Courtesy of Mish.
Former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned on Saturday that the Ukraine crisis had brought the world to the “Brink of a New Cold War“.
“The world is on the brink of a new cold war. Some say it has already begun,” said [Mikhail Gorbachev] the 83-year-old former Kremlin chief in a sombre speech delivered in Berlin at an event to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall this weekend.
Mr Gorbachev accused the west, led by the US, of “triumphalism” after the fall of the Berlin Wall ended Soviet dominance in eastern Europe.
Trust between Russia and the west had “collapsed” in the last few months, he said, highlighting the damage done by the Ukraine crisis. He called for new initiatives to restore trust, including a lifting of personal sanctions imposed by the US and the EU on top Russian officials in response to Moscow’s actions in Ukraine.
Mr Gorbachev clearly sees the west as the culprit in the crisis, having given his unequivocal backing to Mr Putin last week. He said, before arriving in Germany, that he was “absolutely convinced that Putin protects Russia’s interests better than anyone else”.
New Cold War Already Started
Count me in the group that says it’s blatantly obvious a new cold war has already begun.
Inane sanctions by the US and Europe led by President Obama and fueled by warmongering hype from Senator John McCain and others provides sufficient evidence.
US Blowbacks and Russian Interests
The US once again is clueless when it comes to predicting global blowbacks to its inept foreign policy.
Gorbachev’s statement he was “absolutely convinced that Putin protects Russia’s interests better than anyone else” is well beyond reproach.
The US is not interested one iota in other country’s best interests.
Arguably, the US shouldn’t be. …
