The US approach to violence in Ukraine is hypocritical, executive director of the Ron Paul Institute, Daniel McAdams, told RT. Holding an election in such a climate is impossible, yet the US will accept any result of the “wonderfully democratic” vote.
RT:The US has repeatedly praised Kiev for
trying to de-escalate the situation, yet we all saw what happened
in Odessa and what looks like it was allowed to happen...How do
those things tally up?
Daniel McAdams: Well it is interesting, because
in Kiev, not that many months ago, a couple of months to be
exact, unarmed police forces were sent out against the violent
protesters, and the US government – including the president and
the secretary of state have – said they were “disgusted” by the
show of force against these protesters. And you see in Ukraine,
it is obvious that the government in Kiev is using the military
against its own citizens. It is blockading cities, starving
people out. This is exactly what the US used as a pretext for
attack in places like Libya and elsewhere. So the hypocrisy of
the US side is absolutely stunning.
RT:WeheardMarie Harf from the US
State Department again praising Ukraine's “restraint,” where she
said that Kiev has a “responsibility to maintain law and order
for their own people,” and that “the onus really is on the
Russian government to pull back.” What is your comment to
that?
DM: You have to wonder what reality these people
are occupying. They have tried pulling a fast one, the State
Department did. A couple of weeks ago when they put out those
phony photos what they claimed were the Russian forces in
Ukraine. The person who took those pictures, as you know, said
they are completely phony. The New York Times was burned on the
US State Department lies. To its credit, the NYT has actually
sent some people into eastern Ukraine, and they have reported
just a couple of days ago, that actually these militias don’t
contain any Russians whatsoever and the people are not
necessarily wanting to join Russia anyway. They are using old,
worn out weapons, so the State Department just continues to pile
lie upon lie. It is absolutely revolting.
RT:Will things get better after the
Ukrainian presidential elections later this month?
DM: How can you run a presidential election when
the army is firing on its own people? I have been an election
monitor many times in bad situations, and it is simply
impossible. Likewise, I'm afraid to say these referendums in the
east will simply be ignored by the US or if this resolves, this
desire will come out of presidential elections; the US and the
OSCE will say, it is “wonderfully democratic.”
RT:We are still hearing the US calling for people
in the east of Ukraine to lay down their weapons, but at the same
time they are backing Kiev's government crackdown...How does it
add up, calling for one thing yet doing the other?
DM: Well you see already there are reports in
the German press over the weekend that the US CIA and the FBI has
sent at least a couple of dozen people to advise the Ukrainian
government on how to crack down. Perhaps they were advising them
on assassination techniques and these sorts of things, one never
knows.
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