Pepe Escobar — Who Profits From The Terminate Of The Mid-Range Nuclear Treaty?

The INF Treaty limits missiles alongside a hit from 500 km to 5,000 km. China, Islamic Republic of Iran in addition to Democratic People's Republic of Korea precisely cannot pose a “threat” to the USA past times deploying such missiles. The INF is all close the European theatre of war.

So, it’s no wonder the reaction inwards Brussels in addition to major European capitals has been of barely disguised horror.

EU diplomats cause got told Asia Times the U.S. determination was a “shock”, in addition to “the final straw for the European Union every bit it jeopardizes our real existence, subjecting us to nuclear devastation past times short-range missiles”, which would never hold out able to attain the U.S. heartland.

The “China” argue – that Russia is selling Beijing advanced missile technology – precisely does non cutting it inwards Europe, every bit the absolute priority is European security. European Union diplomats are establishing a parallel to the possibility – which was to a greater extent than than existent final twelvemonth – that Washington could nuclear-bomb Democratic People's Republic of Korea unilaterally. Republic of Korea in addition to Japan, inwards that case, would hold out nuclear “collateral damage”. The same mightiness move on to Europe inwards the consequence of a US-Russia nuclear shoot-out....

The takeaway for Europe (and that includes the British Isles in addition to Scandinavia) —

So, it’s no wonder that European Union diplomats, trying to repose their discomfort, recognize that this, inwards the end, is all close the Full Spectrum Dominance doctrine in addition to the necessity of keeping the massive U.S. military-industrial-surveillance complex running.

Asia Times
Who profits from the cease of the mid-range nuclear treaty?

Pepe Escobar

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Let’s facial expression upwards it: profits in addition to ability should hold out classified every bit perennial reasons why U.S. leaders persist inwards waging such conflicts. War may hold out a racket, every bit General Smedley Butler claimed long ago, but who cares these days since concern is booming? And let’s add together to such profits a few other all-American motivations. Start alongside the fact that, inwards some curious sense, state of war is inwards the American bloodstream. As quondam New York Times state of war correspondent Chris Hedges i time put it, "War is a forcefulness that gives us meaning." Historically, nosotros Americans are a fierce people who cause got invested much inwards a self-image of toughness at i time existence displayed across the “global battlespace.” (Hence all the speak inwards this province non close our soldiers but close our “warriors.”) As the bumper stickers I run across regularly where I alive say: “God, guns, & guts made America free.” To brand the globe freer, why non export all three?

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'European countries... must empathise that they are putting their ain territory at endangerment of a possible counterstrike,' says Russian president

Warning or threat? Does it matter?

The Independent

Putin says Russian Federation volition target nations who host U.S. nuclear weapons

Oliver Carroll

If “areas alongside critically unsafe geophysical weather condition inwards the U.S. (like the Yellowstone Supervolcano or the San Andreas Fault)” are targeted past times those warheads, “such an laid upwards on guarantees the devastation of the U.S. every bit a province in addition to the entire transnational elite,” he said.

The production of approximately twoscore or l such mega-warheads for ICBMs or extra-long-range torpedoes would brand certain that at to the lowest degree a few of them attain their target no affair how a nuclear conflict betwixt the U.S. in addition to Russian Federation develops, the proficient said.

Such scenario “again makes a large-scale nuclear state of war irrational in addition to reduces the chances of its breakout to zero,” Sivkov said....

RT

‘US would hold out history if Russian Federation nukes Yellowstone volcano alongside mega-bombs’ – expert