EU's Hard Power in Ukraine
The Fourth Reich is on the
march and where soft power, that is buying out the local elites, does
not work, well, hard power is quite the option still. As such, the EU
has launched its Plan B, Revolution.
The problem is, this time several key issues are quite different, from the Orange Revolution.
First,
the participants on the side of the "Revolution" are not the same.
Previously, the Orange Revolution, which was still predominantly Western
Ukrainian, had a lot of sympathy in Central and Eastern Ukraine.
However, that sympathy is gone. The Oranges brought in a regime just as
corrupt as the previous, but without any of the economy savy, dropping
growth rates from a staggering 13% to a shrinking -6%. Furthermore, the
Oranges did everything they could to pump all the resources out of the
industrialized East to the backwards agrarian West.
The European standards of homosexualization,
indoctrination and debasement of the human soul, as well as attempts to
break up the Orthodox Church in Ukraine, heavily turned all but the
Catholic West Ukraine off. But considering the Catholic West Ukraine
were the same people that flocked to join Hitler's legions and massacre
their fellows, this should come as no surprise that they are still
flocking to the latest incarnation of the Reich.
Furthermore, the very demonstrators are different.
Gone are the well organized crowds, concerts, and strict anti-alcohol
and drug discipline. Today's crowds are riddled with anarchists, alcohol
and drug users and are definitely violent. They are not about to camp
out for months, they are about murderous revolution in the name of
European "values". The EU does not have the patience of Washington to
wait the extra months.
Like wise, the stakes are quite different. With the
Oranges, there was a level of unsurity of what would exactly happen. So
people, as people tend to do, filled in the blanks with their dreams and
hopes. While some of that still remains for the uninformed or paid off
mass of students, who have plenty of energy and no brains, those who
have not drunk the EU coolaid and are reviewing this with a level head
understand just what will happen.
Associating with the EU will achieve:
1.
Closure of Russian borders to Ukrainian products, destroying over 50% of
what is left of Ukraine's industry, driving 400,000 people directly
into unemployment and probably 1 million more from the follow on effect.
2. Bring gas prices to free market levels, which will increase
prices in general by another 50-60% and thus make Ukraine's uneconomical
industry and agriculture that much more uneconomical.
3.
Flood Ukraine with German, French, British and Italian goods, thus
destroying what's left of the local production and driving millions more
into unemployment.
4. Increase gas prices for the average Ukrainian, a direct demand by the EU.
5. Freeze salary increases for government employees, a direct demand by the EU.
6. Decrease in gov revenues that are presently collected from importation tariffs on EU goods.
Associating with the EU will NOT achieve:
1. Any bailout funds from the EU.
2. Any decreases in the extremely high standards demanded to import into the EU, thus no increase in export volumes.
3. A visa free regime into the EU. Not only will this not change,
but a visa regime with Russia is quite possible, fully trapping
Ukrainians.
4. A "European" that is a "Western" prosperity
future. Quite the opposite will happen: see Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria,
Spain, Portugal, or Ireland for the latest examples.
5. EU investment.
In all truth, those of
the protesters who are not just being paid to protest, will be in for a
quite a shock if they ever get their way.
However,
things are not that simple. The government backed away from signing the
accord first and foremost because of the under reported demonstrations
in Eastern Ukraine and the threats of businessmen. Both parties are
staying at home right now because they got what they want, but if this
EU Revolution starts gaining steam, they will head out into a counter
revolution and that in truth means civil war.
We may be witnessing the first shots of the well
over due Ukrainian civil war and the end of the artificial Ukrainian
nation. For the Poles this is just as fine, since they will happily
vassal and then colonize, read wipe out, the Western Ukrainians.
Now, it may be that the EU bureaucrats and politicos
are to stupid to understand what they are launching in Ukraine or it
may be that they have this calculated out quite well and are prepared to
sacrifice millions of lives and even surrender Eastern Ukraine to
Russia, in order to grab what they can out of Western Ukraine and
destabilize that portion of the world.
What do you think?
8 comments:
The EU bureaucrats have full knowledge of what will happen to Ukraine, just like Obama promised to 'fundamentally change' America.
You are not exaggerating the possible level of suffering the West can cause in the Ukraine. Just look at the Balkans, Libya, Egypt, Syria, and Iraq. Your analysis is spot on.
My father survived the Turks' Armenian Genocide, came to America and loved its freedom and prosperity. If he was alive today it would be hard to tell him into what evil America has morphed into. As an Armenian raised in an Armenian family culture surrounded by American (anti)-culture I have come to reject the West and have gravitated to a world view similar to the Russian. I call it the world view of ‘Middle Earth’ that looks both East and West. If I and my wife were younger I would consider moving to Russia, China, Singapore, or even Armenia.
The immense suffering caused by the West is a symptom of the ending phase of a megatrend of a civilization that is in rapid decline that is striking out to try to hold onto its privileged status of wealth and power. But the other megatrend in its early phase is a titanic shift of world power from the West to the East. The West will not be able to stop it. It is locked into its fate.
I believe at the time, the Ukrainian choice was between Hitlerism or Stalinism. Ukrainians had already experienced the tender, loving care of Stalin’s famine. Hitlerism carried the promise of “hope and change” for many Ukrainians. Sadly the arrogant “bonehead” krauts failed to exploit the chasm and mistreated the Ukrainians as badly as Stalin had. The rest is history.
A Ukraine within the European Union is a dagger pointed at the heart of Russia. If it cannot maintain its neutrality, then it must be brought into the Customs Union. Failing that, Russia must be prepared to annex both the Eastern Ukraine and the Crimea.
That Russia allowed the Crimea (60% ethnic Russian) to be incorporated into the Ukraine to begin with defies belief. Alas, Boris Yeltsin, even when sober, was never very bright and he believed too easily in the ‘pretty lies’ whispered to him by The West.
The world has now become very dangerous. The West, may well start a world war in a vain attempt to stave off its coming collapse. Russia must be ready.
I am Roman Catholic, but my heart and my prayers are with Russia and her people. I further urge all Christians; Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox to pray particularly for Russia during the Sochi Games. This will be a time of vulnerability for Russia that evil forces may take advantage of in an attempt to destabilize and discredit the Russian Government.
Hi Stanislav what kind of old style KGB bsh you're peddling here.
Your articles are too loaded, for God's sake try to sound more sophisticated, after all you have some potential
But considering the Catholic West Ukraine were the same people that flocked to join Hitler's legions and massacre their fellows,
So you don't think Stalin's Holodomor, extermination of Ukrainians,and reign of terror had anything to do with Ukrainian ill will toward the Soviet? Come now. It is fine to be pro-Russian, but let's be realistic.
@Peter
The Holdomore as it is represented is a whole sale lie. Was there mass famine? Yes. Was it targeted at Ukraine? No. First a few facts: Holdomore was caused by failed Soviet industrialization and collectivization policy and aided actively by large wheat contracts from the UK and France in exchange for much needed hard currency.
Now, the worst starvation was in Crimea (at that time part of Russia not Ukraine), Donetsk (eastern Ukraine), Rostov oblast (Russia), Krasnodarski Krai (Russia) and the very worst was a disaster of huge proportions in Armenia.
Its rather interesting who is crying the loudest about Holdomore, the western Ukrainians who at that time were under Polish rule, as Poland had land grabbed western Ukraine and driven Ukrainians back out of Lvov. They were more than happy when the Soviets came in and cleansed the Poles back out.
Here is a balanced article. I personally agree with the writer that Ukraine should go its own way, and be non-aligned.
http://takimag.com/article/pity_the_poor_ukrainians_scott_locklin/print#axzz2nasW3cE3
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