Trust Us, by Robert Gore
The following is an excerpt, the full article can be accessed from the link above.
So the justifications for what could become the most consequential war the US has ever fought are among the flimsiest ever offered. The policy-making elite have envisioned an US-dominated world since the US assumed the pinnacle of power after WWII, and probably even before then. The post-WWII preeminence upon which that vision rested was never going to last. It was called into question with the Soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb and completely discredited decades ago when Nixon closed the gold window and the US withdrew from Vietnam. There is no reason the American bloc and the emerging Russo-Sino bloc could not come to a modus vivendi, perhaps even to their mutual benefit (idealism never completely dies). However, that would require abandonment of the elite’s untenable vision, and that won’t happen until after at least one more disastrous US intervention, if not in Russia, then somewhere else.
So the justifications for what could become the most consequential war the US has ever fought are among the flimsiest ever offered. The policy-making elite have envisioned an US-dominated world since the US assumed the pinnacle of power after WWII, and probably even before then. The post-WWII preeminence upon which that vision rested was never going to last. It was called into question with the Soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb and completely discredited decades ago when Nixon closed the gold window and the US withdrew from Vietnam. There is no reason the American bloc and the emerging Russo-Sino bloc could not come to a modus vivendi, perhaps even to their mutual benefit (idealism never completely dies). However, that would require abandonment of the elite’s untenable vision, and that won’t happen until after at least one more disastrous US intervention, if not in Russia, then somewhere else.
Another excellent article.
One thing: "For the elite, 9/11 was a godsend. However, to justify the subsequent renewal of US global interventionism and a dramatic curtailment of civil liberties, the American people would have to be fed the whopper of all whoppers: that Islamic extremism presented an existential threat on par and maybe even more dangerous than the Communist threat."
If it wasn't an existential threat the War Mongers (some Neo-Cons) would make it so, and government that does not police its borders, welcomes Islamic extremists to immigrate without sufficient scrutiny and societal demands of integration and assimilation is a recipe for disaster. We see the results in these enclaves outside of Paris...
Modus operandi: Manipulating the Ukraine and other nations is another method of creating necessary chaos.
We must ride in like the Cavalry and save the day!
Yes, we are being played on many fronts.
Respectfully,
O.A.
I know there are many Ukrainians supportive of Russia, but what do you think should be done regarding the Ukrainians that want independence from Russia?
In cases like this I am often reminded of this- Perhaps the most famous quote from Jefferson is that oft-repeated one from his first inaugural address, delivered on March 4, 1801: “Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations — entangling alliances with none.”
Of course we are far removed from those days and I believe we should live up to our treaties, but think very carefully about further involvement. I am not opposed to selling arms as a form of commerce to foreign peoples that wish to fight for their own freedom, so long as they are not weapons sufficiently powerful to threaten us later and it does not pose a treaty violation or too much "blowback." Meals ready to eat hardly seem like much help, but if we have no treaty to abide by... It is not our back yard... Europe should deal with this if it is in their interest.
Thank's for the link. I shall investigate forthwith!
Best Regards,
O.A.