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War Fever Grips Europe
As if two world wars born in Europe were not enough, an increasingly divided Europe is seeking unity through militarization and hyperbolic fear of Russia, writes Uroš Lipušcek.
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Even NYT had to admit that “In dozens of interviews over the final days before the vote, Americans reported a grim sense that their nation was coming undone.
As for the “summits for democracy,” intended to a large degree to isolate Russia and China, many Western countries experienced the rise of far-right nationalist and populist movements. At the same time, the BRICS+ community, where Russia and China play an essential role, is growing fast, exceeding the West demographically and economically.
Biden’s statements about his global leadership and sitting at the head of the unipolar world’s table evoke contemptuous smiles and provide fodder for humorists.
Washington and Brussels cast the fight for Ukraine as an existential fight for freedom, and democracy is now more broadly exposed as the fight for Western hegemony using Ukraine as cannon fodder on the battlefields.
When we turn to the current US elections, no one else but the Washington Post, which refused its many years of policy of endorsing Democrats and decided to stay neutral, admitted that “the light of Biden’s pro-democracy fire has dimmed — and neither candidate in next week’s presidential election appears set to stoke the flames.” Additionally, it states that “Outside the West, it led to mounting cynicism over Washington’s insistence on being the custodian of an international “liberal order.”
We may not know for days or weeks who the winner is—the archaic system of counting votes, possible cheating or violence on the streets, and lawsuits. The Supreme Court might get involved, as in 2000 during the Bush-Gore battle. Traditionally, Americans vote with their pocketbooks, worrying mainly about the economy, but in times of the threat of nuclear WWIII Armageddon, foreign policy could also be an important factor. If this is the case, they might choose Trump, who promises change, while Kamala will be controlled by the same people responsible for the current dangerous state of affairs. Tighten your belts, folks; the most significant American show has begun.