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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy Money's on Putin - by Mike Whitney
History shows that the United States has benefited politically and economically from wars in Europe. The huge outflow of capital from Europe following the First and Second World Wars, transformed the U.S. into a superpower Today, faced with economic decline, the US is trying to precipitate another European war to achieve the same objective. Sergey Glazyev, Russian politician and economist
The discovery of the worlds largest, known gas reserves in the Persian Gulf, shared by Qatar and Iran, and new assessments which found 70 percent more gas in the Levantine in 2007, are key to understanding the dynamics of the conflicts we see today. After a completion of the PARS pipeline, from Iran, through Iraq and Syria to the Eastern Mediterranean coast, the European Union would receive more than an estimated 45 percent of the gas it consumes over the next 100 120 years from Russian and Iranian sources. Under non-conflict circumstances, this would warrant an increased integration of the European, Russian and Iranian energy sectors and national economies.
Christof Lehmann, Interview with Route Magazine
The United States failed operation in Syria, has led to an intensification of Washingtons proxy war in Ukraine. What the Obama administration hoped to achieve in Syria through its support of so called moderate Islamic militants was to topple the regime of Bashar al Assad, replace him with a US-backed puppet, and prevent the construction of the critical Iran-Iraq-Syria pipeline. That plan hasnt succeeded nor will it in the near future, which means that the plan for the prospective pipeline will eventually go forward.
Why is that a problem?
Its a problem becauseaccording to Dr. LehmannTogether with the Russian gas the EU would be able to cover some 50 percent of its requirements for natural gas via Iranian and Russian sources. As the primary suppliers of critical resources to Europe, Moscow and Tehran would grow stronger both economically and politically which would significantly undermine the influence of the US and its allies in the region, particularly Qatar and Israel. This is why opponents of the pipeline developed a plan to sabotage the project by fomenting a civil war in Syria.
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American colleagues at the Pentagon told me, unequivocally, that the US and UK never would allow European Soviet (strange choice of words there) relations to develop to such a degree that they would challenge the US/UKs political, economic or military primacy and hegemony on the European continent. Such a development will be prevented by all necessary means, if necessary by provoking a war in central Europe.
This is the crux of the issue. The United States is not going to allow any state or combination of states to challenge its dominance. Washington doesnt want rivals. It wants to be the undisputed, global superpower, which is the point that Paul Wolfowitz articulated in an early draft of the US National Defense Strategy:
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/node/57576
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My Money's on Putin - by Mike Whitney (Original Post)
MattSh
Aug 2014
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newfie11 This message was self-deleted by its author.
newfie11
(8,159 posts)2. I'm not surprised
This will not go well for any country but that won't stop the powers that be.
I can only hope solar, wind, and a new technology saves the world.
It seems solar, wind, and other new technologies won't be taken seriously until the oil and gas tap is running on empty.
newfie11
(8,159 posts)5. I'm afraid your right. Nt
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)3. the emperor is wearing no clothes
we can bluster and bomb all we want. we're still buck nekkid for all the world to see exactly where our soft underbelly lies.
Cha
(297,154 posts)6. Yeah, the asshole homophobic, internet suppressing, stomping on journalists who don't
agree with him is a real winner.