It what way are they deluding themselves into believing NATO is stronger now?
I can think of shorterm victories for the US only, mostly at the expense of their European “allies” that they’ve seemingly demoted to vassals. Destroying the pipeline, compeling Germany and the rest of Europe to buy overpriced natural gas, poaching European companies, and bringing Sweden and Finland into NATO to accelerate the hollowing out of their social programs.
All these gains for US empire seem likely to set them up for more longterm losses.
The US doesn’t seem to have considered (because they forget that economic crises are part of capitalism) that it can’t pull this trick to save it’s economy twice. As you say it was looting Europe not sanctioning Russia that bolstered the US economy. There’s going to be nothing left to loot the next time. They can’t pull the same stunt against China (although there may be similar tricks but for Asian vassals). With every action the imperialists dig an ever deeper hole for themselves.
It what way are they deluding themselves into believing NATO is stronger now?
I can think of shorterm victories for the US only, mostly at the expense of their European “allies” that they’ve seemingly demoted to vassals. Destroying the pipeline, compeling Germany and the rest of Europe to buy overpriced natural gas, poaching European companies, and bringing Sweden and Finland into NATO to accelerate the hollowing out of their social programs.
All these gains for US empire seem likely to set them up for more longterm losses.
The US doesn’t seem to have considered (because they forget that economic crises are part of capitalism) that it can’t pull this trick to save it’s economy twice. As you say it was looting Europe not sanctioning Russia that bolstered the US economy. There’s going to be nothing left to loot the next time. They can’t pull the same stunt against China (although there may be similar tricks but for Asian vassals). With every action the imperialists dig an ever deeper hole for themselves.
You can bet that a hollowed out south Korea is gonna lead to reunification