American Oligarchy's Insatiable Greed Courts War

American Oligarchy's Insatiable Greed Courts War Paul Craig Robert via Russia Insider World War III Has Already Begun But how long before the phoney war stage turns hot? Paul Craig Roberts Subscribe to Paul Craig Roberts (Off Guardian) Subscribe to Off Guardian Fri, Apr 29, 2016 Originally appeared at Off Guardian Washington is currently conducting economic and propaganda warfare against four members of the five bloc group of countries known as BRICS—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Brazil and South Africa are being destabilized with fabricated political scandals. Both countries are rife with Washington-financed politicians and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Washington concocts a scandal, sends its political agents into action demanding action against the government and its NGOs into the streets in protests.  [Comment:  That must be the South American Maidan agitating.   So this is how it's done.  Wonder if that was Soros shills out there on the streets of California, rioting and harassing Trump, in pursuit of Killary victory?] Washington tried this against China with the orchestrated Hong Kong “student protest.” Washington hoped that the protest would spread into China, but the scheme failed. Washington tried this against Russia with the orchestrated protests against Putin’s reelection and failed again. To destablilze Russia, Washington needs a firmer hold inside Russia. In order to gain a firmer hold, Washington worked with the New York mega-banks and the Saudis to drive down the oil price from over $100 per barrel to $30. This has put pressure on Russian finances and the ruble. In response to Russia’s budgetary needs, Washington’s allies inside Russia are pushing President Putin to privatize important Russian economic sectors in order to raise foreign capital to cover the budget deficit and support the ruble. If Putin gives in, important Russian assets will move from Russian control to Washington’s control. In my opinion, those who are pushing privatization are either traitors or completely stupid. Whichever it is, they are a danger to Russia’s independence. Eric Draitser provides some details of Washington’s assault on Russia here. And of Washington’s attack on South Africa here. And of Washington’s attack on Brazil here. For my column on Washington’s attack on Latin American independence, see here. As I have often pointed out, the neoconservatives have been driven insane by their arrogance and hubris. In their pursuit of American hegemony over the world, they have cast aside all caution in their determination to destabilize Russia and China. By implementing neoliberal economic policies urged on them by their economists trained in the Western neoliberal tradition, the Russian and Chinese governments are setting themselves up for Washington. By swallowing the “globalism” line, using the US dollar, participating in the Western payments system, opening themselves to destabilization by foreign capital inflows and outflows, hosting American banks, and permitting foreign ownership, the Russian and Chinese governments have made themselves ripe for destabilization. If Russia and China do not disengage from the Western system and exile their neoliberal economists, they will have to go to war in order to defend their sovereignty. http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/world-war-iii-had-already-begun/ri14145 -------/\/\/ COMMENT What Washington / Wall Street & their Saudi Arab allies are doing to Russia is criminal.  This is war on the Russian people, just like their decade-long sanctions war on the Iranian people. It's this same crew that's: destroyed a succession of African and Middle Eastern countries; responsible for the ongoing destruction of Europe by mass immigration invasion (and, quite likely also, the creditors that are pulling the strings of sovereign debt enslavement of multiple European countries); punishing the entire population of Russia, which is a poor country (judging by exchange rates for rubles). And all of this is happening so that Washington, Wall Street & Arabs can engineer more global exploitation, economic rape, population enslavement, political upheaval,  and general destruction ... when not otherwise creating conditions for outright war. Arm the Ayatolla, now!   Please nuke them, Russia.