12-07-2024, 11:13 AM
I have found that all European reporting on the Russia/Ukraine conflict/war tends to somehow field a different perspective in regards to NATO.
From the US perspective, it is noteworthy that despite NATO's conduct and posturing, it will be the U.S. that actually musters the resolve to make the killing stop.
I think that NATO is an anachronism which is desperately trying to 'be relevant' in a Post cold war world. But their "impetus" to "expand" is an irritant to the international community... with it's perpetual "make war to achieve peace" trope. It seems clear that they are now users of the "economic hitman" strategies of old.
NATO objectives override the natural development of international order... all to achieve dominance for NATO's own 'goals.'
I think the US spends way too much money on the "anti-communist" fad in politics.
NATO is the epitome of that fad... and can't seem to change their own behaviors... I can only speculate as the "reasons" for that... but I am suspicious about global arms trade... and the movement of weapons systems that cost a fortune to replace.
Putin's objectives may be to satisfy the game plans of oligarchs... but then the same might also apply to NATO.
Russia, during its' Soviet era was a huge contiguous chunk of land... but the Soviets broke themselves trying to play a military game in a world of economics.
It was never going to work long-term without war.
The West should be learning that the obverse is also true... and it's not Russia v. The West that's the common denominator there... the common denominator is war.
War is only good to serve war and warring.
NATO is existentially about war, not peace.
It is NATO that must stop serving war... risking war, effecting war... as a threat and tool of their idea of "progress."
I think we needn't dump more money into that NATO bin.
Times change.
From the US perspective, it is noteworthy that despite NATO's conduct and posturing, it will be the U.S. that actually musters the resolve to make the killing stop.
I think that NATO is an anachronism which is desperately trying to 'be relevant' in a Post cold war world. But their "impetus" to "expand" is an irritant to the international community... with it's perpetual "make war to achieve peace" trope. It seems clear that they are now users of the "economic hitman" strategies of old.
NATO objectives override the natural development of international order... all to achieve dominance for NATO's own 'goals.'
I think the US spends way too much money on the "anti-communist" fad in politics.
NATO is the epitome of that fad... and can't seem to change their own behaviors... I can only speculate as the "reasons" for that... but I am suspicious about global arms trade... and the movement of weapons systems that cost a fortune to replace.
Putin's objectives may be to satisfy the game plans of oligarchs... but then the same might also apply to NATO.
Russia, during its' Soviet era was a huge contiguous chunk of land... but the Soviets broke themselves trying to play a military game in a world of economics.
It was never going to work long-term without war.
The West should be learning that the obverse is also true... and it's not Russia v. The West that's the common denominator there... the common denominator is war.
War is only good to serve war and warring.
NATO is existentially about war, not peace.
It is NATO that must stop serving war... risking war, effecting war... as a threat and tool of their idea of "progress."
I think we needn't dump more money into that NATO bin.
Times change.
