Orange Revolution 2.0?
Stephen Lendman: Ukrainian Protests Continue
Ordinary Ukrainians are being manipulated. Internal street thugs are involved. They're militants. They've been recruited to cause trouble. They're mostly young. They're Western oriented. Washington's dirty hands are involved. Color revolutions are a US specialty. At issue is eliminating independent sovereign states. It's co-opting former Soviet Republics. It's drawing them into NATO. It's increasing American dominance. It's using EU membership as bait. It's doing so despite no tangible benefits. Promises made to be broken substitute. Weakening Russia is prioritized.
So-called spontaneous uprisings are manufactured. Ukrainians should know better. They've been through this before. Memories are disturbingly short. Washington manipulated Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution. Ongoing Ukrainian protests bear its earmarks. Whether it succeeds remains to be seen. Ordinary people ended up losers. Promises made were fake. Exploitation followed. Once deceived should have been enough. Good sense isn't a man on the street attribute. PT Barnum allegedly said "(t)here's a sucker born every minute." Con men, corporate predators, and ruthless nations take full advantage. Ukrainians were had once. They're being set up again. They're not mindful enough to understand. Awakenings usually come too late to matter. Shutting stable doors after horses are stolen won't get them back. What's ahead remains to be seen.
Washington developed manipulating tactics through years of trial and error. They're down to a science now. Often they work. Rand Corporation strategists were involved. In the 1990s, they developed the concept of "swarming." It relates to communication patterns and movements of bees and other insects. They're applied to military conflicts and street protests. Key US organizations are involved. More on swarming below.