April 25, 2016
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The fact of fundamental importance is that the coup in Ukraine is not just a mere regime chance, one in the row of other previous coups. This time, the regime change in Ukraine prepared in the course of many years since 1991, if not earlier, does not have for its objective just a regime change in Ukraine. The regime change in Ukraine carried by means of a fascist coup has for its goal nothing less than a regime change in Russia itself. Moreover, the goal is not just a mere regime change in Russia, but, as Brzeziznski or neo-conservatives hardly conceal it, striking against the existence of Russia as a state. But this is done by means of the so-called 4th generation warfare (World War III/IV strategies and tactics), which try to avoid a nuclear-type confrontation, escalation, and standoff of the Cuban missile crisis even though the stakes are actually higher. To this effect, the fascist junta is not only a key element and agent in this progressively overt aggression and does not only pursue systematic repression of any resistance and opposition, it tries to create a series of events and situations that would effectively contribute to the overthrow of the Russian government and destabilization of the Russian state. For the US, even if this means the junta's and Ukraine's suicide (whether the junta realizes this or not) would be but a small price to pay for the price would be paid by someone else--by Ukraine and other people. This is why the junta's "anti-terrorist operations" are carried not only as a war against the people of Ukraine, but also in such a manner which would be most prejudicial to the security and integrity of Russia and to the prestige of Russian leaders. At this stage, the goal is to continue with repressions and military operations in order to humiliate, provoke and show Russia as weak and ineffective--to this effects, the actions and provocations are carefully calibrated: just enough and not outrageous enough not to cause Russia's effective countermeasures and yet neither benign or ineffective in creating for Russia an increasingly unbearable, untenable and impossible both external and internal conditions. The idea already authoritatively formulated by Brzezinski in this long-term strategic plan (The Grand Chessboard, p. 122) is to create and manipulate the evens and conditions in the very way in which for Russia it would be "no longer a matter of making a geopolitical choice but of facing up to the imperatives" or dictate presented to it at the end by the US and NATO. And dictate would be the existential one--without any other choices left. I write this, for this strategy is now becoming apparent in the way in which the junta is handling the restive east of Ukraine and, in particular, today's sealing off or siege of the city of Slavynask, while issuing ultimatums and declarations of war to Russia. In this grandiose plan, Ukraine, being a strategically critical prize, was never meant to be a stop or end in itself.
