{"id":41479,"date":"2018-12-09T08:57:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T13:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=41479"},"modified":"2018-12-09T08:57:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T13:57:46","slug":"diplomacy-a-waste-of-time-with-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=41479","title":{"rendered":"Diplomacy a Waste of Time with Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The US is a serial lawbreaker, operating by its own rules, no others.<\/p>\n

Time and again, it flagrantly breaches international treaties, Security Council resolutions, and other rule of law principles, including its own Constitution.<\/p>\n

Diplomacy with Republicans and undemocratic Dems is an exercise in futility. Trump\u2019s JCPOA pullout and threatened INF Treaty withdrawal show Washington can never be trusted.<\/p>\n

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova\u2019s proposed US outreach to discuss INF Treaty bilateral differences is well intended \u2013 despite knowing nothing is accomplished when talks with Washington are held, so why bother.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just a matter of time before the US breaches another promise. They\u2019re hollow when made. Kremlin good intentions aren\u2019t enough to overcome US duplicity and implacable hostility toward Russia.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are ready to continue the dialogue in appropriate formats on the entire range of problems related to this document on the basis of professionalism and mutual respect, without putting forward unsubstantiated accusations and ultimatums. Our proposals are well known and remain on the negotiating table,\u201d said Zakharova, adding:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have admitted (US) documents for further consideration. This text again includes accusations in the form of unfounded and unsubstantiated information about Russia\u2019s alleged violations of this deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Comments to Washington like the above and similar remarks are like talking to a wall. The US demands all countries bend to its will, offering nothing in return but betrayal \u2013 especially in dealings with Russia, China, Iran, and other sovereign independent governments it seeks to replace with pro-Western puppet ones.<\/p>\n

Not a shred of evidence suggests Russia violated its INF Treaty obligations. The accusation is baseless like all others against the Kremlin.<\/p>\n

…click on the above link to read the rest of the article…<\/p>\n

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Diplomacy a Waste of Time with Washington The US is a serial lawbreaker, operating by its own rules, no others. Time and again, it flagrantly breaches international treaties, Security Council resolutions, and other rule of law principles, including its own Constitution. Diplomacy with Republicans and undemocratic Dems is an exercise in futility. Trump\u2019s JCPOA pullout […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[5572,22463,22461,22190,11161,826,827,838,865],"class_list":["post-41479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","tag-diplomacy","tag-inf-treaty","tag-intermediate-range-nuclear-forces-treaty","tag-international-treaties","tag-stephen-lendman","tag-united-nations","tag-united-states","tag-us-constitution","tag-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41480,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41479\/revisions\/41480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}