{"article":{"id":268495,"heading":"Washington Post Features Op-Ed by Ukraine Putschist","author":"Stephen Lendman","created":"2015-06-09 17:25:56","modified":"2015-06-09 17:25:56","last_modified":"Wed, 10 Jun 2015 00:25:56","article":"<p>Washington Post Features Op-Ed by Ukraine Putschist <br><br> by Stephen Lendman <br><br> Arseniy Yatsenyuk is Ukraine's illegitimate prime minister - chosen by Washington. He's part of Kiev's lunatic fringe - fascists masquerading as democrats. <br><br> They belong in prison, not high office. So do their US puppet masters. Together they're waging naked aggression on Donbass residents - committing mass murder on the pretext of conducting an ATO (anti-terrorist operation). <br><br> Terrorists reside in Kiev and Washington. Donbass militia are courageous freedom fighters. They reject fascist rule. They want democratic rights everyone deserves. <br><br> Dominant US media support what demands condemnation. Wa-Po editors featuring Yatsenyuk gave him a platform to proliferate outrageous Big Lies. <br><br> He headlined \"What is at stake in Ukraine if Russia continues its (nonexistent) onslaught,\" saying: <br><br> \"Ukraine is fighting a war on two fronts.\" He lied claiming one involves \"thousands of Russian troops&hellip;engaged in an armed aggression against Ukraine's territorial integrity, including the illegal annexation of Crimea.\" <br><br> False as numerous previous articles explained. No so-called Russian aggression exists now or earlier nor was Crimea annexed. <br><br> Washington and its coup-installed Kiev proxy bear full responsibility for naked aggression on Donbass. <br><br> Yatsenyuk ludicrously claimed a second war being waged \"against the Soviet past and the legacy of corruption and misrule that has held us back for so many years.\" <br><br> \"Ukraine (wants) to build a prosperous and democratic future,\" he blustered. <br><br> Fact: Ukraine's Soviet past ended in 1991 - not its massive corruption and misrule, worse now than ever under illegitimate putschist tyranny headed by a mega-crook oligarch president. <br><br> Yatsenyuk lied claiming Putin wants Ukraine to fail. He supports its sovereign independence under democratic rule entirely absent with fascists in charge. <br><br> So-called \"landmark reforms\" Yatsenyuk claims already implemented don't exist. Rule by intimidation and repression reflect official policy. <br><br> So is a system benefitting Ukraine's privileged few hugely at the expense of most everyone else. <br><br> Mass impoverishment, unemployment, hyperinflation, disastrous economic policies and human misery affect millions of Ukrainians - combined with brutal repression creates a potential combustible mix. <br><br> Ukraine \"need(s) the support of our partners to help us stabilize our economy and deter further (nonexistent) Russian aggression while we carry out\" nonexistent reforms, said Yatsenyuk. <br><br> Policies initiated hardened police state rule. Ukraine is bankrupt yet spends million of borrowed dollars daily waging naked aggression on its own people. <br><br> Yatsenyuk wants more Western help to eliminate all challenges to ruthless fascist rule. Claiming Ukraine \"is under direct attack from resurgent Russian authoritarianism and imperialism\" is polar opposite truth. <br><br> \"Ukraine is bearing the brunt of that attack, but the consequences of allowing our independence to be crushed would not be contained within Ukraine,\" he ranted.  <br><br> \"It would give rise to new threats and crises that would be even more difficult and costly to resolve. The democratic idea itself would be undermined.\" <br><br> Claiming democracy \"remains our inspiration today\" runs counter to ruthless despotic rule imposed. <br><br> Democracy is pure fantasy. So-called presidential and parliamentary elections held earlier were farcical - with no legitimacy whatever. <br><br> Nazi-infested Ukraine is a fascist police state in Europe's heartland threatening the entire continent and beyond. Russia together with other sovereign independent nations are the best hope for world peace. <br><br> America's rage for endless wars partnered with rogue states like Ukraine threaten it more than ever before. <br><br> Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net\" rel=\"nofollow\">lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net<\/a>.  <br><br> His new book as editor and contributor is titled \"Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III.\" <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanIII.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanIII.html<\/a> <br><br> Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.  <br><br> Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.<\/p>\n","contact":"lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net","link":"sjlendman.blogspot.com","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Ukraine","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2015\/06\/268495.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}