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Related: About this forumThe Next Five Years Are Crucial for the US and the World
http://watchingamerica.com/News/239196/the-next-five-years-are-crucial-for-the-us-and-the-world/Europe let go of its own interests to obey the United States.
The Next Five Years Are Crucial for the US and the World
Reporter, Bulgaria
By Petar Vulchev
Translated By Mila Alexandrova
Peter Vulchev
Edited by Kyrstie Lane
What I have to say could be heard from many others. I wont quote only dissidents like Noam Chomsky, for sure. What about Robert Gates (the former chief of the Pentagon), Paul Roberts (former secretary of the treasury under President Reagan), Zbigniew Brzezinski (former national security adviser, well-known for his strong anti-Russian feelings), Angela Merkel (Germanys chancellor), Ron Paul (a U.S. presidential candidate who sought the presidency more than once)? These are just a few of the prominent politicians and experts who have come to the conclusion that the aggression in Ukraine was ignited by the U.S. and that what happened there was actually a coup.
~snip~
Someone needs a gas crisis and a breakdown in EU-Russia relations. Although the cooperation between those two is the only path to peace and stability, the U.S. is against it. And Europe turns its back on its own interests to obey its trans-Atlantic ally. Shy voices among our own politicians also started mentioning alternatives to Russian gas American shale gas or lifting the moratorium on fracking for American companies like Chevron. OK, but how to convince Angela Merkel to impose sanctions against Russia (meaning real sanctions, not cosmetic ones) while Germany is buying Russian gas at such a good price? Maybe the American intelligence services who wiretapped the German chancellor were looking for the answer to this same question.
As for Ukraine, the goal is to make it stop payments to Russias Gazprom, which will eventually turn off the gas for Ukraine, and then Europe. The sabotage of projects like South Stream is one of the specific goals of the U.S., which will affect Bulgaria as well. Some countries, though, like Italy, flatly refused to abandon the project. There are many unknowns in the plan of the Americans. The next president of Ukraine will be in charge in the next five years, and it is crucial for the U.S. that he or she is a pro-Westerner, like Timoshenko.
This is the simple truth. And I expect a scenario similar to Libya, Syria and Ukraine to take place in Venezuela as well (one of the richest countries in terms of oil and natural gas reserves, who banished the American corporations and nationalized its oil resources). The next five years are the United States last chance to preserve its Pax Americana. The Americans are running out of time and they will have to act. Lets not forget that the only true winner of World War II was the U.S. While the U.K. lost so much of its influence, Russia got exhausted and Germany crashed, the U.S. was doing well. There are archives, declassified today, which suggest that the Cold War may have been promoted by the U.S. If that is the case, we can pray for another Cold War instead of World War III.
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The Next Five Years Are Crucial for the US and the World (Original Post)
unhappycamper
May 2014
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SamKnause
(13,037 posts)1. K&R
bemildred
(90,061 posts)2. Sounds about right. "American Hustle". nt