The Roman Empire did it. The British Empire copied it in style. The
Empire of Chaos has always done it. They all do it. Divide et impera. Divide and rule - or divide and conquer. It's nasty, brutish and effective. Not forever though, like diamonds, because empires do crumble.
A room with a view to the Pantheon may be a celebration of Venus - but also a glimpse on the works of Mars. I had been in Rome essentially for a symposium - Global WARning - organized by a very committed, talented group led by a former member of European Parliament, Giulietto Chiesa.
Three days later, as the run on the rouble was unleashed, Chiesa was arrested and expelled from Estonia as persona non grata, yet another graphic illustration of the anti-Russia hysteria gripping the Baltic nations and the Orwellian grip NATO has on Europe's weak links.1 Dissent is simply not allowed.At the symposium, held in a divinely frescoed former 15th century Dominican refectory now part of the Italian parliament's library,
Sergey Glazyev, on the phone from Moscow, gave a stark reading of Cold War 2.0. There's no real "government" in Kiev; the US ambassador is in charge. An anti-Russia doctrine has been hatched in Washington to foment war in Europe - and European politicians are its collaborators. Washington wants a war in Europe because it is losing the competition with China.Glazyev addressed the sanctions dementia: Russia is trying simultaneously to reorganize the politics of the International Monetary Fund, fight capital flight and minimize the effect of banks closing credit lines for many businessmen.
Yet the end result of sanctions, he says, is that Europe will be the ultimate losers economically; bureaucracy in Europe has lost economic focus as American geopoliticians have taken over.Only three days before the run on the rouble, I asked Rosneft's Mikhail Leontyev (Press-Secretary - Director of the Information and Advertisement Department) about the growing rumors of the Russian government getting ready to apply currency controls. At the time, no one knew an attack on rouble would be so swift, and conceived as a checkmate to destroy the Russian economy. After sublime espressos at the Tazza d'Oro, right by the Pantheon, Leontyev told me that currency controls were indeed a possibility. But not yet.
Comment: While the gist of the article is correct, there are a number of incorrect information contained within.
For starters, there is no evidence whatsoever that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons program. The only ambition is to develop nuclear capabilities for civilian energy production, which under international law it is allowed to do:
By way of deception: Bogus Iranian nuclear weapon documents linked to Israel
Further, the author states "Putin's territorial ambitions in the Ukraine have also put him at odds with US President Barack Obama and leaders of the EU", which is a distortion of the facts. The US has territorial ambitions, while Russia merely fights for preservation of its territories and the encirclement by US military bases:
The power struggle in Ukraine and America's strategy of domination