An excellent summary of the US's key role in Ukraine. These Cold War era organizations need to disappear, as they develop independent agendas and invite blowback.
The US government’s imperialist drive is enforced be neoliberal economic policy introduced by CIA control over global financial institutions with pentagon and MIC support.
Global hegemony requires medium propagandistic ‘influence’ to form successful public support for what is essentially private control. The US government is ‘owned’ by corporate interests since the “Citizens United” Supreme Court decision. Considered private entities, the public has lost control of its (so called) democratic government to private oligarchs demanding global financial imperialism.
I may have missed this key event in this article's chronology: the visit by CIA Director Brennan to Kiev in April 2014. Here's a report in Forbes from that time....
In 2015,a feature-length documentary film glamorized the Maidan coup. "Winter on Fire" was directed by Evgeny Afineevsky. It was expertly promoted in Hollywood, and it was rewarded with an Academy Award nomination. In 2017, Afineevsky directed "Cries from Syria," which glorified the so-called "White Helmets" in the Syrian civil war. That film actually won a Humanitas Prize (2018). Afineevsky is a skillful, and reliable, maker of pro-Western propaganda. His effectiveness, and the impact of his films, should not be overlooked. And his financial backing deserves some scrutiny.
Nobody has forgotton what Nuland and the neocons have done. It's genesis was in the Project for a New American Century, PNAC, and it has nothing actually to do with America.
If we learned from history, we would be able to stop these CIA shenanigans from being used to start wars and foment discord. Clearly, the axiom that we "fail to learn from history" is operating here. Despite decades of knowing about CIA misconduct, the agency continues to do what it does best.
"For example, on February 3rd 2014, less than three weeks before police withdrew from Kiev, effectively handing the city to armed protesters and prompting Yanukovych to flee the country,"
It's strange how people simply gloss over this when presenting the information about the US guiding the revolution. The police (Berkut) were in full control. Then one day they simply didn't deploy and the protesters went into the govt buildings.
Who told them to stand down? It certainly wasn't the US, huh? Think a bit.
I realize the raison d'etre of this blog is to document the CIA as a puppet master, but you give them and other outside actors far too much credit while denying the Ukrainians agency. They hate the Russians with good reason, suffering endless depredations. The legacy of Soviet-style corruption remains but Ukrainians are striving to become “Europe” and the Russians are Hell-bent on preventing that. The narrative that the West is meddling in Russia’s proper sphere is disgusting.
When the 20 year 3 trillion dollar war against Afghanistan ended, I thought "Uh oh! The US economy needs a forever war. What war will they start now?"
Sure enough, they freak Putin out by threating that Ukraine will join NATO. That was always a Russian red line. Even Kissinger said never let Ukraine threaten to join NATO. If you do, Russia will go to war as they don't want missiles on their borders.
We all know what happens to nations hosting a US proxy war. They end up decimated. Poor Ukraine.
The easiest form of propaganda is starting the narrative where it makes your side sympathetic, which is why the West wants us to think history started the moment Russia invaded Ukraine.
It's a few years later, but it it worth noting that by now we can see this method repeated in some of Africa's biggest countries. In Kenya for example. And in Nigeria basically this is so broadly done that there is virtually no Nigerian digital media that isnt quietly feeding from the trough of US "NGO" and media "grants" and funding. David Hundeyin has covered this development recently.
So in Africa they have set the grounds to repeat these kinds of high tech coups.
An excellent summary of the US's key role in Ukraine. These Cold War era organizations need to disappear, as they develop independent agendas and invite blowback.
The US government’s imperialist drive is enforced be neoliberal economic policy introduced by CIA control over global financial institutions with pentagon and MIC support.
Global hegemony requires medium propagandistic ‘influence’ to form successful public support for what is essentially private control. The US government is ‘owned’ by corporate interests since the “Citizens United” Supreme Court decision. Considered private entities, the public has lost control of its (so called) democratic government to private oligarchs demanding global financial imperialism.
I may have missed this key event in this article's chronology: the visit by CIA Director Brennan to Kiev in April 2014. Here's a report in Forbes from that time....
https://www.forbes.com/sites/melikkaylan/2014/04/16/why-cia-director-brennan-visited-kiev-in-ukraine-the-covert-war-has-begun/?sh=4b72c60d10cb
Great article...of national importance please keep it safe and publicise everywhere.
Thank you, Jonathan!
In 2015,a feature-length documentary film glamorized the Maidan coup. "Winter on Fire" was directed by Evgeny Afineevsky. It was expertly promoted in Hollywood, and it was rewarded with an Academy Award nomination. In 2017, Afineevsky directed "Cries from Syria," which glorified the so-called "White Helmets" in the Syrian civil war. That film actually won a Humanitas Prize (2018). Afineevsky is a skillful, and reliable, maker of pro-Western propaganda. His effectiveness, and the impact of his films, should not be overlooked. And his financial backing deserves some scrutiny.
Nobody has forgotton what Nuland and the neocons have done. It's genesis was in the Project for a New American Century, PNAC, and it has nothing actually to do with America.
Nudelman's new Job (NED CIA Cutout):
rumble.com/v5jrx9h-nuland-to-the-ned-a-cia-cutout.html
Ukraine was another garden variety CIA land grab-coup engineered through usury, the usual manufacturing-our-enemy propaganda and coercion.
Great journalism! Most people have no idea of any of this but just wave a Ukranian flag because it feels good!
If we learned from history, we would be able to stop these CIA shenanigans from being used to start wars and foment discord. Clearly, the axiom that we "fail to learn from history" is operating here. Despite decades of knowing about CIA misconduct, the agency continues to do what it does best.
"For example, on February 3rd 2014, less than three weeks before police withdrew from Kiev, effectively handing the city to armed protesters and prompting Yanukovych to flee the country,"
It's strange how people simply gloss over this when presenting the information about the US guiding the revolution. The police (Berkut) were in full control. Then one day they simply didn't deploy and the protesters went into the govt buildings.
Who told them to stand down? It certainly wasn't the US, huh? Think a bit.
I realize the raison d'etre of this blog is to document the CIA as a puppet master, but you give them and other outside actors far too much credit while denying the Ukrainians agency. They hate the Russians with good reason, suffering endless depredations. The legacy of Soviet-style corruption remains but Ukrainians are striving to become “Europe” and the Russians are Hell-bent on preventing that. The narrative that the West is meddling in Russia’s proper sphere is disgusting.
When the 20 year 3 trillion dollar war against Afghanistan ended, I thought "Uh oh! The US economy needs a forever war. What war will they start now?"
Sure enough, they freak Putin out by threating that Ukraine will join NATO. That was always a Russian red line. Even Kissinger said never let Ukraine threaten to join NATO. If you do, Russia will go to war as they don't want missiles on their borders.
We all know what happens to nations hosting a US proxy war. They end up decimated. Poor Ukraine.
Not even mention so called Christopher Steele on Russiagate Scandal which is hoax in real life. I mean LOL!!!
The easiest form of propaganda is starting the narrative where it makes your side sympathetic, which is why the West wants us to think history started the moment Russia invaded Ukraine.
It's a few years later, but it it worth noting that by now we can see this method repeated in some of Africa's biggest countries. In Kenya for example. And in Nigeria basically this is so broadly done that there is virtually no Nigerian digital media that isnt quietly feeding from the trough of US "NGO" and media "grants" and funding. David Hundeyin has covered this development recently.
So in Africa they have set the grounds to repeat these kinds of high tech coups.