I think this is a fascinating article in the International Spiegel. How could it come to these ‘misunderstandings’ between Europe and Russia? There is a war in the Ukraine now. Why?
About the War in Ukraine
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It’s all a game, Aunty. And these big guys have chosen to play it in the Ukraine.
Yes, Mary-Ann. I am also very worried about tensions in he Middle East.
I reckon we do need desperately some genuine peace makers.
Yes, but the only way for it to work is if there is a genuine desire/need to compromise and meet halfway.
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Einen schönen Freitag liebe Ute ja die Jungs brauchen was zu spielen ist aber schlimm mit den Krieg zu spielen sie sollen mal lieber was für Arme Menschen tun.Wünsche dir ein gutes Wochenende und einen schönen ersten Advent lieber Gruß Gislindehttps://zitroneblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/weihnachtsstern_0001.gif
Das ist eine gute Idee, liebe Gislinde, die Jungs sollten lieber was für arme Menschen tun! Wünsche dir auch einen recht schönen ersten Advent. 🙂
Greetings from Australia,
Uta
Tough to think of lives and livelihoods getting caught up in the power struggle. Great link.
I hope, Renee, that this power struggle can eventually lead to a lasting peace. Thanks for commenting!
You should really have a look at this article, which describes what was really a fascist coup the US instigated to overturn Ukraine’s democratically elected government to install fascist pro-US, pro-EU government. The US State Department spent more than $5 billion to make this happen: http://consortiumnews.com/2014/02/23/neocons-and-the-ukraine-coup/
Thank you very much, Stuart, for this link to this article about what happened in the Ukraine.
It says in this article:
” . . . . Obama, with only a few exceptions, has been unwilling to
confront the hardliners or even fully articulate his foreign policy vision publicly.”
Robert Parry writes in the first paragraph the following:
“More than five years into his presidency, Barack Obama has failed to take full control over his foreign policy, allowing a bureaucracy shaped by long years of Republican control and spurred on by a neocon-dominated U.S. news media to frustrate many of his efforts to redirect America’s approach to the world in a more peaceful direction.”
It seems to me that for as long as the neocons dominate all the decision making in the US we do hope in vain for a more peaceful world.
In the article is something about Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Victoria Nuland and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt,:
“Nuland also favored the UN as mediator over the European Union, at which point in the conversation she exclaimed, “Fuck the E.U.” to which
Pyatt responded, “Oh, exactly …” ‘