Dumb and Dumber: The United States incorporates the effect of a monkey with a grenade
American high-ranking officials seem to be competing in who among them will make the most ridiculous aggressive statement addressed to Russia.
This “contest” was opened by US Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, who announced that the US Navy was ready to declare a naval blockade of Russia and Iran in order to stop selling Russian oil and gas to the countries of the Middle East. That is, the region where most of the energy is extracted. That is almost equivalent to taking measures to curb the supply of samovars to Tula. And this is in addition to the absurdity of the measures by which Zinke intends to solve this extremely important task (we recall that the declaration of a naval blockade is equivalent to the beginning of the war).
But the world community did not have time to digest this amazing message and understand how to respond to such statements, as sounded like Kay Bailey Hutchison, US Permanent Representative to NATO, comparable with the effect of a bombshell.
An American diplomat accused our country of violating the 1987 Treaty on the Elimination of Medium and Small-Range Missiles (DSMR), saying that Russia was allegedly working on the production of new missiles prohibited by this document.
Although, according to her, the USA is committed to a diplomatic settlement of the issue, but they are ready to consider a military solution if Russia continues to violate the indefinite treaty concluded between the USA and the USSR. “At this stage, we will consider the possibility of destroying a (Russian) rocket that will be able to hit any of our countries,” she said. “In the future, the moment may come when America decides: it is necessary to proceed to the development phase (of our own missiles), which right now, according to this agreement, is not allowed.”
Together with Hutchison, the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made accusations against Moscow in violation of the INF. He stressed that the alliance is concerned about Russia's actions, which, in his opinion, put the treaty at risk.
“All members of the alliance agree that Russia is violating this agreement. According to the US, which they shared with NATO, Russia is violating the INF Treaty, starting to deploy the Novator 9М729 missiles. I cannot go into the details of this intelligence, ”the NATO Secretary General said.
Although he did not threaten Russia with military measures, his speech increased the effect of Madame Hutchison’s statement. Which was regarded as the announcement of "lightning disarming global strike" - a favorite military concept of the American hawks.
According to her, the US armed forces are delivering a preemptive massive strike with non-nuclear (or nuclear) means on nuclear-missile facilities, air defense systems, communications centers and command posts of the enemy, which radically undermines its defenses. After that, the enemy is given an ultimatum, which he will be forced to accept.
If we consider that 27 on April 2017, the representative of the General Staff of the Russian Federation stated that the US is preparing for a sudden nuclear attack on Russia, and the US missile defense bases in Europe and anti-missile ships near Russian territory "create a powerful hidden component" for a possible nuclear missile strike, It is not difficult to understand exactly how the statement was perceived.
Namely: Washington, based, as always, on unsubstantiated accusations and without going into the details of this intelligence, began information preparation for the implementation of the “quick strike”.
Thus, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Maria Zakharova, qualified Hutchison’s speech as “aggressive rhetoric,” which should be assessed by military experts.
“It seems that people making such statements do not realize the degree of their responsibility and the danger of aggressive rhetoric. Who authorized this lady to make such statements? American people? Are ordinary people in the United States aware that so-called diplomats paid out of their pockets are aggressive and destructive? ”- quotes RIA“News»Zakharov.
According to her, it's just “to break and destroy everything,” however, it is difficult to “repair and repair”.
“American diplomacy has a lot to do to recover from the consequences of inherent errors,” she said.
It is possible that the US Permanent Representative heard the speech of Zakharova and hurried to comment on her own statement in the spirit of "I was not misunderstood."
In her Twitter, Kay Bailey Hutchison wrote that she did not talk about how to deliver a preemptive strike on Russia.
What she only noted was that Russia “should return” to abide by the provisions of the INF Treaty, otherwise the US will have to take into account the potential capabilities of the Russian side to protect its own interests and the interests of the North Atlantic Alliance, and will shoot down Russian missiles.
As we see, the comment turned out too-so. After all, according to his logic, the US armed forces will shoot down only those missiles that, in Washington’s opinion, violate the INF. And those that do not come into conflict with the provisions of the treaty, so let them fly farther where they want to go.
Such a selective approach causes serious and well-founded fears about the mental health of the permanent representative.
Apparently, the appointment of people to positions of responsibility is not just incompetent, but with obvious signs of dementia, becoming a trend. And against the background of the current administration, the name of the unforgettable Jen Psaki does not sound so bad.
However, no matter how idiots they look, they solve the tasks set for them. So, in the speech of Hutchison, the main thing was not the destruction of Russian missiles, but the fact that the United States would be forced to begin production of similar systems. That is, unreasonably accusing our country of violating the treaty (as testified by the chairman of the Committee on Security and Defense of the Federation Council Viktor Bondarev, 9М729 does not violate the contract, since the maximum range of the missile is 480 km) to legitimize in the eyes of the allies its own violations of the INF.
Suffice it to recall that in the military budget for the 2019 year, they have already pledged funds to create a cruise missile, which will fly from 500 to 5500 kilometers.
However, this is not the only goal pursued by the United States, allowing its representatives to use this kind of rhetoric. By provoking international tension and militaristic hysteria, they exercise pressure on their European allies. Using it as a universal tool in order to get them to increase allocations for the maintenance of NATO, even greater purchases of American weapons and, if possible, force them to abandon Russian energy.
At the same time, a fair amount of "crazy" in the speeches of the American representatives creates an inimitable effect of a monkey with a grenade, considerably enhancing the desired effect.
Recall, October 3 press secretary to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, at the awarding ceremony for the winners of the Russian MediaTEK contest announced that our energy projects were directly threatened by presidents of other countries, and despite this, these projects are being implemented.
Returning to DRMSD, we note that in December 2017, Vladimir Putin stated that the United States had actually withdrawn from the treaty.
“They [the US] put the systems - supposedly anti-missile systems - in Romania. And how they set? They put the Aegis launch systems, removed them just from the sea and set them up. But in these systems, anti-missiles can be easily replaced simply with medium-range missiles, ”the Russian president said.
This “contest” was opened by US Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, who announced that the US Navy was ready to declare a naval blockade of Russia and Iran in order to stop selling Russian oil and gas to the countries of the Middle East. That is, the region where most of the energy is extracted. That is almost equivalent to taking measures to curb the supply of samovars to Tula. And this is in addition to the absurdity of the measures by which Zinke intends to solve this extremely important task (we recall that the declaration of a naval blockade is equivalent to the beginning of the war).
But the world community did not have time to digest this amazing message and understand how to respond to such statements, as sounded like Kay Bailey Hutchison, US Permanent Representative to NATO, comparable with the effect of a bombshell.
An American diplomat accused our country of violating the 1987 Treaty on the Elimination of Medium and Small-Range Missiles (DSMR), saying that Russia was allegedly working on the production of new missiles prohibited by this document.
Although, according to her, the USA is committed to a diplomatic settlement of the issue, but they are ready to consider a military solution if Russia continues to violate the indefinite treaty concluded between the USA and the USSR. “At this stage, we will consider the possibility of destroying a (Russian) rocket that will be able to hit any of our countries,” she said. “In the future, the moment may come when America decides: it is necessary to proceed to the development phase (of our own missiles), which right now, according to this agreement, is not allowed.”
Together with Hutchison, the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made accusations against Moscow in violation of the INF. He stressed that the alliance is concerned about Russia's actions, which, in his opinion, put the treaty at risk.
“All members of the alliance agree that Russia is violating this agreement. According to the US, which they shared with NATO, Russia is violating the INF Treaty, starting to deploy the Novator 9М729 missiles. I cannot go into the details of this intelligence, ”the NATO Secretary General said.
Although he did not threaten Russia with military measures, his speech increased the effect of Madame Hutchison’s statement. Which was regarded as the announcement of "lightning disarming global strike" - a favorite military concept of the American hawks.
According to her, the US armed forces are delivering a preemptive massive strike with non-nuclear (or nuclear) means on nuclear-missile facilities, air defense systems, communications centers and command posts of the enemy, which radically undermines its defenses. After that, the enemy is given an ultimatum, which he will be forced to accept.
If we consider that 27 on April 2017, the representative of the General Staff of the Russian Federation stated that the US is preparing for a sudden nuclear attack on Russia, and the US missile defense bases in Europe and anti-missile ships near Russian territory "create a powerful hidden component" for a possible nuclear missile strike, It is not difficult to understand exactly how the statement was perceived.
Namely: Washington, based, as always, on unsubstantiated accusations and without going into the details of this intelligence, began information preparation for the implementation of the “quick strike”.
Thus, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Maria Zakharova, qualified Hutchison’s speech as “aggressive rhetoric,” which should be assessed by military experts.
“It seems that people making such statements do not realize the degree of their responsibility and the danger of aggressive rhetoric. Who authorized this lady to make such statements? American people? Are ordinary people in the United States aware that so-called diplomats paid out of their pockets are aggressive and destructive? ”- quotes RIA“News»Zakharov.
According to her, it's just “to break and destroy everything,” however, it is difficult to “repair and repair”.
“American diplomacy has a lot to do to recover from the consequences of inherent errors,” she said.
It is possible that the US Permanent Representative heard the speech of Zakharova and hurried to comment on her own statement in the spirit of "I was not misunderstood."
In her Twitter, Kay Bailey Hutchison wrote that she did not talk about how to deliver a preemptive strike on Russia.
What she only noted was that Russia “should return” to abide by the provisions of the INF Treaty, otherwise the US will have to take into account the potential capabilities of the Russian side to protect its own interests and the interests of the North Atlantic Alliance, and will shoot down Russian missiles.
As we see, the comment turned out too-so. After all, according to his logic, the US armed forces will shoot down only those missiles that, in Washington’s opinion, violate the INF. And those that do not come into conflict with the provisions of the treaty, so let them fly farther where they want to go.
Such a selective approach causes serious and well-founded fears about the mental health of the permanent representative.
Apparently, the appointment of people to positions of responsibility is not just incompetent, but with obvious signs of dementia, becoming a trend. And against the background of the current administration, the name of the unforgettable Jen Psaki does not sound so bad.
However, no matter how idiots they look, they solve the tasks set for them. So, in the speech of Hutchison, the main thing was not the destruction of Russian missiles, but the fact that the United States would be forced to begin production of similar systems. That is, unreasonably accusing our country of violating the treaty (as testified by the chairman of the Committee on Security and Defense of the Federation Council Viktor Bondarev, 9М729 does not violate the contract, since the maximum range of the missile is 480 km) to legitimize in the eyes of the allies its own violations of the INF.
Suffice it to recall that in the military budget for the 2019 year, they have already pledged funds to create a cruise missile, which will fly from 500 to 5500 kilometers.
However, this is not the only goal pursued by the United States, allowing its representatives to use this kind of rhetoric. By provoking international tension and militaristic hysteria, they exercise pressure on their European allies. Using it as a universal tool in order to get them to increase allocations for the maintenance of NATO, even greater purchases of American weapons and, if possible, force them to abandon Russian energy.
At the same time, a fair amount of "crazy" in the speeches of the American representatives creates an inimitable effect of a monkey with a grenade, considerably enhancing the desired effect.
Recall, October 3 press secretary to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, at the awarding ceremony for the winners of the Russian MediaTEK contest announced that our energy projects were directly threatened by presidents of other countries, and despite this, these projects are being implemented.
Returning to DRMSD, we note that in December 2017, Vladimir Putin stated that the United States had actually withdrawn from the treaty.
“They [the US] put the systems - supposedly anti-missile systems - in Romania. And how they set? They put the Aegis launch systems, removed them just from the sea and set them up. But in these systems, anti-missiles can be easily replaced simply with medium-range missiles, ”the Russian president said.
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