On 7/4/15 9:34 AM, Joseph Catron wrote: > Reading the thing, it seems intended seems to rebut a claim - "If Putin > really was the leader of the 'Axis of Resistance'" - that, as far as I > know, no actual person has ever made once, anywhere. I've asked Lou, and > am still waiting to hear, where a curious reader can find the thesis to > his anti-thesis. >
I would suggest that you google "Mike Whitney" and Putin on the Counterpunch website. There are many articles along this line. If you substitute "Axis of Resistance" for "regional coalitions" in the last sentence, it should be obvious: The “Big Shift” is already underway, which is why obstacles have to be removed and Putin’s got to go. Second, Putin has made himself a general nuisance vis a vis US strategic objectives in Syria, Iran and Ukraine. In Syria, Putin has thrown his support behind Assad who the US wants to topple in order to redraw the map of the Middle East and build gas pipelines from Qatar to Turkey to access the lucrative EU market. Third, Putin has strengthened a number of coalitions and alliances –the BRICS bank, the Eurasian Economic Union, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization–all of which pose a challenge to US dominance in the region as well as a viable alternative to neoliberal financial institutions like the IMF and World Bank. Going back to Brzezinski’s “chessboard” once again, we see that the US should not feel threatened by any one nation, but should be constantly on-the-lookout for “regional coalitions” which could derail its plans to rule the world. http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/01/06/oil-price-blowback-is-putin-creating-a-new-world-order/ _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
