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“The people who justify this punitive operation are the same ones that did not allow the legitimate President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovich, to bring order to the country.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“In spite of consistent attempts to encourage dialogue, Russia has hit against provocation not only from Kiev, but also its Western sponsors.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Kiev putschists prevent any possibility for resolving things diplomatically, he added.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Obama outrageously called unrestrained violence “a move to restore order.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton was no better. “(T)he state’s monopoly on the legitimate use of violence needs to be respected,” she said.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Peskov called her comment “monstrous,” adding: “Our colleagues in the West are basically trying to justify the large numbers of murders we are seeing.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Moscow got thousands of Eastern Ukrainian calls for help, he said. “Desperate people call. They ask for help.” <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“The vast majority want Russia’s help. All these calls are reported to President Vladimir Putin.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Kramatorsk shares the eye of the storm. Ukrainian military forces attacked city residents. Right Sector thugs joined them. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Street fighting rages. Overnight Friday, at least 10 activists were killed. Dozens more were wounded.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Journalist Graham Phillips said all roads “in and out of Kramatorsk (are) blocked off.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
RT International<\/a><\/span>‘s Paula Slier said one resident told her “he heard (about) Right Sector (thugs) putting people on their knees and shooting them in (the) back of the head…”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
She believes neo-Nazi thug Dmytro Yarosh is in Kramatorsk directing cold-blooded murder.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Two city checkpoints were destroyed. A TV tower was seized. Regime snipers atop buildings fire on city residents.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Street fighting rages. Civilians are being murdered in cold blood.  Coup-appointed Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said the operation’s “active phase” would continue on Saturday.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“We are not going to stop,” he added. A Donbas self-defense forces statement said:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“The security operation in Kramatorsk has resumed, snipers controlled by the Kiev government have occupied multi-story buildings and are firing from there.” <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“In addition, there is fighting on the town streets, involving the use of various weapons.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Casualties “are mainly civilians, who happened to be near the scene of fighting.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Donetsk regional cities are under attack. Activist Nikolai Solntsev said: <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“(F)ull mobilization (was) declared. Our security services are ready for full-scale military actions.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“We will mobilize our people today in the united people’s struggle resistance movement…” It’s an ongoing struggle for freedom, he added.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Yasnogorka was attacked. It’s adjacent to Kramatorsk. An eye-witness said hostilities began late Friday.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Lights were turned off. “Shots (were) heard across the city. Signal rockets (lit) up the sky…Peoples (said) the Ukrainian army is shooting at everything that moves right now.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Deaths and injuries were reported. Slavyansk hostilities continued. Self-defense forces headquarters was attacked.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Snipers target city residents indiscriminately. Odessa remains under attack. Lawless aggression defines official putschist policy.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Unarmed civilians are fair game. They’re being killed and injured in cold blood. Fighting shows no signs of abating.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Continuing it reveals fascism’s ugly face. Deaths and injuries mount. No end of conflict looms. Expect lots more deaths, injuries and suffering ahead.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Media scoundrels turned truth on its head. They ignored Kiev’s responsibility for dozens of deaths and injuries. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The New York Times<\/span><\/a> reported Odessa’s massacre irresponsibly, saying:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“Violence also erupted Friday in the previously calmer port city of Odessa, on the Black Sea, where dozens of people died in a fire related to clashes that broke out between protesters holding a march for Ukrainian unity and pro-Russian activists.” <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“Ukrainian and Russian news media showed images of buildings and debris burning, fire bombs being assembled and men armed with pistols.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
No mention of Right Sector thugs setting Odessa’s Trade Union House ablaze.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Nothing about their blocking ways out. Nothing about their brutally beating dozens managing to escape. Nothing about around two dozen hospitalized in serious condition.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Nothing about Kiev putschists responsibility. Nothing about Washington ordering them to unleash violence against Eastern Ukrainian activists.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The Washington Post<\/span><\/a> was no better. It turned truth on its head, saying: <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
On Friday, “Ukraine suffered its bloodiest day in nearly three months…when the army launched its first major assault on a rebel stronghold and 34 killed in clashes between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian mobs in the Black Sea port city of Odessa.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“A pro-Ukrainian rally attended by thousands of soccer fans before a game Friday night was attacked by pro-Russian separatists.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: Ukraine’s military and Right Sector fascist thugs bear full responsibility for what’s happening.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: So-called Russian mobs are ordinary civilians.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: They’re activists fighting for freedom.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: They’ve been indiscriminately attacked.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: Hooligans and Right Sector thugs attacked freedom fighting self-defense forces.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: They’re Ukrainians.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: They’re civilians.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: They want Ukraine federalized.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: They want local autonomy.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: They want fundamental rights everyone deserves.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Don’t expect the Washington Post to explain.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/span> editors headlined “Ukraine Needs US Military aid,” saying:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“The battle for Ukraine is entering a dangerous new phase, as the Kiev government is finally making an attempt to regain control over its eastern cities from local thugs and Russian special forces.” <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“Is it too much to ask the US to offer the military means to help Ukraine keeps its own territory?”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Washington bears full responsibility for Ukraine’s violence. Journal editors irresponsibly blamed Putin.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
He wants to “disrupt his neighbor,” they said. He’s doing it as May 25 elections approached, they added.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
They’ll be farcical when held. They’ll have no legitimacy whatever.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“The Russian strongman wants to block the vote, or disrupt it enough so he can call it illegitimate,” said Journal editors.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“His Russian-sponsored fighters moved this week from smaller towns in eastern Ukraine…”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: Kiev-deployed Right Sector thugs attacked unarmed civilians indiscriminately.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: They murdered dozens in cold blood.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: Ukraine’s military committed lawless aggression. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: It continues unabated.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: Unarmed civilians are shot.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fact: They’re murdered in cold blood.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Journal editors want US Washington-supplied military aid. They support lawless aggression. They consider civilians fair game.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
They ignored Odessa’s massacre. They turned a blind eye to Right Sector thugs shooting unarmed civilians in the back of the head.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
They’re mindless of fascism’s dark side. They expressed full support.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The Chicago Tribune<\/span><\/a> misreported on Odessa’s massacre, saying:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Its “riot…ended in a deadly blaze in a trade union building…”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
No mention of fascist Right Sector responsibility. Nothing about brutally beating unarmed civilians. Nothing about murdering them in cold blood.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Western countries blamed Russia “for stoking separatism and fear,” The Tribune said.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“Moscow could be planning to repeat its ‘annexation’ of Crimea in other parts of Ukraine,” it added.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
It turned truth on its head saying so. Tribune readers have no idea what’s going on.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Nor do US TV viewers. Their Ukrainian coverage blames victims for Kiev crimes. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Spin suppresses truth. Cold-blooded murder is called self-defense. Civilians are called “terrorists.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Military aggression is called defending Ukraine responsibly. Big Lies substitute for reality. CNN misreported. It’s “unclear how (the Odessa) fire began,” it claimed.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fox News blamed Russian special forces. Thousands of Eastern Ukrainians asked Putin for help. According to Fox News, they asked Kiev for protection against Russia.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Other cable channels and broadcasters reported similar Big Lies. They pointed fingers the wrong way. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
They’ve done so throughout months of conflict. They support right over wrong. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Western print and electronic media march in lockstep with imperial lawlessness. They support Kiev putschists.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
They’re propagandists. They masquerade as journalists. They turn truth on its head. They systematically lie to readers and views. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
They endorse what demands condemnation. They do it 24\/7 round-the clock. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The battle for Ukraine’s soul continues. No end of conflict looms. Expect worse than ever ahead. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Bloodbath in a dozen or more cities could follow. Don’t expect media scoundrels to explain accurately. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Expect Big Lies to repeat ad nauseam. Expect truth to be systematically buried.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
His new book is titled “Banker Occupation: Waging Financial War on Humanity.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanII.html<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
It airs three times weekly: live on Sundays at 1PM Central time plus two prerecorded archived programs. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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