Essay: The Rules Based Order
Nothing that is happening today, or has occurred in recent years, is random. This has all been carefully planned and mapped out, with contingencies. And I am not speaking about the idiot war planners in the Pentagon or NATO.
All of it has been carefully planned and mapped out with contingencies and agreements on what actions to pursue in response to US actions, which are entirely predictable.
Military academies the world over have studied carefully the Second World War. In that war, the so-called "allies" - the US, UK, USSR, and Kuomintang China worked together, coordinated actions. The Axis Powers, Germany, Japan, and Italy did not. Each of the Axis parties acted on their own, and moreless gave praise and encouragement to each other's successes after the fact, while continuing trade (for example, Mussolini's invasion of Albania and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor came as much as a surprise to Hitler and the Germans as it was to the rest of the planet). So the countries now leading the challenge to US hegemony - Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, et al understand that the side that coordinates and works together has the advantage over those who pursue selfish interests, and have long coordinated plans, actions, and contingencies (together with their proxies which they control like Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, etc). What's the common thread that binds them together? They are all under (or are the "targets" or "victims of") US sanctions.
"the entire current framework looks highly orchestrated between the resistance axis, particularly of Russia, Iran, and perhaps China. The reason is that just as Russia tied up the Empire in Ukraine, Iran began its strangulation maneuver in the Mid East, and look how ‘elegantly’ it’s all working out: Europe is being entirely cut off from cheap energy while Russia and BRICS gain not only some of the most powerful energy producers but also the countries responsible for the most important maritime chokepoints; i.e. Egypt and the Suez/Red Sea; Ethiopia and the Red Sea; Iran and Saudi Arabia for the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, etc. Now, suddenly what do we hear? Major moves being made by Russia to put the Arctic in a chokehold, securing another key corridor..."[1] |
Meanwhile, 'strategic thinkers' in the US & NATO think they're still fighting an uncoordinated Axis like in WWII, while at the same time making the same mistakes Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo made - not consulting and coordinating with their allies. For example, Victoria Nuland's famous "F the EU" statement - the EU & NATO were going to be dragged into this conflict with Russia, without consultation and coordination, whether they liked it or not. They don't have a say in the matter. Follow that example with the attack on the Nordstream pipeline. The US dictates. It's allies blindly have to follow.
"If the DoS [Dept. of State] and CIA truly believed the sanctions would cripple Russia, it’s then likely our institutions vastly underestimated the prior diplomatic talks that preceded those sanctions."[2] |
Again, we saw the lack of consultation with allies prior to retaliatory attacks against Iran:
"Normally, a host country would stipulate that the U.S. could (or could not) acknowledge military operations or activities. In this case it looks like CENTCOM issued the statement about the attack without consulting with the Government of Jordan.[3] |
This apparently is the "rules based order" - the US dictates, and others must follow (allies and adversaries alike). This is how the Soviet Union governed.
US-UK special relationship
Now the exception to this is the UK; the US does consult and coordinate with the UK on most matters. Some say the US dictates and the UK does what it's told. But personally, I disagree with that assessment. The US too often bows to UK schemes, cause the US views the UK as a Senior partner it relies on for advice, mentoring, and guidance on how to rule the world based on the experiences of the British Empire. And the UK fully takes advantage of this 'special relationship' to manipulate the US to serve its own ends and interests that the UK is incapable of accomplishing itself.
More can be said.
Free trade vs communism or laizez faire capitalism vs economic sanctions
Now let's say a word about free trade versus sanctions; what is the difference between "free trade" and communism? And what is the difference between laizez faire capitalism and economic sanctions? The United States spoke of, and promoted, "free trade" and capitalism for decades during the Cold War. That is why the European Union (a CIA creation, incidentally) was founded - to break down trade barriers between European nations. Does the US & EU promote "free trade" and capitalism today? or tyranny, totalitarianism, censorship, trade restrictions (sanctions), monopoly and oligopoly control, rigged elections and oppression?
I'm not going to contrast these observations of the US & EU with Russia, China, North Korea or Iran. It just seems like a matter of degree between all these parties on the scale of oppression, with no one having the upper hand. The point being, that "freedom, democracy, and capitalism" as preached by the US and the West is a bald-faced lie.
Now if you say freedom means the constitutional God-given right to gay marriage and to force others to use your preferred pronouns, and the United States should use economic sanctions against human rights violators who don't respect these freedoms, there are probably residents of this planet outside the United States who disagree with you. And if you do not understand that these ideas are now mandated and embalmed in US [[law\\ and foreign policy, you are as brainwashed as any gender confused transexual or wokester.
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