For peace with Russia, the idea of American hegemony has to go and the military-industrial complex has to shrink. Tall orders, indeed. From Paul Craig Roberts at paulcraigroberts.com:
What do we make of it?
A good result came of it. Trump moved away from his demand for a ceasefire and said that it was more important to work toward a permanent peace than a ceasefire which is seldom kept. This would seem to commit Trump to addressing the root cause of the conflict, which is Russia’s insecurity with NATO all over her borders.
Putin said that the meeting marked the transition from confrontation and threats to dialogue. This prospect alone made the meeting worthwhile.
These are good results. In a world of nuclear weapons the level of tension had become untenable.
For hopes to be realized two barriers must be recognized and overcome. One is the neoconservative doctrine of American hegemony. The other is the interest of the US military/security complex.
The doctrine of hegemony requires overcoming Russia in order to achieve Washington’s unilateralism. Is this doctrine too institutionalized to be repudiated?
Just read Substack that NO one has been held accountable for the brilliant Afghanistan victory in the best military that defense contractors (MIC) can buy.
The CCCP government lasted three years after they left over the Friendship Bridge.
The State Department has been fellow traveler for almost 100 years?
This guy needs to enjoy his retirement and stop writing!