miercuri, 12 martie 2014

Offensive propaganda

The Ukrainean crisis showed that Russia uses the same rethoric as Soviet Union.
During communist times, it complained that it was attacked by fascists, payed by the west.
When Soviet Union, was accused about sending people in Gulag and in prison, Kremlin pinpointed to the oppressed Afro-Americans from ghetto's and their lack of rights.
Soviets were accused of having a police state, they pinpointed that the streets in West are filled with drug addicts.
(I wonder what is their excuse fot invasion of Latvia,Lithuania and Estonia, the 3 small Baltic countries who were never a threat to Soviet Union/Russia, and they were eager to cooperate with them, but they were invaded, and as bonus half of population sent to Siberia, in 1939.)

Now if Kremlin is accused of supporting with military separatism movements in Ukraine, it shouts that the West supports the Maidan fascists protestors.

When you speak with them about Crimean separatism, they tell you that Kosovo separation was supported by USA.

When Liz Wahl the RT anchor resigned live because she cannot whitewash the acts of Putin, she was accused that she works for US government, and/or she acted in her self interest.
Are you accusing RT as TV station funded by Russian government to spread lies? The corporate America also spread lies using it's TV stations.


Russia propaganda tries to minimize  it's actions comparing it with the one of US, saying something like: "If big powers like US are allowed to invade countries, why Russia is not allowed?"


USA used force to impose their puppet government, and defend their interests, but they don't try to add new territories to USA, or to change the ethnic fabric of the nations how the Russians are still doing it.
USA wants economical exploitation, Russia wants economical exploitation, land annexation,language change and possible deportation.
Because of that you cannot compare Irak with Ukraine. US invaded Irak because they had some interest there. But they didn't tried to annex it, to change the language from arabc to english or to convert to Christianity the Muslims.
Meanwhile in Transnistria, Russian enclave within Moldavia republic, Russian language and cyirillic alfabet is used despite the fact that most people from Moldova speak Romanian and use Latin language.The romanian teachers are harassed.
Also Kremlin used the Russian Orthodox priests as foot soldier in gaining influence. If West pays NGO in Russia, Russia pays Russian orthodox priests to promote their ideas.

Putting aside the justification of big powers for their actions, the small countries will be always poker chips for big powers. Their only chance is to be united against big powers.Romania,Slovakia and Hungary should put aside ethnic conflicts, and cooperate with other nations to defend against Russian influence.


The salvation from Russia doesn't come from distant America, but from an united Europe.
Europe has the interest to keep Putin away, what is need it is the strength, and resolution to do it.

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