It takes a nanosecond to dismiss the renewed exceptionalist posturing on steroids as stupid s**t -- which it is. These "measures designed to intimidate Russia" are also a half-baked Plan B, considering that Plan A -- repeated provocations trying to draw Russia to "invade" Ukraine -- miserably failed.
With American imperial hubris so perversely warped, newspeak becomes a Hall of Mirrors just reflecting itself. Even in the face of daily Kiev bombing of civilians in Eastern Ukraine, Obama insists that Russia is trying to destabilize Ukraine; thus inevitably there will be more "punishment," as in sanctions.
Don't expect logic in what I called a few weeks ago, before the rise of stupid s**t, the Obama administration's juvenile delinquent school of diplomacy; I don't like you, I don't wanna talk to you, I want you to die.
The counterpart to stupid s**t has been The Emperor ordering his European vassals to get their act together, stop with this silly talk of economic crisis, and shell out way more cash for their NATO protection. If that feels like it's coming straight from the playbook of Scorsese's "Goodfellas," that's because it is. Only nervous poodle Poland and some other Eastern Europeans -- and none of the top EU nations -- devote at least 2 percent of their GNP to defense. Washington is acridly demanding an increased pound of flesh -- and gold.
And right on cue, NATO's outgoing secretary-general, the vain, vapid Dane Anders "Fogh of War" Rasmussen, praised The Emperor's wisdom.
By the way, it's never enough to remember that all-powerful NATO has had its collective behind royally kicked in Afghanistan by the Kalashnikov-armed descendants of generations of true mountain (and desert) warriors. Still, NATO is assuming that Afghanistan's new president -- to be elected in a runoff by the end of next week -- will duly sign a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) that will allow a "residual" perennial NATO deployment to be enshrined at NATO's upcoming summit in September.
What the Don't Do Stupid S**t doctrine does reveal, so far, is that the 1997 NATO-Russia partnership agreement -- which stipulates no "substantial and permanent" troops and bases in Eastern Europe -- is now all but dead.
The doctrine also reveals that the only ones "reassured" by the new security initiative will be a bunch of revolving Euro-bureaucrats/plutocrats in Brussels -- who will profit from the upcoming showering of green bills out of Uncle Sam's printing presses. We just need to follow the gun-crazy money to see which way imperial stupid s**t is blowing.
Well, at least the adults are meeting -- in another room, to discuss serious s**t. In Normandy on Friday, Putin meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Call it progress, compared to 70 years ago.
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