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Ron Paul Warns, Reckless Congress Just 'Declared War' On Russia
Authored by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute of Peace & Prosperity,
Yesterday the US House passed what I consider to be one of the worst pieces of legislation ever. H. Res. 758 was billed as a resolution “strongly condemning the actions of the Russian Federation, under President Vladimir Putin, which has carried out a policy of aggression against neighboring countries aimed at political and economic domination.”
In fact, the bill was 16 pages of war propaganda that should have made even neocons blush, if they were capable of such a thing.
These are the kinds of resolutions I have always watched closely in Congress, as what are billed as “harmless” statements of opinion often lead to sanctions and war. I remember in 1998 arguing strongly against the Iraq Liberation Act because, as I said at the time, I knew it would lead to war. I did not oppose the Act because I was an admirer of Saddam Hussein – just as now I am not an admirer of Putin or any foreign political leader – but rather because I knew then that another war against Iraq would not solve the problems and would probably make things worse. We all know what happened next.
That is why I can hardly believe they are getting away with it again, and this time with even higher stakes: provoking a war with Russia that could result in total destruction!
If anyone thinks I am exaggerating about how bad this resolution really is, let me just offer a few examples from the legislation itself:
The resolution (paragraph 3) accuses Russia of an invasion of Ukraine and condemns Russia’s violation of Ukrainian sovereignty. The statement is offered without any proof of such a thing. Surely with our sophisticated satellites that can read a license plate from space we should have video and pictures of this Russian invasion. None have been offered. As to Russia’s violation of Ukrainian sovereignty, why isn’t it a violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty for the US to participate in the overthrow of that country’s elected government as it did in February? We have all heard the tapes of State Department officials plotting with the US Ambassador in Ukraine to overthrow the government. We heard US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland bragging that the US spent $5 billion on regime change in Ukraine. Why is that OK?
The resolution (paragraph 11) accuses the people in east Ukraine of holding “fraudulent and illegal elections” in November. Why is it that every time elections do not produce the results desired by the US government they are called “illegal” and “fraudulent”? Aren’t the people of eastern Ukraine allowed self-determination? Isn’t that a basic human right?
The resolution (paragraph 13) demands a withdrawal of Russia forces from Ukraine even though the US government has provided no evidence the Russian army was ever in Ukraine. This paragraph also urges the government in Kiev to resume military operations against the eastern regions seeking independence.
The resolution (paragraph 14) states with certainty that the Malaysia Airlines flight 17 that crashed in Ukraine was brought down by a missile “fired by Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine.” This is simply incorrect, as the final report on the investigation of this tragedy will not even be released until next year and the preliminary report did not state that a missile brought down the plane. Neither did the preliminary report – conducted with the participation of all countries involved – assign blame to any side.
Paragraph 16 of the resolution condemns Russia for selling arms to the Assad government in Syria. It does not mention, of course, that those weapons are going to fight ISIS – which we claim is the enemy -- while the US weapons supplied to the rebels in Syria have actually found their way into the hands of ISIS!
Paragraph 17 of the resolution condemns Russia for what the US claims are economic sanctions (“coercive economic measures”) against Ukraine. This even though the US has repeatedly hit Russia with economic sanctions and is considering even more!
The resolution (paragraph 22) states that Russia invaded the Republic of Georgia in 2008. This is simply untrue. Even the European Union – no friend of Russia – concluded in its investigation of the events in 2008 that it was Georgia that “started an unjustified war” against Russia not the other way around! How does Congress get away with such blatant falsehoods? Do Members not even bother to read these resolutions before voting?
In paragraph 34 the resolution begins to even become comical, condemning the Russians for what it claims are attacks on computer networks of the United States and “illicitly acquiring information” about the US government. In the aftermath of the Snowden revelations about the level of US spying on the rest of the world, how can the US claim the moral authority to condemn such actions in others?
Chillingly, the resolution singles out Russian state-funded media outlets for attack, claiming that they “distort public opinion.” The US government, of course, spends billions of dollars worldwide to finance and sponsor media outlets including Voice of America and RFE/RL, as well as to subsidize “independent” media in countless counties overseas. How long before alternative information sources like RT are banned in the United States? This legislation brings us closer to that unhappy day when the government decides the kind of programming we can and cannot consume – and calls such a violation “freedom.”
The resolution gives the green light (paragraph 45) to Ukrainian President Poroshenko to re-start his military assault on the independence-seeking eastern provinces, urging the “disarming of separatist and paramilitary forces in eastern Ukraine.” Such a move will mean many more thousands of dead civilians.
To that end, the resolution directly involves the US government in the conflict by calling on the US president to “provide the government of Ukraine with lethal and non-lethal defense articles, services, and training required to effectively defend its territory and sovereignty.” This means US weapons in the hands of US-trained military forces engaged in a hot war on the border with Russia. Does that sound at all like a good idea?
There are too many more ridiculous and horrific statements in this legislation to completely discuss. Probably the single most troubling part of this resolution, however, is the statement that “military intervention” by the Russian Federation in Ukraine “poses a threat to international peace and security.” Such terminology is not an accident: this phrase is the poison pill planted in this legislation from which future, more aggressive resolutions will follow. After all, if we accept that Russia is posing a “threat” to international peace how can such a thing be ignored? These are the slippery slopes that lead to war.
This dangerous legislation passed today, December 4, with only ten (!) votes against! Only ten legislators are concerned over the use of blatant propaganda and falsehoods to push such reckless saber-rattling toward Russia.
Here are the Members who voted “NO” on this legislation. If you do not see your own Representative on this list call and ask why they are voting to bring us closer to war with Russia! If you do see your Representative on the below list, call and thank him or her for standing up to the warmongers.
Voting “NO” on H. Res. 758:
1) Justin Amash (R-MI)
2) John Duncan (R-TN)
3) Alan Grayson, (D-FL)
4) Alcee Hastings (D-FL)
5) Walter Jones (R-NC)
6) Thomas Massie (R-KY)
7) Jim McDermott (D-WA)
8 George Miller (D-CA)
9) Beto O’Rourke (D-TX)
10 Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)
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Your source is the MSM I assume. Read much? Research at all?
They are calling it as it is. The Russians invaded Ukraine. What the United States should do is another question.
I have written my CONgress critter (Jeff Miller) a scolding letter which he will promptly virtually shred. This resolution has so many lies and BS that one has to wonder about the mental condition of those that approved it.
One can only hope the Russians target those responsible first,,, before laying waste to the rest of us.
Putin has to go.
He's interfering with our puppet govt's.
We would have had that pipeline halfway across Syria by now if it wasn't for that bastard outsmarting The Brown Wonderboy.
Maybe we need to go the paid stooge UN route and get some sanctions going.
Condemn . condemn , buff oons . It will not be long before the dollar collapses ...
I will enjoy it every minute . I suffer from an acute case of Schadenfreude , I enjoy
knowing that some are suffering especially the USA and the Zionists scums .
Add this legislation to the list of When You Know Your Country is Insane.
+100
Insane is too subtle for these fools. There is not a word in any language that describes the depths of stupidity these crazed pschopaths and their followers represent.
The fascists in DC make the movie Idiocracy look like a well thought out documentary.
That negative you got must be from one of the Nazi trolls infecting this forum.
Putin needs to be assinated. I say nuke Russia. Ron Paul is just a puppet of the religous right. Ron Paul is anti-freedom.
Dflated: "Putin needs to be assinated. I say nuke Russia. Ron Paul is just a puppet of the religous right. Ron Paul is anti-freedom."
Troll much MR 6 days on ZH?
Deflated armchair general
nuke russia?
why? to what point and purpose?
and if they do, do you really believe you, your family and your friends will survive?
do you think uncle sam as a plan to protect you from the inevitable retaliation? or do you think that Washington can contain this and we will all come out unscathed because of some magic force field? or maybe you believe that Russia will be so intimidated by the exceptional American attack that they will simply surrender and beg for mercy? no my friend, they will shoot back and we will all burn together.
and what if you survive the exchanges, what type of world will be left? scarce resources, nuclear winter, limited or no power or energy, contaminated food and water and a nation ruled by militaristic martial law in which the PTB's will view you as no more than a dog in the street, competition for resources and not worthy of the oxygen you consume. a slow death by cancer, starvation, exposure or if your lucky exhaustion from working in FEMA forced labor camps.
so yeah let's nuke Russia because of course America is so exceptional we can do it and not even have to consider or give any thought to the consequences right?
think before you post.
"I say nuke Russia."
I say you're a psyhopath and more dangerous than Putin. Let's nuke you.
Before you nuke anyone with confidence, I suggest you read this, http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/11/13/aegis-fail-in-black-sea-ruskies-...
get lost goat
DC declared war on Russia the moment they slapped sanctions on the country over Crimea. personally I think that will be the moment, the event that is recognized as the official start of WW3 when future historians recount the what will be the darkest chapter of human history. sanctions are blatant forms of aggression, it might not be bullets and bombs but it is still an attack that directly threatens the stability, security and even, if sever enough, the very existence of another nation.
now I don't expect that even Washington and the EU combined have that type of economic firepower, to threaten Russia's existence but the sheer hostility these sanctions represent against Moscow are enough to bring us one giant leap closer to what we all thought was impossible. I am old enough to remember the last decade and a half of the cold war, when fall out shelters and duck and cover drills were common, when people kept one nervous eye on the doomsday clock. of course there was always the strange comfort and security in the idea that the concept of MAD would keep us safe, everybody from politics and military to average joe agreed that was the only thing that kept the Cuban missile crises from going completely sideways and it was a very, very close shave at that.in the end it came down to both sides acknowledging that in a nuclear war there were only two possible results.... lose catastrophic, or lose it all, everything, everyone, everywhere dead and gone.
but that's not the case anymore, now we have fools in our own Government and military who believe that a nuclear conflict is winnable, that missile defense tech has advanced enough where the catastrophic, The Day After, doomsday scenario is no longer a possibility. in fact the white papers tell us that not only do they believe they can win such a confrontation but that nuclear strikes will be an integral part of the next major conflict, the ability to strike hard and strike fast with these weapons will be key to success in the next global war. so not only do they believe in the winnable nuclear war scenario, but they have been actively planning and preparing to us nuclear weapons in an offensive, first strike capacity for decades now.
the idea of nukes as a deterrence only is, of course, a complete and total myth, a lie spouted by the insane power mad freaks who run this circus to justify the continued existence, development and deployment of these weapons and the systems used to deliver them. from there very inception nuclear arms have only ever existed to fulfill an offensive, first strike role. the first time they made an appearance on the world stage was not as a deterrence to keep another nation from attacking the US, but as an offensive weapon used to inflict massive damage and casualties on Japan, a nation which was already defeated driven back to their island. at the time little boy and fat man were unleashed Japan no longer possessed the ability to prosecute an offensive war and had no allies left to come to their aid. so I think it is reasonable to assume that the allies had enough leverage to negotiate a diplomatic surrender, it might have taken longer, it may have required a blockade and possibly some large scale bombing campaign but I don't believe there was ever the need for the mass invasion of the Island, the invasion which would have cost millions of allied lives, which was the excuse used to justify the use of nukes in Japan. instead it was as simple as the bombs fulfilling there intended purpose, a weapon of mass destruction, they had there new toy and they wanted to play with it. after all what weapon in the history of man kind has ever been invented, developed and deployed but not used?
now here we are, all these years later with the same psychopaths, with the same delusions of control, power and grandeur, the same craving for and predisposition towards violence first in all things. only now they have all new toys and some of these give a false sense of superiority, a sense that they might use these weapons to achieve there goals and strategies, destroy those who stand in their way and yet come out relatively unscathed themselves even if it means tens or even hundreds of millions of the little people die in the process.
Washington declared war on the competition and made clear their intentions to destroy them the moment they placed sanctions on Russia and further they have dared Moscow to do anything about it by putting NATO military forces on their borders and in the black sea. they are provoking and trying to force Russia to move first so when they unleash their nuclear weapons they can claim it was defense and reactionary. and this resolution is just another step, perhaps the last step to that end.
It's been said that cockroaches will survive a nuclear war, so our politicians likely believe they are safe.
Best comment on this thread!
Thank you for taking the time to express this information.
Maybe, the Russians will launch a preemptive strike and blow up Congress during a full session with Emperor (lame duck) Obama addressing the traitors to our democracy.
The resolution is like the skinny kid running up to Atlas and yelling at him that he is going to kick his ass. Atlas pokes him in the nose.
US CONGRESS = FULL OF SHIT
"With the end of the South Stream project, Russia will have to adapt to a new market where it will not provide gas delivery to end users, Aleksey Miller, the head of Gazprom said in an interview confirming South Stream will not be resumed.
Russia’s Gazprom energy giant has given up the long-cherished South Stream gas pipeline to Europe because of the EU blocking its realization with the Third Energy Package, which prohibits one company to do the full cycle: extraction, transportation and sale of energy resources......"
http://rt.com/business/212095-gazprom-eu-turkey-setup/
we've always been at war with Russia
Bla Bla Bla.
With Jim Rickards identifying May 5, 2015 as the specific day of the financial crash but not backing it up with any explanations, perhaps it is the day that the US Government detonates a nuclear weapon in a major US city to crash the financial structure and declare nuclear war on Russia.
I suspect it's a similar strategy that the cultists have, to pick a date and
maximize income and followers prior to the date. No one knows an exact date something major could happen.
This all just goes to show how all these bought and paid for cronies will have enabled the demise of their own empire. Their fate is sealed, as the future is already written.
Demise of the West: The Dystopian Prophecies
http://www.peakprosperity.com/forum/89110/demise-west-dystopian-prophecies
My Congressman Connolly was one 5 co-sponsors. Sunk to a new low this time.
May he trip on a nailgun.