{"id":24726,"date":"2017-08-18T15:10:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T20:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=24726"},"modified":"2017-08-18T15:11:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T20:11:19","slug":"financial-times-america-is-now-a-dangerous-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=24726","title":{"rendered":"Financial Times: “America Is Now A Dangerous Nation”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Financial Times: “America Is Now A Dangerous Nation”<\/a><\/h3>\n

The Financial Times reminds readers of something that has occurred numerous times throughout history when leaders lose the support of their people… “The president may exploit an overseas conflict to distract from problems at home…”<\/p>\n

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Authored by Gideon Rachman via FT.com<\/em><\/a>,<\/p>\n

The claim that America is a \u201cthreat to world peace\u201d has been a staple of Russian and Iranian propaganda for many years. <\/strong>For believers in the western alliance, it is painful to acknowledge that there is now some truth to this idea. Under Donald Trump, America looks like a dangerous nation. Over the past week, Mr Trump has indulged in nuclear brinkmanship in North Korea, issued vague threats of military action in Venezuela and flirted with white supremacists at home. He is offering the very opposite of the steady, predictable and calm leadership that American allies seek from Washington.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump\u2019s swiftly notorious threats that North Korea risks \u201cfire and fury\u201d from a \u201clocked and loaded\u201d America were particularly irresponsible.<\/strong> Even if the threat is a bluff, it puts American credibility on the line and risks triggering escalation from the Kim Jong Un regime, which is threatening to fire missiles near the US territory of Guam. Even more alarming, the Trump administration is openly flirting with the idea of a pre-emptive strike on North Korea \u2014 arguing that a nuclear-armed Mr Kim cannot be deterred. But if America could rely on deterrence to contain the nuclear threat from Stalin\u2019s Russia and Mao\u2019s China \u2014 it can certainly do the same with Mr Kim\u2019s North Korea. All previous presidents have rejected the idea of pre-emptive attacks on nuclear-armed states \u2014 for obvious reasons.<\/p>\n

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