Ron Paul
Infowars.com
May 12, 2014
In several eastern Ukrainian towns over the past week, the military
opened fire on its own citizens. Dozens may have been killed in the
violence. Although the US government generally condemns a country’s use
of military force against its own population, especially if they are
unarmed protesters, this time the US administration blamed the victims.
After as many as 20 unarmed protesters were killed on the May 9th
holiday in Ukraine, the State Department spokesman said “we condemn the
outbreak of violence caused by pro-Russia separatists.”
Why are people protesting in eastern Ukraine? Because they do not
believe the government that came to power after the US-backed uprising
in February is legitimate. They do not recognize the authority of an
unelected president and prime minister. The US sees this as a
Russian-sponsored destabilization effort, but is it so hard to
understand that the people in Ukraine may be annoyed with the US and EU
for their involvement in regime change in their country? Would we be so
willing to accept an unelected government in Washington put in place
with the backing of the Chinese and Iranians?
The US State Department provided much assistance earlier this year to
those involved in the effort to overthrow the Ukrainian government. The
US warned the Ukrainian government at the time not to take any action
against those in the streets, even as they engaged in violence and
occupied government buildings. But now that those former protesters have
come to power, the US takes a different view of protest. Now they give
full support to the bloody crackdown against protesters in the east. The
State Department spokesperson said last week: “We continue to call for
groups who have jeopardized public order by taking up arms and seizing
public buildings in violation of Ukrainian law to disarm and leave the
buildings they have seized.” This is the opposite of what they said in
February. Do they think the rest of the world does not see this
hypocrisy?
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