The NATO meetings on June
14-16, 2021 revealed several interesting Geo-political endings. It was
understood that these NATO meetings were going to design NATO duties until
2030. What Biden (Pentagon) wanted was to gather NATO members and revive the
old NATO in order to have control over Europe by offering a goodwill gesture.
Before Trump the U.S. was paying
the larger portion of the defense bill of NATO, as the European members were
not putting up their share of the 2% GDP budget required (except Turkey). What
Biden was offering was to go back to the old times. On the other hand, Trump was
dangling a Russian stick in order to control the EU. What that meant was, ‘Russia
is a big threat to the EU, therefore pay your portion of the NATO defense bill
or else I won’t protect you from Russian aggression.’
The Pentagon even tried to
stop the Baltic/German natural gas pipeline with Russia and was saying, ‘I am
protecting you from Russian aggression. You are doing business with Russia.’
But now Biden (Pentagon) is saying, ‘I will close a blind eye for the Baltic
natural gas pipeline as long as we revive the old NATO.’
Why does the U.S. want to do
this?
China. China is becoming the
next super power. Its economic growth is 9 times that of the U.S. China has not
yet reached the level of U.S. economic power, but is well on its way. So, the U.S.
wants to protect the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve money, but is not
succeeding.
Today China has a petrol-Yuan
arrangement with Iran; in other words China buys petroleum from Iran with Yuan
not with U.S. dollars. On that note, let’s evaluate the hegemonic power of the U.S.
It is both military power and the U.S. dollar. However, the U.S. has lost its
production power because it’s too expensive to produce products in America.
So what Biden (Pentagon) wants is to get the EU and Russia on its side against the growing threat from China.
How is the U.S. trying to do
that?
By creating tension between
China and Russia. It is true that Russia is also uncomfortable with the Chinese
growing hegemonic power.
Let’s talk about the U.S./Turkish
relations which are not going too well between the two NATO partners. The U.S.
and Turkey are behaving like two enemies. The U.S is accusing Turkey of buying the
Russian made S-400 defense system and claiming the S-400s and the F-35s are
enemies to one another. At the same time the U.S. is supporting the PKK
terrorist organization against Turkey. What kind of partnership is that?
At the NATO meetings in
Brussels Biden (Pentagon) supposedly showed goodwill, so to speak, by offering
Turkey the position of filling the power gap in Afghanistan. With the U.S.
pulling its forces from Kabul, Biden (Pentagon) sees Turkey as the best suited
nation to take over Afghanistan. What that means is the U.S. will tolerate the
S-400s if Turkey takes over protecting the Kabul Airport.
Currently Turkey has 500
troops in Afghanistan as part of the NATO-led resolute support, but they are
not combat troops. The reason they are there is to help the Afghan people with
non-combat duties. It is a fact that Turkey has a historical relationship with the
Afghan people. The Afghans are cousins to the Turks. Also, Afghanistan has
borders with other Turkic nations which Turks have a kingship with.
Interestingly, the Turks see
the invitation to take over the protection of the Kabul airport a trap.
Afghanistan has proven to be a cemetery to the empires- the Russians failed in
Afghanistan, the U.S. failed in Afghanistan; even the British failed in
Afghanistan. President Erdogan clearly sees this as a game being played on Turkey.
The answer Turkey gave to the U.S was that if their conditions are met, they will
be glad to take over the protection of the Kabul airport. The conditions? To take
Pakistan and Hungary with Turkey and several other interesting details.
The Pentagon’s main headache is China and confronting China will be inevitable down the road. China is currently head to head with the U.S. in space. China has only one or two aircraft carriers, but is in the process of building seven more. In contrast, the U.S. has 12 carriers and sufficient trained personal to go with it. The Pentagon wants a containment policy with China, just like the containment policy with Soviet Union in the 1950s.