NATO, West Is The Biggest Threat Of Our Existence, Says Russia; Ready to Use Precision Weapons Versus US, Allies - By Esther Tanquintic-Misa - http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/577186/20141227/nato-threat-russia-weapons-u-s-ukraine.htm#.VKLcreeC
Just days after Ukraine re-signified strong intentions to join NATO, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned to cut whatever remaining ties, saying the Atlantic military alliance is the biggest threat to its existence. Suffice to say, Mr Putin hinted he will not back down in using conventional weapons, if needed, to thwart attempts of foreign aggression versus Russia.
In a 29-page document that he signed on Friday, Russia's been given the authority to use precision weapons "as part of strategic deterrent measures." The document was an updated version of the 2010 document, which said that Russia could employ nuclear weapons in the event a country and its allies hurls the same against it. The latest document did not detail how and when Russia will get to use the precision weapons, which could include ground-to-ground missiles, air- and submarine-launched cruise missiles, guided bombs and artillery shells, among others.
"A build-up of NATO military potential and its empowerment with global functions implemented is in violation of international law, as well as the expansion of NATO's military infrastructure to the Russian borders," the document said. It added the deployment and installation of foreign military forces on the territory of Russia's neighbors could be used for "political and military pressure."
Mr Putin said NATO is using Ukraine into a "frontline of confrontation." On Tuesday, Ukraine renounced its neutral status, effectively sending signals of strong intentions to join NATO, further fuelling Russia's anger. NATO has already boosted its military presence in eastern Europe after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula in March.
Observers believed Moscow modified the document in response to the U.S.' Prompt Global Strike program, which enables it to launch deadly precision weapons to just about any target in the world in as little as an hour. But Alexander Konovalov, a Moscow-based independent military expert, believed Moscow could be already building new weapons when it mentioned using precision conventional weapons as a "strategic deterrent."
"It may mean the development of weapons systems, which would make it impossible for NATO to plan a surprise first strike, because it would draw a powerful retaliation," he told AP. "It would allow (Russia) to enforce its will on the enemy without using nuclear warheads."
Mr Putin also maintained in the document that Russia's interests in the Arctic must be strongly protected. Competition for the region's massive natural resources have also been escalating as the Arctic ice continues to melt due to global warming. The region is bounded by Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the U.S. It holds 30 percent of the world's undiscovered natural gas, 20 percent its liquefied natural gas, along with 15 percent of oil, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Ukraine's intentions to join NATO, however, is dependent if it meets the latter's criteria. "Should Ukraine decide to apply for NATO membership, NATO will assess its readiness to join the Alliance in the same way as with any candidate. This is an issue between NATO and the individual countries aspiring to membership," Reuters quoted an unidentified NATO official on Friday.
This Is How Much Russians Hate America... - By Michael Snyder - http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/this-is-how-much-russians-hate-america
In Russia, shopping malls are putting out American flag doormats for people to wipe their feet on, and there are stores that are selling toilet paper with the American flag imprinted on it. Surveys show that Russian attitudes toward the U.S. are now even worse than they were during the end of the Cold War, and ordinary Russians are blaming America for everything from the overthrow of the Ukrainian government to the collapse of the ruble. The Russian government has just authorized a new military doctrine which identifies the United States as a top threat, and commentators on Russian television are using extremely strong language to condemn the United States. In fact, one of the most prominent Russian commentators has referred to the United States as "the kingdom of the Antichrist". To the Russians, a new Cold War has erupted, and they very clearly view the United States as enemy number one. But in the U.S., things are completely different. Most Americans feel absolutely no animosity toward Russians or their government. And most Americans do not consider Russia to be a "threat" whatsoever. In this country, "the Cold War" is a relic from the past, and our relationship with Russia is very low on the list of political issues. Most people seem to feel that the current tension between the U.S. and Russia is a temporary thing that will fade away eventually. Nobody is making Russian flag doormats or selling toilet paper with Russian flags on it. So most Americans have a really hard time grasping what is going on inside Russia right now. Even if they have heard about how much Russians hate us, they don't really understand how this could be possible. And most Americans have no idea that the Russians even have a special derogatory word for us now. The following is an excerpt from a recent New York Observer article... If you talk to a Russian about the international political situation, sooner or later you will be informed that there is a country in North America that you never heard of. Its name is 'Pindosia,' 'Pindostan' or, more officially, 'United States of Pindostan,' and you will be told that one part of it, called Alaska , used to belong to Russia . Part of the word - 'stan' - stands for underdeveloped state, as in ' Pakistan ', ' Kazakhstan ' or ' Uzbekistan.' The citizens of this country in plural form are called 'pindoses', in singular - 'pindos'. So exactly what is a "pindos"? Personally, I found the definition to be quite surprising... The word 'pindos' in Russian is highly offensive, and defines a helpless creature that is a product of a very bad educational system, one who can survive in this world only with the help of different gadgets. The animosity that Russians have for the United States runs very deep, and it has been growing over time. In fact, back in the 1990s, 80 percent of Russians actually had a positive attitude toward America... Today, according to the respected Moscow 'Levada Center,' which measures political sentiment in Russian society, 74% of Russians have negative feelings towards the USA . It hasn't always been like this - in the 1990s, 80% had positive attitude toward America. Right now 76% of Russians hate Obama personally and only meager 2% like him. In 2009 only 12 % of Russians had extremely negative feelings towards Obama. What a difference a couple of decades makes. Today, anti-American sentiment is everywhere. This is especially true in Moscow. As I mentioned above, you can now find American flag doormats outside of shopping malls and business establishments... Russian business owners are using American flags as doormats as resentment over U.S. economic sanctions puts the squeeze on traders. Customers have been filmed wiping their feet on the fabled stars and stripes as they enter and exit stores across Moscow, as struggling retailers take a hopeless swipe at their Cold War adversaries. Posted below is video footage that shows one example of this phenomenon... http://youtu.be/2UYeojsTR9Q And as economic conditions get even worse in Russia, this anti-American sentiment will continue to grow. At this point it doesn't even matter if Americans are really to blame for something or not. If something goes wrong, the finger will be pointed at the United States. This includes the staggering decline in the price of oil. Many Russians are firmly convinced that a U.S./Saudi conspiracy is behind it. Even Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be buying into this line of thinking... "We all see the lowering of oil prices. There's lots of talk about what's causing it. Could it be an agreement between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia to punish Iran and affect the economies of Russia and Venezuela? It could." And of course it isn't just the Russians that are thinking this way. As Mike Whitney recently pointed out, other prominent world leaders are also blaming the U.S. and Saudi Arabia for the oil price crash... Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro seems to think so. In a recent interview that appeared in Reuters, Maduro said he thought the United States and Saudi Arabia wanted to drive down oil prices "to harm Russia." Bolivian President Evo Morales agrees with Maduro and told journalists at RT that: "The reduction in oil prices was provoked by the US as an attack on the economies of Venezuela and Russia. In the face of such economic and political attacks, the nations must be united." Most Americans simply do not understand that anti-American sentiment is running extremely high all over the globe right now. A few decades ago, the United States was one of the most loved nations on the entire planet. Now it is one of the most hated. When it comes to foreign policy, Barack Obama has made mistake after mistake and he has been alienating lots of people. And as far as the Russians are concerned, the era of "friendship" with the United States is long gone. The trust that had been established between the two governments is totally broken, and they now consider us to be their number one strategic enemy. So what does this mean for our future?
Can Russia's Vladimir Putin help deliver a Palestinian state?
Russia has finally found a lever with which to gain revenge on the United States and the West for its support for Ukraine. As payback for the painful sanctions imposed on its economy, Moscow is now brandishing a new diplomatic sword. The man who handed the Kremlin this sword on a silver platter, thereby enabling it to divert the world's attention away from what is taking place in Ukraine, is none other than Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Out of total desperation given the near-zero chance of gaining UN Security Council approval of a draft mandating an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, Abbas has now turned to Russia, one of the five permanent members of the UNSC, in hopes that it will help Ramallah advance the draft resolution. "How didn't we think of this before?" Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov must be thinking to himself. "Here's an excellent issue to play with in the UN with which to drive the Americans crazy." Lavrov seems downright jovial in the photograph showing him receiving veteran Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat during the latter's visit to Moscow. For his part, Erekat looks as if he has hit the jackpot - an alliance with Russia, a dream come true for the Palestinian people. Both men, however, are fooling each other and themselves. In truth, Russian support for the Palestinian draft resolution won't contribute an iota to advancing the document in the Security Council. Lavrov, who once served as Moscow's envoy to the UN, knows this full well. In the three years since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, Russia has consistently thwarted every attempt by the Security Council to pass a resolution with the aim of removing Bashar Assad from power in Damascus. The Russians even torpedoed strictly declarative, nonbinding, and symbolic resolutions put forward by the US and the Europeans who sought to condemn the Assad regime. The Americans don't like seeing the Security Council involve itself with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a portfolio that Washington views as its exclusive domain. One doesn't need to be an expert in international relations to guess how the Americans would react to a Russian bid to push forward a Security Council draft paper on the Palestinian question, particularly after US Secretary of State John Kerry has also gone on record as stating that the proposed resolution is unacceptable. What does Moscow gain from all this? It buys time - two, perhaps three days during which the UN doesn't talk about Ukraine. That's quite a shabby gain for a country that seeks to solidify its standing as a world power. The Palestinians, meanwhile, are shooting themselves in the foot. Not only have they angered Washington with their obstinacy, insisting on submitting the draft paper for a vote, but now they are perceived by the Obama administration as courting Vladimir Putin, a US adversary. Ramallah wants guarantees from a Russia that is barely hanging on economically due to Western sanctions. Decades ago, Israel's ambassador to the UN, Abba Eban, said of the Palestinians: "They never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity." Now it seems they have stepped up their diplomatic game. Abbas and his cohorts in the Palestinian leadership have intentionally created an opportunity - a UNSC draft resolution and an appeal to Russia - that they will not miss. Russia plotting to start war on Israel - Aaron Klein - http://www.wnd.com/2014/12/official-russia-plotting-to-start-war-on-israel/ Plan includes shipping missiles to terrorist groups Russia is preparing a contingency plan to prompt Hezbollah and possibly the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad into a direct military conflict with Israel, according to a French official who has been apprised of the situation. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the contingency was meant to be used as a card against the West, particularly the U.S. and European Union, which has been engaged in efforts to isolate Moscow. This past week, the U.S. and E.U. adapted tighter sanctions on the Russian economy, including restrictions on investments in the Crimea, with emphasis on Russian Black Sea oil and gas exploration and tourism. The official said there is information Russia in recent weeks successfully shipped to Hezbollah a large convoy of Iskandar ballistic missiles and surface-to-air missiles. The missiles were received, despite Israel's alleged airstrikes in Syria targeting Russian-shipped weapons earlier this month, the official said. The official said Russia has not made any decision about agitating a Hezbollah attack on Israel, but views a possible conflict in the Mideast as a card it can play in its confrontation with the West, particularly in Ukraine. Earlier this month, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem traveled to Russia to meet with the country's president, Vladimir Putin, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi. WND reported at the time that according to a source in Assad's regime, Putin and Lavrov assured Moualem that Russia "won't stand for" any Western attack on Assad and that the Russians pledged "support" and "protection" to the Assad regime. That pledge came amid pressure from Turkey and Saudi Arabia on the Obama administration to expand the fight against ISIS in Syria to also target Assad's forces. |
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