| http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46172.htm End of the US Empire: Russian Warships Just Arrived in the Philippines
By Darius Shahtahmasebi
January 06, 2017 "Information Clearing House" - "ANTIMEDIA" - Notable
American foreign policy critic and linguist, Professor Noam Chomsky,
has stated numerous times that the United States’ power has steadily been declining since the end of World War II. As Chomsky notes, in 1945, the United States had “literally
half the world’s wealth, incredible security, controlled the entire
Western Hemisphere, both oceans, [and[ the opposite sides of both
oceans.”
In that context – and in the context of the United States waging war in multiple countries across
the globe with the most advanced military technology in the world – it
is hard to understand how this has happened. But Chomsky is not wrong.
Beginning
with what was referred to as the “loss of China” in the 1940s, the
United States slowly began to lose areas of Southeast Asia, which led
America to brutally launch the Indochina wars. As Chomsky notes, by destroying South Vietnam in the heavily criticized Vietnam War — a move designed to prevent Vietnam from achieving independence and
perhaps becoming a Communist state — the U.S. sent a message to the
rest of Indochina that if a nation attempted to break free of
U.S-European control, it would likely be bombed into oblivion. The
strategy worked at the time; as Chomsky notes, by 1965, every country in
the region had dictatorships that were prepared to rule in a way
suitable to America’s foreign policy interests. As recent developments in the Asian region have shown, however, the success of this bully-style strategy has been short-lived indeed.
Regardless,
the United States has also lost South America. According to Chomsky,
the “loss” of South America is easily observable:“One sign is that the United States has been driven out of every single military base in South America. We’re trying to restore a few, but right now there are none.”
Over
the course of the last few decades, the United States has begun to lose
the Middle East, as well. In Iraq, the United States helped support Saddam Hussein’s rise to power and went so far to support his war of aggression against neighboring Iran.
Then, the U.S. turned its back on Hussein, attacking Iraq in 1991 under
the presidency of George H.W. Bush. As a result, the U.S. learned at
least one valuable lesson from bombing Iraq in the early nineties: that Russia was not going to intervene in America’s ambitions in the Middle East.
The
Middle East was, therefore, ripe for the taking, and this continued to
be the case up until the Syrian war. What people fail to understand,
however, is that the United States is not bombing the Middle East into
submission because of its immense power, but because it is losing its power, influence, and control throughout the region.
As should be quite clear to anyone following the conflict, Russia has replaced the United States as judge, jury, andexecutioner (and supposed peace broker) in the five-year Syrian war, successfully retaking the major city of Aleppofrom NATO-backed rebel groups.
Russia’s
advances in the Middle East have spilled over to the rest of the world.
In October of last year, the U.S. officially “lost” its stranglehold
over the Philippines. Though it was previously seen as
an integral ally U.S. ally vital to countering China’s influence in the
Asia-Pacific region, the Philippines openly and proudly boasted about
their new ties with Russia and China.
As it transpires, the Philippines has put its money where its mouth is. Russian warships arrived
in Filipino territory this Tuesday. According to the Philippines’ Navy,
the visit is merely a “goodwill visit,” but the future of joint
exercises is to be discussed. A report from Russia’s state-run Sputnik News seemed
to contradict this, stating the ships were there specifically to
conduct joint exercises with Philippine forces for the purposes of
fighting maritime piracy and terrorism.
“You can choose to cooperate with United States of America or to cooperate with Russia,” Russian Rear Admiral Eduard Mikhailov said, speaking at the Manila Harbor.“But
from our side we can help you in every way that you need. We are sure
that in the future we’ll have exercises with you. Maybe just maneuvering
or maybe use of combat systems and so on.”
Mikhailov
also seemed to indicate that other players in the region, such as China
and Malaysia, would coordinate with the potential training exercises
within the next few years. Russia has also offered the Philippines sophisticated weaponry, including aircraft and submarines.
The United States has only one move left:
surround Russia’s borders with NATO troops and missiles, which they are
doing quite rapidly. Sooner or later, however, the United States will
have to admit its very real decline in world standing and will have no
choice but to learn to coordinate global affairs with the likes of Russia and China.
Let’s face it — what is the alternative?
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views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not
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