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G_j

(40,366 posts)
Mon Dec 1, 2014, 06:56 PM Dec 2014

Dennis Kucinich: No to War, Hot or Cold, with Russia

Dear Friend,
US - Russia relations have deteriorated severely in the past decade and they are about to get worse, if the House passes H. Res. 758.

NATO encirclement, the US-backed coup in Ukraine, an attempt to use an agreement with the European Union to bring NATO into Ukraine at the Russian border, a US nuclear first-strike policy, are all policies which attempt to substitute force for diplomacy.

Russia’s response to the terror unleashed by western-backed neo-nazis in Crimea and Odessa came after the local population appealed to Russia to protect them from the violence. Russia then agreed to Crimea joining the Russian Federation, a reaffirmation of an historic relationship.

The Western press begins its narrative on the Crimea situation with the annexation, but completely ignores the provocations by the West and other causal factors which resulted in the annexation. This distortion of reality is artificially creating an hysteria about Russian aggressiveness, another distortion which could pose an exceptionally dangerous situation for the world, if acted upon by other nations. The US Congress is responding to the distortions, not to the reality.

Similar distortions are developing now in the coverage of events in the eastern part of Ukraine, in Donetsk and Luhansk.

Tensions between Russia and the US are being fueled every day by players who would benefit financially from a resumption of the Cold War which, from 1948 to 1991 cost US taxpayers $20 TRILLION dollars (in 2014 dollars), an amount exceeding our $18 trillion National Debt.

With wars re-igniting in Afghanistan and Iraq, and Syria being a staging ground for an ongoing proxy war between the great powers, the US treasury is being drained for military adventures, our national debt is piling up, and we are demonstrably less safe.

Tomorrow the US House will debate and vote on H. Res. 758 which is tantamount to a ‘Declaration of Cold War’ against Russia, reciting a host of grievances, old and new, against Russia which represent complaints that Russia could well make against the US, given our nation’s most recent military actions: Violating territorial integrity, violations of international law, violations of nuclear arms agreements.

Congress’ solution? Restart the Cold War!

The resolution demands Russia to be isolated and for “the President, in consultation with Congress, to conduct a review of the force posture, readiness and responsibilities of United States Armed Forces and the forces of other members of NATO to determine if the contributions and actions of each are sufficient to meet the obligations of collective self-defense [my emphasis] under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, and to specify the measures needed to remedy any deficiencies...” In other words, ‘let’s get ready for war with Russia.’

This is exactly the type of sabre rattling which led to the initiation and escalation of the Cold War. It is time we demanded that the US employ diplomacy, not more military expenditures, in the quest for international order.

It is time the US stepped out of this expensive dialectic of conflict and seek to rebuild diplomatic relations with Russia and set aside the risky adventurism in the name of NATO.

If you agree, please contact your congressperson today, 202-224-3121, and ask them to vote against H. Res. 758.

Sincerely,

Dennis
@Dennis_Kucinich
www.facebook.com/Dennis.kucinich

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Dennis Kucinich: No to War, Hot or Cold, with Russia (Original Post) G_j Dec 2014 OP
What a pathetic bootlicker he is. Went to Syria to pimp Assad geek tragedy Dec 2014 #1
so I take it you support H. Res. 758 nt G_j Dec 2014 #3
No. But Kucinich makes the worst case possible geek tragedy Dec 2014 #4
Poor innocent Vlad! He apparently does no sabre-rattling of his own! Hekate Dec 2014 #2
He sounds like Henry Wallace naively pimping Stalin in the late 40s. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #5
K&R Thank you, Dennis Kucinich, for pointing out woo me with science Dec 2014 #6
Russia isn't Iraq or Libya or Afghanistan lovuian Dec 2014 #7
 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
1. What a pathetic bootlicker he is. Went to Syria to pimp Assad
Mon Dec 1, 2014, 07:05 PM
Dec 2014

as a great leader, and now vomiting up talking points from Russian state media, including actively justifying Russian militarism and imperialism.

Certainly earning his place on Fox News.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
4. No. But Kucinich makes the worst case possible
Mon Dec 1, 2014, 07:32 PM
Dec 2014

against it.

"Don't needlessly antagonize Russia" is a good argument.

"Russia's rightwing fascist government is morally righteous and we are evil" is not.

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)
6. K&R Thank you, Dennis Kucinich, for pointing out
Tue Dec 2, 2014, 01:25 AM
Dec 2014

Last edited Tue Dec 2, 2014, 02:03 AM - Edit history (1)

the stirring. We must not forget that we live in a nation with a government now nearly wholly purchased by an elite who profit from war and "defense."

Seeing clearly in America in 2014 requires not only considering the propaganda of other countries, but realizing that our own vastly expanding propaganda machine is on the job right here in America, that it's increasingly targeted directly at us by our own government, that and it is probably the best-funded in the world.

lovuian

(19,362 posts)
7. Russia isn't Iraq or Libya or Afghanistan
Tue Dec 2, 2014, 01:34 AM
Dec 2014

or Syria or Vietnam or South American countries

it has nuclear bombs and high tech and a large Military

and Sara Palin can wave to them

Now Russia and China are buddies

A war with Russia won't be like anything we have ever experienced because it would be a WWIII and chances are China will be their ally
not ours

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