Paul Craig Roberts, a former Treasury official in the Reagan Administration who is known for his anti-war views, published a column “America’s Foreign Policy Dilemma,” on his website on Dec. 20, warning that U.S. policy is driving towards a dangerous military showdown with nuclear power Russia. “American foreign policy, wrapped up in hubris inside American exceptionalism, is incapable of recognizing a dangerous situation. And a dangerous situation is what we have,” Roberts stated.
“As the Kremlin sees it, the incorporation of Ukraine and/or Georgia into NATO is an unacceptable threat to Russian national security. Period. It is not negotiable. In a rational world such an unequivocal statement by a preeminent military power with hypersonic nuclear missiles would be taken seriously. But the Western World is no longer rational. It is a world drunk on arrogance.”
He elaborated on the danger: “In other words—be certain to understand this and its consequences—Washington’s position is that Russia has NO legitimate national security interests except as defined by Washington. Here we have a highly dangerous situation. One power says you are treading on me and we won’t tolerate it; the other power says you have no say in the matter…. In effect Washington is already at war with Russia.”
Roberts concluded: “This is a situation that leads directly to Washington miscalculating. The miscalculation will be fatal.” (https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2021/12/20/americas-foreign-policy-dilemma/)
