Hinkle chats with Col. Douglas Macgregor, one of a handful of (ex) military truthtellers, and a common sense geopolitical analyst. While Macgregor is not a “progressive” in the classical sense of the term, he is rational and fair when examining the actions and history of US-designated “adversaries”, countries like Russia and China who, as fully sovereign nations, would like to have normal, peaceful and mutually rewarding relations with the US but which are obsessively punished and persecuted by the US’s ruling class as they represent de facto challenges to its supremacist unipolar entitlements. In a word, Macgregor is not a knee-jerk, flag-waving imperialist.
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CAITLIN JOHNSTONE—China’s response to Pelosi’s provocation has thankfully been relatively measured, though we’re about to see Taiwan fully encircled by the Chinese navy for a show of force unlike anything we’ve seen in decades, and Chinese sanctions upon Taiwanese commerce are still being announced. There will be political pressure in Beijing to escalate tensions with the US so as not to look weak, and the intensity of the new cold war has certainly been ratcheted up a notch, but when it comes to hot war it looks like humanity’s better angels have prevailed for now.
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A wide-ranging discussion of breaking world events in both the East European and Far Eastern strategic zones, from a lucid, multipolarist, and anti-imperialist perspective.
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Pelosi and her delegation disembarked from a U.S. Air Force transport plane at Songshan Airport in downtown Taipei and were greeted by Taiwan’s foreign minister, Joseph Wu and Sandra Oudkirk, the top U.S. representative in Taiwan.
“Our congressional delegation’s visit to Taiwan honors America’s unwavering commitment to supporting Taiwan’s vibrant democracy,” Pelosi said in a statement shortly after landing. “America’s solidarity with the 23 million people of Taiwan is more important today than ever, as the world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy.”
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AEARNUR—As the Neocons see things they are in a race against time to destroy America’s “enemies” before they become too powerful. So they have adopted a ‘wrecking ball’ policy globally to take advantage of the chaos. Every disruption to normality for them is a plus, stability a negative.
China will consider its reaction to Pelosi’s visit carefully so as not to fall into the trap laid for it by America’s dominant Neocon majority. China ought to look to Russia’s long-term response over the years where the ‘revenge is a dish best served cold’ policy was very effective.
