A British blogger, Mike Nuttall, wrote these words on 29th March:
"All come under the House of US Domination. The EU is a dog kennels for all poodles the US have doing their will".
Mike Nuttal's sentence got my thinking that after WWII Germany was occupied by the winners, American, British, French and Russian (Soviet Union).
As it is known, when Soviet Union's occupation went to an end, Soviet armed forces left the German territory. But the USA didn't do the same. This means that American occupying soldiers are on the German territory. A lot of them are still there.
In this perspective, some German politicians themself say that since 1945 Germany has never been a sovereign state. The US hegemonic weapon has far reaching claws.
I took the picture above in Berlin, Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.
...interesting point.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the appreciation, Tom :-)
DeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteWhen referring to another blog or web page, I remind you it is etiquette to provide a link.
There seems little point to this post except to state the obvious - that the US has military bases the world over is well known. Italy has seven, the UK six; Germany has 21, but Japan has the most at 23. A full list can be seen here.
While not as widespread, the UK also has gobal military presence. The Italian military is also deployed internationally, albeit on 'Peace Support' missions.
Referring to professional, academic research would serve better in determining international relations.
YAM xx
DeleteGiorgio30 March 2023 at 16:14
Hello, Yam,
I wrote the name of the author, and this is enough in this context.
Russia left occupied territory, but the US didn't do the same. And this is not obvious, as many people take this point for granted, and they don't see its importance. Easy to see you didn't understood the central thought of the whole post: I am talking about sovereignity. Some countries, like Germany or Italy, are more USA's puppets than other countries. In this perspective, if France, Spain, Turkye, etc. were to leave NATO, they would be free to leave. Italy and Germany couldn't do the same (I can see other blogging friends have understood easily my thought, and they didn't need such additional explanation).
It's too easy to find out list of US military bases. It is not necessary to give us that link.
Wishes,
G
Hari OM
DeleteI did not "miss the point", Giorgio - instead I linked you to recent research that properly assesses the US-Germany relationship as percieved at grass roots level.
You can also read the results of a more recent study among people under 30 yrs of age.
I am not denying that the US has a patrician presence in the world. I simply ask that you apply solid background with references and show proper purpose for making the post at all - unless your aim is indeed to be conspiratorial. You have based this on a quote from a source you have chosen not to link - which is as unfair to that source as to your readers.
I am doubtful that you are seeking proper discourse on this, and wish only to be agreed with, so shall refrain from further comment. Yx
Hi,
DeleteYou easily mention conspirational aim, although we are talking about a country already strongly criticized for its expansionism and record of military deployments and foreign interventions (not to mention of attacks to sovereign states). This clearly means you are not impartial. Consequently, I'm not interested in hearing your biased point of view.
G
Grazie per questo post interessante.
ReplyDeleteSono contento che tu abbia trovato interesse in questa breve riflessione.
DeleteTo Olga and Tom:
ReplyDeletegreat to see you both understood my point and you were interested in such thought :-)
Hi Giorgio!
ReplyDeleteI, unfortunately in Germany I haven’t been, I would like to see Dresden. You published a very nice church.
I speak of sovereignty, will say from the other side: countries in the EU will never be realistically sovereign and decide for themselves (Poland wants to and we have big problems with Brussels). The second point: Germany (and France) would like to "play the main fiddle" in the EU, to impose rights and obligations on others. Germany would like to be the "masters" of Europe.
My friend I salute you!
P.S.
Giorgio I speak of churches I amazingly felt in the Greek Meteors.
Hello, Anna.
DeleteInteresting comment, my dear friend! Actually, when a country joins the EU, it voluntarily loses a part of its sovereignity. But a EU member would be free to leave the single market, as we saw Brexit.
On the contrary, some NATO's members can't leave such organization easily. That's the point I am trying to explain.
With regards to Greece, I have been there twice, but I didn't see the Greek meteors. Please, send me a picture you took in Greece.
Have a nice day, Anna :-)
There is no saints in international politics
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely true, my friend!
DeleteNo existen fronteras ni territorios ciudadanos todos somos en cierta forma dominados por una potencia económica. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteI agree on this, Alexander! Thank you for sharing your point of view :-)
DeleteHave a nice day
Maybe you are right, but I think that more than psychological diseases caused by USA it is a strange sense of psychological subjection to the USA.
ReplyDeletePsychological subjection to the USA: that's an interesting point, Daniele.
DeleteHello, Giorgio! The United States have occupied Germany since 1945. It's true!
ReplyDeleteHi, Irina.
DeleteAs mentioned in my comment above, it's important to remind this point if we want to understand the dynamics of NATO's expansion from the Black Sea (Turkye) to the Baltic Sea (Estonia).
I underlyined the fact that the USA have occupied Germany since 1945, as I noticed many people forget this point or don't take this fact seriously in comparison with Soviet Union's withdrawal. Not to mention that the Soviet army had surrounded Berlin in April 1945.
Nave a nice weekend, Irina :-)
It's not as though the United States is even a reliable ally. Everyone should read Chris Hedge's book, "America, the Farewell Tour."
ReplyDeleteYou are right, David!
DeleteThank you for sharing Chris Hedges' book :-)
Germany has right to let USA go from its soil.....
ReplyDeleteGreat shot
I agree with you, and I do hope Germany's politicians will be able to do so!
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