{"id":61979,"date":"2022-02-23T07:20:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T12:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=61979"},"modified":"2022-02-23T07:20:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T12:20:25","slug":"perhaps-the-us-should-shut-the-fuck-up-about-respecting-other-countries-sovereignty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=61979","title":{"rendered":"Perhaps The US Should Shut The Fuck Up About Respecting Other Countries\u2019 Sovereignty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2022\/02\/22\/perhaps-the-us-should-shut-the-fuck-up-about-respecting-other-countries-sovereignty\/\">Perhaps The US Should Shut The Fuck Up About Respecting Other Countries\u2019 Sovereignty<\/a><\/h3>\n<article id=\"post-11122\" class=\"post-11122 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article category-news tag-america tag-empire tag-imperialism tag-putin tag-russia tag-ukraine tag-war\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-content\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image-area\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image size-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/medium-7.jpeg?485df6&amp;485df6\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/medium-7.jpeg 840w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/medium-7-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/medium-7-768x509.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/medium-7-128x86.jpeg 128w\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"557\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text-inner clearfix\">\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/going_rogue\/perhaps-the-us-should-shut-the-fuck-up-about-respecting-other-countries-sovereignty\">Listen to a reading of this article:<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1220203948&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;maxheight=1000&amp;maxwidth=1060\" width=\"1060\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>So Putin has finally made a move,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/550170-putin-donbass-ukraine-speech\/\">issuing a decree<\/a>\u00a0formally recognizing the sovereignty of the separatist-held Donbas territories in eastern Ukraine\u00a0known as the DPR and LPR. Russian troops\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2022\/02\/21\/putin-deploys-troops-to-donbas-republics-as-peacekeepers\/\">are being deployed<\/a>\u00a0to the region in what Putin describes as a \u201cpeacekeeping\u201d mission amid a dramatic spike in ceasefire violations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recognition of the DPR and LPR means Russia\u2019s withdrawal from the Minsk agreements, which were signed in 2014 and 2015 to establish the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2022\/02\/21\/putin-to-recognize-donbas-in-near-future\/\">writes Antiwar\u2019s Dave Decamp<\/a>. \u201cUnder the Minsk agreements, Ukraine agreed to cede some autonomy to the DPR and LPR. Russia has grown increasingly frustrated over the fact that Kyiv hasn\u2019t fulfilled its end of the agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1495895668908765186&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com%2F2022%2F02%2F22%2Fperhaps-the-us-should-shut-the-fuck-up-about-respecting-other-countries-sovereignty%2F&amp;sessionId=e098a3e02bd739f1c7ebd040d9aa6be0b4385d02&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1495895668908765186\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, the US empire has not been happy about this move. President Biden has already\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2022\/02\/21\/executive-order-on-blocking-property-of-certain-persons-and-prohibiting-certain-transactions-with-respect-to-continued-russian-efforts-to-undermine-the-sovereignty-and-territorial-integrity-of-ukraine\/\">imposed strict sanctions<\/a>\u00a0on the DPR and LPR, saying Moscow\u2019s recognition of their independence \u201cthreatens the peace, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and thereby constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomorrow we will be announcing new sanctions on Russia in response to their breach of international law and attack on Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity,\u201d White House spokesperson Jen Psaki\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/putin-ukraine-donetsk-luhansk-republics-reaction-ca0561f6-1d81-4c5a-8f2d-a8e129e0043c.html\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis decision represents a complete rejection of Russia\u2019s commitments under the Minsk agreements, directly contradicts Russia\u2019s claimed commitment to diplomacy, and is a clear attack on Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/kremlin-decision-on-eastern-ukraine\/\">adds<\/a>\u00a0Secretary of State Tony Blinken.<\/p>\n<p>Other member states of the empire were equally upset about this unforgivable violation of Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps The US Should Shut The Fuck Up About Respecting Other Countries\u2019 Sovereignty Listen to a reading of this article: \u2756 So Putin has finally made a move,\u00a0issuing a decree\u00a0formally recognizing the sovereignty of the separatist-held Donbas territories in eastern Ukraine\u00a0known as the DPR and LPR. Russian troops\u00a0are being deployed\u00a0to the region in what Putin [&hellip;]<\/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":[17039,694,32677,821,827,3142],"class_list":["post-61979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","tag-caitlin-johnstone","tag-russia","tag-territorial-sovereignty","tag-ukraine","tag-united-states","tag-us-empire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61979","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=61979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61980,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61979\/revisions\/61980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}