COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN RUSSIA INSIDER
Putin Schools Megyn
Kelly: The Arms Race Was Started in 2002 When US Abrogated the Anti-Ballistic
Missile Treaty
I think I understand Putin's reluctance to admit to or
discuss a new Cold War with the United States.
And, as seems obvious from the Russian side, there is no
desire for one.
But I do think he misspeaks when he says analysts who speak
of Cold War are only doing propaganda. That is in fact quite wrong, although he
likely says it out of concerns of state.
There are very powerful forces in the United States looking
to start a new Cold War, whether you choose to give it that name or another.
I don't know what other name to apply to a seemingly endless
stream of provocations like the coup in Ukraine, provocations like the NATO
roll-up of tanks right to the Russian border, efforts to sabotage Russian
armament sales abroad, efforts to prevent Russian gas sales in Europe,
provocations like America's illegal occupation of parts of Syria, constant
slights by the State Department in its statements, the idiocy about Russian
election interference, and a whole list of still other matters.
If that isn’t a deliberate effort to regenerate the Cold
War, then we need new language for what it is they are doing.
Those in America's establishment who adhere to the doctrine,
"full-spectrum dominance" and who are spending absolutely sinful
amounts of money on the Pentagon and security services sure seem like Cold
Warriors to me.
They view Russia as a unique problem, the only country in
the world that can obliterate them, and it endlessly rankles them. China will
likely reach a similar capacity, but it is not there yet.
The Neocons, very influential elites in Washington for about
two decades and generators of a whole stream of destruction in the Middle East
with the Neocon Wars, certainly look at Russia this way.
Their basic axiom is that the United States should use the
power it has to dominate. They do this, I believe, mainly because they are
focused on Israel and have come to believe only a fairly ruthless United States
can provide Israel's best security guarantee.
Israel enjoys a rather unusual position in the world, being
both an ostensibly independent country - and one with an inordinate set of
demands, given its size - yet also being a de facto colony of the United
States, a dual reality fraught with dangers.
Now, Russia keeps reasonably good relations with Israel, but
Israel’s drive to dominate its region can only unavoidably come into conflict
with Russia’s aim of increasing its influence in the region, assisting its
allies, and perhaps gaining new ones. The case of Syria sticks out.
So, while I am an admirer of President Putin, I cannot agree
with just what he has said here, but I know he has good reasons for saying so.
