A Heads-Up from Canada
As the Mad King forges his alliance with Russia and China, he seems hell bent on causing the demise of the America you knew. If he is not stopped soon, Americans will be living in a Banana Republic plutocracy as he sells our national resources to fill his own pockets. Putin must have captured his imagination with the “Dugin Plan” for Tri-Partate world domination; he stands stupidly transfixed …if he crashes our economy and trashes our reputation, it doesn’t matter — he expects to be the last man standing (or escaping to Moscow in his Arab jet if it can get off the ground with that much gold).
Even though I quite recently posted a blog about how Canadian PM Mark Carney outsmarted our extortionist-in-chief, I am posting his comments from the Davos Summit here because he nails the situation “dead nuts.” Here’s the article from Deutsche Welle World News (reprinted here without permission):
“”Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has warned of global fissures beyond US threats to Greenland in a WEF speech that won him a standing ovation on Tuesday.
“We knew the story of the international rules-based order was partially false, that the strongest would exempt themselves when convenient, that trade rules were enforced asymmetrically,” Carney said in a speech at Davos.
He pointed out that US power had meant that the rules-based order had been imperfect, with the enforcement of trade rules and international law applying on the basis of military and economic might.
“This fiction was useful, and American hegemony, in particular, helped provide public goods, open sea lanes, a stable financial system, collective security and support for frameworks for resolving disputes,” Carney said. “We placed the sign in the window. We participated in the rituals, and we largely avoided calling out the gaps between rhetoric and reality.”
“The question for middle powers, like Canada, is not whether to adapt to the new reality — we must,” Carney said. “The question is whether we adapt by simply building higher walls — or whether we can do something more ambitious.”
“In a world of great power rivalry, the countries in between have a choice: compete with each other for favor or to combine to create a third path with impact,” he said. “[We] argue the middle powers must act together because if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu.”” — DW News