In the rush to “pin” the latest suspicious assassination on Putin, a “guilty unless proven innocent” it’s worth remembering this, posted on Veterans Today (url at bottom of story, then wikipedia for Professor Hamelink) I’m not sure about apologizing to an individual leader, but how about apologizing to the Russian people, and joining forces with them, Americans, Russians, ordinary regular men and women all over the world, to resist the madness of the most powerful and most dangerous Empire in human history? On to the story:

Dutch Intellectuals Apologize to Putin

Posted by Veterans Today on August 29, 2014

Dutch Intellectuals Apologize to Putin for Lies on MH17, Syria, Ukraine

We are seeing movement now of grass roots effort to take back more control of foreign policy

[ Editor’s note:  We are moving now to try to have native language readers helping us to not miss gems like this in their national media, as it is very important to get efforts like these publicized as quickly as possible.

What these Dutch Intellectuals have done is given us a template for others to follow.

If we are to build up a cross-border network, we must first seek out and learn more about their opposition forces, so we can get acquainted with each other to explore ways to leverage our efforts.

We also want to eliminate as much duplication of effort as possible, in terms of nailing down how the elites are trying to scam us with all of these destabilization programs.

We can save a lot of time reinventing the wheel if we can learn quickly of a proven template being available to be adapted from one country to another. There are all kinds of things we can do to help even a small group get bigger that are easy and inexpensive to do.

The most obvious one for here in the US is to have our readers email this letter to the Dutch embassy in DC and also their closest consulate, and tell them you whole-heartedly support it, and ask when the Dutch government is going to get off its knees to the major power manipulators.

These embassies will be reporting back home at the end of each day on how much traffic they are getting, because that is their job. This allows us to use the communication structures we have in place now and respond quickly to try to push a story like this into mass media for more exposure.

The breakthrough the Dutch have given us is to begin using the obvious link that all of these destabilization efforts have been an offense by elites in Western governments for reasons they do not think we will agree with, hence they have cut our approval out of the process. Instead of lots of fragmented efforts with limited and evaporating effect, they can all be rolled into one big fist to pound back with.

The bridge we have to get over now is to not have our spreading the news around be the end of our efforts. We have to create a mass action capability to take us up tofor Lies on MH17, Syria, Ukraine the next level of having more influence… Jim W. Dean ]

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-  First published August 27,  2014  -

Dear Mr. President Putin,

Please accept our apologies on behalf of a great many people here in the Netherlands for our Government and our Media. The facts concerning MH17 are twisted to defame you and your country.

We are powerless onlookers, as we witness how the Western Nations, led by the United States, accuse Russia of crimes they commit themselves more than anybody else. We reject the double standards that are used for Russia and the West. In our societies, sufficient evidence is required for a conviction. The way you and your Nation are convicted for ‘crimes’ without evidence, is ruthless and despicable.

You have saved us from a conflict in Syria that could have escalated into a World War. The mass killing of innocent Syrian civilians through gassing by ‘Al-­‐Qaeda’ terrorists, trained and armed by the US and paid for by Saudi Arabia, was blamed on Assad. In doing so, the West hoped public opinion would turn against Assad, paving the way for an attack on Syria.

Not long after this, Western forces have built up, trained and armed an ‘opposition’ in the Ukraine, to prepare a coup against the legitimate Government in Kiev. The putschists taking over were quickly recognized by Western Governments. They were provided with loans from our tax money to prop their new Government up.

The people of the Crimea did not agree with this and showed this with peaceful demonstrations. Anonymous snipers and violence by Ukrainian troops turned these demonstrations into demands for independence from Kiev. Whether you support these separatist movements is immaterial, considering the blatant Imperialism of the West.

Russia is wrongly accused, without evidence or investigation, of delivering the weapons systems that allegedly brought down MH17. For this reason Western Governments claim they have a right to economically pressure Russia.

We, awake citizens of the West, who see the lies and machinations of our Governments, wish to offer you our apologies for what is done in our name. It’s unfortunately true, that our media have lost all independence and are just mouthpieces for the Powers that Be.

Because of this, Western people tend to have a warped view of reality and are unable to hold their politicians to account.

Our hopes are focused on your wisdom. We want Peace. We see that Western Governments do not serve the people but are working towards a New World Order. The destruction of sovereign nations and the killing of millions of innocent people is, seemingly, a price worth paying for them, to achieve this goal.

We, the people of the Netherlands, want Peace and Justice, also for and with Russia.
We hope to make clear that the Dutch Government speaks for itself only. We pray our efforts will help to diffuse the rising tensions between our Nations.

Sincerely,

Professor Cees Hamelink

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/08/29/dutch-intellectuals-apologize-to-putin/

Also see wikipedia for professor Hamelink, translated from Dutch:

Cees Hamelink

Cees Jan (Cees) Hamelink ( Rotterdam , September 14 1940 ) is Emeritus Professor of International Communication at the University of Amsterdam and professor emeritus Media. He is professor of management information and knowledge to the University of Aruba and Professor of Media, Religion and Culture at the Free University of Amsterdam .

Career

Hamelink studied theology. In 1968 he graduated from the University of Amsterdam for his master’s degree. In 1975 he graduated from Faculty of Theology of the University with a thesis “Perspectives for public communication ‘. In 1983 he was appointed professor at the University of Amsterdam with a particular teaching “international communication”. In 1993, this chair was lifted. In 1995 he was appointed full professor in communication science , specializing in international communication, at the same university. ^[1] In 2002 he was appointed professor of media, religion and culture at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Hamelink is concerned with the relationship between human rights, communication and globalization. He started as a researcher at an international organization in Geneva and Mexico City . He teaches and gives lectures at several universities include the USA , Mexico , Chile , Aruba , Australia , Tanzania , Brazil , South Korea and in almost all European countries. In 2007 he received an honorary professorship from the University of Queensland in Australia . He advises various governments and the United Nations.

He held various management roles and performs worldwide. He is also chairman of the Dutch League for Human Rights, Chairman of the Jan van Eyck Academy , editor of the International Communication Gazette, honorary president of the International Association for Media and Communication Research and Chair of Amsterdam World Jazz City in 2014.

Hamelink wrote more than seventeen books on communication, culture and technology. Doing his best sellers as “The Technology Gamble”, “The Politics of World Communication” and “The Ethics of Cyberspace.” In Dutch appeared include The myth of free information and Information and Power. After a season as a commentator in the TV program “The lie reigns” he wrote the book “Rules the lie?”

He is a very fanatical jazzmuzicus. Previously, he played bass with Louis van Dijk . Since 2008 he, together with Tamara Hoekwater the core of the Burgundian Combo including Jacques Schols . With this act it at home and abroad with various artists. On October 3, 2014, they launched their Dutch jazz CD I said Yes in the Academic Club of the University of Amsterdam.

Publications (selection)

• Media and Conflict, Escalating Evil, 2011
• Reigns lie ?: media abetting lies and deceit, Amsterdam, 2004
• Human Rights for Communicators, 2003
• The lie reigns: on lies and deceit in the information, text inaugural Free University of Amsterdam, 2002
• The Ethics of Cyberspace, London, 2000, translation of Digitaal fatsoen 1999
• Digitaal fatsoen, Amsterdam, 1999
• The Politics of World Communication 1994
• International communication arena of international conflicts, text inaugural University of Amsterdam, 1984
• Informatie en macht, Baarn, 1984
• The computer society, Baarn, 1980
• Third World and cultural emancipation, Baarn, 1978
• The myth of free information, Baarn, 1978
• Perspectives for public communication: a study of the churches’ participation in public communication, thesis, University of Amsterdam, Baarn, 1975