Advice to the New Administration: America's Future National Security Challenges

Friday, August 5
Hurst Lecture Series
Advice to the New Administration: America's Future National Security Challenges
In collaboration with Aspen Strategy Group
Featuring Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton; Stephen Hadley, national security advisor to President George W. Bush; and David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, in conversation with Nicholas Burns, professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

[thomasborgsmidt]

I do agree that there are infrastructural projects in the USA that can make themselves profitabel - I consider here: Roads, railroads, pipelines etc. Projects that can use the job-skills that are out there - and the investment is not larger than the cost of having these people sit around unemployed. That is a sideeffect of an uncontrolled housing boom where these houses are worthless, as nobody can afford them. To put it into perspective: That is commonly known as Tobin's Q - which generally states: Construction is going to continue despite lot of empty houses - if it is cheaper to build a new house than to buy the houses locked in at the banks portfolio of bad debt. Nobody is going to buy those houses at the asking price of a bankrupt debtor.The idea is - if not brilliant (I've had it myself) - then at least workable, as the cost of construction has come down considerably due overcapacity in the development sector - a lot of the mashinery has been bought,  but not paid for; but instead of letting them just rust - use the capacity for what it is - nearly free.

[germansausage]

Interestingly, these people share exactly the same narrative. However, this narrative is based on false assumptions, let me correct some:

1. Russia did not start the war to invade Georgia, Georgia attacked and started the war [1]
2. How can Crimea be occupied when almost 90% of the people of Crimea voted for a reunification with Russia and remained with this opinion in independent polls [2]
3. The US sponsored coup in Kiev resulted in the split of Ukraine [3]

At least Madeleine Albright knows exactly that, since NATO expansion to the Russian border and forcing Ukraine for break relations with Russia was a clear goal of her mentor Zbigniew Brzeznski. So she clearly speaks not the truth, almost as perfect as her personal friend Hillary Clinton.

This group of people only repeating false narratives to justify USA foreign policy. Stop that, be honest, its all about full spectrum dominance [4]. Its not that hard to speak the truth, be inspired by Georg Friedmann [5].