Ругая Путина, не следует пытаться обелять Pax Americana, надо размышлять о грядущей революции в самой Америке.
Хорошо вот, про мифологию прогрессистов и неоконов и их троцкистские маневры экспорта менеджеризма
This now-standard form of American mythmaking is not just a post hoc justification, but a justification for future action. The crusades against Islam were framed the same way by the neocons running foreign policy. Instead of mythmaking to explain past action, it is mythmaking to justify one of their schemes. American must reluctantly attack some country, in order to avoid being forced to do it later.
In their booklet The War Over Iraq: Saddam’s Tyranny and America’s Mission, Bill Kristol and Larry Kagan used this exact framing to argue for the invasion of Iraq in the second Bush administration. Preemption is the claim that it is morally justified to attack another country if it can be argued that the target country could one day be a threat to American interests or the interests of American allies.
It is fair to say the entire crusade against Islam was framed as a reaction by America to actors suddenly doing things for no reason at all. Saudi terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center for no reason at all, so America reluctantly attacked and occupied Afghanistan. Saddam could possibly have thought about getting nukes for no reason at all, so America invaded Iraq and deposed the ruling regime. The same narrative was ready for Iran, but the clock ran out on the Bush administration.
https://www.takimag.com/article/todays-mythmaking/
Кстати и где вот где были все эти тридцать, двадцать, десять лет тому - демократы и квазиреспубликанские неоконы Америки, Австралии и Европы?
Вот например где, pressing reset button with the devil - surely, to kill a bigger devil in Tehran
Biden implied that Europe and Russia must be willing to take a firmer stance toward Tehran in joint efforts to halt its uranium enrichment, which the U.S. insists is part of a nuclear weapons program, a charge Iran denies. He was not specific about how the administration would pressure Tehran, noting that the new administration is conducting a review of Iran policy.
While Mr. Biden's address did not break much new ground, he took pains to emphasize Washington's willingness to change the tone of its relations with government in Europe, which often felt ignored or belittled particularly in the early years of the Bush administration. Rather than quips, like former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's famous dismissal of Germany and France as "old Europe," Biden promised a "new tone" in its dealings with European allies
To Russia, he made the new administration's most direct offer of improved relations, which were badly strained last year by Moscow's military incursion into Georgia.
But administration hopes that Russia would provie new assistance in Afghanistan suffered a setback last week when Kyrgyzstan, once a part of the Soviet Union, declared it would no longer give the U.S. access to an airbase in its capital of Bishkek, a decision that the U.S. believes was pushed by Moscow. The base is a key supply hub for U.S. military operations in Afghanistan.
In his remarks to the Munich conference on Friday, Deputy Russian Prime Minister Sergey Ivanov said that if the U.S. terminated a plan to put a missile defense battery in Poland, Moscow would not follow through on a threat, made during the Bush administration, to deploy missiles on the Polish border in response.
Despite his call for better relations with Moscow, Biden restated the administration's position: It will decide whether to go forward with the missile defense plan after determining the costs and whether the technology is feasible. The missile defense shield, Mr. Biden said, is needed to "counter a growing Iranian capability." He did promise to consult with allies and with Russia before a final decision.
"It's time to press the reset button," he said of U.S.-Russia ties. But he also implicitly rejected Moscow's efforts to halt further NATO expansion in Eastern Europe, saying "It will remain our view that that sovereign states have the right to make their own decisions and choose their own alliances."
https://www.politico.com/story/2009/02/biden-time-to-hit-the-reset-button-018533
Хорошо вот, про мифологию прогрессистов и неоконов и их троцкистские маневры экспорта менеджеризма
This now-standard form of American mythmaking is not just a post hoc justification, but a justification for future action. The crusades against Islam were framed the same way by the neocons running foreign policy. Instead of mythmaking to explain past action, it is mythmaking to justify one of their schemes. American must reluctantly attack some country, in order to avoid being forced to do it later.
In their booklet The War Over Iraq: Saddam’s Tyranny and America’s Mission, Bill Kristol and Larry Kagan used this exact framing to argue for the invasion of Iraq in the second Bush administration. Preemption is the claim that it is morally justified to attack another country if it can be argued that the target country could one day be a threat to American interests or the interests of American allies.
It is fair to say the entire crusade against Islam was framed as a reaction by America to actors suddenly doing things for no reason at all. Saudi terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center for no reason at all, so America reluctantly attacked and occupied Afghanistan. Saddam could possibly have thought about getting nukes for no reason at all, so America invaded Iraq and deposed the ruling regime. The same narrative was ready for Iran, but the clock ran out on the Bush administration.
https://www.takimag.com/article/todays-mythmaking/
Кстати и где вот где были все эти тридцать, двадцать, десять лет тому - демократы и квазиреспубликанские неоконы Америки, Австралии и Европы?
Вот например где, pressing reset button with the devil - surely, to kill a bigger devil in Tehran
Biden implied that Europe and Russia must be willing to take a firmer stance toward Tehran in joint efforts to halt its uranium enrichment, which the U.S. insists is part of a nuclear weapons program, a charge Iran denies. He was not specific about how the administration would pressure Tehran, noting that the new administration is conducting a review of Iran policy.
While Mr. Biden's address did not break much new ground, he took pains to emphasize Washington's willingness to change the tone of its relations with government in Europe, which often felt ignored or belittled particularly in the early years of the Bush administration. Rather than quips, like former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's famous dismissal of Germany and France as "old Europe," Biden promised a "new tone" in its dealings with European allies
To Russia, he made the new administration's most direct offer of improved relations, which were badly strained last year by Moscow's military incursion into Georgia.
But administration hopes that Russia would provie new assistance in Afghanistan suffered a setback last week when Kyrgyzstan, once a part of the Soviet Union, declared it would no longer give the U.S. access to an airbase in its capital of Bishkek, a decision that the U.S. believes was pushed by Moscow. The base is a key supply hub for U.S. military operations in Afghanistan.
In his remarks to the Munich conference on Friday, Deputy Russian Prime Minister Sergey Ivanov said that if the U.S. terminated a plan to put a missile defense battery in Poland, Moscow would not follow through on a threat, made during the Bush administration, to deploy missiles on the Polish border in response.
Despite his call for better relations with Moscow, Biden restated the administration's position: It will decide whether to go forward with the missile defense plan after determining the costs and whether the technology is feasible. The missile defense shield, Mr. Biden said, is needed to "counter a growing Iranian capability." He did promise to consult with allies and with Russia before a final decision.
"It's time to press the reset button," he said of U.S.-Russia ties. But he also implicitly rejected Moscow's efforts to halt further NATO expansion in Eastern Europe, saying "It will remain our view that that sovereign states have the right to make their own decisions and choose their own alliances."
https://www.politico.com/story/2009/02/biden-time-to-hit-the-reset-button-018533