US IS PREPARED TO PLUNGE EUROPE INTO WAR WITH RUSSIA
Washington, 1 Jumadil Akhir 1435/2 April 2014 (MINA) – An analyst says the US is prepared to sacrifice millions of lives for its own selfish strategic interests by pushing Europe into an all-out war with Russia, Press TV reports.
“The US is prepared to plunge Europe into a war with Russia in order for Washington to preserve its hegemony over the transatlantic axis,” Finian Cunningham wrote in a column for the Press TV website.
He said a war would be aimed at preventing Russia and Europe from developing closer trade and political ties and preserving the American dollar as the world’s reserve currency, Press TV quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting, Wednesday.
“Washington does not want to see European and Russian economies integrating on the vital issue of trade in oil and gas, the foundation for economic and social development,” the commentator pointed out.
He noted that the enormous oil and gas volumes supplied by Moscow have led to the substantial alignment of the European and Russian economies over the past two decades after the end of the Cold War between the US-led West and the former Soviet Union.
The value of European-Russian bilateral trade stands at over one trillion dollars annually which is around ten times more than that of the trade between US and Russia, he added.
“This trend was always seen as a strategic danger by Washington. It can be argued that the Cold War from 1945 to 1990 was deliberately instigated by the US as a bulwark to counter the naturally inclined trade integration between Europe and Russia, owing to the latter’s prodigious energy reserves and its continental proximity,” Cunningham said.
He noted that the strategic danger is twofold for the US, with close ties between Russia and Europe leaving no reason for America’s military role in NATO and thereby its political influence in Europe.
“The second is that the European-Russian energy trade undermines the role of the American dollar as the world’s reserve currency. Exchange in such a key world market will inevitably move to the use of the Euro/Ruble, which would spell the end of global American financial hegemony, and with that, the end of the monstrously indebted US economy,” the commentator explained.
He emphasized that the US has played the key role in creating the recent crisis in Ukraine and fomenting the regime change in that country “which has seen the rise of an unelected fascist junta in Kiev that poses a serious threat to Russia.”
“The reality is that Washington has done everything to escalate this conflict, in particular between Russia and Europe, for its own selfish strategic interests. That includes, if deemed necessary by the pyromaniacs in Washington, the ignition of all-out war in Europe.” (T/E01/IR)
Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)
