Growing East/ West schism may be permanent.

 THE NEW COLD WAR WILL NOT REPEAT THE FORMER

ARE WE NOW BEGINNING A GLOBAL COLD WAR?

It is evident that many in the U.S. state department and security agencies desired a new cold war, where billions can be spent without actual conflict. They believed that squeezing and isolating Russia would incapacitate Russia and hamper it ever becoming an economic or military power. At the same time it engaged in regime change policy with any country who did not submit and support the U.S.  Many will disagree, but history will be the final say on this misplaced and failed agenda.    

We are now witnessing the birth of a new cold war, one that is not limited to a U.S. as the manufacturing and economic leader of the world and a country with a socialist command economy that could not compete economically or in its ability to sway the rest of the world. At one time, the U.S. was the light upon the hill and engaged in policies based on fairness and mutual respect. That is no longer the case.

In the last 30 years we have seen an arrogant and aggressive foreign policy that engaged in overthrowing any government that it thought was in it's way to whatever goal, even when it seemed unclear what that goal was. It was more of, if we can, we will. At the same time as the U.S. was preoccupied with ruling the world, China has now become the economic and manufacturing giant on the world stage. A giant that even the U.S. economy is now dependent. 

The plan to isolate Russia may have sold well in western Europe, but while this was going on, Russia has engaged in a foreign policy with much of the world based on mutual economic benefits and most of all RESPECT. Something that has been lacking in U.S. foreign policy for a long time. 

While many in the ruling class of the U.S. believed we could control the world with threats of military aggression and behind the scenes divisive attempts of regime change. It seems that the U.S. has squandered its legacy of good will  in very short time. Much of the rest of the world now views the U.S. as unreliable, untrustworthy and dangerous. It sees it may be prudent to keep a distance from a dangerous and unpredictable adversary. Again, I suspect many believe we are the white hats, the good guys, but that view has changed in much of the world.

In this present time of dangerous foreign events, we see our leaders continually giving speeches, trash mouthing their adversaries real or imagined. Often threatening the overthrow of their government or in taking out the leaders of countries. A pattern of bullying and threatening with economic or military action. The U.S. has sanctioned focused at 20 countries at present. Does this behavior encourage cooperation or repulsion.

It is now likely that we are seeing a new cold war, that is not just a U.S./ Russian confrontation, but a almost equally divided Eastern and Western world. There is pressure on all countries, particularly from the United States to take sides. Many have resisted becoming a part in this global face off, wishing to stay neutral. That seems to be unacceptable. The leader of Pakistan, a real diplomat, tried to take that position and was quickly overthrown from office.  Turkey is attempting to not become part of this global division and will now be in the cross hairs, if not already. The same goes for India who would like to not get involved in global power politics, the same could be said for many in the middle east and around the world.

This new cold war, is between the U.S. a heavily indebted and dependent country and its western allies, which are in the same circumstances and the rest of the world that feels that it can now go it alone in fashioning their economic and political future. Such a dual economic system will be the death knell of the western world, a highly socialized, aging, indebted and dependent group, without the capacity to compete. 

Without a change of direction in U.S. policy, which had dominated every administration since Reagan, there will not be any good result. We not only a new president, but an overhaul and ouster of the present state department and intelligence community that has brought the world to this place.