{"id":52080,"date":"2014-06-23T15:40:11","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T19:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=52080"},"modified":"2014-06-23T15:40:11","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T19:40:11","slug":"the-new-cold-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=52080","title":{"rendered":"The new Cold War"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent a lot of time in Europe leading up to the death of the old Soviet Union when they used covert operations to undermine the US’ influence on the continent. They funded overt terrorism (Red Army Faction) as well as covert operations amongst the hippies and local protesters to turn the public opinion of our hosts against us. Since the Soviet Union fell, their connections to the terrorists and to the European peace movements have been documented, as well as their connections to US peace movements.<\/p>\n

Apparently, those lessons weren’t lost on the succeeding nation. Foreign Policy<\/a> says that the Russians are funding the anti-fracking drones behind the scenes in order to maintain their grip on the European economies;<\/p>\n

“I have met allies who can report that Russia, as part of their sophisticated information and disinformation operations, engage actively with so-called non-government organizations — environmental organizations working against shale gas — obviously to maintain European dependence on imported Russian gas,” NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said after a Chatham House speech this week.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

But one thing has for years puzzled energy experts: Well-organized and well-funded environmental opposition to fracking in Europe sprang up suddenly in countries such as Bulgaria and Ukraine, which had shown little prior concern for the environment but which are heavily dependent on Russia for energy supplies. Similar movements have also targeted Europe’s plans to build pipelines that would offer an alternative to reliance on Moscow.<\/p>\n

“It’s very concrete; it relates to both opposition to shale and also trying to block any alternative pipelines with environmental challenges,” said Brenda Shaffer, an energy expert at Georgetown University.<\/p>\n

“There is a lot of evidence here; countries like Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine being at the vanguard of the environmental movement is enough for it to be conspicuous,” she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Europe’s heavy dependence on Russian energy sources makes them vulnerable to political pressure from Russia. Witness the empty threats in regards to the annexation of the Crimea this last winter from our European allies. Of course, local fracking is a real threat to that dependance on Russia’s oil and gas resources. So it’s back to the Cold War tactics that worked for the Russians, to some small effect, decades ago.<\/p>\n

Hippies are such useful idiots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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