COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY GUY VERHOFSTADT IN THE
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“Europe needs a
collective defence strategy to counter Russia”
"We need to stand together against Putin. If we don’t,
he will become emboldened in his war with our liberal democracies"
Well, they write this kind of stuff all the time in Langley,
Virginia, in the hopes of getting it “out there,” but that doesn't mean a
newspaper with any integrity needs to publish it.
The article could almost be a parody of disinformation.
Putin is a threat to no one.
The United States is killing people in half a dozen
countries, has military bases in literally hundreds of places, and its
creature, NATO, effectively occupies Europe without firing a shot.
Russia spends about $50 billion a year on its military,
enough to see to its own proper defense.
The United States spends $700 billion a year, about as much
as the rest of the planet combined.
The United States also spends vast (secret) amounts on its
17 national security agencies, with the CIA, for example, serving almost as a
second armed force, a non-uniformed covert one that interferes in the internal
affairs of countless countries and gets involved in coups to overthrow
governments it doesn't like.
If you just compare the language from Washington and Moscow,
you find Moscow talking about "partners and projects and mutual respect.
You find Washington talking about threats and enemies and
opponents and "full-spectrum dominance."
It's an amazing and eye-opening comparison to make, and the
results are about as far as you can go from the unsupported language of this
article.
