"U.S. Wakes Up to New (Silk) World Order" ...The Latest from Pepe Escobar re the Sochi Meeting

[KoKo]

U.S. Wakes Up to New (Silk) World Order

By Pepe Escobar

May 16, 2015 "Information Clearing House" - "Asia Times" - The real Masters of the Universe in the U.S. are no weathermen, but arguably they’re starting to feel which way the wind is blowing.

History may signal it all started with this week’s trip to Sochi, led by their paperboy, Secretary of State John Kerry, who met with Foreign Minister Lavrov and then with President Putin.

Arguably, a visual reminder clicked the bells for the real Masters of the Universe; the PLA marching in Red Square on Victory Day side by side with the Russian military. Even under the Stalin-Mao alliance Chinese troops did not march in Red Square.

As a screamer, that rivals the Russian S-500 missile systems. Adults in the Beltway may have done the math and concluded Moscow and Beijing may be on the verge of signing secret military protocols as in the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. The new game of musical chairs is surely bound to leave Eurasian-obsessed Dr. Zbig “Grand Chessboard” Brzezinski apoplectic.

And suddenly, instead of relentless demonization and NATO spewing out “Russian aggression!” every ten seconds, we have Kerry saying that respecting Minsk-2 is the only way out in Ukraine, and that he would strongly caution vassal Poroshenko against his bragging on bombing Donetsk airport and environs back into Ukrainian “democracy”.

The ever level-headed Lavrov, for his part, described the meeting with Kerry as “wonderful,” and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the new U.S.-Russia entente as “extremely positive”.

So now the self-described “Don’t Do Stupid Stuff” Obama administration, at least apparently, seems to finally understand that this “isolating Russia” business is over – and that Moscow simply won’t back down from two red lines; no Ukraine in NATO, and no chance of popular republics of Donetsk and Lugansk being smashed, by Kiev, NATO or anybody else.

Thus what was really discussed – but not leaked – out of Sochi is how the Obama administration can get some sort of face-saving exit out of the Russian western borderland geopolitical mess it invited on itself in the first place.

About those missiles…

Continued at:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article41871.htm

Crossposted from Asia Times

[Gregorian]

1. Now I'm starting to understand why presidents say one thing and act another way.

It sounds like our relationships have an impact on how we behave.

It makes me wonder what a Sanders administration would be like. Would the pentagon call him into their offices and give the list of things that cannot be changed?

[KoKo]

2. I thought Pepe was being overly Optimistic in his latest...Here's what John Kerry Said:

(AND .. we all know when John Kerry Speaks...The World Global Finance Community Listens--BUT, would like to think that Pepe has better sources than this one that he bases his optimism on. Of course this sounds like Xinhaunet Press might be a bit suspect as in Radio Free...China?)

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Ukraine crisis discussed during NATO FM meetings--John Kerry Speaks

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BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhuanet) -- During the two day talks Foreign Ministers discussed the flow of migrants into Europe, as well as the Ukraine crisis, and the perceived threat from Russia in the Black Sea.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said leaders will consider a permanent allied ground force presence in the region to guard against possible aggression.

What they really did focus on the issue of Ukraine, in fact they invited the Ukrainian foreign minister, despite Ukraine was not a member of alliances.

But before the meeting begin, US secretary of State John Kerry, did brief his counterpart in NATO about his meeting with Russian president and the foreign minister of the day before. (Sochi Meeting)

And basically united with NATO, say now is the time to implement the Minsk agreement. Now that means respecting ceasefire, and means withdrawing heavy weapons.

In regards to how NATO is going to go forward act against since increasing threats they see Russia in the black sea region. What they basically now say they are going to double the action response team in eastern Europe and Baltic area to 30,000 soldiers going to include s spearhead force of 5,000. It going to partly led by Turkey and also going to open a training center for this forces in as well.

A big project there are going for NATO forward in response to what they see as a Russian threat in the area. And the Secretary General of NATO reiterate that any partnership with Russia and any project has been stalled at the moment until the situation in the Ukraine is completed.

The morning session of the day-two final day talks at the EU foreign policy Chief. They will look to improve cooperation in the face of new threat that present from Russia, as well as the flow of migrants across Mediterranean.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/video/2015-05/15/c_134242484.htm