I agree that in practical terms it’s obviously impossible for the US to contain China at this point. The whole tariffs fiasco made that crystal clear. However, it’s also clear that the policy the US pursues is rarely rooted in reality. There’s a belief in US that they can contain China and they will continue pour resources trying to achieve a goal that’s not achievable the same way they’re still pouring resources into a lost proxy war in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, I don’t think pulling out of NATO is in any way at odds with stripping Europe for parts. As I noted earlier, Europe will still be dependent on the US military industry, and break up of NATO is likely to spur panic buying which will give an immediate boost to US war industry. I also expect the US to ramp up attacks on the EU because it will be easier to strip Europe for parts once it’s atomized.
NATO could only work as a project when the West was the dominant economic bloc in the world. Now that BRICS is becoming a bigger economy, the west finds itself in a disarray and the US being the biggest fish is now starting to cannibalize its vassals to keep its own economy afloat.
I agree that in practical terms it’s obviously impossible for the US to contain China at this point. The whole tariffs fiasco made that crystal clear. However, it’s also clear that the policy the US pursues is rarely rooted in reality. There’s a belief in US that they can contain China and they will continue pour resources trying to achieve a goal that’s not achievable the same way they’re still pouring resources into a lost proxy war in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, I don’t think pulling out of NATO is in any way at odds with stripping Europe for parts. As I noted earlier, Europe will still be dependent on the US military industry, and break up of NATO is likely to spur panic buying which will give an immediate boost to US war industry. I also expect the US to ramp up attacks on the EU because it will be easier to strip Europe for parts once it’s atomized.
NATO could only work as a project when the West was the dominant economic bloc in the world. Now that BRICS is becoming a bigger economy, the west finds itself in a disarray and the US being the biggest fish is now starting to cannibalize its vassals to keep its own economy afloat.