{"id":181615,"date":"2016-05-04T20:02:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T01:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2016\/05\/04\/and-hillary-clinton-acolytes-continue-to-ruin-the-world\/"},"modified":"2016-05-04T20:02:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T01:02:00","slug":"and-hillary-clinton-acolytes-continue-to-ruin-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2016\/05\/04\/and-hillary-clinton-acolytes-continue-to-ruin-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"And Hillary Clinton Acolytes Continue to Ruin the World"},"content":{"rendered":"
In this case, it’s Victoria “F%$# the EU” Nuland, who is attempting to coerce the government of Cyprus to cut ties with Russia and accept the continuing occupation of the northern portion of the island nation by the Turks<\/a>:<\/div>\n

The US is intensifying the pressure on Cyprus to accept a secret NATO plan to keep Turkish forces on the island. <\/p>\n

Victoria Nuland, the State Department official in charge of regime change in Russia and Ukraine, met for talks last week with the President of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, and with Turkish Cypriot figures. The State Department and US Embassy in Nicosia have kept silent on what was said. A well-informed Cypriot source reports Nuland \u201cwas in Cyprus to pre-empt any likelihood of future deepening in relations with Russia. Anastasiades may not want to, but he may have no other option.\u201d A second Cypriot political source said: \u201c[Nuland] will try to blackmail him. I\u2019m not sure how he will react.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andros Kyprianou, head of AKEL, the Cyprus Communist Party running strongly against Anastasiades\u2019s party in next month\u2019s parliamentary election, issued an unusual warning against the Nuland plan. \u201cFor us\u201d, Kyprianou (right) said<\/a>, there is only one acceptable outcome to negotiations between the Greek and Turkish communities for the reunification of the island. This is a \u201csolution that ends the occupation and colonization, restoring the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and unity of the Republic, based on UN resolutions, the High Level Agreements, International and European Law. The solution is to demilitarize Cyprus and excludes any guarantee and intervention rights in the internal affairs of the country by foreign forces.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n

US military commanders and political leaders have never advocated Turkish withdrawal from the island, or compliance with the UN resolutions. Instead, they have recommended incorporating both parts of Cyprus into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization<\/a> (NATO). The political and military commands in Ankara have been reluctant to accept a NATO solution for Cyprus because they object to what they regard as \u201cdilution\u201d of their army on the island. The Nuland plan is the latest attempt to give Ankara what it wants, and override Greek Cypriot objections. Nuland has also told Anastasiades she wants to accelerate agreement on the terms of settlement before the US presidential election in November. <\/p>\n

Anastasiades has already declared himself in favour of joining NATO by signing the preliminary Partnership for Peace programme, but AKEL has been able to block it. For the time being, Cyprus is not a NATO member, and cannot accept another NATO base on its territory. \u201cHow can Nuland now push through a Turkish base on the island\u201d, a well-known Cypriot strategist asks \u2013 \u201cthat isn\u2019t a Turkish base and isn\u2019t a NATO base either, but meets Ankara\u2019s demand for a military \u2018guarantee\u2019, and will be accepted by Anastasiades?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n

For weeks now in Moscow, there have been public hints that Nuland has resuscitated the scheme for withdrawing Turkish forces under the Turkish flag, then returning them under a NATO flag. In Nicosia in December, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that such a scheme would be unacceptable to Russia. \u201cThe sides should reach agreements that would provide these security guarantees on a fundamentally new basis,\u201d Lavrov said, \u201cwhich will be acceptable to both Cypriot communities\u2026This role should be primarily played by the UN Security Council.\u201d For more details, read this<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In February<\/a>, Lavrov\u2019s spokesman at the ministry in Moscow attacked statements by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his \u201ccalls on the Cypriot Turks to take a tough, uncompromising stance in the ongoing intercommunal talks in Cyprus, including on territorial delimitation, a very sensitive issue. This is in stark contrast to Ankara\u2019s statements on its commitment to facilitating a peaceful settlement on the island in the near future. It is obvious that by addressing such calls to one of the parties to the inter-Cypriot dialogue, Turkey\u2019s leaders are rudely interfering in the negotiation process with a view of promoting their own interests.\u201d <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 This Neocon bullsh%$ is getting really old.<\/p>\n

H\/t Naked Capitalism<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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