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Written by Eric Zuesse
This is a commentary upon N.Y. Times columnist Thomas Friedman’s statement on May 6th that Ukraine’s Government is and ought to be the U.S. Government’s agent in its war against Russia, not representing the interests of the Ukrainian people in it. He introduced the statement by noting that Ukraine is a bad country,
a country marbled with corruption. That doesn’t mean we should not be helping it. I am glad we are. I insist we do. But my sense is that the Biden team is walking much more of a tightrope with Zelensky than it would appear to the eye — wanting to do everything possible to make sure he wins this war but doing so in a way that still keeps some distance between us and Ukraine’s leadership. That’s so Kyiv is not calling the shots [I boldfaced that — he didn’t] and so we’ll not be embarrassed by messy Ukrainian politics in the war’s aftermath.
He starts there by putting down Ukraine as a “country,” and then asserts that, fortunately, “Kyiv is not calling the shots and so we’ll not be embarrassed by messy Ukrainian politics in the war’s aftermath.” Perhaps an underlying assumption of his in saying this is that America is NOT “a country riddled with corruption,” and, so, that it is right and good that Ukraine is America’s slave in this matter.
He continues there:
The view of Biden and his team, according to my reporting, is that America needs to help Ukraine restore its sovereignty and beat the Russians back — but not let Ukraine turn itself into an American protectorate on the border of Russia. We need to stay laser-focused on what is our national interest and not stray in ways that lead to exposures and risks we don’t want.
I believe that Friedman truly does represent the U.S. Establishment that he is a part of, and that “Biden and his team” likewise do. I accept Friedman’s statement as reflecting accurately the way that “Biden and his team” (which, given the U.S. Congress’s virtually 100% voting for it in this matter of Ukraine, also includes virtually every U.S. Senator and Representative) feel about the matter: they feel that Ukraine must be their slave in it and must do whatever the U.S. Government demands that it do in its war with Ukraine’s next-door-neighbor, Russia.
That view — the view that it’s not only true but good that “Kyiv is not calling the shots” in this matter — reflects the view that an imperialist government has toward one of its colonies or vassal-nations (which the imperialist nation nowadays calls instead its ‘allies’). And this is the reason why they treat not ony their armies but all of the residents in their ‘allies’ as being appropriate cannon-fodder or ‘proxy soldiers’ in their foreign wars, wars to conquer other countries — such as, in this case, Russia.
Here was how the former U.S. President, Barack Obama, phrased the matter to America’s graduating cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, on 28 May 2014:
The United States is and remains the one indispensable nation. That has been true for the century passed and it will be true for the century to come. … Russia’s aggression toward former Soviet states unnerves capitals in Europe, while China’s economic rise and military reach worries its neighbors. From Brazil to India, rising middle classes compete with us, and governments seek a greater say in global forums. … It will be your generation’s task to respond to this new world.
It could as well have been said by England’s royals and other aristocrats during their imperialistic heyday.
All other nations are “dispensable.” America’s military is an extension of international economic competition so that America’s billionaires will continue to rule the world in the future, as they do now. “Rising middle classes compete with us” and are consequently America’s enemies in the “dispensable” countries (everywhere in which vassalage to America’s billionaires — being “America’s allies” — is rejected), so that “it will be your generation’s task to respond to this new world.” So he told America’s future generals, regarding those who live (as the 2017 U.S. Army report put it) “in the shadow of significant U.S. military capability and the implied promise of unacceptable consequences in the event that capability is unleashed.” America’s military are the global gendarmes not of Hitler’s nazi regime in WW II, but of America’s nazi regime in the lead-up to WW III.
Thomas Friedman, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and all of the other U.S. major ‘news’-media, feel this way about it, and report and comment upon the ‘news’ that way, but I think that it was a slip-up that Friedman and the Times expressed it, for once, so honestly, especially given that they are master-liars on most international-news reporting and commentary. The pièce de résistance in his commentary was its ludicrously hypocritical line that “America needs to help Ukraine restore its sovereignty.” (They must be America’s slaves but restore their sovereignty. How stupid do they think that the American public is?) That too is typical of aristocrats‘ hypocrisies and general corruptness — including that of the U.S. Government itself, which represents ONLY America’s billionaires and other super-rich — it’s a regime and no democracy at all.
Moreover, whereas America has no business at all to be involved in this war, Russia very much does, and the U.S. regime’s involvement there is ONLY in order to conquer Russia — which is a psychopathic and super-imperialistic objective to have, and not MERELY a real and soaring threat against the safety of all parts of the world — the real and now rapidly growing danger of there being a World War III.
Incidentally, the title of Friedman’s commentary was “The War Is Getting More Dangerous for America, and Biden Knows It”. It’s an interesting title, because it concerns ONLY what Friedman and America’s other aristocrats care about, which is themselves, and not at all about what any of the ‘dispensable’ countries (including Ukraine) care about. Since the publics everywhere care about preventing a WW III (nuclear war between Russia and America — including all NATO countries), that is a stunningly narrow sphere of concern regarding a potentially world-ending catastrophe. Clearly, America’s aristocrats are rank psychopaths. They control the U.S. Government, and this is the result of that. It’s a Government in which the worst come first, the public last. Russia is up against that: it is up against America, and Ukraine is only the first battleground of WW III, now only at the proxy stage for the U.S. regime but not for the Russian Government, which, in this matter, truly does represent the most-vital national-security interests of its citizens. Everyone except U.S.-and-allied aristocracies (many of whom are buyers of billionaires’ bunkers) have an overriding interest in America’s defeat in this war, before it ever reaches the nuclear stage, of direct Russia.v.-U.S. warfare.
The shame of today’s U.N. is that it’s not enraged against the U.S. Government. This is shaping up to be the biggest scandal and failure in the U.N.’s entire history, virtually its own collapse.
They are very much in control of Ukraine, no one sends fuking 33+ billion to another country if they don’t have their hands all over it. Do you think this Zion gay clown care about Ukraine?
“RIGA — Ukraine will enter into serious peace negotiations with Moscow only after Russian troops have been pushed back or retreated from all of the territory occupied since Feb. 24, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday, spelling out his vision of what a Ukrainian victory might look like.”
“pushed back or retreated from all of the territory occupied since Feb. 24” That Zion gay clown is on drugs.
That Zion gay clown also said that Ukraine could/will fight Russia for 10 years. I might be crazy saying this BUT DO YOU REALLY have to tell people that Zion gay clown is just a West’s pig? The US said, “We do anything in our power to “weaken Russia”…..
Do you think that he wouldn’t do this if he weren’t “Zion gay”?
No matter who the US put in power would just follow the US orders, now Zelensky just happens to be a Zion gay clown.
The people putting people in power in Ukraine are also gay zio clowns.
Russian propaganda should make its mind, is Zelensky a clown or a Nazi? Makes you laugh or makes you upset. Are you in between? Then he’s playing with your feelings and winning.
He is a Zion gay clown. Wait who called him Nazi?
It is Afghanistan 2.0 all over again – The US “invaded/regime change” (UK 2014) and now they are killing the poor people like in Afghanistan.
I don’t think Ukraine will have enough volunteers to fight for 10 years if they continue to loose troops as now.
Hey Moron look at those ruskies roasting at snake island, every day they try to evacuate they get raosted again, rinse & repeat, those ruskies are so dumb. Have a look, on this one you can see “the already destroyed since 3 months UAF air force” having a little fun also
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1523027490230444035?s=20&t=Y7QMe1ib6W3eszwix6hcfw
In the battle near Kharkov, one of the commanders of the 92nd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed Ukrainian media report that on May 4, Lieutenant Colonel Yuri Savchin, one of the senior officers of the 92nd separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was killed. https://t.me/intelslava/28193
What you said is not the work of Ukraine’s force buddy (Also, mostly BS). I’m not going to argue about it as well.
Here, buddy, those Neo-Nazis try to land on the Island – didn’t when that well. https://t.me/theRightPeople1/3061
A breakdown of the destruction of a Ukrainian Mi-8/17 on Snake Island that was attempting to land an amphibious assault and which the Ukrainian armed forces are trying to pass off as a Russian helicopter.
Today, the Ukrainian armed forces’ OC Yug and the Bandero media claimed the destruction of a Russian Mi-8 helicopter on Snake Island and cited the following video to confirm it.
But upon close examination, it becomes apparent that the video captures the moment of the Ukrainian landing from the Mi-8 helicopter and its subsequent destruction by the Russian side.
The video clearly shows paratroopers positioned around the helicopter, securing the landing site (carried out when landing in enemy-controlled territory).
Next comes the unloading of ammunition (if this is a Russian helicopter, this procedure is redundant – the ammunition is already on the island).
And lastly, the explosion of the helicopter is caused by a relatively high-powered munition (e.g. FAB 250, 500), but by no means a Bayraktar missile.
With all of NATO and US help, they can’t even land on the Island still to this day.
Such a Moron and heli filmed and struck by a bayraktar rotfl here are some raptors tooo do you also believe those are Ukrainian? Haha what an imbecile
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1523248496954032128?s=20&t=oQHMcUuPEMuXoWxWt7MU-w
“In recent days, the Ukrainian Navy attempted to counter attack Russian Forces deployed on the island, but failed to land on the island and suffered significant material losses. At the same time, the Russian military was forced to leave the island. The control over Snake Island is of strategic importance, since it is a necessary bridgehead for the assault on the southern Ukrainian region of Odessa.”
The lost of UK to take that small Island: In total, four Ukrainian aircraft, four helicopters, including three with troops on board, three Bayraktar-TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles, and one amphibious assault boat of the Ukrainian Navy were destroyed in this area during the day.
Also, a Ukrainian Navy corvette of Project 1241 was destroyed near Odessa, according to the briefing of the Russian MoD.
Three Mi8 helicopters – rtded fuk and yes that was one of the Russian helicopters, unlike you moron I’m not scared of saying my source and I were wrong. But you rtded fuk wouldn’t dare to say how much UK lost just to force Russia out of the Island.
Go cry here rtded fuk, if you think UK lost nothing: https://southfront.org/battle-for-snake-island-russian-forces-left-positions-but-prevent-ukrainian-from-gaining-foothold-videos/
You also may be asking why Russia is slow – they aren’t using all of their military even buddy.
NATO fags love high heels and lipstick: “First best army vs around the 15th. Russia is using around 15-20% of its forces. Ukraine is using 100% are st their 4th mobilization yet still losing gradually. Russian losses overall are about 1/20th compared that of glorious Ukropistan.”
So, UK lost that fight as well with four Ukrainian aircraft, four helicopters, including three with troops on board, three Bayraktar-TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles, and one amphibious assault boat of the Ukrainian Navy were destroyed in this area during the day. Yet, you are dancing for downing a Russian helicopter. Again I don’t say my source and I were wrong but you will never say how much Ukraine lost. Also, the moron just to remind you, this is an operation that could lead to a Russian invasion. Happy 9th of May.
Do you think USA will give Ukraine 33+ billions for free? Ukraine if it has lucky will get 5 billion then they will have to pay back USA 33+ billions plus interest. So Ukraine will be broke until year 2099 if Ukraine still exists unto that year.
To “weaken Russia” = destroying Ukraine and killing 1000s of Ukrainanins men for no reason besides “weaken Russia”. That is the price that Ukraine is going to pay for now. Edgar, most of the 33 billion is in milliary assets, not cash. We don’t really know how much of it is in cash, even if they say it, it is most likely BS. Also, don’t forget most of the money is going inside the yanquis’ wallets and Ukraine pigs, not the people/soldiers in Ukraine, just like in Afghanistan.
How much money did the US spend in Afghanistan? What Afghans got out of it? Nothing, it is the same case here, most of the money goes to US pigs and Neo-Nazi pigs in Ukraine. The US is run by rich men that have hands in US military companies… just look at their stocks. Where there is war there is money to make.
Also, the US print money out of their asshole.
The only loser in all of this is Russia. Ukraine got lots of weapons and money, Europe got 360 billion dollars in free gas and and oil, and the Americans demilitarized Russia and destroyed its global and regional influence.
ROFLMSLAOOOO —– and then you woke up, uKRAPiTrash slug !
SIDDOWN, fewI —- you embarrass yourself with your clownery !
I LOVE THE SMELL OF BURNT UKRAINIAN IN THE MORNING ! ! !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yHoYYLdlys
Hey Moron look at those ruskies roasting at snake island, every day they try to evacuate they get raosted again, rinse & repeat, those ruskies are so dumb. Have a look, on this one you can see “the already destroyed since 3 months UAF air force” having a little fun also
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1523027490230444035?s=20&t=Y7QMe1ib6W3eszwix6hcfw
In 5 years Russia will be re-cocked and ready to rock again. Ukraine may exist in some form, maybe not.
The people of the Ukraine would have been blessed to be neutral, at peace with all of their neighbors, but the embrace of America is the embrace of Death.
Yes, in 5 years Russia will be revamped, reshaped, restructured and will not be called RF.
ok homo..
Hey moron it’s Strelnikov .. you can’t even copy a name right
Are you gay,dumb or simply just both? Who do you think your kidding here, fascist poofta! doris day? Harden the fuck up (easybeat).
ukraine got a lot of cruise missiles and craters where the weapons were, europe got way higher prices and humiliation for oil and gas, and the u.s. strengthened russia and destroyed the u.s.’s global and regional influence, not to mention the petrodollar. fify.
The world owes President Putin and the Russian people a debt of gratitude for their efforts in eradicating the scourge of fahclsm and nahtzism where-ever it rears it’s ugly head.
First germany, and now 75 years later …. in uKRAPistan !
God bless you President Putin and the people you lead !
I LOVE THE SMELL OF BURNT UKRAINIAN IN THE MORNING ! ! !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yHoYYLdlys
The Ucrops in that video are taking a long nap!
Yes, Jesus bless the only leader in the whole earth capable of standing up to the empire. Capable of defending true freedom. The people that use their brain believe in more Russian victories.
Very well written. The majority of Americans, who lawfully voted for the true President of the United States (even though he is flawed). We see that the Nazis are in control of the US as they are in Ukraine. If one cannot reach diplomatic solutions in our globally interconnected world and refuse dialog and compromise then they are TRUE NAZIs. My father was a corporal in the US Army during WW2 and his job was a scout, german language, to inform german villages that they were surrounded and that any german troops should surrender. The US Army knew how to conduct warfare and spare civilians. The current Military Industrial Complex considers all civilians acceptable losses. How disgusting. My dad was at the liberation of 2 Nazi concentration camps and acted as an interpreter. A truly horrific experience. War is horrible and the destruction of human life is unacceptable but how far can one push and push and push without dialog before things snap. Humanity as a whole needs to stand up and say “we are not going to take it anymore” you NAZI authoritarian psychopaths and criminals need to run. run, run because you will be held accountable. If one ignores agreements (Minsk Agreement) and the theory about the role of the UN and not sign biowarfare agreements then you are enemies of humanity. The NAZIs got their inspiration from the US eugenics movement just look it up and follow the breadcrumbs to who were members and how the eugenics movement effected many states. Don’t be sheeple. Everyone is at risk and only the People ie Humanity has to stand up. Do you want to be dragged from your home because you have been labelled a “deplorable”. Those that use that phrase are enemies of humanity. Please remember history repeats itself and abuse of technology makes it worse.
.. My dad was at the liberation of 2 Nazi concentration camps.. ”.. HollowHoaxing allowed, to expose the ] ill informed.
Published is that Auschwitz had 3 orchestras, one a woman’s, a band that played at official ceremonies, 2 swimming pools, a brothel, special privileges for pregnant inmates, (over 1000 births), and Jewish docs treated the guards. Vents on the alleged chamber’s roof were added AFTER the war during Soviet occupation according to aerial photos! In any case, the vents would have vented onto the German sick bay, on the adjoining building’s 1st Fl.
A brick from the wall of the alleged gas chamber that was analyzed by Max Plancke Inst. scientist Germar Rudolf showed sufficient Zyclone B gas to DELOUSE. The German Govt imprisoned him for a few years for stating facts. Also it was calculated that it would have taken beyond now to cremate 6M with the available facilities.
Friedman is an Israel firster. Too bad thanks to people like him We spent like 10 trillion on forever Middle East wars to benefit Israel. Now Russia, China and Iran are reaping the benefits.
Russia should start a color revolution in Mexico
Lol Russia couldn’t start color revolution in Ukraine
Against AMLO who aided Bolivia and Venezuela and often stands against the USA, incl. not sanctioning Russia? You speak out of ignorance.
Would you have said Colombia…
America needs a cleansing very badly.
This year actually.
Of course the US wants to call the shots directly. They learned nothing from Vietnam or Iraq or Afghanistan. The question now is, who will be playing the role of Westmorland? Blinking has already volunteered to play the role of Robert McNamara, because obviously Austin isn’t up to the job. Ukrainiamization will begin in 2 years unless the Russians win the war first. Putin declares he will bomb the Ho Chi Minh….uh I mean Polish/Ukraine trails.
Unless poland beats russia to it first?In a nutshell poland unlike nato have been noticed.
The Pope is the Sovereign all barrister Swear Oath of Allegiance to He is the Autocrat that reigns as King of the Holy See over, by Catholic law, the Universe. Get it right.
The only law of the universe is the truth,not the sodomised version of this centurys lies!
I can’t believe that silly commie joo tom friedhead actually writes for anyone anymore. He is a complete moron and cares not for anything other than his dirty old commie joo agenda.
Neo-liberasm is anything but commy,dumbfked fascist shills are way too dumb for china too By the way don’t try to patronise truth,your cia never had the balls to defend it like CCCP, duds! The paganic joo is an ultra far reight,nazi loving hetero hating sodominte aka KIEV! Bigger the fool you are for taking us as the fools,usa best get the fK outta ukraine or vanish!
No matter what writen and in the commewnt below things are very simple.
Ukraine is a 30 year old well recognized country driven by democratic elected Parlament and President with his Goverment.
Here the change was, that 80% took over the country from 17,8 more then only assisted by another country.
Here its the right for them to find theor own destiny.
USA and We would not be there at all like this if the Russians was intimidating by threats. Russia systematicly has denied the Ukras normal relations to the rest of the world.
Thats exact the same for parts of Caucasus. We and most of the world dont accept that no matter what.
The article show exactly how the frontzone is made. Anything goes.
It dont accept the Russia by Marx, Engells, Stalin and Russian bad traditions as for the semilar Tzar version declined and finally crashlanded themself.
It use us as an excuse to make no regaining. It even blame us for helping their dirty leftovers to help themself. Countries like Belarus, Ukraine and some territories in Caucasus as well as new countries in Asia cant do that in the Russian handcuffed control.
Its very easy to see. The Russian Leadership still only has focus on control by narrowmnded napotisme instead making better living standards. It simply just dont care.
Find the destiny being given to them by Washington.. Turn them against Rusia and then fail in trying to conquer the un-conquerable.
is true that 40000 us soldiers are hiding in mariapol? i saw it on russian news!
Yes, with 50 generals and 12 Admirals. They are genetically modified in the underground biolab to drink all the Russian blood and vodka.
It’s not a war, remember? It’s a special moronic operation, not an invasion.
Actually is is a military intervention based on humanitarian grounds that stopped a real invasion of Dombas. 😉
A humanitarian catastrophe and mass murder campaign based on humanitarian grounds. That’s the weirdest and most brainless one yet.
Russia Should start to incite civil war in USSA, so that they could finally mind their own business instead of fooking around in Ukropistan.
You can’t believe anything printed in the New York Times, Washington Post or any other Western “news” outlet. The UK is calling the shots with the US as the “idiot strong man”. Always has been and always will be. Bankers rule. Governments just provide the wallpaper.
Hello from Mexico,
Mexican and boxing fan here, I’m also a Russia supporter. Well, two hours ago we had an exellent fight between Saul “Canelo” Álvarez (Mexico) and Dimitri Bivol (Russia), the Russian won in total fairness, he was too much and too big for our fighter and he showed very good boxing skills as well.
What it caught my eye was that in the Mexican tv, they didn’t play the Russian national anthem and Dimitri didn’t get into the ring with the Russlan flag either, by the way, the fight was in the U.S.
This is getting too disgusting guys, even in sports the hatred is present.
The west and its dirty ways just can’t handle anything that has to do with Russia, I’m a Canelo fan and I’m sad for his loss but on the other hand I’m kind of happy Dimitri being Russian won.
And you’re also a deranged Putin cockroach and probably a rapist. Welcome to the troll farm.
America’s aristocrats are rank psychopaths? Yes, I think so, and I have a theory. Without getting into too many details, I provided information products as a US Marine before Frank Church convened his Senate Select Committee hearings in 1975. For a while, that ended programs like MOCKINGBIRD, in which the CIA essentially deputized mainstream media; and MKULTRA, in which the CIA drugged and tortured unwitting citizens in mind-control experiments. In the 1980s, those programs started reemerging with the advent of NGOs.
Perhaps the most significant challenge in mind control involves bypassing the subject’s invalidation of sensory input. One way to do that is through simpler strata of their emotions. A less obvious method is to inculcate the individual with a seemingly innocuous concept that he, having no reason to resist, will assimilate into his cognitive paradigm. For example, liberal college professors have promoted the insidious idea, that there is no reality, only perception. For all purposes, it is a license for psychosis. Once ingrained, the subject believes whatever he perceives is true.
I’d like to do an experiment with those liberal “professors”. Put them in front of a truck running at 150km/h. Let’s see if there is reality or it is just perception. I believe their bodies splattered on the concrete will conclude reality is fucking real and it exists.
Many ‘muricans don’t even know there is a such thing as another country. Their navel-gazing are out of this world- no pun intended
MAJOR EMBARRASSMENT for Russkie airforce/air defenses. TB2s have been conducting non-stop airstrikes at Snake Island for almost 4 nights in a row now. Where in the world are Su-35’s or Su-30’s to shoot them down? Crimea to Snake Island is a 20-30 minute flight with afterburners. Plenty of time to scramble and shoot them down. But nope. So far TOR-M2, Strela-10 and Pantsir-S1 have been destroyed in the past few days, along with 2 raptor patrol boats and 1 serna class landing ship. At this point it’s obvious the radars of Russkie fighters are struggling very hard to detect and track Bayraktars, no wonder Egypt and Algeria are not purchasing Su-35. Only their very advanced BUK-M3 and S-400 are able to deal with them. And even then not at far enough ranges. Otherwise they are outmatched. Ukrainian Airforce has 100% air superiority over Snake Island. Very embarrassing. AFU Su-27’s carried out airstrikes at Snake Island as well. Russkie air force is completely unable to stop them. Even the Saudis and UAE airforce shot down many Houthi stealth drones using F-15 and Rafale! Seems Russkie planes are a major joke. Algeria and Egypt is better off going with the F-35 or Rafale. liveuamap.com/en/2022/8-may-video-ukrainian-military-work-tonight-at-zmiiny-island
That nonsense made me laugh. 🤣
Go translate the castilian news on the reply of your next comment.
lgbt sodomy will not improve your nazi senility
It is important to remember that Tom Friedman is a Neo-fascist Jew and does not represent the American people. He represents the American political and media establishments.
Bayraktar TB2 destroying Russkie medevac Mi-8 transport heli at Snake Island today. Non-stop TB2 strikes for the past 4 nights. Russkie airforce nowhere to be seen. All airdefenses have been desttoyed by Bayrakar. AFU Su-27’s have complete air superiority over Snake Island. What a joke. liveuamap.com/en/2022/8-may-video-ukrainian-military-work-tonight-at-zmiiny-island
«De igual forma, el coronel general detalló que sobre la isla de Zmeíny, cercana a Odessa, se derribaron dos bombarderos Su-24 y un helicóptero Mi-24 de Ucrania.»
nazi on parole, upset by Russian victory
This is a very good article. I’ve cricized Zuesse in the past but in this case I very much agree with him and his underlining of US oligarchy’s (wannabe eternal) imperialist designs.
The emphasis on the forming of national burgeoisies in Brazil and India and thus their labeling as potential foes (even if they have been aligned with the USA in the last years), one feels that Mexico and Indonesia should also be considered but, regardless, what matters is here is that the dwarves are growing up and the circus is over… but not quite yet, the USA is trying to keep itself relevant or rather more than just relevant: hegemonic in spite of its decadence being way too obvious.
Ukraine is just a symptom of that, Europe in general is the real victim in terms of devastating effects on the working class. Remaining laser-focused on US national-imperialist interests means that Europe is being turned into a US colony in the full sense of the word: what Trump dreamed of Biden is doing mercilessly while pretending to be much less of a fat-fingered troll (that’s the only virtue of the fake left: smiling politely while they backstab you).
I’ve been writing almost single-themedly at my (Spanish language) blog* about how bad is the situation for Europe right now and for the foreseeable future but it feels only right (especially as the European oligarchies are accomplice and the European working class mostly dormant, French partly excepted) to shift the focus to other countries and what Friedman says about India and Brazil is very interesting indeed and brings some shard of hope to the forefront.
India is obviously finger-pointed at because of their obvious cooperation with Russia (regardless of Tata’s questionable decisions), with whom they keep a good friendship since the First Cold War (when it was the USSR), but Brazil is even more interesting because it’s a naturla competitor with the USA for hegemony in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean (a niche that no other large power reaches to, unless it’d be a Europe that doesn’t want to be free — at oligarchies’ level always anyhow) and because I recently read that the very Brazilian military is willing to intervene against (pro-USA) Bolsonaro if he tries to rig the elections or make another institutional putsch against the comeback of Lula, who represents the Brazilian coalition of national bourgeoisie and some social (and thus also national) interests.
The leadership shift in Brazil will almost certainly happen in October, when the general elections (incl. presidential ones) are scheduled. I’m pretty sure the USA will try to meddle but also that it won’t succeed because the Brazilian oligarchs and reformist popular forces have very clear (much as it happened with Trump in the USA for different reasons) that Bolsonaro must go and that Lula is the natural leader of the country, the only one who can lead Brazil forward to its natural role as major American and Atlantic power and to proper national-capitalist development.
In that sense Brazil (and in general Latin America) is now much more advanced than Europe, because it has a long history of painful awareness of US imperialist evils. This was very apparent, even with Brazil ecclipsed by Bolsonarismo, with the very successful resistance to US imperialism in Venezuela and Bolivia (and also to some extent in Chile and Peru) in the recent years. Even Colombia might eventually fall to the Latin American renaissance (not so sure about that but Uribismo is under strong opposition).
Overall it’s very apparent that the USA is losing control everywhere except in its core empire (Europe, Japan, Australia, etc.) but that shrinking of the US Empire also means that more economic (colonial) burden is to be placed on what remains of it, notably clearly expendable (not bordering China, not anymore central) Europe.
____________ * https://bagaudaberri.wordpress.com/2022/04/07/europa-auto-derrotada/ and https://bagaudaberri.wordpress.com/2022/05/03/tenemos-hambre/
Meh, can’t get paragraph breaks no matter how much I edit? :(
When the US implodes and fragments NATO will collapse like a house of cards.
Funny, the US always thinks it should be involved in every war, yet all the wars they fought in the last decades they managed to lose
Friedman, yeah, do any bell ring, huh, its a Jew, and a Zionist, but somehow, its completely and utterly a senario most of the MSM and Indimedia simply denies or ignores is the problem, yup, I dont trust Russia for an split second, only in this case is the actions somewhat justifable, but thats all, the rest, nope, Putin have zero credibilitty, because He knows that they are untuchable. Just like the MSM havent shown any picture of any Nazi in Ukraina, I wrote about that a long time ago, and now even idiots can see it for them selfs, and then who owns the MSM.
This war is an proxy one, designed to drag europa into an new all out war, but somehow, even the alt-net never debates that, instead they are sinking into a mire of total idiocy, witch have no relevance in this one, but if you pay attention, you should know why, because of the same force witch is untuchable, is running this war. Russia may winn this one, but the future dont look good, because of the enemy within.
peace