[Peace] Empathy/Russia and China

[Brussel, Morton K]

Thanks for this Karen.  I find something naive and simplistic when Lievan talks about "state interests". The “state" meaning what? The leaders of a particular powerful political component of that state? Certainly not necessarily the population of that state. Noting that, one can see some laziness in the whole argument, the compexity of state relations (the relations of the ruling, ownership class) is a nebulous thing.

On the other hand, Lieven as a “realist” of the Quincy Institute makes useful comments about “vital interests” that it would be dangerous to ignore.

On Nov 10, 2020, at 8:49 PM, Karen Aram via Peace <peace at lists.chambana.net<mailto:peace at lists.chambana.net>> wrote:

A friend posted the article below on FB, as offering hope and suggesting everyone should read it….. given he is a Russian expert, and spent six years in the SU as a foreign service officer, I respect his opinion more than most, however…..

I quite like the last three paragraphs of this article as it articulates exactly what we did now having Nato on every border of Russia, but I don't for a moment think it was because "our leaders," are stupid, as one would think reading the article. They are quite smart, taking advantage of every opportunity to further enclose and harness Russia.
Any suggestion of empathy, on the part of our ruling elites is a joke. The powers that be, have no empathy, as proven by our eight wars in less than twenty years, if not before. Add our sanctions and covert interventions and.....we are the most brutal nation on earth, ever and it has nothing to do with security or vital interests or humanitarian concerns. I’m always amused by those liberals who assume women in power will improve our humanity.
People with empathy, don't strive for power, they attempt to enlighten those who don't see, that sociopaths like Hillary Clinton watching her handiwork destroy Libya, Madeline Albrecht, suggesting half a million children being starved was necessary and it's quite unlikely Kamal Harris will prove any better. Zbigniew Berezinski laid the framework for US foreign policy in The Grand Chess Board, 1997, control of all nations resources is the goal of US foreign policy.
The Council on Foreign Relations, likely the most powerful of Think Tank advisors, uses soft power frequently but not out of empathy, they use it strategically as a preference to bombs. The author is likely attempting to soften the hardliners against Russia a worthy goal, given “russiagate," created by the Democrats with their lies and propaganda, as we move onto “chinagate" under the new administration. I see tactics and strategy, in the making only to sever the relationship between China and Russia. JMHO See Below:

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2020/11/03/how-u-s-strategists-lost-simple-empathy-along-with-their-wars/?fbclid=IwAR1a5DRc4CodNR9WrD81F1YrZjb
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