Written By Paul Craig Roberts
Throughout my life, what I have noticed is that Republicans define patriotism mainly in terms of opposing foreign enemies. This was most pronounced during the long cold war with the Soviet Union. It is certainly true that we should be on guard against foreign enemies, but we must not be so on guard to create enemies where there are none or refuse to defuse tensions and replace hostile relations with cooperative ones as President John F. Kennedy once did. Kennedy said he intended to do so before he was assassinated and as President Trump intended to do so before the Russia accusation prevented him.
The Biden regime's Secretary of state, Blinken, has blocked talks between Russia and Ukraine, saying the goal of US policy is to drive Russia out of its reclaimed territories, including Crimea.
Biden's statement that the U.S. will use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear threats, as well as the knowledge that U.S. nuclear weapons are deployed near Russia, force Putin to drop his promise not to use nuclear weapons first.
In other words, unlike the Cold War at 20. for centuries, today there is a trigger for nuclear war. People who say nuclear war is impossible because there would be no winner don't know what they're talking about. Wars are the product of people, and people are emotional and stupid. They're making too many mistakes. That's how people work.
The Center for geostrategic studies organized an international online conference from December 6-8: The revival of fascism at 21. century in Europe and the possibility of its prevention.
Among the eminent speakers was American professor Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, whose address we convey in full.
Thank you to those who were willing to organize this conference.
I limit my remarks to clarity of definition. By "fascism" I suppose we mean not only the economic corporation between government and private business, but the predominance of the values and opinions of citizens by the powerful groups that control governance. By fascism we mean ignoring and suppressing public opinion.
