NATO's inadvertently self-describing paragraphs drip — with psychotically aimed hypocrisy

© 2022 Peter Free

 

30 June 2022

 

 

Psychotically projected self-recognition?

 

NATO's 2022 Strategic Concept says the following about Russia — not recognizing that every one of the listed elements pertains much more accurately to the United States and NATO themselves:

 

 

The Russian Federation is the most significant and direct threat to Allies’ security and to peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area.

 

It seeks to establish spheres of influence and direct control through coercion, subversion, aggression and annexation.

 

It uses conventional, cyber and hybrid means against us and our partners.

 

Its coercive military posture, rhetoric and proven willingness to use force to pursue its political goals undermine the rules-based international order.

 

The Russian Federation is modernising its nuclear forces and expanding its novel and disruptive dual-capable delivery systems, while employing coercive nuclear signaling.

 

It aims to destabilise countries to our East and South. In the High North, its capability to disrupt Allied reinforcements and freedom of navigation across the North Atlantic is a strategic challenge to the Alliance.

 

Moscow’s military build-up, including in the Baltic, Black and Mediterranean Sea regions, along with its military integration with Belarus, challenge our security and interests.

 

© 2022 North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO 2022 Strategic Concept, nato.int (29 June 2022) (at page 4)

 

 

In a similarly deluded fashion, NATO's 2022 Strategic Concept describes China this way:

 

 

The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) stated ambitions and coercive policies challenge our interests, security and values.

 

The PRC employs a broad range of political, economic and military tools to increase its global footprint and project power, while remaining opaque about its strategy, intentions and military build-up.

 

The PRC’s malicious hybrid and cyber operations and its confrontational rhetoric and disinformation target Allies and harm Alliance security.

 

The PRC seeks to control key technological and industrial sectors, critical infrastructure, and strategic materials and supply chains. It uses its economic leverage to create strategic dependencies and enhance its influence.

 

It strives to subvert the rules-based international order, including in the space, cyber and maritime domains.

 

The deepening strategic partnership between the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation and their mutually reinforcing attempts to undercut the rules-based international order run counter to our values and interests.

 

© 2022 North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO 2022 Strategic Concept, nato.int (29 June 2022) (at page 5)

 

 

The only value that NATO and the United States actually support is . . .

 

. . . the West's power to extract, extort and literally murder wealth out of other nations.

 

 

The moral? — The West's continued, murderously thieving assault on other Peoples will . . .

 

. . . (rightfully) turn most of the planet against us.

 

Provided, of course that American neocons' Satanically inspired hostility toward others does not nuke us all to ashes first.