NATO is a Farce, Part 2: The Puppet Parade

There is a transatlantic production line that churns out US puppets ready-made for holding office in Europe.

Since the end of World War II, the US has created a veritable industry for producing pliable “leaders” and placing them in key NATO and other “ally” states in Europe.

Indeed, Vladimir Putin is fond of referring to America’s allies as “vassals” who are willing to prostrate themselves at the feet of the US hegemon.

In a 2017 interview with filmmaker Oliver Stone, Putin declared:

“Nowadays, NATO is a mere instrument of US foreign policy. It has no allies, it has only vassals. When a country becomes a NATO member, it is very hard for it to resist pressure from a big country … like the United States.”

Of course, Putin is being diplomatic when he ascribes to America’s European “partners” any sort of potential desire to “resist pressure” from Washington.

The fact is that for many European leaders, toeing the American line on all matters of foreign economic and military policy is not only acceptable, but axiomatic: they have been groomed by the US permanent state to always act in America’s interest — even if it clashes with the interests of their own people or their fellow Europeans.

Working through a phalanx of “non governmental organisations” such as think tanks…