{"id":248885,"date":"2022-01-28T09:58:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T09:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=248885"},"modified":"2022-01-30T09:56:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T09:56:05","slug":"biden-spits-on-putins-request-for-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=248885","title":{"rendered":"Biden Spits on Putin’s Request for Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mike Whitney \u2013 The Unz Review Jan 27, 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\u201cThe main issue is our clear position on the unacceptability of further NATO expansion to the East and the deployment of highly-destructive weapons that could threaten the territory of the Russian Federation.\u201d Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov<\/p>\n

Washington delivered a slap in the face to Moscow on Wednesday when U.S. ambassador John Sullivan provided a written response to Russia\u2019s proposals for security guarantees. The missive was given to Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko who did not reveal the contents but passed them on to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for analysis. Lavrov, in turn, issued a statement on Thursday morning confirming our worst suspicions that the Biden administration has shrugged off Russia\u2019s reasonable demands<\/strong> choosing instead to intensify the provocations that are likely to trigger a war between the world\u2019s two nuclear superpowers. This is an excerpt from an article at Tass News Agency:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe United States and NATO don\u2019t seem to have taken Russia\u2019s concerns on security guarantees into account<\/strong> when drawing up responses to Moscow\u2019s proposals, nor did they demonstrate any willingness to do so, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe numerous statements that our colleagues made yesterday make it clear that as for the major aspects of the draft agreements that we earlier presented to other parties, we can\u2019t say that they took our concerns into account or showed any readiness to take our concerns into consideration.\u201d<\/strong> (Tass News Agency)<\/p>\n

Peskov is right, on the core issues the US either issued no clear response or refused to comply. In effect, the US response was designed to look like Washington was honestly negotiating when in fact, they were merely reinforcing their original position. The US response is essentially a defense of Washington\u2019s commitment to rule the world by force and to ignore the legitimate demands of weaker states to provide even minimal security for their people.<\/strong> If the US and NATO are allowed to pursue their present course of action, Russian cities and towns will be within 7 to 10 minutes of nuclear missiles located in nearby Romania and Poland. Russia\u2019s are being asked to live with a nuclear dagger pointed at their throats<\/strong>. This is Biden\u2019s idea of global security. Is it any wonder why Putin does not agree? Here\u2019s part of what Lavrov said on Thursday:<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no positive reaction on the main issue in this document. The main issue is our clear position that further NATO expansion to the east and the deployment of strike weapons that could threaten the territory of the Russian Federation are unacceptable.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lavrov has summed it up perfectly. While Sullivan was delivering his response to Grushko, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg issued a statement saying the Alliance \u201cwill not compromise\u201d on potential expansion into Ukraine, Georgia, and other former Soviet republics<\/strong>, as this clashes with the NATO\u2019s principles.\u201d Stoltenberg\u2019s statement removes any doubt that NATO will not only continue its eastward expansion onto Russia\u2019s doorstep, but feels thoroughly justified in doing so. As we noted earlier, NATO\u2019s response confirms that Washington is still committed to its overarching plan to rule the world by force regardless of how ordinary people are impacted by the policy.<\/p>\n

On Thursday morning, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev reiterated the recently-verified claim that NATO\u2019s eastward expansion violates the promises of US officials to Russia following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey promised not to expand NATO, but didn\u2019t keep their promise,\u201d<\/strong> Medvedev said speaking with the Russian media. \u201cThey say that \u2018we did not sign anything.\u2019 But we all know well who and when granted to whom such promises, such assurances\u2026.. They failed to keep their promises. They are now encroaching on our state borders.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The steady eastward movement of troops, the buildup of lethal military hardware, and the deployment of nuclear weapons all pose an existential threat to Russia that suffered horrific losses in World War 2. The Biden administration seems to believe their sinister plan is working since people in the west generally believe reports in the media that the fake threat of \u201cRussian invasion\u201d is an honest account of what is actually going on the ground. But there is no threat of a Russian invasion; the story was stitched together to divert attention from Russia\u2019s security demands which are both reasonable and appropriate. <\/strong>Once again, the media is shaping a narrative to fit the policy which is the very description of state propaganda.<\/p>\n

In an effort to further downplay the importance of Moscow\u2019s requests, US officials characterized their written response not as \u201ca formal document but a set of ideas for further discussion.\u201d What this means is that Washington does not feel that that Russia is its equal so it does not feel required to enter into a treaty agreement with them. Keep in mind, this response does not in any way meet the basic requirements that were clearly outlined by Putin<\/strong> repeatedly in December when he said that<\/strong> Russia wanted a written, legally-biding treaty <\/strong>that could not be sloughed off by countries that prefer to conduct an impulsive, self-aggrandizing, fly-by-the-seat-of-their-pants foreign policy that has left great swathes of the Middle East and Central Asia in an utter shambles. Indeed, this may not be a \u201cformal document\u201d, but it is clear that there will be a formal document or there will be no agreement and no peace. The choice is Washington\u2019s.<\/p>\n

On the issue of nuclear missile sites in Poland and Romania, as well as, the development of military bases in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken indicated that Washington was still open to discussion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt in my mind that if Russia were to approach this seriously, and in a spirit of reciprocity, with the determination to enhance collective security for all of us, there are very positive things in this document that should be pursued,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPositive things\u201d, says Blinken?<\/p>\n

There are no \u201cpositive things\u201d in the American response. The response is a flagrant and contemptible rejection of Moscow\u2019s core demands on NATO expansion and the deployment of nuclear missiles to locations on Russia\u2019s border.<\/strong> To understand what a fraud the Biden administration is engaged in, please, take a look at this brief excerpt from the draft treaty<\/a> that Russia presented to NATO and Washington.<\/p>\n

The United States of America shall undertake to prevent further eastward expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization <\/strong>and deny accession to the Alliance to the States of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.<\/p>\n

The United States of America shall not establish military bases in the territory of the States of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics<\/strong> that are not members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, use their infrastructure for any military activities or develop bilateral military cooperation with them\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n

The Parties shall undertake not to deploy ground-launched intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles outside their national territories<\/strong>, as well as in the areas of their national territories, from which such weapons can attack targets in the national territory of the other Party.<\/p>\n

Article 7<\/p>\n

The Parties shall refrain from deploying nuclear weapons outside their national territories<\/strong> and return such weapons already deployed outside their national territories at the time of the entry into force of the Treaty to their national territories.\u201d (\u201cTreaty between the United States and the Russian Federation on Security Guarantees,\u201d<\/a> Official Russian State Document, December 17, 2021)<\/p>\n

Is there anything ambiguous in the language of this document?<\/p>\n

No, there isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

The US was asked to respond in writing to these explicit demands. No one is in the slightest bit interested in Blinken\u2019s vague pontifications on \u201cpositive things\u201d. It\u2019s completely irrelevant. What Putin wants to know is whether US nukes are going to remain 7 minutes flight-time from Moscow and whether a hostile foreign army is going to be hunkered down in nearby Ukraine. He wants to know whether Washington plans to put a gun to Russia\u2019s head in order to increase its power in the region. <\/strong>That\u2019s what he wants to know, and that\u2019s what this foreign policy debacle is all about.<\/p>\n

What Blinken\u2019s response tells us is that the provocations are going to continue unabated whether they ignite a war or not. <\/strong>Even as we speak, the US is sending more lethal weaponry and troops to the Ukrainian theater while other NATO allies promise to assist in the effort. It is madness.<\/p>\n

At the same time, President Joe Biden is threatening to impose \u201cdirect personal sanctions\u201d on Putin <\/strong>if the Russian president takes action to defend the Russian-speaking people in East Ukraine. The threat was issued just hours after the State Department told Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov that he \u201cwould have to leave the US by April if Moscow fails to meet certain demands made by Washington.\u201d While these may seem like trivial developments, the two incidents help to illustrate how relations between the two nations are fast deteriorating increasing the prospect of a tragic miscalculation that could precipitate a bloody and protracted conflagration.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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