tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post302790875079454877..comments2024-03-29T09:09:46.823+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : One Cheer For Trump’s Troop Withdrawal From Germany Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-8703770811987249852020-06-13T13:17:14.827+03:002020-06-13T13:17:14.827+03:00The Americans see things in Calvinist terms, as be...The Americans see things in Calvinist terms, as befits a country founded by Protestant extremists. They are the elect. Anyone who defies the elect is on the devil's side. This is one of America's greatest strengths. Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-18913412584070827622020-06-12T12:11:55.615+03:002020-06-12T12:11:55.615+03:00U.S. presidents of both parties and the American f...<em>U.S. presidents of both parties and the American foreign policy establishment, as well as NATO governments, see NATO as having benign intentions and expect Vladimir Putin and the Russians to accept that.</em><br /><br />I'd say that the American foreign policy establishment sees NATO as being extremely hostile to Russia, in fact they see the destruction of Russia as a sovereign nation to be NATO's sole purpose, and they expect Vladimir Putin and the Russians to accept that.<br /><br />The American foreign policy establishment does not believe that any nation on Earth, apart from the US, has a right to national sovereignty. Any nation that does believe it has a right to national sovereignty is perceived as being an enemy that must be destroyed.<br /><br />To most Americans globalism means the entire globe being governed from Washington. To most Americans freedom and democracy means the entire globe being governed from Washington.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.com