Posted on 01/19/2017 4:26:57 AM PST by HomerBohn
Moscow, Russia During a press conference in Moscow, on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin weighed in on the ongoing power struggle taking place in the U.S. in the lead up to the transition of power in Washington, D.C. on January 20 going so far as to call it a soft coup.
(Watch Putin warning video at link)
Putin was direct in his interpretation of events that are currently transpiring in the U.S., noting that he sees the same forces currently at work in America, as were behind the 2014 soft coup in Ukraine. That coup began under the auspices of peaceful protests, but strategically devolved into a violent confrontation that saw Viktor Yanukovych pushed from power in Ukraine.
I have an impression they practiced in Kiev and are ready to organize a Maidan in Washington, just to not let Trump take office, Putin said, referring to the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine that led to the ouster of the countrys pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych, in February 2014.
The Euromaidan was used by the West as an opportunity to pull Ukraine from the Russian sphere of influence and into a pro-Western economic and security paradigm under the guise of supporting democratic freedom and fighting corruption. This resulted in an internal conflict of identities within Ukrainian society.
Over the course of the three months that the protests took place, conflict solidarity was seen rising on both sides, as well as clear indications of mobilization by both groups, with sporadic episodes of violence and occupation. After months of Independence Square being occupied by protestors, the tragic events of February 20, 2014, which left over 70 dead, drastically changed the trajectory of the conflict and served as a conflict trigger event that would begin a multilevel conflict action, with the massacre eventually leading to the deposing of the Yanukovych government.
While there is almost wholesale acceptance amongst the Western academics, media, and governments, that the mass killing of protestors was undertaken by Berkut special police and government snipers, due to this narratives promotion by the post-Yanukovych government, the evidence underpinning these conclusions is scant at best.
A detailed academic investigation by Ivan Katchanovski reveals that these events were actually a false flag operation, which was planned and operationalized with the intent of overthrowing the Yanukovych government by an alliance of ultra-nationalist organizations, such as Right Sector and Svoboda, and oligarchic parties, specifically Fatherland. Additional evidence indicates that the U.S. was already actively planning the creation of a new Ukrainian government as evidenced by the leaked audio of a conversation between Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State Victoria Nuland and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt.
Putin made note that there is an intense behind the scenes political struggle underway in the US, adding that there are certain forces that aim to undermine the legitimacy of the president-elect.
We are witnessing an ongoing acute political struggle in the US, whose task is to undermine the legitimacy of the president-elect, Putin said, according to the Russian news agency Interfax.
There has been a concerted effort undertaken by elements of the neocon/liberal interventionists (military industrial complex), Clintonites and their mass media allies (Podesta, Wapo, CNN, etc.), the Obama administration and their cronies in the security services (Obama, Brennen, etc.) to delegitimize and undermine President-Elect Trumps stated foreign policy plans regarding Russia.
Putin sees these anti-Trump forces in the U.S. attempting to bind hand and foot the newly-elected leader, with the clear aim of these forces being to interfere with the domestic and international policies outlined by Trump during his presidential campaign.
These western elites attempting to dictate public policy from the shadows severely harm US interests, Putin said, adding The media frenzy surrounding Trump speaks of the degradation of US political elites.
Putin, who noted that he had never met Trump, said he hoped the US and Russia could eventually reset their troubled relations, adding he has no reasons to attack or defend him.
I dont know Mr. Trump personally, I have never met him and dont know what he will do on the international arena. So I have no grounds to attack him or criticize him for anything, or protect him or whatever, Putin said.
While there are certainly a large number of issues to take with the Trump presidency, like the wall, his crony corporate cabinet, etc., advocating for peace with Russia is positively a beneficial one.
It is also important to note that Putin is no angel either. However, he is actively campaigning for deescalation of conflict and has remained uncannily calm as NATO troops amass along the Russian border, which, again, is a beneficial issue.
When you come to understand the vast interconnectedness of the political parties (DNC & GOP), as simple vessels for the corporate security state, you realize the unique threat Trumps stated plans of rapprochement with the Russians presents to the deep state and military industrial complex, which relies on the Russian threat as the driving force for big budget military expenditures.
For example, the U.S. just began a trillion dollar upgrade of its nuclear arsenal. What is the reason? Well, of course, its due to maintaining nuclear parity with Russia, thus less tension with Russia equates to less money for the armaments industry. The war on terror was determined to not be lucrative enough, in terms of big budget defense items, thus a pivot back to the evil Russia narrative as it allows for more F-35s, tanks, and nukes.
These hidden forces are doing everything they can to continue to paint Russia as the enemy, with little regard for the real world implications of their imperialist policies (nuclear war), as a means of using fear to fleece the American taxpayers out of trillions of dollars.
President Eisenhower, in his farewell address, warned of the dangers of the influence of the weapons and armaments industry and their corrupting influence on the fabric of American freedom. Without question, the warning of Eisenhower has fully come to fruition with the deep state/political soft coup against Trump.
Regardless of how much one despises Trump, the inherent danger of allowing shadowy forces to dictate public policy from behind the veil of secrecy is dangerous to the very existence of the United States, as Eisenhower warned and is exponentially more dangerous than any politician including Trump.
I agree mostly with what you posted. I do have a problem with the idea that the GOPe/Dems agree that we need Russia as our enemy in order to prop up the so-called ‘military-industrial complex’. That ‘complex’ has been DECIMATED over the past two decades by both parties, and what we have left is are fragments of what we had during the Cold War. But I DEFINITELY AGREE that the neocons seem to think that we can antagonize and prod Russia, without any forward-deployed military to speak of (i.e., half a dozen tanks launched from Poland likely won’t make it to Moscow, much less threaten Putin), nor is any military build-up going on the background on our side. Instead they are seeming think that Putin would simply take our prodding and provocations and suck it up, as Yeltsin did when we attacked his allies in Yugoslavia. But there’s a limit to that. The Russian military is MUCH STRONGER than it was in the 1990s, as it has been thoroughly modernized...and our military has been left to rot during that same time...eventually there will be little risk for Putin to answer back one of our provocations - given the path we were on.
Having said all that, expect the neocons here to blast us, and again tell us we are being paid by Russia (even though 98% of my 20,000 posts here have nothing to do with Russia, and I don’t need their money) - using the DNC excuse of Russian intervention seems to be the only thing left in their playbook these days.
Come on, Putin never said that he wants to recreate the USSR, nor is he a Communist. There is a quote where he said that the collapse of the USSR was a disaster, but from the perspective of Soviet citizens, it absolutely was...it plunged their nation into a decade of darkness and uncertainty that was unmatched, probably since Stalin. It was Putin himself who led the new Russian Federation out of the darkness and into the light of being a civilized, modern country.
Interesting that you should insert the Tea Party as a group that would have possibly started a civil war.
this opposition of today is far different than oppositions of the past....and you know it!
I believe Putin would take action if something horrendous takes place tomorrow.
There won’t be a bloody coup.
They prefer impeachement.
Me too. I’m old but ready, willing, and predominately able.
“The wall of meat says otherwise...”
Not to mention, a Wall of Lead that would follow any breakthrough of the Wall of Meat.
The “impeachment” can be a kind of soft coup.
Interesting that you take my analogy of the Tea Party as a serious example. The whole idea was to demonstrate the absurdity of the stories and situations.
Try thinking about what you read. And not simply reacting.
Russia has an arrest warrant out for Soros
If they are serious about putting a crimp in this nonsense of globalists billionaires funding anarchist movements and overthrowing elected officials - they could enforce it
It would be a start
It would be nice to think so but watch out for people wearing purple
Just sayin they already have this one named
FWIW, I seem to remember Russia did give prior warning to the US about the Boston Marathon bombers.
Why use the Tea Party as an analogy if you aren’t contemptuous of it? It was and is not, as you say, absurd.
I havent seen a single person in Purple dress of whom I would be afraid.
They would shoot themselves in the foot before they could get a pistol out of the holster.
Oh I can just imagine how the next 4 years are going to go, “Trump sneezed! Impeach him! Trump jaywalked! Impeach him! Trump littered! Impeach him! “ The left are just scum of the earth, if their criminal bitch was elected they would be praising her as the savior of all mankind while she spent 100% of her time lining her pockets while the country went to hell, but Trump doing good will be fought against every step of the way.
“Arab Spring”?
An Obama creation from hell. Died a quick death, was clear it was not supported by masses.
I went to DC a few years ago for “American Spring”. It was stillborn. I hated the name at that time, was praying for a Great American Awakening instead. When I got there it appeared someone had warned the constructive element away. There was evidence of Homeland Security monitoring, but ony at one point did the goose step crowd show their face in protective mode.
Was there for about 3 hours, totally unimpressed with how it played out.
Now tomorrow. If the left is smart, they will stay away. Nobody expects them to be smart. I saw the Bikers for Trump in Wilmington NC at the campaign rally. They took it seriously, it was totally smooth. Not a single anti-eventer present. Went great.
I expect tomorrow to be the same way. But it only takes 1 crazy to prove me wrong.
It is called using the absurd to make a point.
The article is referring to those on the left who are disrupting things.
I use an example of a crowd from the right and make the supposition that we “should” have seen the same behavior.
But we did not.
If you could think for yourself you would understand the point and the technique. But you probably don’t “get” satire either. And you are constantly amazed at the things people laugh at.
There is one thing this election has shown, it is, that, the elites are the least likely to let govern.
They don’t need to carry pistols
They use their wealth and influence to surround themselves with purchased armies and intelligence agencies armed with deadly weapons and people with no qualms about using them on U.S. citizens
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