Marine Le Pen urges Europe not to go to war for America, “Regarding Ukraine, we behave like American lackeys”

Yesterday Former French President Sarkozy sounded off in support of Russia, and Crimea’s free will to join the Russian Federation after the US instigated coup in Kiev.

Today French Presidential front runner, Marine Le Pen, blasted European leaders for their lack of…well leadership…noting that Europe’s spineless rulers do America’s absolute bidding, even if it means going to war for a neo-nazi governed Ukraine.

“Concernant l’#Ukraine, nous nous comportons comme les valets des Américains.” #GrandJury

— Marine Le Pen (@MLP_officiel) February 8, 2015

“Tout ce qui va dans le sens du règlement diplomatique du conflit ukrainien doit être privilégié.” #GrandJury

— Marine Le Pen (@MLP_officiel) February 8, 2015

“L’objectif des Américains est de déclencher une guerre au sein de l’Europe, pour pousser l’#OTAN jusqu’à la frontière russe.” #GrandJury

— Marine Le Pen (@MLP_officiel) February 8, 2015

RT Reports…

“European capitals do not have the wisdom to refuse to be dependent on US positions on Ukraine,” Le Pen told French journalists on Sunday.

“Regarding Ukraine, we behave like American lackeys,” she said, before warning that “the aim of the Americans is to start a war in Europe to push NATO to the Russian border.”

She went on to accuse European leaders of turning a blind eye to the Ukrainian government’s “bombing of civilians,” adding that both those in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine believed the country should be federalized.

Le Pen has regularly criticized the EU for its policy on Ukraine and its alleged lack of independence from Washington.

In September, she told Le Monde that the ongoing crisis in Ukraine is “all the European Union’s fault,” saying Brussels had “blackmailed the country to choose between Europe and Russia.”

In June, she similarly told RT’s Sophie Shevardnadze that there were “no independent states left in Europe,” saying many of their foreign policy mistakes in recent times had been made “under Washington’s influence.”

Her words echoed statements by former French Prime minister Francois Fillon, who told the public broadcaster France 5 on Sunday that the United States was attempting to “unleash a war in Europe, which would end in catastrophe.” He added that once a war broke out, the US would attempt to distance itself from it.

“Total war caused [by the] Ukrainian conflict is absolutely unacceptable. And really there is no reason for it,” he said.

Fillon accused the US of suffering from “blindness” and an oversimplified approach to reality, which saw them constantly attempting to “solve all problems by force.”

He further said Washington was always attempting to force others to join its camp, a mistaken approach given that a country like Ukraine has ties to both Europe and Russia.

“The Americans have made one mistake after another and today they have simply been discredited,” said Fillon.

He added that attempting to punish Russia with sanctions was like trying to intimidate a bear with a pin prick. He further commended recent efforts by French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel to open a dialogue with Moscow.

“The West is trying to imagine today Russia as a threat to the whole world, while deliberately forgetting that Russia is a large and truly a great country, not to mention a nuclear power,” he said.

“Humiliating Russia is simply unacceptable.”

References:

http://rt.com/news/230503-le-pen-us-lackey/