As you get a bit older, you will realize that things are not as what you once believed, at least for some of us, and then question why you were so naïve to think so at one point in your life.

Taking a harder look!

For humanity to survive, more and more people need to take a hard look and be more critical of modern geopolitical dynamics, particularly the roles played by the U.S., Israel, and NATO. Nations, especially fledgling nation states, should start distancing themselves from these entities, as they are now engaging in actions contrary to their proclaimed original purposes.

Specifically, take NATO’s stated mission—historically to maintain peace and security—and contrast this with its more recent involvement in numerous conflicts, which the discerning person can only view as promoting war rather than peace. It is like the reference to previously given from Fahrenheit 451 which reinforces this perspective. In Ray Bradbury’s novel, there is a dystopian reversal of roles, where firemen, who were once responsible for extinguishing fires, now start them by burning books.

This metaphor suggests that institutions, like NATO, may have strayed from their original, mutual defence and peacekeeping purposes and are now engaged in activities contrary to their founding missions, such as destabilization, war, and blatant aggression. It is even dangerous these days to discuss such topics openly, given the ‘modern social media’ and so-called free expression environment, whereby dissenting or controversial political opinions can sometimes invite scrutiny with implications for one’s career and personal life. Even the UN is not living up to its billings, mostly due to the veto power of the US over anything that could bring about some semblance of stability in the world.

At least for those who want to dig deeper, and can turn to alternative media, which is still possible, there are some voices in the wilderness that can open your eyes as to what is going on with NATO and the current state of world affairs. For instance, Dr. Gabrielle Krone-Schmalz, a German intellectual and former journalist, recently gave a highly informative talk at the “37. Pleisweiler Gespräch”.

Dr. Krone-Schmalz used to work as a Moscow-correspondent for Germany’s largest public broadcaster, ARD, and was also a Professor........

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