Von Clauswitz c.1850 opinened that trade was just another form of war, Trump heading up only 4% of world population has declared 'war' on the other 96%. Von Clauswitz also opined that Big Armies always win in the the longer term. "Drill Baby Drill" is fundamentally reverting back to "Slash and Burn". The "English Empire" fell apart as it was too expensive to maintain to exploit, the USA problem 21C is that their 'pseudo' free markets have become too expensive to maintain.
With the US now showing itself as an enemy of Europe and the UK, threatening sanctions (tariffs) on those who do not do its bidding then it really is time to wake up and realise that in this new world detente is needed. with enemies of the US.
A settlement of sorts must be sought with Russia in Europe and closer economic relations sought with both China and Russia. There must be no more ''coalitions of the willing'' with the US. It must be left to fight its own battles in the Pacific and the Middle East.
During the cold war there was a large bloc of non-aligned countries that maintained good relations with both sides. If the US is going to,foolishly, destroy Nato then Europe and the UK have little other choice than to take the non-aligned path. Of course defence can be built up in Europe but for just that,defence not to attempt to challenge Russia and its ally China, something which would only benefit the US and be nothing but detrimental to Europe.
Yes. The antagonistic hatred and fear of anything Russian or Chinese needs to finally be put to rest. They sought good relations for many years, including Russia asking to be in NATO (which was rejected and eventually sanctioned, pushed out of the world economic system and vilified by easily debunked propaganda and spook games). A return to actual written international law is needed. The "Rule-based Order" is finished. It always meant something different depending on what a neoliberal faction of Western oligarchs wanted to impose at any particular moment. To imagine that religious supremacist countries like Israel and Saudi Arabia are our "allies" when they pale in minority freedom and prosperity in comparison to Russia or China (or even Iran) is just absurd. End the wars and concentrate on the real issues of the world like climate change, rebuilding the Western middle class, affordable housing, improving health care and a safe food supply.
Atheism is normal if you image that the Earth has been here for 4.5 billion years, that it took 3.5 billion years for any life to emerge, and a further 3.4 billion years for life as we know it to form. Where was God during this period? Nowhere. We have to accept that life as we know it evolved from previous forms of life. We emerged about 5 million years ago and, about 10,000 years ago began to think of ourselves as dependent on external forces. This manifested itself primarily in ancient Egypt and the rest is our history.
Von Clauswitz c.1850 opinened that trade was just another form of war, Trump heading up only 4% of world population has declared 'war' on the other 96%. Von Clauswitz also opined that Big Armies always win in the the longer term. "Drill Baby Drill" is fundamentally reverting back to "Slash and Burn". The "English Empire" fell apart as it was too expensive to maintain to exploit, the USA problem 21C is that their 'pseudo' free markets have become too expensive to maintain.
With the US now showing itself as an enemy of Europe and the UK, threatening sanctions (tariffs) on those who do not do its bidding then it really is time to wake up and realise that in this new world detente is needed. with enemies of the US.
A settlement of sorts must be sought with Russia in Europe and closer economic relations sought with both China and Russia. There must be no more ''coalitions of the willing'' with the US. It must be left to fight its own battles in the Pacific and the Middle East.
During the cold war there was a large bloc of non-aligned countries that maintained good relations with both sides. If the US is going to,foolishly, destroy Nato then Europe and the UK have little other choice than to take the non-aligned path. Of course defence can be built up in Europe but for just that,defence not to attempt to challenge Russia and its ally China, something which would only benefit the US and be nothing but detrimental to Europe.
Yes. The antagonistic hatred and fear of anything Russian or Chinese needs to finally be put to rest. They sought good relations for many years, including Russia asking to be in NATO (which was rejected and eventually sanctioned, pushed out of the world economic system and vilified by easily debunked propaganda and spook games). A return to actual written international law is needed. The "Rule-based Order" is finished. It always meant something different depending on what a neoliberal faction of Western oligarchs wanted to impose at any particular moment. To imagine that religious supremacist countries like Israel and Saudi Arabia are our "allies" when they pale in minority freedom and prosperity in comparison to Russia or China (or even Iran) is just absurd. End the wars and concentrate on the real issues of the world like climate change, rebuilding the Western middle class, affordable housing, improving health care and a safe food supply.
Atheism is normal if you image that the Earth has been here for 4.5 billion years, that it took 3.5 billion years for any life to emerge, and a further 3.4 billion years for life as we know it to form. Where was God during this period? Nowhere. We have to accept that life as we know it evolved from previous forms of life. We emerged about 5 million years ago and, about 10,000 years ago began to think of ourselves as dependent on external forces. This manifested itself primarily in ancient Egypt and the rest is our history.