The US magazine The Nation wonders why Washington is still struggling to fight Russia. On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives adopted an amendment to the Defense Appropriation Act, thereby prohibiting the US government from providing weapons, training and other assistance to Ukraine. This decision has given a respite to the ruthless aggression of the US against Russia. Secretary of State John Kerry's attempt to improve relations with the Kremlin was nullified by the efforts of the representatives of the US government who are aspiring to global conflict. What is the reason for the instability in US foreign policy?
Three days after the official visit of Kerry to Sochi, his deputy Victoria Nuland went to Kiev for talks, while US State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke accused Kerry of making a futile visit, saying that "Russia is not able to comply with the terms of the Minsk agreement." The anti-Russian strategy of Washington was reinforced by a number of provocative actions by the Ukrainian government, including the decision to blockade Prednistrovie, and the appointment of ex-President of Georgia Saakshvili as governor of the Odessa region. Given Saakashvili's close ties with the United States, his appointment is an additional guarantee of creating confusion in the Black Sea region. Following this, provocative material began to appear in the Western media on the "imminent invasion by Russia of Ukraine with firepower."
The worst part is that most of the media still focus on the errors of Moscow, completely ignoring the policy of the Kiev administration, which is continuing the blockade of Donbass and refuses to negotiate with the leaders of the separatist regions in Donetsk and Lugansk and contradicts the Minsk Agreement. The double standard applies to the Obama administration, which is calling for stronger sanctions against Russia, which is the only state that is able to stop the humanitarian crisis in the Donbass, and can help to resolve the Ukrainian conflict, while respecting the conditions of the Minsk Agreement.
The US financial media portal Money Morning wrote today that the financial war against Iran will lead to a weakening of the US dollar. The only reason that the dollar retains its value as a reserve currency is global demand. As long as the world needs the US currency for international transactions it is necessary, but how long will this last?
The fact is that the US Treasury considers the dollar to be a weapon to destabilize countries that pose a potential threat to America. In an effort to provoke the collapse of the Iranian regime and curb the nuclear ambitions of the country, Washington is focused on the destruction of the Iranian rial. "It is necessary to cause the depreciation of the rial, and make it unusable in international trade," the US Treasury Secretary stated, announcing the financial blockade of Iran.
After freezing the account of Iran in the US Federal Reserve, Washington put pressure on Belgium in 2012 to prevent Iran from making financial transactions using the SWIFT payment system, hoping to devastate the Iranian treasury.
However, in its quest to destroy Iran, America was faced with reality: the dollar is not so effective as a weapon. Due to the blockade of the dollar, Iran became a powerful ally of countries seeking the opportunity to eliminate dollar hegemony. A union of Iran, Russia, India and China has led to the fact that the world may soon opt out of the dollar in favor of gold. And, as you know, the US dollar fund is not backed by gold reserves. The coming financial collapse could be so strong that this time America, not Iran, will be forced to seek allies for commodity-money relations.
