The
two-day London NATO conference just ended – and calling it a NATO
“crisis” is an understatement. The crisis is such that President Trump
canceled the Press Conference at the end of the summit, officially
saying that there was enough press briefing during the conference, but
rather more honestly hinting at the all-pervading conflict-loaded
ambiance between and among the NATO partners, that their disagreements
should not be further exposed through a media event.
To
start with, French President Emmanuel Macron at the onset of the
Conference declared NATO unequivocally as “brain dead”. For once he is
absolutely right. Trump chastised Macron as ‘unrespectful’. These
remarks were not only inappropriate but they were outright insolent, he
said. Trump was more critique at Macron and all those who expressed any
kind of doubt about NATOs justification for further existence. Trump
left the summit before the end. Some say that his early leaving had to
do with ‘his’ audacious, agenda, to ask European NATO members to
increase their military budget to at least 2% of GDP – for which he
didn’t get much applause. It would be additional wasted defense money
that most countries could rather use for much needed social programs.
The
clear loser of this event was Trump, and NATO – and of course, Trump’s
NATO-puppet, Jens Stoltenberg, the longest serving NATO chief in recent
history (since 2014 – and ongoing). One wonders, Stoltenberg, a
Norwegian career politician, must have some brains on his own – why does
he fight for a lost cause? He, Stoltenberg, knows that Russia and China
are not enemies of the west, that they are Washington-invented enemies,
because the empire always needs an enemy to continue instigating and
fighting wars and conflicts – for the service of its
billion-profit-making Armament-Military Industrial complex.
Yes,
friends, in our neoliberal, bending towards neo-fascist world, killing
is good for business – in fact killing is the biggest single business in
the western world.
Can
you imagine? NATO has institutionalized killing as the new normal. Have
you ever thought about it? – And in order to maintain this ‘eternal war
on terror’ that sustains the US economy, we need ever-so-often a ‘fake’
terror attack – to keep the fear alive, to keep the arms flowing, the
arms production running, to keep police and military abuse, brutality
and repression increasing until we are under total military control, so
much so that no ‘state of siege’ needs to be declared. It happens
automatically. In fact, people, for fear of continuous false flags, ask
for it. The condemned asks for the hangman to watch over them. That’s
where we have ended up.
Take
the latest London Bridge knife killer — well, like most other “random”
terrorist killers around the globe, he was apparently known to the
police, was released early for good behavior – and , despite the fact
that he was subdued by passers-by on the bridge, made motionless on the
pavement, hence no danger anymore to anyone, as photos show, he was
killed, shot death by the police. Why? So, he won’t be able to talk?
That
happens with almost all ‘random’ terrorist killers. They are silenced.
Seems like nobody ever wonders why? – Why are they not taken into
custody and questioned – and tried as they should be in a ‘state of
law’, what we pretend to be in the west.
A
knife-terrorist hitting The Hague simultaneously, escaped, for good
order – the contrary would have been too suspicious. Problem is, people
still buy these lies and overarching explanations by such liars as Boris
Johnson. What is alive and well and may possibly be used when
vulnerable detainees are released ‘early’, is MKUltra, CIA’s mind
control program. It emerged from WWII intelligence and was further
developed in the 1960s, but is still very much alive today – just more
sophisticated today than yesterday. Surprisingly – Big Wonder – so far,
to my knowledge, none of these “random knife or gun-swinging” terrorists
have been traced to Russia.
Question: Are those who keep propagating and defending NATO “brainless”, leading to a “brain dead” NATO?
Not
necessarily, because the NATO propagators and defenders have a clear
agenda – or several agendas. The Washington based and directed, but
Europe financed NATO serves none of the purposes it makes believe and
lies about, being a defense force against the dangers of Russia invading
Europe – and newly, because this argument has gradually served out its
purpose and been discarded by most of the European NATO members, NATO is
also a defense engine against the rapidly advancing belligerent China. –
Now its China, that helps justify the nonsensical NATO. China is the
most peaceful nation, seeking cooperation with the west, not war, nor
conflict.
Maybe
even European leaders start now thinking – yes, let them revive their
sleeping brains. Let them wake up. The reality is that both China and
Russia are offering Europe friendly, un-coerced trading and business
relations – and the New Silk Road, alias, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
is ultimately attractive – though still openly criticized to please the
despots of Washington – Europe realized that participating in BRI is a
long-term win-win proposition. As the Chinese with good reason say, “We
are attempting to build a community with a common future for
mankind.” By contrast, there is almost nothing that comes out of
Washington that is not imposed or coerced on countries, under threat of
sanctions. Relations with Russia and China are 180 degrees different;
they are pacific, not bellicose.
Of
course, intimidating Europe with the “Eastern Threat” is so weak and
un-cool, that it looks like the last desperate move of the empire’s
leaders, or rather those who pull the strings behind their designated
leaders – of whom Trump is a master example. You may guess, who the
“string-pullers” are, also often called the ‘deep state’. They are not
as far away from your everyday life as you may think. They are
omni-present among us.
A
second item of the not-so brainless NATO commanders’ agenda is the
reason behind the topping up to 2% (of GDP) of the European members’
defense budget. It is of course understood that all the armament related
to the 2% must be bought from the US of A – not Russia, not China,
beware! Otherwise you may have other NATO countries being in violation
of the US-rules, like Turkey, buying Russian S-400 air-defense systems,
rather the much inferior US Patriot systems.
The
additional money spent on defense is supposedly spent in the US –
further increasing the military complex’s profit – and at the same time
weakening Europe, already oscillating at the margin of recession. A weak
Europe is of lesser competition to the US, is better controllable, as
we know – and can better be manipulated. European leaders should know so
much by now. Every major FED-Wall Street banking-induced recession has
hit Europe the most. Just look at the most recent one 2008/9 and
ongoing. It’s not an accident.
Another
full swing recession is in the making. Extra unnecessary military
spending would make it worse. Maybe Europeans will think of spending
this ‘extra’ money on opening new relations, new avenues, with the east,
Russia, China, Central Asia, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) – an association of countries which will most certainly help
prevent Europe from falling into yet another recessionary abyss. China’s
Belt and Road may build bridges that will prevent a European recession.
And
third, once Europe would be armed to the teeth on behalf of NATO, any
talk about a proposed European defense system – Macron’s idea, supported
openly or covertly by most EU members – would bite the dust. At least
in the foreseeable future. And – having so many weapons and defense
mechanisms – means Europe needs an enemy to justify her armament. In
this case, Washington thinks, more pressure on Moscow and Beijing would
be more palatable by Europe, bringing her again closer into Washington’s
orbit.
On the other hand, if democracy would be democracy, and the people of
Europe would be asked about their allegiance to NATO, the overwhelming
majority, an average close to 70% would say they want OUT of NATO.
In
some countries, like Italy, this percentage is possibly in excess of
80%. It is clear, NATO is doomed, there is no need, no justification for
NATO, as there are no real enemies for Europe, all enemies are invented
to justify war – killing – production of weapons – for destruction.
Washington is the only clear and present danger, not only for Europe,
but for the entire globe. Washington’s creation of enemies leads to
economic output based on destruction and killing. What a world we are
living! – Isn’t it time we wake up and kill NATO?
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This article was originally published on New Eastern Outlook.
Peter Koenig is
an economist and geopolitical analyst. He is also a water resources and
environmental specialist. He worked for over 30 years with the World
Bank and the World Health Organization around the world in the fields of
environment and water. He lectures at universities in the US, Europe
and South America. He writes regularly for Global Research; ICH; RT;
Sputnik; PressTV; The 21st Century; Greanville Post; Defend Democracy
Press, TeleSUR; The Saker Blog, the New Eastern Outlook (NEO); and other
internet sites. He is the author of Implosion – An Economic Thriller about War, Environmental Destruction and Corporate Greed – fiction based on facts and on 30 years of World Bank experience around the globe. He is also a co-author of The World Order and Revolution! – Essays from the Resistance. He is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization.
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