Donald Hank
The US loses another battle for hearts and minds
By Donald Hank
I never see in the media or the political world any connecting of the dots with regard to the US's loss of prestige, and yet the ground is giving way under our very feet even as we party on into oblivion. It seems incredible to me that almost no one notices this geopolitical tectonic shift. Much of the US's lost prestige and respect is due to Obama's heavy handedness but after all, the US has been busy creating disasters for years – particularly military ones – that erode the trust our partners have invested in us. We will not recover this trust easily or quickly – perhaps not in any of our lifetimes.
I have been tracking this phenomenon roughly since my report on the total blackout regarding the major dedollarization effort by the Eurasians, as reported here: http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/hank/141009
The next major shift was marked by RMB clearing centers being built all over the world, and most notably in Europe, as reported here: http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/hank/141219
This got very few comments and I did not see any indication that the rest of the Western press – including the alternative media – noticed or cared.
This was followed not long thereafter by the accession of almost all US allies to the Chinese investment bank AIIB, as reported here: http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/hank/150319 in another attempted wake-up call that went unnoticed.
These were followed by low-key statements by European leaders indicating that European "alllies" were no longer willing to bow to the Washington hegemon. These included statements by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the most powerful national leader in Europe and no less than Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the EU Commission, the most powerful man in Europe, as reported here: http://laiglesforum.com/game-over-for-obama-power-in-the-world/3523.htm
These statements showed that Europe's allegiance was gradually turning from the US to Russia. NATO's allegiance could no longer be taken for granted.
Now still another sign appears that Europe is ready to ditch its allegiance to the tyrant in DC. The EU Parliament has recently issued a statement in support of Edward Snowden, signaling that he could soon be welcomed in the EU despite all the accusations against him by US Neocons, whom Paul Craig Roberts aptly calls "inhuman filth" because of their interventions that sow chaos everywhere.
See:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20151022IPR98818/html/Mass-surveillance-EU-citizens%27-rights-still-in-danger-says-Parliament
Folks, please to not underestimate the importance of each of these small shots across the bow of the DC tyrant. They are all clear signals that the rest of the world is no longer willing to be pushed around by a government that:
1 – Intentionally harmed the world economy with its subprime mortgages packaged and sold around the world under the watchless gaze of US agencies tasked with preventing such disasters
2 – Intentionally threw the Middle East into near-total chaos with disastrous military interventions starting with Iraq.
The tyrant in Washington has been identified and is targeted for at least a major comeuppance that will definitely be felt as the US government falls into a deep isolation of its own making.
I fear the best we can hope for is lenience.
© Donald Hank
November 1, 2015
I never see in the media or the political world any connecting of the dots with regard to the US's loss of prestige, and yet the ground is giving way under our very feet even as we party on into oblivion. It seems incredible to me that almost no one notices this geopolitical tectonic shift. Much of the US's lost prestige and respect is due to Obama's heavy handedness but after all, the US has been busy creating disasters for years – particularly military ones – that erode the trust our partners have invested in us. We will not recover this trust easily or quickly – perhaps not in any of our lifetimes.
I have been tracking this phenomenon roughly since my report on the total blackout regarding the major dedollarization effort by the Eurasians, as reported here: http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/hank/141009
The next major shift was marked by RMB clearing centers being built all over the world, and most notably in Europe, as reported here: http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/hank/141219
This got very few comments and I did not see any indication that the rest of the Western press – including the alternative media – noticed or cared.
This was followed not long thereafter by the accession of almost all US allies to the Chinese investment bank AIIB, as reported here: http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/hank/150319 in another attempted wake-up call that went unnoticed.
These were followed by low-key statements by European leaders indicating that European "alllies" were no longer willing to bow to the Washington hegemon. These included statements by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the most powerful national leader in Europe and no less than Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the EU Commission, the most powerful man in Europe, as reported here: http://laiglesforum.com/game-over-for-obama-power-in-the-world/3523.htm
These statements showed that Europe's allegiance was gradually turning from the US to Russia. NATO's allegiance could no longer be taken for granted.
Now still another sign appears that Europe is ready to ditch its allegiance to the tyrant in DC. The EU Parliament has recently issued a statement in support of Edward Snowden, signaling that he could soon be welcomed in the EU despite all the accusations against him by US Neocons, whom Paul Craig Roberts aptly calls "inhuman filth" because of their interventions that sow chaos everywhere.
See:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20151022IPR98818/html/Mass-surveillance-EU-citizens%27-rights-still-in-danger-says-Parliament
Folks, please to not underestimate the importance of each of these small shots across the bow of the DC tyrant. They are all clear signals that the rest of the world is no longer willing to be pushed around by a government that:
1 – Intentionally harmed the world economy with its subprime mortgages packaged and sold around the world under the watchless gaze of US agencies tasked with preventing such disasters
2 – Intentionally threw the Middle East into near-total chaos with disastrous military interventions starting with Iraq.
The tyrant in Washington has been identified and is targeted for at least a major comeuppance that will definitely be felt as the US government falls into a deep isolation of its own making.
I fear the best we can hope for is lenience.
© Donald Hank
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