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by richrichie
716 days ago
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> allow such disparate economies and societies as Saudi Arabia and Norway to operate in fairly peaceful markets. While the US operates at an arms length from KSA with none of the usual theatrics about human rights violations, LGBTQ rights, etc, it has not adopted the same approach to China, Russia, Iran, Cuba, etc. It aggressively meddles in them in cultural and political spheres, not allowing such disparate actors to operate in the same peaceful markets. The recent animosity towards China is mind boggling. I remember Wolfowitz’s PNAC and full spectrum domination from 2001. The US seem to have lost plenty of its power projection since then. But for its vassal states, most countries do not seem to care about its sanctions on Russia. People don’t mind a just thug keeping peace and offering protection for a reasonable sum though. The US did that role well. |
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As I said... If the leaders of those countries simply kowtowed to american demands, you bet they would. In particula,
China -- institute free market reforms; officially announce the truth, which is that they're not communist (they haven't been for years).
Russia -- not have Putin
Iran -- not have the Ayatollah
Cuba -- not be communist
At the end of the day it is very easy to acquiesce to American demands. You simply have to not try to undo a coup they did and then never ever ever say you're communist. You can go ahead and be a dictator, but America has decided communism bad, so just don't go there and you will be okay with the US. Then let the US operate military bases on your country's soil, and voila, you will be America's friend forever. Recall that Pakistan is still an ally of the United States despite harboring its most wanted terrorist.
in other words, there are very clear paths for all these countries to not feel the full force of American sanctions. And this is what I mean by the US doesn't really care. Even with China, you can say all you want about it, but America's embrace of China has made it what it is today, despite the cold tensions.