Obama To Sign Off On Lethal US Aid To Ukraine By End Of Week, Russian Response To Follow

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Obama To Sign Off On Lethal US Aid To Ukraine By End Of Week, Russian Response To Follow (ZeroHedge, Dec 16, 2014):

As we reported over the weekend, in the tumult surrounding Citigroup’s annexation of Congress with the passage of the theatrically dramatic $303 trillion derivative quid-pro-$1.1 trillion spending quo, what most missed is that Congress also unanimously passed the The Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014, which not only expands Russian sanctions (read the details here) but far more impotantly, provides “lethal assistance to Ukraine’s military.” And as we explained, passage of this law is just the pretext some Russian legislators needed to push for a full-blown, preemptive military incursion in east-Ukraine.

Recall:

“The decision of the US Senate is extremely dangerous. If it is supported by the House of Representatives and signed by their president, Russia must reply with adequate measures,” Mikhail Yemelyanov of the Fair Russia party told reporters on Friday.

It is quite possible that we should return to the decision by our Upper House and give the Russian president an opportunity to use military force on Ukrainian territory preemptively. We should not wait until Ukraine is armed and becomes really dangerous,” the lawmaker stated.

Yemelyanov also noted that in his opinion the US Senate’s decision to arm Ukraine had revealed that Washington wasn’t interested in the de-escalation of the Ukrainian conflict. He then said that US actions gave him the impression they was seeking to turn Ukraine into some sort of an “international militant targeting the Russian Federation.”

“In a few years Ukraine will turn into a poor and hungry country with an anti-Russian government that will teach its population to hate Russia. They will be armed to the teeth and Ukraine and US reluctance to recognize the Russian Federation within its current borders would always provoke conflicts,” the MP said.

Furthermore, we asked if “this means that what was a lingering proxy cold civil war in east Ukraine between NATO-armed Ukraine troops and Russia-armed Separatists and local militias is about to escalate into a shooting precursor to something greater? There is still hope an all out escalation can be avoided” and we cited White House press secretary Joshn Earnest who last week said that “the administration hadn’t finished reviewing the language and isn’t ready to take a position on the legislation. He said the administration wants to ensure that the U.S. and its European allies are working together, that any sanctions are effective and that they minimize harm to U.S. and European companies. “This is delicate work,” Earnest said.”

Apparently, not delicate enough, and moments ago we got confirmation that the epic collapse in the USDRUB is just a jovial preview of the main event. To wit:

  • OBAMA DOES INTEND TO SIGN RUSSIAN SANCTIONS LEGISLATION:EARNEST
  • OBAMA LIKELY TO SIGN SANCTIONS BILL BEFORE END OF WEEK: EARNEST

And with that, US “lethal aid” will shortly begin arriving in Kiev, which in turn will be just the pretext needed by Sergey Lavrov and the Kremlin to escalate the recent events in Russia as a direct attack by the West, and to demand retaliation against a US president who “does not reason” as the Russian media will appeal to the population in an attempt to “rally round the flag“, and as a result Russian tanks may have no choice but to enter the separatist territories in East Ukraine.

What the western, and certainly NATO, response at that point will be, is far beyond our meager prediction skills.

 

2 thoughts on “Obama To Sign Off On Lethal US Aid To Ukraine By End Of Week, Russian Response To Follow”

  1. This is insanity. I would ask why fool Americans would allow this, but they won’t be told, as usual.
    If the US hits Russia militarily, the world will turn on us, and the world war that follows will destroy the US. Russia, and its leader, is highly respected.

    I don’t know much about currencies. Halting the use of it on stock trades……I don’t know about that, I don’t understand why currency is trading on the stock markets…..I never dealt in anything like that, all metals I ever bought, I took personal possession…………….and every time, the metals were stolen.
    Bankers stole my gold coins, I had a safety deposit box full of them……they said I was breaking the law, and gave me cash. I didn’t know any better.
    They were my grandfathers, and I have never forgiven them for their theft….Wells Fargo, of course.

    I do know that Russia has been stockpiling gold. Perhaps they are going back to trading in gold…………….if I were in charge, that is what I would do. That would screw all the greedy guts, and I hope they go broke. I do know that Putin is no fool, and everything he is doing is for the welfare of the Russian nation, unlike our horrible leaders.

    I don’t know what Putin plans, but he is a master chess player, and I don’t think anything that is happening is of any surprise to him.

    If the US hits Russia using bombs, they will hit back, but not as Obama hopes.
    The entire world will join Russia, not the US. OPEC has already made it clear where their allegiances are, and they are with China, India and Russia, not the US.

    The US is out of money, out of allies, out of coalition.
    Whoever is controlling the sock puppet fools is mad.

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