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Von: „Martin Zeis“ <Martin.zeis>
Datum: 3. September 2014 13:44:18 MESZ
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Betreff: Pepe ESCOBAR: NATO attacks!; AsiaTimes, Sep 03, 2014

http://atimes.com/atimes/World/WOR-02-030914.html
Asia Times online – World, Sep 03, 2014

THE ROVING EYE
NATO attacks!
By Pepe Escobar

First thing we do, let’s kill all the myths. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is nothing but the Security Council of the Empire of Chaos. – emphasis, m.z. –

You don’t need to be a neo-Foucault hooked on Orwellian/Panopticon practices to admire the hyper-democratic „ring of steel“ crossing average roads, parks and even ringing castle walls to „protect“ dozens of NATO heads of state and ministers, 10,000 supporting characters and 2,000 journalists from the real world in Newport, Wales – and beyond.

NATO’s summit in Wales also provides outgoing secretary-general Anders „Fogh of War“ Rasmussen the chance to display his full attack dog repertoire. It’s as if he’s auditioning for a starring role in a remake of Tim Burton’s epic Mars Attacks!

Fogh of War is all over the place, talking „pre-positioning of supplies, equipment“ – euphemism for weapons; boosting bases and headquarters in host countries; and touting a 10,000-strong, rapid reaction „spearhead“ force to respond to Russian „aggression“ and deployable in a maximum of five days.

Meanwhile, in a bad cop-bad cop routine, outgoing president of the European Commission, outstanding mediocrity Jose Manuel Barroso, leaked that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him over the phone later last week he could take Kiev in a fortnight if he wanted.

Well, Putin could. If he wanted. But he doesn’t want it. What matters is what he told Rossiya state TV; that Kiev should promote inclusive talks about the future statute of Eastern Ukraine. Once again, the Western spin was that he was advocating the birth of a Novorossiya state. Here, The Saker analyzes in detail the implications of what Russia really wants, and what the Novorossiya forces really want.

With Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaite predictably spinning that Russia is „at war with Europe“, and British Prime Minister David Cameron evoking – what else – Munich 1938 (Chamberlain appeasing Hitler), Fogh of War has had all the ammo he needs to sell his Einsatzgruppen. Cynics are excused to believe NATO’s spearhead force is actually The Caliph’s IS goons raising hell in „Syraq“.

Warmongering, though, is not an easy sell in a crisis-hit EU these days. Not only Germany, but also France, Italy, Spain, Romania, Hungary and even Poland have expressed „reluctance“ one way or another to back NATO’s strategy of a more „robust“ presence in Eastern Europe and the Baltic. Moreover, the Empire of Chaos and its Brit junior partner in the „special relationship“ want everyone to shell out more cash (a minimum of 2% of GDP). Even as the EU is facing no less than its third recession in five years.

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