NAZIS: As American As Apple Pie
U.S. Empire support for Neo-Nazis in Ukraine isn't an outlier, but the continuation of a disturbing historical trend that is rarely discussed.
DISCLAIMER: This piece presumes you already understand that Putin is fighting Neo-Nazis in Ukraine. If you don’t believe this, then you must not have read my previous and well-cited articles on the Ukraine crisis. Please review them first:
Context: Why Putin Isn’t Wrong (February 28, 2022)
Insane in the Ukraine (March 6, 2022)
What Exactly Does Putin Want? (March 7, 2022)
Okay, so you’ve come to terms with the undeniable reality that the United States is backing Neo-Nazis, who are not only integrated into the Ukrainian National Guard but have political representation.
I’m sure this is shocking news for many who are just now realizing how backwards the situation is. But if you know anything about history then you should know that backing Nazis is hardly out of the ordinary for the U.S. Empire.
HOW THE U.S. SUPPORTED NAZIS THEN
Nazi Germany was on the rise under the leadership of Adolf Hitler. His intent to annihilate the Jewish race in Europe is formally declared in January. In response, U.S. Senators Robert Wagner (NY) and Edith Rogers (MA) introduce a bill to allow 20,000 refugee children (ages 14 and under) fleeing from the Nazi Germany to be admitted into the U.S. The bill died in committee before ever being voted on, so that goes to show how much America gave a shit.
World War 2 began in September 1939 and formally ended in May 1945. The United States remained officially neutral until December 1941, reluctantly getting involved in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
But unofficially America had already been deeply involved, long before the war began, providing the financial infrastructure required for Hitler to pursue his radical ambitions. Here are just a few of the many U.S. companies that supported the Third Reich:
» THE REIMANN FAMILY
» IBM
» THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press news agency entered a formal cooperation with the Hitler regime in the 1930s, supplying American newspapers with material directly produced and selected by the Nazi propaganda ministry. (The Guardian, March 2016)
» CHASE BANK
» GENERAL ELECTRIC
The year following the end of World War II, GE stood accused of criminal conspiracy with Krupp, a major German munitions firm. Their partnership artificially raised the cost of U.S. defense preparations while helping to subsidize Hitler’s rearmament of Germany. The arrangement continued even after Nazi tanks smashed into Poland. (The Constantine Report, January 2012)
» FORD MOTORS
Ford vehicles were crucial to the revolutionary Nazi military strategy of blitzkrieg. Of the 350,000 trucks used by the motorized German Army as of 1942, roughly one-third were Ford-made. (The Nation, January 2000)
» STANDARD OIL
» GENERAL MOTORS
HOW THE U.S. IS SUPPORTING NAZIS NOW
While U.S. Corporations provided aide to Nazi Germany, financial support for Nazi Ukraine has been sufficiently covered directly by the U.S. Government ($6+ billion from 2006-2021, plus another $13.6 billion in 2022).
Corporations are still doing their part too, by refusing to do business with Russia, crashing their currency, while at the same time the U.S. Empire and NATO allies continue to issue relentless economic sanctions with zero regard for the devastating impact all of this will have on 145 million Russian citizens (roughly 30 million ages 0-19). This will only escalate the conflict, not mitigate it.
This strategy can only continue if the global citizenry remains deeply ignorant to the full context behind the conflict, refuses to exercise their ability to think critically, and persists in blindly cheerleading for Nazi Ukraine (which is also being backed by CIA-funded extremist groups, such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda).
This is why maintaining the pro-Ukraine/anti-Russia narrative is paramount. If the truth began to permeate the minds of the public, the entire effort would collapse. Corporate Media and Big Tech companies are vital in preventing reality from reaching the surface of our collective consciousness, to keep the ongoing false narrative intact.
As long as public support for Ukraine remains high, the U.S. Empire and NATO can continue their reckless, dangerous strategy of putting Putin in a tighter and tighter corner. What could go wrong?
Here are just a few examples of Big Techs efforts to keep the faux-narrative on-track. Corporate Media manipulations are too plentiful to bother citing, but I’ll post one egregious example at the end along with an updated list of previous media reports that overwhelmingly support Putin’s claim that he seeks to “de-nazify” Ukraine.
» YOUTUBE
Oliver Stone’s 2016 documentary “Ukraine on Fire” was considered perfectly acceptable up until a few days ago. Apparently Stone’s meticulous and historically accurate expose on the West’s role in propping up Neo-Nazis posed too big a threat to the present narrative. It was also banned by Vimeo.
You can still watch it on Rumble.
Facebook will temporary allow its billions of users to praise the Azov Battalion, a Ukrainian neo-Nazi military unit… which functions as an armed wing of the broader Ukrainian white nationalist Azov movement, began as a volunteer anti-Russia militia before formally joining the Ukrainian National Guard in 2014; the regiment is known for its hardcore right-wing ultranationalism and the neo-Nazi ideology pervasive among its members. Though it has in recent years downplayed its neo-Nazi sympathies, the group’s affinities are not subtle: Azov soldiers march and train wearing uniforms bearing icons of the Third Reich; its leadership has reportedly courted American alt-right and neo-Nazi elements; and in 2010, the battalion’s first commander and a former Ukrainian parliamentarian, Andriy Biletsky, stated that Ukraine’s national purpose was to “lead the white races of the world in a final crusade … against Semite-led Untermenschen [subhumans].”
(The Intercept, February 2022)
» AMAZON
Neo-Nazi merch! Might as well get a Ukraine-themed Covid-mask while you’re at it! Pointless on multiple levels.
We don’t want people looking up information about Neo-Nazi Ukraine, do we?
I haven’t found any written reports about this latest bit of censorship, so I’m providing evidence from my own experience. Feel free to follow my heavily shadow-banned Breaker of Sheeple page on Instagram, though I fully expect it will be removed entirely within the next 90 days.
» FACEBOOK + INSTAGRAM (META)
Posting violent speech against the Azov Battalion, actually Neo-Nazis, can get you suspended or banned from Mark Fuckerberg’s platforms. But if you post violent speech against Russian soldiers or Russian politicians, that’s totally cool.
”Community Standards” on social media are about as principled as mask and vaccine mandates were about health and safety. They’re about control, to see who will or won’t comply with the arbitrary dictates of those in positions of power, to silence voices of dissent and amplify voices of subservience.
Big Tech has chosen which side you’re on.
» DUCKDUCKGO
This one is painful. The former go-to for those seeking uncensored truths without having their search engine results manipulated, which I myself have relied on for years, has officially taken a knee. DuckDuckGo is now actively suppressing whatever they arbitrarily decide is “Russian disinformation”. Looking for a new alternative? Try Brave, which has pledged to maintain neutrality.
CORPORATE MEDIA DENYING NEO-NAZIS IN UKRAINE AFTER REPEATEDLY REPORTING ABOUT… NEO-NAZIS IN UKRAINE…
“Neo-Nazis? What Neo-Nazis?”
Bogus…?
John McCain Went To Ukraine And Stood On Stage With A Man Accused Of Being An Anti-Semitic Neo-Nazi
Yahoo! News, December 16, 2013Far-right group at heart of Ukraine protests meet US senator
Channel 4 News, December 16, 2013
Is the U.S. backing neo-Nazis in Ukraine?
Salon, February 25, 2014The Neo-Nazis of Ukraine
Counterpunch, February 27, 2014Neo-Nazi threat in new Ukraine
BBC, February 28, 2014
Ukraine Ethnic Purity Extremists [Neo Nazis] threaten Russians, Jews, non-whites Daily Kos, March 2, 2014
Rein in Ukraine’s neo-fascists
CNN, March 6, 2014Ukraine Right Sector Leader Rails Against ‘Jewish Oligarchs’
AntiWar.com, March 15, 2014
Yes, There Are Bad Guys in the Ukrainian Government
Foreign Policy, March 18,2014Analysis: U.S. Cozies Up to Kiev Government Including Far Right
NBC News, March 30, 2014Neo-Nazis Travelling to Fight in Ukraine
Breitbart, July 31, 2014
Nazis In Ukraine? German TV Shows Ukrainian Soldiers Displaying Nazi Symbols International Business Times, September 9, 2014
Azov fighters are Ukraine's greatest weapon and may be its greatest threat
The Guardian, September 10, 2014Welcome to Ukraine, the most corrupt nation in Europe
The Guardian, February 6, 2015Clapper Calls for Arming Ukrainian Forces: Who Would That Actually Empower?
The Intercept, February 27, 2015Ukraine Merges Nazis and Islamists
Consortium News, July 7, 2015Congress Has Removed a Ban on Funding Neo-Nazis From Its Year-End Spending Bill
The Nation, January 14, 2016US lifts ban on funding ‘neo-Nazi’ Ukrainian militia
The Jerusalem Post, January 18, 2016U.S. votes against anti-Nazi resolution at U.N.
CBS News, November 17, 2016
How Many Neo-Nazis Is the U.S. Backing in Ukraine?
The Daily Beast, April 14, 2017
Ukraine's Hyper-Nationalist Military Summer Camp for Kids
NBC News, July 13, 2017
Never Forget: Obama Put Neo-Nazis in Power in the Ukraine
Free Thought Project, August 14, 2017Ukraine's far-right children's camp: 'I want to bring up a warrior'
The Guardian, September 5, 2017The reality of neo-Nazis in Ukraine is far from Kremlin propaganda
The Hill, November 9, 2017Ukraine’s neo-Nazi problem
Reuter’s, March 18, 2018America’s Collusion With Neo-Nazis
The Nation, May 2, 2018US and NATO’s Ongoing Support For Neo-Nazis in Ukraine
Popular Resistance.org, April 19, 2019Far-Right Extremists Have Been Using Ukraine's War as a Training Ground. They're Returning Home
VICE, July 31, 2019Ukraine's Nazis: Who are they, why are they so influential — and why have media ignored them?
RT, September 5, 2019Ukraine's Civil War Is a 'Playground' for White Supremacists. What Could Go Wrong? Esquire, September 30, 2019
Ukrainian prime minister was guest speaker at Neo-Nazi event
People’s World, October 16, 2019Ukrainian Government Minister accompanies C14 neo-Nazis inspecting Kyiv Railway Station for Roma Hope Not Hate, April 3, 2020
Influential DC-based Ukrainian think tank hosts neo-Nazi activist convicted for racist violence The Grayzone, July 20, 2020Inside A White Supremacist Militia in Ukraine
Time, January 8, 2021
SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
What would happen if Nazi Germany were backed by an ally with a nuclear arsenal? Tough call. Normally I’m fairly good at prognosticating the future, particularly when it comes to politics, but the sheer level of recklessness being demonstrated by the U.S. and NATO has far exceeded my previous expectations.
And since this is our so-called President…
…I’m not optimistic.
Unless American’s wake the fuck up to what is really going on and aggressively demand that we reverse course OR if Putin bombs Pearl f’n Harbor we should expect U.S. support for Nazi Ukraine to continue unabated. Even if it means dramatically increasing the risk of nuclear war and, with it, the annihilation of all life on this planet. That being said, there are two other ways in which this will likely end.
1) THE WILD CARD
One is the growing number of reports that China intends to financially and/or militarily back Russia. This could be pure propaganda, of course, but I tend to believe it’s likely true only because China has hesitated to outright deny it. If it were false information it would be in China’s best interest, even from a strictly PR perspective, to put an end to such a rumor. They haven’t.
Even the most bloodthirsty sociopaths at the Pentagon know that the U.S. Empire could never take on the combined power of Russia/China, not even with every NATO ally backing us up, so China backing Russia would actually be an excellent development. NATO would get too nervous and their support for Ukraine would rapidly decline, forcing the U.S. to look for the nearest exit out of this mess. President Xi is far better at playing chess, while Biden struggles with Chutes & Ladders.
2) PUTIN GOES HARD
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Putin has been pulling his punches. Despite media reports doing their absolute best to paint him as a mass-murdering butcher of children, carpet bombing every inch of Ukraine with no regard for civilian life… with little if any evidence to support this depiction… he’s actually been extremely merciful considering Russia’s vastly superior military.
If Putin had really went all-out then this war would already be over. But the longer this goes on the longer Russia’s economy will continue to suffer, which Putin cannot allow indefinitely. Without China providing a boost, at least financially, ongoing sanctions will necessitate greater brutality to achieve a swifter victory. Once fake-tough-guy Zelensky (who is an actor, lest we forget) realizes he’s completely fucked he’ll increasingly start caving to Putin’s reasonable demands, as already evidenced by his admittance that Ukraine will never join NATO.
Better for Zelensky to come out as a “hero” who negotiated a peace deal to mitigate further damage to his country than go down in history as the “actor” who allied with Neo-Nazis and the West, fighting to the bitter end with ultimately nothing to show for it… right?
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