Srdja Trifkovic on "Dismantling
the Empire," from
"Chronicles," January 2017
..."In practice, the first task is to
improve relations with Russia—which is essential—and to establish
a workable modus vivendi with China, which is highly
desirable. Outreach to Russia is vital to the definitive
settlement of the European civil war that erupted in 1914, continued
in 1939, and resulted in the frozen conflict called the Cold War.
Now is the time to effect a pan-European entente that embraces the
whole of the Northern Hemisphere, from the British Isles to
Vladivostok to the Americas. Trump has an historic opportunity
to pave the way for a genuine Northern Alliance of Russia, Europe,
and the United States, as all three are facing similar existential
demographic and ideological (primarily jihadist) threats in the
decades ahead. In an uncertain and ever more brutal world, the
Northerners must find a way of banding together, lest they be
defeated separately...
...It is to be hoped that Trump will
strike a bargain with Russia on Syria. There must be no more
support for radical Islamic terrorists, whatever their “moderate”
disguise. This will necessitate some frank discussions with our
“allies” in Riyadh and Doha, in which they are told in no
uncertain terms that we know their game, and that they must cut off
support to jihadists. America may not overtly cooperate with
Damascus and Baghdad (and implicitly Tehran) to destroy IS/Daesh,
Nusra, Ahrar al-Sham, and the rest of the jihadi monsters,
but Trump’s national-security team should let the Arab boots on the
ground complete the work that is currently under way in Aleppo.
In the months ahead the United States should play mainly a supportive
role: no ground forces, limited air power, and “engagement” only
with the prior agreement of Syria’s and Iraq’s sovereign,
legitimate governments.
...As for NATO—strategically useless and tainted with
criminality, as it has been ever since Bill Clinton’s aggression
against Yugoslavia in 1999, for the benefit of the KLA—Trump should
start with the demand to end the “free-loadism” of its European
members. He should disengage from the Baltic and Black seas,
drop Russia sanctions, and deal on a neutral basis with Ukraine.
Further east, he should ride herd on the Iran nuke deal with Moscow
and Beijing, but not reject it. He should keep the Saudis at
arm’s length, treating them as the leading state sponsor of
terrorism that they are...
...Trump needs to avoid the GOP/neocon apparat like the plague and
appoint realists to his administration to make America great again.
It is not too tall an order. "
My Comment:
This seems to be a most practical realist path to "Dismantling the
Empire." But what if Trump supports Israel and Putin supports
Iran? As mentioned here earlier, we could then end up with another
bi-polar world, with the U.S., Israel, the Sunni states, and a few
Europeans on the Western pole, and Russia, Iran, China and a few
European states on the Eastern pole. Will Putin abandon Shi'ite Islam
or Trump abandon Israel?
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