A Ray of Hope

Guest Post by Paul Craig Roberts

America has been a discouraging landscape ever since the neoconservatives took over US foreign policy during the Clinton regime and started the two decades of war crimes that define 21st century America and ever since US corporations betrayed the US work force by moving American jobs to Asia.

The outlook became darker when the Obama regime resurrected the Russian Threat and elevated the prospect of military conflict between the nuclear powers.

As Europe is caught in the middle, in normal circumstances European countries would have insisted that Washington cease the gratuitous provocations of Russia. But normal circumstances have not existed. Since the end of WW2, European countries have been vassals without independent economic and foreign policies.

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Europe hosts US military bases that threaten Russia. Europe has backed Washington’s wars of aggression against Serbia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Washington’s air attacks on provinces of Pakistan, and Washington’s use of Saudi Arabia to fight its proxy war against Yemen.

Europe has backed Washington’s gratuitous economic sanctions against Iran and Russia, sanctions that have cost Europe much and Washington little.

Accustomed to having its way with Europe, Washington commits Europe without even consulting the vassal governments. Now it seems Washington’s extraordinary arrogance and hubris has resulted in overreach. Confronted with a new round of sanctions against Russia, Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission told Washington that the time has passed when Washington can put its interests first and Europe’s last.

The new sanctions have devastating economic and political consequences for Europe. Juncker said that if Europe’s “concerns are not taken into account sufficiently, we stand ready to act appropriately within a matter of days.”

The German and French foreign ministries added their support to Juncker. The German foreign ministry said: “It is not in the Americans’ right to judge or stipulate which way European companies may engage in cooperation with any third parties – particularly, with Russian energy companies.”

The French foreign ministry said: the sanctions “contradict international law” due to their “extraterritorial reach.”

Europe views the sanctions as a tool of US industrial policy that elevates US business interests over Europe’s business interests.

Let’s hope that Washington’s arrogance will not permit Washington to back down and that Europe will give Washington the finger and disengage from the American Empire. Without Europe to host its military bases and to parrot its propaganda, Washington’s ability to threaten Russia would significantly decline. Indeed, a continuation of the hostile threatening attitude toward Russia would leave Washington isolated in the world. No country wants the risk of experiencing nuclear war merely for the sake of Washington’s unilateralism.

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kokoda - the most deplorable
kokoda - the most deplorable

EU is just mouthing off; they like the money, especially for NATO. IMO, nothing will change except maybe the U.S. might ease off on some of the sanctions (whatever they are).

Anonymous
Anonymous

Has anyone noticed that during the 8 years of obozo, we were witness to all sorts of intense violence, from beheadings to other forms of murder, and this was considered normal, and it was also considered normal for the MSM to praise that cultural Marxist posing as a leader.

Now we have a leader who seems to have destroyed the ISIL or ISIS or whatever it was called, in less than 6 month, and the press does not seem to cover any of this.

The reality is, the former administration is guilty of creating ISIS and using it as a tool of foreign policy, and the MSM is just a guilty for shoveling all that propaganda down our throats.

Gay Veteran
Gay Veteran

“…Now we have a leader who seems to have destroyed the ISIL or ISIS or whatever it was called, in less than 6 month, and the press does not seem to cover any of this….”

what has Trump done to destroy ISIS???
Putin is destroying ISIS

Dutchman
Dutchman

Yeah – the Extinction Asteroid – that’s are best ray of hope.

Mr Galt
Mr Galt

Sweet meteor-O-death (SMOD) 2017….

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Mr Galt
Mr Galt

Juncker is, and always has been, a bloviating bag of Deutscher scheisse. Speaking of butting in where you don’t belong, remember when he mocked and threatened the U.S. for walking away from the disastrous and laughable Paris Accord?

Poor Europe! They have always been “forced” to go along with American hegemony. It’s not like they benefitted at all from U.S. subsidies for their protection (hello, Germany??). I mean we all know what an utterly benign state the Soviet Union was, no? If the EU tosses the U.S. military, I say absolutely great! We should have stayed out of Europe from 1917 on, and let them experience the full consequence of their professional stupidity and cowardice. Our money is better left in the pockets of taxpayer who have NEVER benefited from our one-sided relationship with the EU protection racket.

Card802
Card802

But….but……but…………….WWIII?

Fucking party poopers!

TampaRed
TampaRed

completely off topic but hillary/trump related–

Hillary phoned the president’s office last night, shortly after midnight.
“I need to talk to the president, it’s an emergency!” exclaimed Hillary.
After some cajoling the duty switchboard operator agreed to wake up the President.
“Hillary, what is so important that it can’t wait until morning?” grumbled Trump.
“A Supreme Court Justice just died, and I want to take her place.” begged Hillary.
“Well, it’s OK with me if it’s OK with the undertaker.” replied President Trump.

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