Here I want to present an edited portion of a recent missive from my friend George. Hopefully readers will recall my contention during Election 2016 that Trump regarded Germany—not Russia—as his main America’s main strategic challenge in Europe. George addresses German ambitions, and the challenge that poses for any US regime that is minimally aware of what’s going on in the world. That excludes the Zhou regime. The US is not taking the sensible steps—such as cultivating a more positive relationship with Latin America—to ensure its future:
With respect to George, phooey. Not buying it. Yes, there is a lot of sense in the view that an alliance between Germany, Russia, and China *could* pose a grave threat to the US. And if this was our grandfather's time such thinking would be worth fretting over. But not now. Not 2022. Why?
1. The geopolitical landscape is one big game of musical chairs. Every major power on earth has deep, fatal flaws just waiting to erupt. Like the game, no one knows when the "music" will stop and who will be left without a chair on which to sit. Therefore the one key is to outlast the others, to be the last one to collapse. No matter how EU/ Russia/ CCP try to combine, it won't be enough to overcome their basic, structural flaws. They are all on a collision course for ruin. The US is different.
2. Which brings point 2. The US has fatal flaws too but unlike the others, ours are imposed by a gangster government intent on domination and extorting every last productive cent. The US has been uniquely blessed with everything needed for a strong, healthy state. It's only the wanton self destruction of the gangsters that have us at this sorry situation.
3. Nonetheless we should be worried but not about some Eurasian empire. We should worry because the US is no longer a country worth defending. We are under occupation by an illegal and corrupt regime. In such a pass there cant be any rooting for this regime. We cant wish Sock Puppet and his Techno Bolsheviks success or better strategy. We can only hope that legitimate government is restored here in peaceful revolution. Then and only then can we get nack in the great chess match.
Nice analysis and I love your conclusion about Trump's strategy. Will Putin be content being considered a "provincial leader" in the Fourth Reich? I highly doubt it, especially when he now has critical control over Germany's energy supply. Even if the Germans allowed him to reconstitute the USSR (and they won't) I don't think he would ever trust Germany or make Russia's future dependent on the Germans. Too much history and psychology there.
I think after two world wars and massive migration out of Germany, the folks who remain are a bit off kilter. On my mother's side 3 great grandparents left Germany and 2 great-great grandparents and their children left Norway, came to Texas in the 1880's, I wonder why.
With respect to George, phooey. Not buying it. Yes, there is a lot of sense in the view that an alliance between Germany, Russia, and China *could* pose a grave threat to the US. And if this was our grandfather's time such thinking would be worth fretting over. But not now. Not 2022. Why?
1. The geopolitical landscape is one big game of musical chairs. Every major power on earth has deep, fatal flaws just waiting to erupt. Like the game, no one knows when the "music" will stop and who will be left without a chair on which to sit. Therefore the one key is to outlast the others, to be the last one to collapse. No matter how EU/ Russia/ CCP try to combine, it won't be enough to overcome their basic, structural flaws. They are all on a collision course for ruin. The US is different.
2. Which brings point 2. The US has fatal flaws too but unlike the others, ours are imposed by a gangster government intent on domination and extorting every last productive cent. The US has been uniquely blessed with everything needed for a strong, healthy state. It's only the wanton self destruction of the gangsters that have us at this sorry situation.
3. Nonetheless we should be worried but not about some Eurasian empire. We should worry because the US is no longer a country worth defending. We are under occupation by an illegal and corrupt regime. In such a pass there cant be any rooting for this regime. We cant wish Sock Puppet and his Techno Bolsheviks success or better strategy. We can only hope that legitimate government is restored here in peaceful revolution. Then and only then can we get nack in the great chess match.
Nice analysis and I love your conclusion about Trump's strategy. Will Putin be content being considered a "provincial leader" in the Fourth Reich? I highly doubt it, especially when he now has critical control over Germany's energy supply. Even if the Germans allowed him to reconstitute the USSR (and they won't) I don't think he would ever trust Germany or make Russia's future dependent on the Germans. Too much history and psychology there.
I think after two world wars and massive migration out of Germany, the folks who remain are a bit off kilter. On my mother's side 3 great grandparents left Germany and 2 great-great grandparents and their children left Norway, came to Texas in the 1880's, I wonder why.