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The abortive Ukraine election might be good news for US hegemony
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>>The bitterly disputed Ukrainian presidential election, and the crisis that is exploding in the wake of the contested outcome, has reignited Cold War and a new round of East-West conflict over control of Eurasian/Caspian/Black Sea energy.
Against the backdrop of Peak Oil (also check energy-related coverage in From The Wilderness), this conflict could well decide the geo-resource direction of the planet itself.
Amidst reports of election irregularities, Moscow-backed Viktor Yanukovych, who supports stronger ties with Russia, declared himself the winner over pro-Western opposition leader Viktor Yushchekno, in defiance of shrill and aggressive opposition and open threats from the West and the Bush administration.
In an example of off-the-scale hubris and irony, outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell—representing an illegitimate Bush administration that itself stole a presidential election through fraud and abuse just weeks ago—declared that "we cannot accept this result as legitimate because it does not meet international standards and because there has not been an investigation of the numerous and credible reports of fraud and abuse."
The camps of both candidates have asserted victory, while accusing the other of staging a coup and inciting civil unrest. Intelligence operatives and provocateurs on all sides are undoubtedly working in high gear. In activity undoubtedly supported by the CIA and Western intelligence, thousands of "opposition supporters" remain in the streets, pressing their claim that the election was stolen, and threatening violence. Yushchenkno has called for a national strike. There are also allegations, still unconfirmed, that Yushchenko was poisoned, and that he suffers from a "mystery illness." Yushchenko's camp is even calling for a Supreme Court intervention. Shades of Bush's 2000 election theft.
Why does Ukraine merit such furious and violent scrambling by the various parties? Whichever powers manage to prevail will hold the key to the control of Eurasian oil and energy, the political control of the Eurasian corridor itself, and the survival of Russia as a nation.
Interference in Ukraine is one more example of the [US]administration's desperate need to keep its oil-driven "war on terrorism" train from derailing.
The Bush administration's arrogant triumphalist rhetoric masks the fact that its plans for easily securing the world's last remaining energy reserves for its chosen elites is failing, despite its military aggression. It has also failed so far to "manage" a world economy that teeters on the brink of collapse, and one that is only sustained by book-cooking and criminal money flows, such as the renewed Afghanistan opium trafficking, reestablished under US occupation.
In the meantime, the Middle East is continuing to spiral further out of control—even under US military occupation. China continues to expand and evolve as an economic and military rival, a direct super power adversary for oil and energy.
The failure to install a pro-Western government in Ukraine will gravely threaten the US energy conquest, and perhaps derail the imperial agenda altogether.
Colin Powell threatened: "if the Ukrainian government does not act immediately and responsibly, there will be consequences for our relationship, for Ukraine's hopes for Euro-Atlantic integration, and for individuals responsible for perpetrating fraud."
Coming from the representative of the most criminal and militaristically violent presidency in United States history, there is little question what the "consequences" will entail.<< |
