« THE ART OF
WAR »
The US establishment
behind the Helsinki Summit
by Manlio Dinucci
« We need to talk about everything, from
commerce to the military, missiles, nuclear, and China » - this was how
President Trump began at the Helsinki Summit. « The time has come to talk
in detail about our bilateral relationship and the international
flashpoints », emphasised Putin.
But it will not only be the two Presidents who will
decide the future relationships between the United States and Russia.
It's no coincidence that, at the very moment
when the President of the United States was about to meet with the President of
Russia, special prosecutor Robert Mueller III charged twelve Russians with
having manipulated the US presidential elections by hacking into the data
networks of the Democratic party in order to hinder candidate Hillary Clinton.
The twelve Russians, accused of being agents of the military secret services
(GRU), were officially defined as « conspirators », and found guilty
of « conspiracy to the detriment of the United States ».
Simultaneously, Daniel Coats, National Director of Intelligence and principal
advisor to the President in these matters, accused Russia of working to
« undermine our basic values and our democracy ». He then sounded the
alarm about the « threat of cyber-attacks which have arrived at a critical
point » similar to that which preceded 9/11, on behalf not only of Russia,
« the most aggressive foreign agent », but also China and Iran.
At the same time, in London, British
« investigators » declared that the Russian military secret service
GRU, which had sabotaged the Presidential elections in the USA, is the same
service which poisoned ex-Russian agent, Sergueï Skripal and his daughter, who,
inexplicably, survived contact with an extremely lethal gas.
The political objective of these
« enquiries » is clear – to maintain that at the head of all these
« conspirators » is Russian President Vladimir Putin, with whom
President Donald Trump sat down at the negotiating table, despite vast
bi-partisan opposition in the USA. After the « conspirators » had
been charged, the Democrats asked Trump to cancel the meeting with Putin. Even
though they failed, their pressure on the negotiations remains powerful.
What Putin tried to obtain from Trump is both
simple and complex – to ease the tension between the two countries. To that
purpose, he proposed to Trump, who accepted, to implement a joint enquiry into
the « conspiracy ». We do not know how the discussions on the key
questions will go – the status of Crimea, the condition of Syria, nuclear
weapons and others. And we do not know what Trump will ask in return. However,
it is certain that any concession will be used to accuse him of conivence with
the enemy. In opposition to the easing of tension with Russia are not only the
Democrats (who, with a reversal of formal roles, are playing the
« hawks »), but also many Republicans, among whom are several highly-important representatives of the Trump
administration itself. It is the establishment, not only of the US, but also of Europe,
whose powers and profits are directly linked to tension and war.
It will
not be the words, but the facts, which will reveal whether the climate of détente
of the Helsinki Summit will become reality - first of all with a de-escalation
of NATO in Europe, in other words with the withdrawal of forces (including
nuclear forces) of the USA and NATO presently deployed against Russia, and the
blockage of NATO's expansion to the East.
Ø Even if an agreement on
these questions were reached between Putin and Trump, would the latter be able
to implement it?
Ø Or will the real
deciders be the powerful circles of the military-industrial complex?
One
thing is certain – we in Italy and Europe can not remain the simple spectators
of dealings which will define our future.
Translator: Pete Kimberley
il
manifesto, Juli 17, 2018
NO WAR
NO NATO
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