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Top German Politician Blasts Nuland & Carter: "F##k US Imperialism"
With intra-Europe relations hitting a new all-time low; and, having already been busted spying on Merkel, Obama got caught with his hand in Hollande's cookie jar this week, the following exultation from one of Germany's top politicians will hardly help Washington-Brussells relations. As Russia Insider notes, Oskar Lafontaine is a major force in German politics so it caught people’s attention when he excoriated Ash Carter and Victoria Nuland on his Facebook page yesterday... "Nuland says 'F*ck the EU'. We need need an EU foreign policy that stops warmongering US imperialism... F*ck US imperialism!"
Here is the Facebook post (in German):
Lafontaine has been an outsized figure in German politics since the mid-70s. He was chairman of the SPD (one of Germany’s two main parties) for four years, the SPD’s candidate for chancellor in 1990, minister of finance for two years, and then chairman of the Left party in the 2000s. He is married to Sarah Wagenknecht, political heavyweight, who is currently co-chairman of Left party.
Lafontaine’s outburst came a day after his wife, Sarah Wagenknecht, blasted Merkel’s Russia policy in an interview on RT.
Here is the full translation of the post:
“The US ‘Defense’ secretary, i.e., war minister is in Berlin. He called on Europe to counter Russian ‘aggression’. But in fact, it is US aggression which Europeans should be opposing.
“The Grandmaster of US diplomacy, George Kennan described the eastward expansion of NATO as the biggest US foreign policy mistake since WW2, because it will lead to a new cold war.
“The US diplomat Victoria Nuland said we have spent $5 billion to destabilize the Ukraine. They stoke the flames ever higher, and Europe pays for it with lower trade and lost jobs.
“Nuland says ‘F*ck the EU’. We need need an EU foreign policy that stops warmongering US imperialism.
“F*ck US imperialism!”
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When he comes out swinging this way, you know something is changing.
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Herr Lafonteine better drive REALLY carefully. We wouldn't want there to be any 'unfortunate accidents'......
I only wish it was the start of a split with the USA.
Just hope Oskar is not found in the Kiel canal wearing a pair of concrete shoes. ... suicide of course.
Expect this dissent to go global, even in the USSofA.
Seats in Congress etc are planned years in advance and you mark your turf accordingly to the wind.
Whichever Demonic Democrat is elevated from Candidate to Runner will have to distance themselves from Toxic Teleprompter Man.
We need need an EU foreign policy that stops warmongering US imperialism... F*ck US imperialism!"
You know what the problem is?
It's not particularly the US, though they are the biggest players at the moment. It's the result of the end of the Cold War.
Ever since WW2 the power blocs both had a big military and supporting intelligence service. When the Berlin Wall came down, the Russians collapsed theirs. The West did not. And ever since then it has been looking for a job. That's the reason we have had so much disruption. When your major arm of government is a multi-trillion dollar armed forces, every problem looks like an excuse for a war.
Nail gun or hot tub accident in Germany?
It is not US imperialism
http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/2014/09/anglozionist-short-primer-for-...
It is the imperialism of the Anglo-Zionist cabal which has hijacked the American treasury and military.
Neocons, Interventionist "realists" and other assorted militarist scum.
Their control of the MSM is sound {they even acquired VICE News as that got too popular, and Orwellized it, beginning with the Zionist sent to fake stories out of Ukraine}...
but not the internet. As younger people grow up, post comments and articles, this cleft between the pre-internet and internet informed grows more and more obvious.
I'm sure I'm not the only one that expects aggressive moves against intent content.
We've seen some attacks on free speech already in the Fast Track bill - but it will take time to really see how bad the TPP itself is in practice.
But it does seem clear that .gov is hoping to make an end run around various Constitutional niceties by "treaty."
and no - treaties do not and can not over-ride the Constitution. Only amendment, not treaty, can change the constitution.
... US imperialism plus US exceptionalism is analogous to this >>> http://rt.com/usa/270268-falcon-launch-space-fail/
... and while the US forces the other NATO members to apply more sanctions to Russia, US hypocrisy rears its ugly head by 'allowing' products from sanctioned Russia that would benefit them ... check this out >>> http://rt.com/usa/270220-us-space-russian-engine/
Gotta love a guy who knows how to define a problem.
Fuck Noodleberg.
Regardless of what La Fontaine stands for, let 's close all US military bases in Europe.
Let 's offer the US servicemen the free choice to either return to the US or renounce their US citizenship and receive a EU passport.
Korea, too.
soldiers are told that if the war starts, and the North ever decides to seriously get down, every one of them would be dead within 15 minutes.
It is nothing but an irritant, hugely expensive, and the south koreans periodically whine about it.
Okinawa too.
Put em on the Mexican border.
Since its a "Constitution free zone" I suppose we dont have to worry about Posse com. - which is dead in all but name anyway.
just read 200 million Americans live within 100 mile zone of coast or land borders, and thus in a "border zone". Funny
As far as Korea and Okinawa are concerned, that is up to Koreans and Japanese.
Personally I find the Korean situation rather tragic. A people is divided in large part it seems because two great powers (US and China) are tearing it apart. (I believe neither great power is willing to run the risk that a united Korea would side with its opponent). But my understanding of Japan and Korea is very limited.
As someone who actually lives in Germany i can tell you that Lafontaine is an absolute has-been and he plays no role in German politics, nor has he for years. His influence came to an end when Schroeder kicked him out of his government over 15 years ago. To claim he is a heavyweight is simply dead wrong. Wagenknecht does play a certain role, but the Left is a pure protest party full of fundamentalist hardline social democrats and former East German communists. The Left has no say on federal government matters such as foreign policy. This post is pure alarmism.
Could you also comment on the message, instead of only focussing on the messenger ?
Actually US and Soviet Union both went bankrupt by Cold War.
Soviet Union accepted their fate.
USA still refuse to accept theirs.
Upvoted, but I think technically it was Vietnam that bankrupted the US.
Then again, you could argue that it was the First World War, or the 1929 market crash -- although its bankruptcy wasn't admitted until 1933.
Wow Oskar, hats off!
Oskar is my new hero!
re "Fcuk The USSA..." - Oskar Lafontaine
Stop it, Oskar - you're giving me a tingle in my lederhosen!
Long nailguns...
The FB page is here. The comment was made June 23 at 2:47 which might by EDT or another time zone. I 'liked' it.
https://www.facebook.com/oskarlafontaine
Oblozo knows what he is doing - stop questioning the One!
TWO WORDS.
OPERATION GLADIO.
When Lafontaine was still in charge as one of the most efficient opposition politicians in Germany he possibly used to pursuit the most competent, far-sighted policies in Germany anyway.
Unfortunatily to competent, to intelligent for the herd of sheeps of voters - and to dangerous for bankers and elites: Lafontaine was successfully stigmatized as "demagogue" and "populist" by the usual bankers- and transatlantic press-monopol around Springer, Burda, Bertelsmann.... The consequence: Since 25 years people are paying a high price for beeing mainly brainless "kakophonists" and "lemmings".
In the 90th Lafontaine was called "the most dangerous man in Europe" when he forcasted the debacle of the Eurozone due to it's failed construction (lacking a common fiscal, social and economic policy). He warned on a regular basis specifying the particular reasons pointing on trade deficits in Greece, Spain, Portugal etc... until the Greek debacle folllowed its natural course - always against the teasing of the mainstream-propaganda promoted alleged pundits. Later Laftontaine - winning the 1998 elections - resigned as finance minister after recognizing that Gerhard Schröder allowed to be bought by neoliberal hardliners.
As candidate for the chancellorship during German reunification Lafontaine failed due to it's merciless honesty and openess in terms of upcoming costs to the voters: Unforgettable how Lafontaine faced the East-German voters in 1990 trying to explain the upcoming complications meanwhile Helmut Kohl ran his simple election campaign by promising "flourishing landscapes within five years". East German voters didn't want to listen the reality...and voted for Kohl.
He is not this kind of primitive populist who should be reduced by the task of throwing around with clumsy anti-Americanism or verbal abuse some readers might think - to the contrary (I never heard him using the "F"-word). A decent man of principles strictly subordinating his personal career to political beliefs.
Simular to Oscar Lafontaine former chancellors Helmut Schmidt and Gerhard Schröder expressed sceptics to the American way of European Ostpolitik.
According to Macquarie Research:
http://personal.crocodoc.com/lHeFs3w
China drama & Greek farce
Are Central Banks at the end of the road?
Greek and Chinese dramas question role of Central Banks…
- The latest developments in China and the Eurozone inevitably invite the question whether Central Banks are coming to the end of the road. Given the limited impact of their policies on real economies with stimulus largely being confined within walls of financial assets, has the time of reckoning finally arrived?
- As discussed in the past (here & here), the only sustainable LT outcomes for the over-leveraged and over-supplied global economy are either: (a) allowing the deflationary cycle to go through, thus eliminating global excess capacity in service and merchandise economies; (b) elimination of excess debt via some form of hyperinflation and/or co-ordinated debt cancellation; or (c) banning capital markets via nationalization. Given that neither of these alternatives is attractive, involving pain for either borrowers or savers; intergenerational transfers or courting sharply lower ROIC, CBs would rather kick the can down the road in the hope that a solution would be eventually found.
…and should CBs place monetary policies in neutral gear?
- PBoC’s half-hearted attempts last week to slow the pace of appreciation of the equity market have inevitably and predictably resulted in severe correction. The double-barrel reduction in interest rates and RRR on Saturday is a belated realization that it is courting a significant economic backlash. As discussed here, we do not believe that China’s de-leveraging is either possible or desirable. Having reached leverage of ~3:1, any debate about the evils or virtue of debt has passed a long time ago, and the only viable choice from now on is to continue leveraging, though perhaps at a somewhat slower and safer pace.
- In order to continue leveraging, PBoC has to make sure that: (a) there is no sharp correction in any of the key asset prices; (b) at least some asset prices are appreciating; and (c) there is no further contraction in nominal GDP. This requires a combination of exceptionally stimulative monetary and fiscal policies as well as trust that a country is not yet in a liquidity trap and that it is capable responding to stimulus in safeguarding nominal GDP. The game is no longer about reaching 7% real GDP growth but avoiding zero nominal GDP.
- The same dynamics are playing out in Europe. The battle is between politicians who have not yet grasped that deleveraging is no longer feasible, and the ECB, which is fully onboard. Whether Greece is allowed to exit does not alter the basic argument that the numbers do not work, unless leveraging continues.
China is at very early stages of stimulus
- We maintain that China is at an early stage of significant (probably the largest globally) stimulative action. We expect that over the next two years, RRRs would be reduced to historic levels (i.e. 5-6%); interest rates would be lowered to zero and fiscal spending would become much more aggressive (including multiple banking re-capitalizations). The only question is whether China would send a massive inflationary pulse through global economy or would aim for more moderate impact. Initially, the PBoC would be aiming for moderate outcomes, ensuring support for asset prices but avoiding more disruptive action. However as we progress into 2016-17, more drastic actions might be needed. In the meantime, we remain O/W MSCI China, as equities remain the least systemic asset class that can be leveraged, at least for now.