LewRockwell: "With regard to Russia, Washington has used false accusations"

The independent American media portal LewRockwell.com wrote about a lesson Greece has presented to Russia. The situation with the debt of Greece, which has rocked the stability of Europe and jeopardized the integrity of the European community, became yet more proof that if Russia, China and Iran want to avoid problems, they should not enter into a financial relationship with the West. The fact that Washington is committed to economic and political hegemony in any country and uses the Western financial system, asset freezing, confiscation and sanctions to put pressure on states that disagree with the official policy of the United States. For example, Iran has lost $100 billion, about a quarter of Iran's GDP, simply because Iran has insisted on its rights in accordance with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

With regard to Russia, Washington has used false accusations to force the EU to impose sanctions against Moscow. However, the US position is not based on anything except propaganda. While the Wolfowitz Doctrine is in operation, the foundation of US foreign policy and the military course will be based on action against the rise of Russia or any other country, so neither Moscow nor Beijing nor even Tehran can be sure that any kind of partnership with the United States can be safe for these states themselves.

If we talk about Greece, which was forced to surrender to the EU, despite the results of the referendum, this is a scenario that could become a reality for other EU member states such as Italy, Spain, Portugal, and eventually for France and Germany, as these countries have financial assets in the United States. For example, France had to pay a fine of $9 billion to the USA for disobeying the dictates of Washington and its lending practices, because the alternative was to close its operations in the United States. The French government, unfortunately, was unable to protect the French bank from being looted in the United States.

Today in the world there are a few states that are able to resist US hegemony, and the most powerful of them is Russia, which, despite the pressure from the Western community, continues its triumphant rebirth.

According to the information-analytical agency Morningstar, the real threat to the world is NATO, not Russia. Although the Cold War ended 20 years ago, the Western media do not stop spreading that "Europe is facing a real threat from the Russian side," and that "the UK should increase defense forces and create a nuclear weapons program to counter the new threat." Many by this "threat" mean Russia's actions in Ukraine, but a few people are talking about a massive expansion of NATO to the western and southern borders of Russia, which actually caused the confrontation between the two states. The overthrow of the government of Yanukovich was the last straw, that is, in other words, NATO’s attempt to create a non-existent threat from the Russian side, which the alliance is trying to counter.

The sole purpose of such behavior is an escalation of the arms race by the Western countries, the establishment of new military bases, which, in turn, makes it possible to enter into very lucrative military contracts for the supply of weapons worth billions of dollars. No one in the United States is interested in solving the problem of Ukraine in a peaceful way. And all the efforts that Russia is making to resolve the situation in the neighboring country are not perceived by the Western community, because their goal is the escalation of conflict, whether in Ukraine or in Afghanistan or any other country, which is included in the scope of the foreign policy interests of the USA. However, despite this, Russia manages to maintain balance and not enter into an open confrontation with the West by building its economic capacity and due to new strategic partners.

The US analytical publication Newsmax wrote that the agreement with Iran has helped to avoid another military conflict in the Middle East. The grim presidency of Barack Obama was decorated by the deal with Iran on the nuclear program of the state last week. Along with the ongoing process of normalization of relations with Cuba, this step shows that diplomacy can produce peaceful, positive change. The agreement with Iran reduces the possibility of the US attack on Iran and this is great progress for the international community. The possible elimination of the sanctions will open up new opportunities for trade with Iran.

However, despite the positive connotations of the agreement, it is still not approved by the Congress, and there are many opponents of further rapprochement with Iran in the US government. Whatever the plans and assumptions being built in the near future, they have no special significance before the adoption by the US Congress, which in turn underlines the unilateral nature of international political relations, if they involve America.