Stephen F. Cohen — More Cold War Extremism and Crises

The crazies gets crazier. President Trump seems to have lost control of them, prompting the question, who is the president now anyway.

Just as with Iraq and WMD, the New Times and the Washington Post are driving the crazy.

The Nation
More Cold War Extremism and Crises
Stephen F. Cohen | Professor Emeritus of Russian Studies, History, and Politics at New York University and Princeton University

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As the United States squeezes China economically through an escalating trade war, it is simultaneously ramping up military efforts to challenge Beijing’s recent strategic gains in the contested South China Sea.

The tit-for-tat punitive exchanges on economic and strategic fronts has effectively commenced what some analysts now see as a new Cold War pitting America versus China, a contest that is spiraling dangerously towards a possible armed conflict at sea.…

Is the US probing to determine whether China really has a carrier-killer?

Astute News
US, China Thrusting Towards a New Cold War

Asif Aziz

Must read if those interested in preserving the republic.

Watch the short video clip in the post. It's only 2:25 minutes and it's gripping.

Joe Lauria sees the coup launched even prior to Donal Trump's election, when he got the nomination, coming to a head.

On the other hand, Lauria notes that the president is also a wild cartd in the deck and sometimes benefits from "supervision," like an unruly adolescent who does not yet know the implications and possible consequences of what he is doing.

Is this a flaw in the concept of a democratic republic. Is a deep state a needed corrective?

Consortium News
Seven Days in September

Joe Lauria

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One of the most significant themes heading into 2019, is the new US-China Cold War. Recent tit-for-tat exchanges on economic, political and strategic fronts threaten to escalate into a full-blown conflict between both superpowers.

As Washington squeezes Beijing economically through an escalating trade war, it simultaneously uses Freedom of navigation (FON) to sail its warships and or fly its nuclear-capable Boeing B-52 bombers dangerously close to Beijing's militarized islands in the heavily disputed South China Sea. This high-stakes game of chicken is now spiraling out of control and could lead to a possible military conflict....

The tit-for-tat exchanges between US-China on economic, political and strategic fronts increases the probability that a full-blown conflict between the superpowers is on the horizon, likely to start in the South China Sea.

Zero Hedge
US, China Diving Into A New Cold War; Jack Ma Warns: "When Trade Stops, Sometimes War Starts"

Tyler Durden