Eric Draitser says psychopathic leadership in US is provoking “an open war” with Russia

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An American political activist and analyst says the psychopathic
leadership in the United States is provoking “an open war” with Russia
that could be disastrous for the entire world.

Eric Draitser, the
founder of StopImperialism.com, made the remarks in a phone interview
with Press TV on Thursday while commenting on a report which says the US
military is planning to deploy troops to Ukraine.

“It is
certainly not the first time historically that the United States has
done this nor would it be the last time. But, right now at this time of
heightened tensions between the US and Russia, for the US to formally
acknowledge that it is sending military forces into Ukraine CAN ONLY BE
REGARDED as an escalation,” he said.

According to the commander
of United States Army Europe, the US military plans to send troops to
Ukraine this spring to train four companies in the Ukrainian National
Guard.

The US has already earmarked $19 million to help build the
Ukrainian National Guard. Lt. Gen Frederick Ben Hodges led a US command
delegation to Kiev on Wednesday to begin evaluating the situation in
Ukraine’s restive south-eastern regions.

Draitser said that
Ukraine “has been split apart. It’s been torn apart at the seams by a
Nazi oligarch regime in Kiev that is bankrolled and supported by the
United States.”

The US and its allies accuse Moscow of sending
troops into eastern Ukraine in support of the pro-Russian forces. Moscow
has long denied involvement in Ukraine’s crisis.

The Kremlin has
described Washington’s foreign policy on Ukraine as “aggressive” which
“fails to meet present-day realities and demonstrates that the United
States actually wants to dominate the world.”

“Is the United
States purposely escalating this conflict? Are they doing this for
military purposes only, or are they doing it to provoke Russia into a
military response?” Draitser asked. “This is the single most dangerous
policy that the United States could be following.”

“To provoke an
open war with Russia over Ukraine is to essentially cause disaster for
the entire world, certainly for Europe. And, I think, that better than
anything else illustrates the psychopathic behavior and the sociopathic
mentality of the leadership in the United States and in the West,” he
added.

Ties between Washington and Moscow have deteriorated over
the crisis in Ukraine after pro-Western forces ousted the country’s
president Viktor Yanukovych in February 2014.

The US and the European Union have already imposed several rounds of sanctions on Russia, including visa bans and asset freezes.