Roberts: Washington’s War Mongers

Posted by on Oct 8, 2014 in Blog | 0 comments

Pleasantly surprised that Paul Craig Roberts, a former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury and Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal, penned this blistering condemnation of US foreign policy/military strategy.  He’s absolutely hit the mark that America had driven the Russians into a corner with NATO’s eastward expansion since the Clinton Administration, ultimately leading to the Ukraine debacle, a view shared by a number of prominent international relations scholars.

Mr Roberts is a clear believer in spheres of influence of great powers.  American intervenes around the world and considers every corner of the globe its backyard.  Russia’s sphere was whittled down to the point of ABM bases built all along its border (with imbecilic bought-off former Eastern European states like Poland allowing deployment).

Meanwhile, in conjunction with its ‘pivot to Asia’, the US wants to erect a series of new bases in countries surrounding China, including former arch-enemy Vietnam for which it has most recently partially lifted the ban on arms shipments.  Don’t worry, a full lifting to include offensive weapons is not too far in the future.

Also, note his remarks on the CIA trying to stir up student protests in Hong Kong.

Mr Roberts’ latest book is How America Was Lost.

Read his piece at:  http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/10/07/381326/washington-is-destroying-the-world/