The EU continues in its struggle to maintain its viability. There are several things that could go wrong for the EU, but one thing that absolutely must go right is that a Pan-Eurozone banking system must be established, preferably within a year. The longer it takes to accomplish this, the greater the risk to the Eurozone’s ultimate viability.
Even among Europeans who realize this must happen, there are many leaders and citizens who stand opposed to the idea. Some fear the fiscal cost of consolidation, others fear the loss of sovereignty and economic risk that occurs when your nation’s banks operate only under direction from Brussels. So far, the resistance has been too great to be overcome.
In light of this, the motivations behind all the outside meddling that encouraged the recent collapse of the government in the Ukraine might be seen to serve a larger Pan-European purpose. Those who claim that no one realized there was a risk of Crimea breaking off from the Ukraine to join with the Russians are spouting nonsense and a feigned naivete that is not worthy of analysis.
It’s easy to see what Russia can gain when Ukraine’s government collapses, but the West must have seen a potential reward, as well. If not, they would have left Ukraine’s government intact.
I submit that the West gains the opportunity to unite the countries of the Eurozone against a fearsome aggressor.
It appears now that some additional blood will be spilled, but the West sees that as necessary in order to increase a sense of Pan-European nationalism, enough nationalism to soft pedal opposition to the Eurozone’s banking/financial plans and allow them to move forward.
I feel sadness for those whose lives are about to be ended or ruined in a patriotic sacrifice on behalf of some powerful people who have no more regard for them than they do of livestock. Most of the pending victims have no idea right now that their futures are being manipulated whether they are from the Ukraine, Russian, Western Europe or perhaps even the US.
The US guaranteed Ukaine’s security in exchange for them giving up a vast collection of nuclear and conventional weaponry that was left behind when the USSR dissolved. If the US now abandons its promises and fails to participate in a show of force, China will be more aggressive with Taiwan, the Phillipines, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Japan regarding the South China Sea.
If China is unable to engineer a soft landing for their once high-flying economy, the current leaders will need a crisis of their own in order to remain in power.
After a long, cold winter, the Spring of 2014 arrives at last to the Northern Hemisphere, but as the snow melts, it reveals a world that has grown more sinister.
