Harry Browne said that America has a strong offense and a weak defense.
He has been vindicated again, this time by a lad at Brookings.
https://original.antiwar.com/Richard_Morchoe/2020/08/24/the-vindication-of-harry-browne-again/
Showing posts with label Brookings Institution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brookings Institution. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Mike Whitney nails it, The Trump Speech That No One Heard at Counterpunch
It looked like business as usual for the foreign policy establishment back in 2015. Jeb was being set up to lose gracefully to Hilary and war and mayhem could continue in foreign lands as usual.
A funny thing happened on the way to the continued status quo. That funny thing was Donald Trump. We at the Neutralist kind of laughed at first as well. However, anyone who is anti-intervention has to be guardedly hopeful.
Trump has come close to a sensible foreign policy as anyone in recent times, such as maybe Grover Cleveland. Not a high bar that.
Mike Whitney at Counterpunch has noticed that our new pres made a sensible speech. Unfortunately, the press did not. For those of you who have not read Mr. Whitney's article here is what the then president-elect said in Cincinnati on December 1.
No one except the foreign policy elite including such institutions as the Council on Foreign Relations and that pay for play outfit, the Brookings Institute. No matter that our FP this century has been one screw up after another, they want to keep going to take over the world and run it for elite interests.
It has been a recipe for disaster and probably will be in the future, but let's repeat the mantra "Trump is dangerous.
Read Mr. Whitney's piece. It is worth your time.
A funny thing happened on the way to the continued status quo. That funny thing was Donald Trump. We at the Neutralist kind of laughed at first as well. However, anyone who is anti-intervention has to be guardedly hopeful.
Trump has come close to a sensible foreign policy as anyone in recent times, such as maybe Grover Cleveland. Not a high bar that.
Mike Whitney at Counterpunch has noticed that our new pres made a sensible speech. Unfortunately, the press did not. For those of you who have not read Mr. Whitney's article here is what the then president-elect said in Cincinnati on December 1.
“We will pursue a new foreign policy that finally learns from the mistakes of the past…We will stop looking to topple regimes and overthrow governments…. Our goal is stability not chaos, because we want to rebuild our country [the United States]… We will partner with any nation that is willing to join us in the effort to defeat ISIS and radical Islamic terrorism …In our dealings with other countries, we will seek shared interests wherever possible and pursue a new era of peace, understanding, and good will.”As the Neutralist, we would wish he would just bring all the troops home and try not to let bad actors into the country. Still, as a policy, it would be an improvement over the last several chief executives. Who could be against such common sense?
No one except the foreign policy elite including such institutions as the Council on Foreign Relations and that pay for play outfit, the Brookings Institute. No matter that our FP this century has been one screw up after another, they want to keep going to take over the world and run it for elite interests.
It has been a recipe for disaster and probably will be in the future, but let's repeat the mantra "Trump is dangerous.
Read Mr. Whitney's piece. It is worth your time.
Monday, February 02, 2015
A Bezos Newsletter article (AKA The Washington Post) wants more war in Ukraine!
A couple of sinecuristas at the Brookings Institution have joined the call for more intervention in the Ukraine. Why, well because as the title of the WAPO article reads, Ukraine needs America’s help.
Brookings is a 501(c)(3) non profit. that means if you have a couple of farthings you want to donate tax deductible, Brookings will take it and turn it into impartial research. If you have gazillions, well there is impartial and there is impartial.
It's not just any staffers blowing charge on the bugle. No they sent their heavy hitters. Senior fellow Steven Pifer and, if that were not enough, institution pres, Strobe Talbott, a D.C. barnacle if ever there was one.
Of course, in the case of the Ukraine, who would gainsay that august institution. It is only out of goodness of heart that they support "lethal aid." I know, I only feel noble when I hear the words "lethal aid."
The lads aren't the only ones beating the drum. This is so urgent that they have come together with six other "former U.S. national security practitioners" to call for action. This is big, I had no idea there was such a title as national security practitoner. With the crummy foreign policy record over the last decades, they should try for a more humble title.
The expert practitioners are telling us why The Ukraine needs us, but never get around to why we need the Ukraine. Please, someone enlighten the Neutralist. How will the world end for our country if we say the Ukraine is not our problem? Will Putin start the tanks rolling west to not stop until he has loaded the nouveau Red Army on his carrier fleet and landed in New Jersey?
Pifer and the Strobster are practitioners, but as we consider this a family blog, we refrain from saying what they practice.
Brookings is a 501(c)(3) non profit. that means if you have a couple of farthings you want to donate tax deductible, Brookings will take it and turn it into impartial research. If you have gazillions, well there is impartial and there is impartial.
It's not just any staffers blowing charge on the bugle. No they sent their heavy hitters. Senior fellow Steven Pifer and, if that were not enough, institution pres, Strobe Talbott, a D.C. barnacle if ever there was one.
Of course, in the case of the Ukraine, who would gainsay that august institution. It is only out of goodness of heart that they support "lethal aid." I know, I only feel noble when I hear the words "lethal aid."
The lads aren't the only ones beating the drum. This is so urgent that they have come together with six other "former U.S. national security practitioners" to call for action. This is big, I had no idea there was such a title as national security practitoner. With the crummy foreign policy record over the last decades, they should try for a more humble title.
The expert practitioners are telling us why The Ukraine needs us, but never get around to why we need the Ukraine. Please, someone enlighten the Neutralist. How will the world end for our country if we say the Ukraine is not our problem? Will Putin start the tanks rolling west to not stop until he has loaded the nouveau Red Army on his carrier fleet and landed in New Jersey?
Pifer and the Strobster are practitioners, but as we consider this a family blog, we refrain from saying what they practice.
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