Ukraine in its present borders came into being quite recently, in 1991; the chances are, Ukraine will be split between West and East with or without a civil war. The net gainer is the US who realized its wet dream expressed by Brzezinski: Creak Ukraine away, for Russia can’t be superpower without Ukraine.
For the people of Ukraine, the future is gloomy. The pro-American claimant for presidency Victor Yushchenko is a devotee of neoliberal economics; a supporter of full privatization and forced sale of Ukrainian assets to US companies for their soon-to-be-worthless dollars.
They could learn of their fate from an amazing book by John Perkins, a self-described “economic hit man” — a US intelligence professional who cheated countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars.
In an interview Perkins explained his job: “Our job is to build up the American empire. To create situations where as many resources as possible flow into this country (the US), to our corporations, and our government, and in fact we’ve been very successful.”
American support of Yushchenko means that Yushchenko agreed to do its will. Yushchenko is also supported by the World Bank and by the IMF. Neoliberal “market doctrine” promoted by the World Bank had killed millions of Russians, Africans, Latin Americans whose governments followed their blueprint.
Another great supporter of Yushchenko is a group of Russian Jewish oligarchs kicked out of Russia by Putin. Extremely wealthy, dreaming of revenge, hating Putin’s Russia, this offshore gang of Berezovsky, Gusinsky and other ex-Yukos oilmen provide a big share of financial support for the Orange revolution. They are supported by the network of the powerful Ukrainian Jewish community; while behind them stands George Soros, the Jewish international magnate actively pumping money and organizational capacities into the Orange forces of Yushchenko.
Internal supporters of Yushchenko consist of two quite different groups. The biggest is the nationalists of Galichina, West Ukraine.
For centuries Galichina belonged to Poland or to the Austro-Hungarian Empire; during World War II they formed an SS division fighting on the German side. Nowadays, they form the base for such groups as swastika-bearing Svoboda (formerly Ukrainian National Socialist Party), UNA and UNSO who venerate Bandera, the Ukrainian nationalist and supporter of Hitler. Today they are united in support of Yushchenko. They do not mind that Yushchenko is supported by the Jewish oligarchs; the oligarchs do not mind them, either. Soros even financed them. So much for anti-Semitism.
Bandera the nationalist supported Hitler, but Hitler did not even think to establish a strong Ukrainian state; Arab nationalists undermined the Ottoman Empire on the service of the West just to find themselves sold out to the Zionists. Now the Ukrainian nationalists do the same mistake again.
Another group of Yushchenko supporters is liberal, relatively wealthy and pro-Western.
Whatever the final result of elections — and it will be disputed — Eastern Ukraine probably will join Russia; Western Ukraine will be taken up by Poland or will remain an “independent” stub of a state.
There is still a chance to defeat the local agents of Soros and Berezovsky, for they are not invincible; but Yanukovich is not made of stern stuff; Putin is not a daring politician, and the Slav Orthodox world feels itself lost.
Maybe that is why tens of thousands of Russians came spontaneously to visit the tomb of Joseph Stalin on Dec. 21, on 150 year jubilee of the man who restored fortunes of Russia, beat off the western attacks and united the Ukraine.
— Israel Shamir is a leading Russian-Israeli intellectual, writer, translator and journalist. Shamir (50) lives in Jaffa.
