War does not result from the madness of a fanatic, or from the hatred of Others, or from the simple pleasure of killing. In our present world, it stems from a dream of power which is embodied in a desire for possession, a perfectly irrational desire which is realized by rational means.
Since the proclaimed end of the “cold war” […]it is hard to understand why the West has continued to militarily target Russia as public enemy number one, not only maintaining NATO, but relentlessly extending its tentacles. […]
Surprisingly, the political calculations of Putin the psychotic seem easier to decipher than those of Bush or NATO.
The mystery is perhaps due to the fact that these would be based more on economic and invisible calculations than on political and official calculations. When one asks who are the only winners from NATO expansion and the invasion of Iraq, as well as from the occupation of Afghanistan for 20 years, one hardly finds that the discreet owners of the titles to the private corporations now waging wars and to the arms industry, a class of assets that constantly demand to be “upgraded” or used. […]
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