Roberts makes a lot of startling, although reasonable, allegations in this essay, but unfortunately he doesn't provide any documentation to support them. However, he does make a convincing argument that the goal of the US-led Empire is world domination, much like the German Empire of the 1930s. The establishment of capitalism in Russia and the dismemberment of the Soviet Union didn't really change the fact of Russian independence. Hence, the anti-Russian policies pursued by the US Empire, and the same fate confronts China.
Putin’s dilemma is that he is caught between his heart-felt desire to reach an accommodation with Europe and Washington’s desire to demonize and isolate Russia.
The risk for Putin is that his desire for accommodation is being exploited by Washington and explained to the EU as Putin’s weakness and lack of courage. Washington is telling its European vassals that Putin’s retreat under Europe’s pressure will undermine his status in Russia, and at the right time Washington will unleash its many hundreds of NGOs to bring Putin to ruin.
This was the Ukraine scenario. With Putin replaced with a compliant Russian, richly rewarded by Washington, only China would remain as an obstacle to American world hegemony.We will see no peace in the decades ahead. At best, we might avoid a major war conflagration. We, the ordinary people of the world, face two monstrous foes that threaten our very existence; and both are rooted in the capitalist system that rewards hyper-aggression: unending wars for domination and climate destabilization.
