July
27, 2017 "Information
Clearing House"
- 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.
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.”
No
Advertising
- No
Government
Grants
-
This
Is
Independent
Media
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.
In accordance
with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material
is distributed without profit to those who have
expressed a prior interest in receiving the
included information for research and educational
purposes. Information Clearing House has no
affiliation whatsoever with the originator of
this article nor is Information ClearingHouse
endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)