Originally Posted by
anatta
This reminds us that the new Cold War, from
NATO’s eastward expansion and the 2014 Ukrainian crisis to Russiagate, has been an elite project.
Why US elites, after the end of the Soviet Union in 1991, ultimately chose Cold War rather than partnership with Russia is a question beyond my purpose here.
As for the special role of US intelligence elites—what I have termed “Intelgate”—efforts are still underway to disclose it fully, and are still being thwarted.
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just that paragraph alone is enough for discussion Anatta. Doesn't it also beg the question of what the Cold war was all about for starters? For my contribution to the puzzle, I can only say that it never was about the need for either side to defend itself against the other. Nuclear war was and still is prohitivie.
And so the possibilities:
1. Feed the MIC?
2. Establish economic control over the entire glabe by miltary conquest, one small country at a time?
In either case I won't name the guilty side because it's conceivable to imagine that both sides were intent on achieving the same goal. Can there be any other explanation that aren't covered by those two broad reasons that encompass all?
“ceaseless demonization of Putin personally has in fact sanctified him, turned him into the Patron Saint of Russia.”
That's an excellent preface to your comments that follow. I would suggest that it's an entirely unusual situation in the US right now, and that can't survive as the status quo. Trump will end and the Democratic party's momentum against Russia/Putin will fade because of the lack of an enemy in Trump. The huge amount of damage done with the Putin hate will likely diminish.
However, after Trump, the Repubs will have no reason to be any different concerning Russia/Putin than the Dems.
The solution the US imagines is the elimination of Putin of course because of Putin being such a strong and determined leader of Russia. It's likely imagined that any other choice will be easier to deal with by the US. And I think that's nothing new to you because it's evident you understand the situation.
Overall, I see the 21st. century as being a continuing Cold war fight between all of the superpowers for the diminishing critical resources of the globe. And I see Russia as being a part of China as concerns the superpower to oppose the US. That makes Russia more just a part of the BRICS, as opposed to one of the main enemies. The China/Russia alignment will become the enemy and Putin won't matter much in the larger scheme of things.
It's happening now of course but China has taken an apparent position of peaceful participation in world trade. But it's inevitable that China will be force to participate in the way the US chooses, according to US strength, which is military. The new Cold war will be the Nato alignment in some form vs. the BRICS.
That's my best explanation. Your comments?
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