by Morley Evans
If one looks at the facts, one will see that it is the "bad guys" who have always made the first move toward detente and peace. That includes Stalin and even Hitler.
For example, it was Khrushchev who initiated secret talks with Kennedy. Soviet missiles in Cuba countered U.S. missiles in Turkey. After the 'Cuban Missile Crisis', both Soviet and American missile installations were removed.
Kennedy was assassinated.
Gorbachev extended an olive branch to Reagan; The Cold War ended; Yeltsin became Clinton's stooge. Washington restarted the Cold War after Putin took charge. Washington blamed Russia, of course.
A few years ago, an exasperated Putin in a meeting with leading European journalists — who, like all American journalists who have jobs, are bought and paid for by the CIA — "I don't know how to get through to you people," he exclaimed.
Putin spent almost twenty years being the nice guy. Increased American aggression was Putin's reward. Washington's Deep State never gives up. They can't. Finally, Putin has said to Washington, "Are you ready for another 'Cuban Missile Crisis'? We are!"
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| Russians in Caracas |
Russia throws down the gauntlet to the US on Venezuela
By MK Bhadrakumar
March 28, 2019 "Information Clearing House" - The Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova acknowledged in Moscow on Tuesday that Russian “specialists” are indeed in Venezuela within the ambit of a 2001 military-technical cooperation agreement with Caracas. Zakharova underscored that Russia’s bilateral military cooperation with Venezuela is in accordance with the latter’s constitution and has legal underpinning, which “doesn’t require any additional approval from the (opposition-controlled) National Assembly of Venezuela.”
This followed media reports that two Russian air force planes landed at Caracas on Saturday carrying Vasily Tonkoshkurov, chief of staff of the ground forces with nearly 100 military personnel and some 35 tonnes of material. An unnamed official at the Russian embassy in Caracas told the Sputnik that the Russian personnel had arrived to “exchange consultations. Russia has various contracts that are in the process of being fulfilled, contracts of a technical-military character.”
Zakharova’s remarks came a day after Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov received a phone call from the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on March 25. The Russian readout said Pompeo was “interested in certain issues related to the developments in Venezuela.” It added:
“Sergey Lavrov emphasised that Washington’s attempts to organise a coup d’etat in Venezuela and threats to its legitimate government are a violation of the UN Charter and blatant interference in the domestic affairs of a sovereign state… After stating principal differences in Russian and US positions, the officials agreed to stay in touch and continue to exchange assessments.”
The state department readout, however, claimed that Pompeo warned Russia “to cease its unconstructive behaviour” in Venezuela” and that Washington and its regional allies “will not stand idly by as Russia exacerbates tensions.” It also said Pompeo accused Russia of “continued insertion … to support the illegitimate regime of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela [which] risks prolonging the suffering of the Venezuelan people who overwhelmingly support interim President Juan Guaido”.
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