Ukrainian Crisis Was Always About Containing RussiaTony Cartalucci Funded and organised by the US government, deploying US consultancies, pollsters, diplomats, the two big American parties and US non-government organisations, the campaign was first used in Europe in Belgrade in 2000 to beat Slobodan Milosevic at the ballot box. The Western media has attempted to sidestep this inconvenient chapter in history and paper over what is an overt repeat of the so-called Orange Revolution but with the addition of snipers and mystery gunmensowing violence alongside battalions of literal Neo-Nazi militants, armed and clamoring to back Ukraines integration into the EU and eventually NATO. The constitution of the opposition that has since seized power and is occupying the Ukrainian capital city of Kiev, is a mixture of bigots, racists, Neo-Nazis, and anti-Semites all bent in eager capitulation to Western interests including the IMFs desire to impose crippling austerity upon the population. Attempts by the Western media to parade out in front of the global public, token Jews, claiming they wholly support the Neo-Nazi regime illegally occupying their nations capital is undermined by reports from Ukraines last round of actual elections in 2010. The Jewish Week reported then in an article titled, Change For Ukraine, But Likely Not For Jews, that: As mentioned, the Orange Revolution was admittedly US-orchestrated, and yielded what Ukrainian Jews called a rise in nationalism which they claim is always accompanied with the rise of anti-Semitism. Of course, President Yanukovich has been run out of power by literal Neo-Nazis. One must wonder what has changed across Ukraines Jewish communities that now make such a violent and abrupt transition suddenly ok. The answer of course is that Ukraines Jews are terrified, their voice simply drowned out by Western propaganda like the Guardians Russias propaganda war is a danger for Ukraines Jews. In it,Timothy Snyder claims: Made it clear to me Of course Snyder cites no organizations or leaders who told him anything, made no direct quotes nor linked to any official statement from any representative body among Ukraines Jews. We are to believe Snyders claims, apparently, because he says so. This pattern is repeated across the Western media, except curiously enough, in the BBC which actually interviewed the Nazis Snyder claims are the creations of Russian propaganda. Not only did the BBC prove the existence of Neo-Nazis running rampant across Kiev, but proved that they were very much armed and had run their political opposition out of the capital quite literally. One interview takes place in Ukraines Communist Party headquarters now defaced with Nazi slogans and symbolism and occupied by the armed Neo-Nazi militants themselves. Thus, despite the best efforts of the Wests media and politicians to claim the Nazi militants they used to overrun Kiev are creations of Russian propaganda, the truth exists in plain sight. The inability of the West to check Russias counterstrokes in Crimea and eastern Ukraine is precisely due to the fact that neither the people of the East nor the West believe what Washington, London, or Brussels are saying. NATO, Nazis, and the Expansion of Europe So what is NATO doing with Nazi militants in Ukraine? The same thing Adolf Hitler was doing establishing breathing room. While the West attempts publicly to portray the crisis in Ukraine as Europe reacting to Russian aggression, behind semi-closed doors they are very open about their agenda in Ukraine and elsewhere along Russias peripheries it is and always was about the expansion of Europe and the containment of Russia. Recently the corporate-funded NATO think tank, the Atlantic Council, celebrated what it called, anniversaries of crucial importance to the transatlantic community, including the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the 15th anniversary of NATOs first post-Cold War enlargement, and the 10th anniversary of the big bang enlargements of both the European Union and NATO. These enlargements all took place after the fall of the Cold War in other words, after NATOs mandate for existing expired. Yet the alliance continued to grow, and not only did it grow, in tandem with the European Union, it did so directly toward Moscows doorstep with every intention of eventually absorbing Russia as well. In fact, many of the same organizations standing behind the unelected regime in Kiev, have been directing unrest within Russia as well. And in turn, Russian opposition leaders backed by Western-cash and diplomatic support have vocally supported the regime in Kiev. In reality, what we have witnessed over the past several months is not Russian aggression, but the premeditated destabilization and overthrow of the elected government of Ukraine, and a resulting, and continuously escalating confrontation with Russia as Moscow reacts to the reappearance of Nazis along its borders, backed by NATO and the EU. Tony Cartaluccis articles have appeared on many alternative media websites, including his own at Land Destroyer Report, Alternative Thai News Network and LocalOrg. Read other contributed articles by Tony Cartalucci here. 