In my mind it's all about preventing Germany, et. al. from joining into the BRI (Belt & Road Initiative) which would tie Europe to the east vs. the West. I've seen the World Bank's maps and projections of how this initiative goes through previously underdeveloped resource rich areas and provides growth and development - tieing North Africa, Central Asia to the East and thus validating the MacKinder 'heartland' geo-political theory - i.e. eastern Europe is the heartland; who rules the heartland rules the world island and who rules the world island rules the world...The only thing offered by the US is militarism while China and the BRI offer infrastructure. What kind of choice is that.....The US can't have that because its hegemony is based upon the alternative seapower (A.T. Mahan, transfer of wealth from global south to global north; Angloism (UK, Aus, NZ who happen to be naval powers). And by virtue of North American geography not to mention hubris, the US would be isolated from BRI...Sadly, the US is engaged in a fool's errand and hopefully it won't take the world down as it flails. Otoh - in my view, questions need to be and are not raised about the environmental-ecological consequences of such BRI development.
All I can say is WORD!
SonOfaBitch...
In my mind it's all about preventing Germany, et. al. from joining into the BRI (Belt & Road Initiative) which would tie Europe to the east vs. the West. I've seen the World Bank's maps and projections of how this initiative goes through previously underdeveloped resource rich areas and provides growth and development - tieing North Africa, Central Asia to the East and thus validating the MacKinder 'heartland' geo-political theory - i.e. eastern Europe is the heartland; who rules the heartland rules the world island and who rules the world island rules the world...The only thing offered by the US is militarism while China and the BRI offer infrastructure. What kind of choice is that.....The US can't have that because its hegemony is based upon the alternative seapower (A.T. Mahan, transfer of wealth from global south to global north; Angloism (UK, Aus, NZ who happen to be naval powers). And by virtue of North American geography not to mention hubris, the US would be isolated from BRI...Sadly, the US is engaged in a fool's errand and hopefully it won't take the world down as it flails. Otoh - in my view, questions need to be and are not raised about the environmental-ecological consequences of such BRI development.
Well, OB, it's a nice try, but somewhat useless imo. The European elite,
which is totally controlled by ours, has the information war under such
a control, that Brussels has tightened the screws. The EU is slowly
becoming a totalitarian instrument, and will not only dictate it's rules,
but enforce it via "national security" measures as well as through
the central bank. The Greeks have learned what that means and thus
have become quiet. I think we will see far more serious reactions here,
when the shiiiiiite hits the fan than in Europe.