Global Research,
The US establishment is finally starting to come around to the fact, that Americans don’t want to die for the whole world.
This is demonstrated by an article today (15 February 2024) in the New York Times – the mouthpiece of the liberal Neocon war state.
Mr. Trump and his advisers reject the label isolationist in favor of nationalist, saying that given the changes around the world since the fall of Communism, it is time to rethink American priorities for a new era. NATO and other alliances, they say, no longer represent U.S. interests.
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“The old idea of NATO’s collective defense needs to be reassessed,” Russell Vought, a former budget director for Mr. Trump who now serves as president of the Center for Renewing America, told The Financial Times. “We have a narrower view of our interests than Estonia would like us to have.”
Not for Europe.
But Europe and NATO are just the first point of contention, where Americans say “No – we won’t die for you”.
The fact that Americans don’t want to die for the rest of the world applies everywhere:
Not die for Israel.
Not die for Ukraine – not for Lithuania, not for Finland.
Not die for Taiwan.
Tellingly, the left of US politics has silently backed Obama and Biden in their foreign war projects – the left has kept silent and even backed US support for Nazi-Ukraine.
The revolt against dying for the world comes from the populist center and right of US politics. Trump is the harbinger and focus point of US resistance against starting, participating, paying for, and dying in endless foreign wars. Trump is not the creator of US nationalism and hate against foreign intervention. Trump is also not the creator of US popular tiredness with NATO. From left to center and right, Americans are fed up with foreign wars, with Americans paying billions and dying for nothing.
Don’t make the mistake of putting all this on Trump.
Resistance to foreign wars is now a broad popular issue across US politics.
What a gift to the world!
Europeans must learn themselves to live with Russia. Jews in Israel must learn to live with Palestinians and the region they live in. Taiwanese must learn to find a solution with Beijing.
It’s called responsibility and freedom.
Karsten Riise is a Master of Science (Econ) from Copenhagen Business School and has a university degree in Spanish Culture and Languages from Copenhagen University. He is the former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Mercedes-Benz in Denmark and Sweden.
He is a regular contributor to Global Research.
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