jueves, 15 de marzo de 2018

Los tiempos que corren


Los tiempos son extremadamente peligrosos, chicos. Disculpen que insista, pero asistimos a una degradación del lenguaje diplomático probablemente nunca antes vista en el cotolengo occidental contra Rusia. Asustan tanto el tono como el contenido de las declaraciones. Nos referimos a la última opereta, probablemente a cargo de servicios británicos, en torno al supuesto intento de asesinato del espía ruso-británico Sergei Skripal. El siguiente resumen de situación de las últimas horas corre a cargo de Adam Bienkov para el sitio web Information Clearing House:



Título: Trump, May, Merkel and Macron Issue Joint Statement Blaming Russia for Sergei Skripal Poisoning

Texto

- Four world leaders have issued a joint statement blaming Russia for the poisoning of Sergei Skripal, the former double agent who fell ill with his daughter in England.

- The leaders say there is "no plausible alternative explanation" to Russia being to blame.

- The statement follows days of diplomacy by UK Prime Minister Theresa May and comes amid a meeting by NATO to discuss the crisis.


LONDON — The leaders of United States, Britain, France, and Germany have released a joint statement condemning Russia for the poisoning of Sergei Skripal in England last week.

US President Donald Trump, UK Prime Minister Theresa May, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed that there was "no plausible alternative explanation" than that Russia was to blame for the attack.

The leaders called on Russia to "live up to its responsibilities as a member of the UN Security Council," adding that Russia's actions "threaten the security of us all."

The statement marks a significant ramping up of tensions with Russia and comes as members of the NATO military alliance meet to discuss the crisis.

It came after several days of diplomacy by May following initial reluctance by the French and US governments to publicly blame Russia for the incident, in which Skripal and his daughter were poisoned by what was identified as a Russia-developed nerve agent.

On Wednesday, May announced that Britain would expel 23 Russian diplomats from the UK in response to the attack.

Britain is also set to freeze the accounts of people close to Russian President Vladimir Putin and suspend all high-level contact with the Russian government.

On Thursday, UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said Russia should "shut up" and "go away" and suggested that Britain was in a "chilly" war with the country.


The joint statement in full:

"We, the leaders of France, Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom, abhor the attack that took place against Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, UK, on 4 March 2018. A British police officer who was also exposed in the attack remains seriously ill, and the lives of many innocent British citizens have been threatened. We express our sympathies to them all, and our admiration for the UK police and emergency services for their courageous response.

"This use of a military-grade nerve agent, of a type developed by Russia, constitutes the first offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe since the Second World War. It is an assault on UK sovereignty and any such use by a State party is a clear violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention and a breach of international law. It threatens the security of us all. The United Kingdom briefed thoroughly its allies that it was highly likely that Russia was responsible for the attack. We share the UK assessment that there is no plausible alternative explanation, and note that Russia's failure to address the legitimate request by the UK government further underlines its responsibility.

"We call on Russia to address all questions related to the attack in Salisbury. Russia should in particular provide full and complete disclosure of the Novichok programme to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Our concerns are also heightened against the background of a pattern of earlier irresponsible Russian behaviour. We call on Russia to live up to its responsibilities as a member of the UN Security Council to uphold international peace and security."


3 comentarios:

  1. el asesinato del principe no se cuanto en 1914, no fue menos troglodita en iniciar un feroz enfrentamiento entre actores equivalentes... desde napoleón le tienen ganas a rusia, ¿qué excusa no sería válida para tener gas for free y oro ídem?

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  2. Asesinato del Archiduque Francisco Fernando, heredero del trono de Austria, y de su esposa, la duquesa Sofía Chotek, el 28 de Junio de 1914. Sí, muchos comentaristas están trazando ese paralelo. Cordiales saludos.

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  3. Hay datos interesantes. Christopher Steele ex espía británico proporcionó un informe difamatorio y falso sobre Trump al fiscal especial Mueller. ¿Porqué hay interés en el gobierno británico de derrocar a Trump? Por su parte, el FBI en USA avala ese informe y se pliega a la campaña contra Trump.

    Recordemos, también, que bajo el gobierno de Tony Blair en Inglaterra se avalaron los informes de la inteligencia británica sobre las "armas de destrucción masiva" de Sadam en Irak. En esos informes se basó Bush para decidir la invasión a Irak.

    Es decir que hay un claro papel de Londres que contribuye al deterioro de la situación geopolítica mundial, el que ahora se refuerza con el cuento del envenenamiento del ex espía ruso en territorio británico.

    Entonces tenemos agencias de seguridad en USA y GB que trabajan por deteriorar las relaciones con Rusia y combaten, en esos países, a todos aquellos que quieren mejorar esas relaciones (Trump, Corbyn).

    Me parece que, a esta altura, es más o menos obvio que no hay "interés nacional" alguno sea de parte de USA o GB en el hecho de recorrer el camino hacia la guerra con Rusia, máxime luego de los anuncios de Putin sobre las capacidades de defensa estratégica de Rusia. Sí puede haber intereses oligárquicos inconfesables en propiciar esa guerra contra Rusia.

    Por eso sigo insistiendo con mi teoría de que los verdaderos actores en el sistema mundial son núcleos o combinaciones oligárquicas globales (no nacionales) de trastienda que influyen en las políticas internas y externas de los Estados, los cuales carecen de soberanía para decidir.

    Creo que, de modo general, esas combinaciones oligárquicas se pueden identificar como City de Londres y Wall Street. Allí se decide la geopolítica global.

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