Designating Russia a State Sponsor of Terrorism?

by Stephen Lendman

World's far-and-away leading state sponsor of terrorism at home and worldwide is hegemon USA — case closed!

Its megalomaniacal rage to dominate other nations, plunder their resources and exploit their people threatens everyone everywhere by its forever hot and cold wars on humanity.

They include ongoing mass-extermination of millions and billions of unwanted people worldwide, along with wanting the world community of nations transformed into ruler/serf societies.

The above aims reflect the clearest definition of state-sponsored evil in its most diabolical form.

They show hegemon USA's unprecedented threat to humanity.

In 2018, Trump regime secretary of state Rex Tillerson proposed designating Russia a state sponsor of terrorism — for invented reasons because no legitimate ones exist.

Days later, the notion was dropped, a US official saying:

"There are a lot of issues that we have to work on together with Russia."

"Designating them would interfere with our ability to do that."

At the time, former state department official David McKean reinvented nonbelligerent, nonthreatening, rule of law-supporting Russia as "a bad actor on the world stage (sic)."

Around the same time, Brookings Institution's Center for Middle East Policy senior fellow Daniel Byman falsely called Russia a "state sponsor of terrorism."

Like always when the nation and its leadership are demonized, Byman recited a long ago debunked litany of bald-faced Big Lies about to try justifying what's unjustifiable.

On December 15, ranking GOP Senate foreign relations committee member Jim Risch and seven other GOP senators introduced the so-called Guaranteeing Ukraine's Autonomy by Reinforcing its Defense (GUARD Act).

It calls for providing the US vassal state with more military and related aid than already, falsely claiming that "it faces the threat of an invasion from Russia (sic)" — despite not a shred of credible evidence suggesting it.

Falsely claiming "the threat of a mid-January invasion (sic), (Risch said hegemon USA) should be doing everything it can right now to deter Russia and provide Ukraine the supplies and support it needs to defend itself (sic)."

He and co-sponsors also called for designating Russia a state sponsor of terrorism over alleged "aggressive actions" that don't exist, sanctioning Nord Stream 2, and other steps "to deter Russia by increasing the costs of its (nonexistent) aggression."

Specifically, the measure calls for the following:

"Substantially and immediately increases material support for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including funding for weaponry, training, and military reform (sic)."

"Authorizes $450 million in Foreign Military Financing for Ukraine for the year 2022."

"Would replenish the presidential drawdown authority account should the (White House imposter) use all currently available funds to support Ukraine."

"Strengthens sanctions on Nord Stream 2, a Russian malign influence project designed to undermine Ukraine and threaten European energy security (sic)."

"Establishes diplomatic and military deterrents to counter Russian aggression" that doesn't exist.

"Designates Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism in the event its forces further (sic) invade Ukraine (sic)."

"Limits security risks related to US-Russian military cooperation."

"Reaffirms US policy of unwavering commitment to Ukrainian sovereignty (sic)."

All of the above and countless more reveal the menace posed by hegemon USA to humanity.

It's further proof that diplomatic outreach to its ruling regimes by nations free from their draconian control is a colossal waste of time because they only understand toughness.

It shows as well that Russia has zero chance of getting security guarantees it seeks from Washington.

A state of forever cold war exists between hegemon USA and nations free from its control — along with forever direct and/or proxy wars against Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and other invented enemies.

Pursuing self-destructive policies, the US is in terminal decline.

It's just a matter of time before it goes the way of previous empires.

History's dustbin awaits its inevitable arrival unless it destroys planet earth and all its lifeforms by futile efforts to try achieving global hegemon beyond its reach.

A Final Comment

According to Russian upper house Federation Counsel Senator Sergey Tsekov:

US so-called GUARD legislation "will undermine dialogue between Russia and the US if it's adopted," adding:

"It is characteristic of a certain strand of the American political elite."

The world's leading state sponsor of terrorism USA points fingers at Moscow and other nations free from its control to shift attention from its own high crimes of war, against humanity and other atrocities at home and worldwide.

Throwing more weapons and related military aid at Ukraine is a prescription for escalated war on Donbass over resolving years of conflict.

Proposing it alone gives Kiev's "party of war" greater incentive to push escalated aggression than already.