Monday, December 25th., 2017 No new ‘Iron Curtain’ between Russia and US – Lavrov Sunday, December 24th., 2017"The US Has Crossed The Line": Russia Warns Trump Decision To Arm Ukraine Will "Lead To Bloodshed"

 Monday, December 25th., 2017

Time to un-swamp, de-swamp, anti-swamp  has come upon the Unscrupulous, Conscienceless Ones and the Time Is Now !

 

Everybody around the Globe has established a deep understanding and cogent opinion, image and knowledge about the President of US, about his doings, his achievements, his thoughts and his personality, which was overall voted for and elected by the American people.
Thus, it is a common notion that his 'Works and Days'- 'Opera et Dies'- 'Εργα και Ημέραι' consist of  real estate building or renovating skyscrapers, hotels, casinos and golf courses and other relative ventures. All of which flourish in peace time, when economies and people thrive and prosper.
It is more than obvious to all therefore that this US President would rather choose negotiating deals, encouraging commerce, trade, tourism, implementing innovative technologies leading to the welfare  of the many, etc. It is also obvious that creating Cold War/Iron Curtain atmosphere with Russia, instigating war with North Korea, providing lethal weapons to Ukraine leading to bloodshed, or loosing his time in anti-witch hunting, is not his cup of tea either and the common truth is that you can't teach  an old dog new tricks.
Then, who is the true instigator and who stands to gain if all these bellicose, false causes catch fire?
Trully not the 'warmongering presidents' or the 'malicious fighting soldiers', or the 'silly self-destructing  nations'  in  hatred for  each other!
But, Evidently, the deep state of the military-industrialist complex!
Yet,  will they be able to hide behind the President, as they have been doing so far till now? 
No, Not any more!Because Now We See Them!  
We are awakened enough to know, no matter how or how much they hide behind the President , or tie his hands, deceive, plot and connive, IT IS THEM who bask in people's calamities, molestations, ruination, affliction, tortures, murders, countries' and lives' desertification, Humanity's mortification and annihilation. 
It is them, the unscrupulous,  conscienceless ones! No more camouflaged, no more covered and no more protected by the warm, familiar swampy slime, because now we see them, hear them and  know where to look for them:In the swamp! 
Time has come for them to un-swamp, de-swamp, anti-swamp themselves because we know them, we see them , we are not pleased by their hubristic  actions against Humanity and are not going to ever forget anything about them either, no matter what, till the swamp is no more!

Maria L. Pelekanaki

"Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current President of the United States, in office since January 20, 2017. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. followed his grandmother Elizabeth and father Fred in running the family real estate company. He renamed it The Trump Organization, and ran it from 1971 until his 2017 inauguration. Trump's real estate career focused on building or renovating skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. He has also started multiple side ventures, branded and licensed his name for real estate and various products, and co-authored several books...."

 

"...Szamuely: Putin realizes that Trump, and not only during the campaign, promised that he would devote himself to improving relations with Russia. Putin thinks that this is indeed what Trump wants to do. This wasn't simply rhetoric during the campaign, but something that reveals Trump's true intent. Trump just hasn't been able to do it. And he hasn't been able to do it largely because of the fictitious hoax of the Trump-Russia collusion stories. Any attempt by Trump toward improving relations with Russia is immediately greeted with cries of 'Ah this proves that there was collusion between Trump and the Russians!', and 'Trump is clearly an agent of the Russian president.'
Putin realizes that Trump's hands are now tied. It is significant that however much Putin criticizes [US policy], he has never blamed Trump himself for any of this, [whether it be] the sanctions passed by Congress, or the US government seizure of [Russian] diplomatic compounds. ..."

No new ‘Iron Curtain’ between Russia and US – Lavrov

Published time: 25 Dec, 2017 06:11 Edited time: 25 Dec, 2017 07:07

  

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There is no new “Iron Curtain” between Russia and the US, the Russian Foreign Minister said, predicting that relations between the two world powers will improve, though time which could have been used to mend ties has been wasted.

“I don’t think that the term ‘Iron Curtain’ could be applied to Russia-US relations at the current stage,” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told RIA Novosti on Monday.

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However, a number of actions had been taken by the American side which did not help to warm US-Russia ties, the top diplomat said. Among others, he noted economic sanctions imposed on Moscow and seizure of its diplomatic property on American soil, as well as restrictions placed on Russian media.
While there is a new outbreak of McCarthyism in the United States, there are also some reasons to be optimistic about the future of US-Russia relations, Lavrov said.
“I am personally confident that, just like everyone got tired of a witch hunt launched by Senator Joseph McCarthy once upon a time, there will be a sobering up and recovery [of bilateral relations],” he stated.
Moscow, for its part, is not planning to stir up confrontation with Washington but will repel any aggressive move against itself, the Foreign Minister went on. Russia was “acting pragmatically,” despite growing anti-Russia sentiments in the American capital.
Lavrov added that “we will continue to consistently and vigorously defend our position by bringing our colleagues in Washington back to the fundamental principles on which a bilateral dialogue should be built.”
In the meantime, the degree of “Russophobic hysteria” in Washington is reaching new heights, Lavrov said, before adding: “It does not allow us to move forward in areas important for our countries and provokes additional tension in the international arena.”
Exactly like the dialogue with Washington, Moscow is pursuing a reserved policy towards other pressing issues, Lavrov said, taking aim at North Korea. Russia “will never tolerate nor welcome” Pyongyang’s desire to become a nuclear power, but attempts to pressure and blockade North Korea are equally dangerous.
Instead of drawing “red lines” and trying to punish Pyongyang, Moscow stands for making steady efforts to denuclearize the Korean peninsula, Lavrov said. He added that some states advocating blockade on North Korea ought to know that “the execution of such a plan would cause a genuine humanitarian disaster.”

 Sunday, December 24th., 2017

"The US Has Crossed The Line": Russia Warns Trump Decision To Arm Ukraine Will "Lead To Bloodshed"

The intention by Washington to provide lethal arms to Ukraine ‘crosses a line’ and pushes Kiev towards bloodshed, a senior Russian diplomat said, accusing the US of playing the role of warmonger in the Ukrainian conflict.

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  'Putin Now Realizes Trump's Hands are Tied' - Think Tank Fellow

  
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  The Russian president devoted considerable attention to Russian-US relations during the course of his regular year-end press conference. George Szamuely, a senior fellow at London Metropolitan University's Global Policy Institute, told Sputnik the three important things he took away from Putin's remarks.
  Putin's press conference took place Thursday, with Russian and foreign journalists asking the president dozens of questions about Moscow's foreign and domestic policy, including Putin's views on the state of Russian-US relations.
  Sputnik: Vladimir Putin said during his press conference Donald Trump is unable to do as he pleases, whether it comes to amending relations with Russia, or his other pre-election pledges, because he is being controlled by the FBI. What do you make of this?
  Szamuely: Putin realizes that Trump, and not only during the campaign, promised that he would devote himself to improving relations with Russia. Putin thinks that this is indeed what Trump wants to do. This wasn't simply rhetoric during the campaign, but something that reveals Trump's true intent. Trump just hasn't been able to do it. And he hasn't been able to do it largely because of the fictitious hoax of the Trump-Russia collusion stories. Any attempt by Trump toward improving relations with Russia is immediately greeted with cries of 'Ah this proves that there was collusion between Trump and the Russians!', and 'Trump is clearly an agent of the Russian president.'
  Putin realizes that Trump's hands are now tied. It is significant that however much Putin criticizes [US policy], he has never blamed Trump himself for any of this, [whether it be] the sanctions passed by Congress, or the US government seizure of [Russian] diplomatic compounds.
  
  Sputnik: Putin also pledged that Russia will not participate in any global arms race, informing journalists about Russia's $46 billion in defense spending, compared with the $700+ billion that the Pentagon is currently spending. What's your feeling with regard to that? The figures seem quite stacked. 
  Szamuely: That's exactly right, and despite those figures, if you come to the United States, you would think that the Russians were spending like mad and threatening the United States. In fact it's completely the opposite, and this is why US policy has been so dangerous. The US has massively increased defense spending, and Trump signed his new Defense Authorization Act, which is a huge increase in spending just from last year.
  When you combine that with the belligerent rhetoric toward Russia that emanates from Washington, there's good reason for the Russians to be nervous about US intentions.
  The other thing is, Putin reminded the audience that the United States withdrew from the ABM Treaty some years ago, and that now it has effectively withdrawn from the INF Treaty, [the other of] the two key pillars of the arms control regime of the Cold War. Putin says that Russia has no intention of withdrawing from the INF Treaty, but of course if the United States continues with this policy of essentially just tearing up the INF Treaty, the Russians will have to respond.
  And he said that the next to fall could be the START Treaty. Putin did express some alarm that these arms control agreements are just going into the wastepaper basket.
  Sputnik: On Syria, Putin again warned against the US and the West against cooperation with rebel militants, saying that using them in the fight against Damascus was a dangerous policy. What is your take on the Syrian situation?
  Szamuely: It was remarkable what he said about US attitudes toward terrorists. He reminded the audience that when the US sponsored the Mujahedeen in Afghanistan in the 1980s, it came back and hit the Americans on 9/11. This is what happens when you do these short-term opportunistic things of supporting terrorists for your own short-term ends. And he said this is what being done in Syria – that they are refusing to do anything toward ISIS [Daesh] because they still want to use ISIS and Al-Qaeda for their own short-term ends of hurting Assad. So yes, this was a remarkable thing – that for all their talk of the US global war on terror, this is far from the case. The United States does use these terrorists for its short-term ends. Even now it's doing exactly that.
  The views and opinions expressed by George Szamuely are those of the expert and do not necessarily reflect those of Sputnik.