Headlines 09/07/2016

Headlines

• Obama intensifying European defences against Russia

• New York Times highlights discord among NATO members

• Dallas shooter of police at anti-police demonstration had served in the US Army Reserve

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Obama intensifying European defences against Russia

Despite the America's use of Russia in its war in Syria, America is leading NATO to intensify Europe's defences against the Russian Federation. Reuters is reporting that NATO "decided to move four battalions totaling 3,000 to 4,000 troops into northeastern Europe on a rotating basis to display its readiness to defend eastern members against any Russian aggression. Obama said at the NATO conference being held in Warsaw, Poland, "We need to bolster the defense of our allies in central and eastern Europe, strengthen deterrence and boost our resilience against new threats, including cyber attacks." (Reuters) Ironically, the 'Warsaw Pact' had previously been the name of the Communist military alliance opposed to NATO.

According to the same Reuters article, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded that it was absurd for NATO to talk of any threat from Russia and it hoped "common sense" would prevail at the Warsaw summit.

Russia has yet to understand that America considers it a subordinate power to be dictated to and used as America wishes. Where it wants, America uses it, and where it wants, America increases hostilities against it. Those who serve the Capitalist superpower do so for the pleasure of the superpower and at their own cost.

New York Times highlights discord among NATO members

The New York Times reveals tensions between NATO members, in an article on Friday, headlined, "NATO unity tested by Russia shows some cracks".

America's purpose in increasing defences against Russia is to drive a wedge between Europe and the Russian Federation. America has been able to use Eastern European nations for its purposes. Polish foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski said just before the summit, "We have to reject any type of wishful thinking with regard to a pragmatic cooperation with Russia as long as it keeps on invading its neighbours" (Reuters). Meanwhile, the New York Times lists Italy, France and Germany as trying to build more positive relationships with Russia.

Additionally, Reuters reports that it was French concerns about sole American control that led to NATO taking over the US-built missile shield.

America fears positive relations between Europe and Russia. Its policy, inherited from Britain before it, is to keep the Euro-Asian continental mass divided. At the same time Eastern Europe fears being crushed between Western European and Russian interests as has happened in its past.

The end of the Cold War was the perfect opportunity for peace throughout the world, if America had really been serious about peace. But the reality is that the secular Capitalist ideology seeks only materialistic exploitation at the expense of true human prosperity.

Dallas shooter of police at anti-police demonstration had served in the US Army Reserve

Capitalism has failed to bring harmony to American society, with astonishing violence and gun crime not seen anywhere else in the world. Only the latest incident of this is the attack on Thursday during a demonstration in Dallas, USA, that killed five policemen and wounded another seven.

The demonstration was part of the 'Black Lives Matter' movement that protests the racist treatment of African-Americans by the police. Reuters is reporting that a gunman, whose killing by police brought the attack to an end, had previously served in the US Army Reserve. While the U.S. military is heavily dependent on recruitment of 'Blacks' (i.e. African-Americans), America's police forces have remained largely 'White' (i.e. European-American).