By James Strong
Rarely does disappointment ignite in us the desire to be born of another race. But when it does, it can lead to the worse kinds of tragedy, from sleep apnea to an almost insatiable hunger to commit suicide. Yet, President Barack Obama’s persistent intent on supporting the current neo-Nazi regime in the Ukraine has forced some Blacks to moan “I wish I were white.”
White not because they hate being Black, but because they think they’re safer being white. In at least one sense, they may be right.
Without wearing the slippers of Martin Luther King’s cautions and the bracelet of Malcolm X’s omens, Obama has sprinted toward support for the current government of the Ukraine instead of jogging at a contemplative, thoughtfully considered pace. He has ignored all the lessons and warnings taught by that venerable scholar of time, history, and chosen to strengthen the arm of Nazism, neo-Nazism and racism – along with their skull-crushing brand of white supremacy.
And because of a personal vendetta against Russian President Vladimir Putin, he has slipped into a coma of wrong decisions, sidestepping the valid fears of Russian-speaking and non-Russian-speaking Ukrainians concerning neo-Nazi reprisals and terrorism.
Has he forgotten the promises of the Third Reich, which guaranteed Germans Aryan superiority over all of Europe? Has he ceased to remember how Hitler’s goose-stepping forces ransacked the European continent with bayonets of hatred, devastation and murder?
And how can he consign to a skid row of benign neglect those right-wing military governments, the puppies of Nazi ideology, which left brains and blood splattered alongside dusty roads and on the cold stone streets of Spain, Portugal, Chile, Argentina, Guatemala, El Salvador and Brazil from the 1950s to the 1990s?
So when Obama speaks about the need to help the current neo-Nazi regime in the Ukraine, the tongue seeks truth, the ears yearn for sense and the eyes crave for facts. We don’t see a need to help, but we do sense the need to fight.
In fact, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry continues to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to resolve the crisis in the Ukraine, the options don’t seem promising.
Asking the Russians to return Crimea to the Ukraine is not feasible, since 97 percent of Crimeans voted in a March referendum to be re-annexed by Russia.
Waiting until after the new Ukrainian presidential elections on May 25 to decide the fate of the Ukraine doesn’t make sense either, as Crimea is no longer a part of the Ukraine and many Russian-speaking and non-Russian-speaking Ukrainians in East Ukraine are threatening to boycott the elections, depriving the country of millions of anti-fascist votes and guaranteeing a neo-Nazi victory.
Neither does implementing the Russian suggestion of converting the Ukraine to a federation have solid gears to ensure a safe landing for that type of government. The neo-Nazis would rule western Ukraine and the anti-fascists would rule eastern Ukraine, each with their own political and economic models.
Furthermore, to neo-Nazis, the notion of human kindness is nothing more than a breezy silhouette. And like all tyrannical political groups, neo-Nazis gain a greater satisfaction from the terror and torture of the people than the people gain from the hanging and burial of neo-Nazis.
Hence, as orange juice, and not vodka, is the recommended nutrient for the common cold, so war, and not negotiation, is the proper remedy for neo-Nazism. This solution is urgent, because like the good sons and daughters of Nazism, the neo-Nazi Svoboda party and the Right Sector have already begun attacking and beating and terrorizing non-fascist Ukrainians.
On March 19, for example, Svoboda member of parliament Igor Miroshnynchenko and party ideologist Andriy Ilyenko stormed into the office of the acting CEO of the National Television Company of Ukraine, Aleksandr Panteleymonov. Accompanied by a mafia of bullies, goons and enforcers, they assaulted Panteleymonov and forced him to resign. And perhaps I shouldn’t mention that about a week earlier, neo-Nazis wearing masks charged into a city council meeting armed with bats and hammers, threatening and terrorizing those in attendance.
Because Obama and Kerry support Nazi, neo-Nazi and racist terror in the Ukraine – because England, France, Germany and the rest of the European Union are sending money to help Ukrainian fascists – what is the only fair and just way to fight the fascist and racist forces in the Ukraine?
As we noted previously, it can’t be to urge the Russians to return Crimea to the Ukraine, because that’s not feasible. It can’t be to delay a decision until after the Ukrainian presidential elections, because that’s not practical. It can’t be to convert the Ukraine to a federation, because that’s not viable. And it can’t be to feed the neo-Nazi lust to kill and maim, because that’s not plausible.
War, civil war, is the only emblem we should stitch to the sleeve of reasonable actions. And that war should aim not just to liberate East Ukraine, but to drive the fascist forces out of the Ukraine altogether and push them into the mountains and mud and huts of Poland, Lithuania and Moldova.
Ukrainian anarchists and freedom fighters should seek Russian arms and training, collaborate with Russian army units and special forces, request Russian economic aid and materiel. Moreover, they should be as ruthless toward the neo-Nazis, as the Nazis were toward Europeans during World War II.
Some non-fascist Ukrainians, however, do not like allying with the Russians, and so they are caught between a rock and a hard place. They wonder whether they should help the neo-Nazis and hope for the best. If they are torn between helping neo-Nazis and helping Russians, the dilemma is not difficult to solve. They will help the Russians less, if they hurt the neo-Nazis more.
Civil war, then, is the only civil cure for neo-Nazism in the Ukraine. It is that avenging broom which sweeps away the trash of neo-Nazis terrorism. And given that the Black president of the United States supports the white supremacist government of the Ukraine, we should all agree to “Shoot the Nazis and hug the Russians.”
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