Det er interessant å sjå at amerikanske konservative kan ha same analyse av USA og Nato si rolle i verda, som anti-imperialistar på den radikale venstresida.

The reality has been far more stark, ugly, brutal, and hypocritical than Carney’s sanitized version. Despite their pious, idealistic statements throughout the decades, U.S. and allied leaders have waged numerous wars of aggression, selectively empowered corrupt, murderous tyrants as clients, stolen land and other resources from disfavored nations, and embraced flagrant double standards with respect to both international law and basic ethics.

Heilt klart. Og heile pisset om "den regelbaserte verdsordenen" er heilt medvite for å slippe å tale om folkeretten og FN.

The so-called rules-based order has had two very different sets of rules. Washington and its allies (especially its allies in NATO) could do virtually anything they wanted without fear of adverse legal, economic, or military consequences from the “international community.” Countries not enjoying the status of being U.S. allies or clients—and especially those that were considered Western adversaries—have been shamelessly harassed and bullied. Frequently, such coercion has even occurred in the name of upholding noble international norms.

Det her bør vera openbert for alle som studerer internasjonal politikk utanom propaganda-prismet om "gode" og "onde" statar. Aftenposten og VG vil dessverre aldri forstå det her.

Donald Trump may be guilty of many types of misconduct, including a worrisome fondness for authoritarian methods. But destroying a just and effective rules-based international system is not among his offenses.

Nettopp. Det Trump øydelegger er harmonien i Nato, framfor noko. Om ein har ein gjeng mobbarar på ein ungdomsskole, er det ikkje slik at sjefsmobbaren "øydelegg skolemiljøet" først når han byrjar å plage kompisane sine. Skolemiljøet vart øydelagt da han banka opp taparen ingen brydde seg om.

#internasjonalpolitikk #norsktut #usa #trump #folkeretten

Trump Didn’t Destroy the ‘Rules-Based International Order’ - The American Conservative

It was always a fraud.

^{Ted Galen Carpenter (The American Conservative)}