[Peace-discuss] Trump's crazy not to continue the Cold War!

[C G Estabrook]

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176373/tomgram%3A_alfred_mccoy%2C_tweeting_while_rome_burns/#more <http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176373/tomgram:_alfred_mccoy,_tweeting_while_rome_burns/#more>

A strange piece by Alfred McCoy. No cold warrior from a generation ago could do better in defending the virtues of the American empire. He shows the effects of Trump Derangement Syndrome, excoriating what he sees as the Trump administration's departures from the neoconservative (and neoliberal) policies of the previous administration (and its predecessor) and all but praising its wars and war provocations "at the axial ends of Eurasia" (in a repeated Mackinderesque flourish).

"As Trump undercuts the U.S. strategic position at the axial ends of Eurasia, China is pressing relentlessly to displace the United States and dominate that vast continent with what New York Times correspondent Edward Wong calls 'a blunt counterpoint... synonymous with brute strength, bribery and browbeating.’"

He also buys the NYT account of Russian 'meddling' in Trump's election ('Russiagate')…

—CGE
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