EVEN though the Cold War has ended, it appears that the objectives of the West during that era have not changed and what is unfolding in The Ukraine supports this view; because the EU supported by the US has unleashed a covert and overt campaign to prevent that country from establishing closer ties with Russia and to have it in the orbit of the West. And we know why.

In his article, “The Battle for Ukraine”, Stephen Lendman points out: “Ukraine matters. It’s strategically located and it’s in Europe’s geographic centre, and it borders seven countries. After Western/Central Russia, it’s Europe’s largest country territorially. It’s resource rich.”
Former US National Security Adviser Zbgniew Brezinksky once said: “Without Ukraine, Russia ceases to be an empire; but with Ukraine suborned and then subordinated, Russia automatically becomes an empire.”
According to Lendman, “If Ukraine allies with Western Europe, Moscow would be significantly weakened geopolitically. The battle for Ukraine continues. Washington’s dirty hands are involved. Young militants were recruited and were paid to protest. Radical nationalists joined them. Ukraine’s future is at stake.”
This, of course, is an old familiar script, especially during the official Cold War days. In the 1960s, we experienced this scenario right here in Guyana and so many other countries did as the US and its allies strove to protect “their interests” and to “save the world from communism and preserve democracy.”
During that time, the US’s various agencies including the CIA in collaboration with their local allies covertly and overtly fomented a political crisis through terror, sabotage and strikes aimed at removing the PPP government led by Dr Cheddi Jagan.
However, there’s been a worrisome development involving the government and the US Ambassador here in which the latter has made it clear that regardless of whether the former agrees with a project about strengthening the capacity of parliamentarians and improving the functioning of Parliament, it will be implemented.
The government explained that its objection to the project was based on the fact that it was not involved in its formulation. The US Ambassador responded that the government was engaged for a long period with respect to the project.
The Ambassador should know only too well that being engaged is much different from having an input into the formulation of a project.
What the Ambassador’s position amounts to is, it’s the US way or no other. It is like going to someone’s house and dictating how it should be arranged and what should be cooked, etc.
This sort of behaviour borders on interference in our internal affairs and a violation of our sovereignty which cannot be tolerated.
Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, has made it clear that the behaviour of the Ambassador could have serious consequences. “At this stage the issue is the US Ambassador’s apparent contempt for the Cabinet of Guyana, an act that could have serious repercussions. He has been reported in the press to have instructed that Cabinet’s disapproval be ignored. The US Ambassador is playing with words as regards consultation. I will contend Guyana was not consulted. The project was conceived by the American authorities. The project funded by[the] US Congress. A bid was tendered, the US organisation, International Republican Institute, won that bid and was awarded the contract to implement the project. It was subsequent to those actions by the American authorities that the US Ambassador approached the Government of Guyana,” Dr Luncheon revealed.
He added that the government was presented with a fait accompli and described it as a “dangerous proposition.”
The world has changed, but the US foreign policy seems to be stuck in a Cold War mode and the inevitable question that arises is whether there has been a rekindling of the Cold War by the US and its allies. The answer seems to be yes.