Once upon a
time, there was a wee bit of a diplomatic arrangement called the Monroe
Doctrine, one of whose clauses went something like this: ‘In exchange for
the European powers' abstaining from Latin American affairs, the United States
would abstain from European disputes.’
That
arrangement has gone straight out the window with US interference in the
Ukraine, and the spirit of the thing (that cultures/nations have spheres of
influence that ought to be free from outside meddling) is also being rejected by the US vis-à-vis Taiwan:
Just as the the United States and its allies created an existential
threat to Russia through the transformation of Ukraine into a highly
militarized proxy of Western military power – so too is such a threat being
deliberately and systematically created on the island of Taiwan vis-a-vis
Beijing.
From 2014 onward, the United State had installed into power regimes in
both Ukraine and Taiwan disrupting the status quo both territories had with
Russia and China respectively.
While much attention in 2014 was focused on Nazi militants seizing power
in Kiev, the US-sponsored “Sunflower movement” likewise paved the way for a
US-backed political order to take power in Teipei.
Since then, the US has poured additional billions of dollars into
interfering and overwriting the political structures of both Ukraine and Taiwan
as well as pouring in billions in weapons. In addition to this, both Ukraine
and Taiwan have hosted US forces to train the military in both territories.
While US military training in Ukraine was done more or less openly, US
forces placed in Taiwan, a territory the US acknowledges is Chinese or
acknowledges is perceived as being Chinese by Beijing, was done relatively quietly.
Such
incendiary policies are the result of the Straussians, who dream of US global
hegemony that lasts forever and who are willing to use force to see that it
comes about. Unfortunately, they never
stopped to think about the consequences of their actions. But they are here, and more are coming; and
regular folks across the States and in many other countries will soon feel the full
weight of them:
Medvedev said “hellish” Western sanctions not only have failed to
cripple Russia, but are instead “returning to the West like a boomerang.”
Confidence in reserve currencies is “fading like the morning mist”, and
ditching the US dollar and the euro is not unrealistic anymore: “The era of
regional currencies is coming.”
After all, he added, “no matter if they want it or not, they’ll have to
negotiate a new financial order (…) And the decisive voice will then be with
those countries that have a strong and advanced economy, healthy public
finances and a reliable monetary system.”
The
sanctions against Russia have already led to sky-high fuel prices; the same
will quickly come for food staples like crackers, oats, bread, corn, etc., and
other essentials as well. The end of the
US dollar as the world’s reserve currency will bring even more far-reaching
effects here and abroad.
And if the
insane policy makers in the Biden Administration succeed in finding a reason to
levy similar sanctions against China over Taiwan – well, let’s just say that a
lot of pampered Americans won’t be too happy with their new economic situation.
But the
fallout is happening elsewhere in our hemisphere as well. The supposed beneficiaries of the Monroe
Doctrine, the nations of Latin America, are ready to break with the US over their latest demand
to ‘side with us, or else’:
But
perhaps the most underreported, and indeed most dangerous defections from U.S.
dominance have taken place in Latin America. Mexico's president
hails from the Party of the Democratic Revolution and has been celebrated for
being the first truly indigenous leader of the tenth most populous country in
the world (close to 130 million people). You would think a man with
such lefty credentials would be positively thrilled to work with a Democrat
after four years of Trump...but you would be wrong.
President
Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced soon after the imposition of sanctions that
Mexico would not partake in them: "We are not going to take any sort of
economic reprisal because we want to have good relations with all the
governments in the world."
Let
us just say it is less than comforting that we have a 1,900-mile open border
with a country that just announced that it wants good relations with a Russian
government the U.S. has sworn publicly to crush.
The
other powerhouse south of the border is Brazil, where president Bolsonaro is
not playing ball with Joe Biden, either. Besides mocking Zelensky's
status as a comedian, Bolsonaro said Brazil needs Russian partnership to
support its agribusiness and feed its population of over 200 million
people. As Reuters reported, "[h]e added that he was
against any sanctions that could bring negative repercussions for Brazil,
citing Russian fertilizers which are crucial for the country's giant
agribusiness sector."
We reap what
we sow, folks. When we don’t uphold our
end of agreements like the Monroe Doctrine, not expanding NATO, etc., some
unpleasant consequences are going to follow eventually. Thus, all the virtue-signalers, from Samsung’s renamed phone to the representatives of
the North Carolina House who voted unanimously for a
resolution
in support of the Ukraine, may look mighty foolish in the not-too-distant
future.
Nevertheless,
it is in those very State legislatures, and governors’ offices and judicial
courts, where we stand the best chance of putting into place some policies to
help us weather the storms that are coming because of the lunatics on the
Potomac.
. . .
The rest is
at https://thehayride.com/2022/04/garlington-reaping-what-weve-sown/.
--
Holy Ælfred
the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!
Anathema to
the Union!
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