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By Bruce Gagnon
It didn't take long for the US to up the ante with
China and Russia. So soon after the crushing defeat from 20 years
of death and destruction in Afghanistan we find Washington
stirring the fire pit and looking for more trouble.
It's really no surprise. Just take a close look at
US history - one filthy war after the other.
Just this past week we've seen 'F the EU' Victoria
Nuland go to Moscow hoping for an audience with Putin. She only
got to meet with lower level, but competent Russian diplomats,
and came away with nothing other than furthering the divide
between our two nations. Actually, that might have been the US
strategy.
The word is that Nuland went in with a list of
Washington's demands. Russia said 'nyet' and handed Nuland a list
of their own. Of course Nuland said 'No' and was then sent packing
back to the US.
Secretary of War Lloyd Austin (former Raytheon
board member) just stopped in Georgia, Ukraine, and Romania
before heading to Brussels for hand-wringing with the NATO
clowns.
Austin stated during a news conference in
Bucharest that the purpose of these visits was to highlight “the
importance of deepening cooperation among our Black Sea allies
and partners to deter and defend against Russian malign
activities in the region.”
That's the political hype. His real purpose in
Georgia, Ukraine, and Romania? Spur them to make trouble for
Moscow in any way and every way they possibly can. And I'm sure
Austin said the magic words, 'Of course the US will back you if
you get into a fight with Russia. First, we'll supply you with
more weapons and plant more of our troops in your nation to
protect you from the Russian bear.'
At the Brussels meeting NATO Secretary
General Jens Stoltenberg said the following:
· Allies
will kick off a $1.16 billion NATO Innovation Fund to develop
dual-use emerging and disruptive technologies. NATO will also
establish its first artificial intelligence strategy to
incorporate data analysis, imagery, and cyber defense.
· The
allies are spending more on defense and they agreed to increase
the readiness of forces.
· Significant
improvements are being made to alliance air and missile defenses.
NATO calls for strengthening conventional capabilities with
fifth-generation jets, adapting exercises and intelligence, and
improving the readiness and effectiveness of the nuclear
deterrent.
· We
exchanged views on how to preserve the gains and
ensure Afghanistan never again becomes a safe haven for
terrorists.
· NATO’s
new strategy ensures that the alliance will have “the right
forces in the right place at the right time.”
They also characteristically took at shot at China
from behind the safe walls of NATO HQ in Brussels with a stream
of rhetoric.
Austin’s remarks followed the completion of a
two-day NATO ministerial where he said officials offered “unique
perspectives” on China, which he noted remains the Pentagon’s
“primary pacing challenge.”
“Indeed, I applaud NATO’s work on China and I made it clear that
the United States is committed to defending the international
rules-based order which China has consistently undermined for its
own interests,” Austin told reporters.
At an October 21 CNN town hall, Joe Biden was
asked about China.
“I just want to make China understand that we are
not going to step back, we are not going to change any of our
views.” Biden said. Asked whether the US would come to Taiwan’s
defense if it were attacked, he replied: “Yes, we have a
commitment to do that.”
Now let's analyze this NATO meeting and the
comments on China just a bit.
First, who has Russia invaded? Since the US
orchestrated coup in Ukraine in 2014 (when the Russian-ethnic
people in Crimea voted to ask Russia to take them back into the
federation) there has been no invasion of anyone near its
borders. At the same time US-NATO has been holding war games
repeatedly all along Russian borders. When Moscow has responded
by holding counter-war games inside its own country Washington
and Brussels have howled in condemnation. Talk about a
double-standard!
And please note the words above by Austin -
"I applaud NATO’s work on China" - just what does that
mean?
NATO has gone global. The North Atlantic Treaty
Alliance has now decided that it should be 'defending democracy
in the Pacific'. Who is the aggressor in this case? What right
does NATO have to decide it is the new global cop?
Can't lick Afghanistan so let's take on China
& Russia
NATO has no legitimate reason to exist today - the
Soviet Union and their Warsaw Pact Alliance are long gone. Russia
just built an undersea natural gas pipeline called Nord Stream 2 to
furnish fuel to Europe in order to help alleviate their current
energy crisis. It's a big business deal for Moscow. Why would
Russia want war with Europe?
The insanity of US-NATO is exposed for anyone
willing to see the obvious. Washington and Brussels got their
high-tech asses kicked by a ill-armed rag-tag but determined
Taliban in Afghanistan. Now they somehow dream that they can take
on both China and Russia who have formed a military alliance as
they watch the NATO endless war machine heading their way.
I understand that all these moves by US-NATO
absolutely benefit the military industrial complex which has
installed one of their agents (Lloyd Austin) as secretary of war.
But do these psychopaths actually believe they can start a war
with China and Russia and possibly win? Don't they know that such
a war would go nuclear in a hot flash?
It's obvious that the US-NATO war cabal are
blinded by power and greed. There can be no other explanation
that comes close to making sense.
It's a dangerous and dirty game these fat cats are
playing - at the same time that climate crisis rages in our
faces, legions of people face evictions from their homes, and the
basic cost of living goes sky high.
Are we heading for a collapse in the US and around
the globe? How could that not be happening under these present
conditions?
And the US-NATO response?
How about another war?
Which party in Washington is leading this descent
into hell?
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