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The first,
and probably most important reason for which NATO is not attacking
Russia for the moment, is the upgraded Russian nuclear arsenal. As in
the Cold War 1.0 era, the nuclear strength of both superpowers,
capable to destroy the planet many times, was a key preventing factor
against a direct conflict between the USA and the former Soviet
Union.
Moreover,
the US indirect aggression against China lately, a stupid strategy
coming from the neocon agenda, brought China closer to Russia,
building an even stronger alliance between them. They are both now in
a race of developing further their nuclear arsenals and this is a key
deterrent which prevents NATO to confront them openly.
The second
reason, is that NATO is facing problems, the alliance is weakening
and its credibility has been damaged a lot. Essentially, the members
which are fully aligned behind US imperialism right now are the
Baltic countries, the former eastern bloc countries and the
traditional US ally, United Kingdom.
The
relations between the United States and other major countries inside
the alliance appear to be in a quite bad shape, especially those with
Germany and Turkey. The recent Volkswagen emission scandal confirmed
that, indeed, there is an underground fierce economic war between the
United States and Germany. Besides that, the relations between the
two countries started to worse rapidly after the known revelations of the NSA interceptions.
Concerning
Turkey, it is known that the US promote the creation of a Kurdish
state because it serves better their interests. This is totally
unacceptable for Erdoğan,who is occupied by the illusion of the
Turkish expansionism. Washington is not very happy seeing ISIS being
used by Turkey to fight Kurds, instead of operating in full force
against Assad regime.
Other key
allies like France, are not very happy with the sanctions, imposed by
the US, against Russia. The economic damage is not insignificant. The
most characteristic example concerning France, is the cancellation of
the deal concerning the Mistral warships, by Russia.
The third reason, is that the US need Russia and even Iran to clean up the mess in Middle East. A mess which was created by the US and their allies in Middle East when they started to arm anti-Assad forces to confront the Assad regime. Now, ISIS is out of control.
The third reason, is that the US need Russia and even Iran to clean up the mess in Middle East. A mess which was created by the US and their allies in Middle East when they started to arm anti-Assad forces to confront the Assad regime. Now, ISIS is out of control.
However, the
Americans had enough troubles with the attrition wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan. They wouldn't risk further mess by bringing 'boots on
the ground' to confront ISIS. The recent deal with Iran, concerning
its nuclear program, is not accidental. Besides, Pentagon announced
that will stop training new militant forces in Syria, which is actually an admission of
failure of its so far strategy.
Related:
OP is retarded.
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ReplyDeleteThe USA needs to realise fast that its vast military-industrial complex is of little use to it when faced with economic and military giants like Russia and China who cannot be intimidated and that it needs to adapt a much more cooperative and multilateral approach in its dealings with the emerging countries of the world.
ReplyDeletePeople keep blaming the neoconservatives as if getting rid of them will solve the USA's problems vis-à-vis its foreign and military policy. Likewise with the neoliberals vis-à-vis the USA's economic problems. I disagree and tend to think that the problems the USA faces are deep, structural and integral to its political economy, thus getting rid of either of the aforementioned groups will do little to stop the USA's ongoing foreign policy debacle in the Middle East.