LaRouche spokesman Harley Schlanger was interviewed on Monday on Pakistan’s PTV and on Tuesday on Iran’s Press TV. On Wednesday, he will be interviewed on Algeria’s Public Broadcast TV station, AL24, two days after Ulf Sandmark appeared on the same program.
The PTV program took up the question of what Secretary of State Blinken’s statement about improving U.S.-Pakistani relations really means. The two other commentators said, basically, that they hope this means the U.S. is recognizing Pakistan’s influence, looking for a balance with India, etc. — adhering to standard geopolitical talking points. Harley changed the discussion, saying it would be foolish to trust anything Blinken says, pointing to his role as the point man for the “Rules-Based Order” (RBO), i.e., U.S. global hegemony. It is true Pakistan has a role to play, but not through subservience to the U.S. He spoke of the BRICS, the SCO, and the new order emerging, which Blinken, on behalf of British imperial geopolitical doctrines, is deployed to sabotage. The host asked the others for comments on this, and they dropped their geopolitical jargon and agreed that the old order is declining. Here is the link to the program: https://youtu.be/pgS5UYZ5V8I.
On Press TV, Harley was paired with Scott Ritter, to discuss Putin’s comments on the provocation intended by Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan, and his statement that the U.S. is using Ukraine to prolong the war. Harley went first, and stated that the U.S. and NATO are using the war to weaken Russia, and that Pelosi’s visit was designed to provoke China. It would be foolish for the U.S. to engage in a war with China, as it could not win. Ritter emphatically agreed, saying that all the U.S. has to challenge China is the Pacific fleet, but this is not World War II, and the fleet would be destroyed “in a heartbeat.” Not only does the U.S. lack a “counterbalance” to China’s military, but it has no economic or diplomatic plan. Ritter said this is similar to the U.S.-NATO posture in Ukraine, as there is no way Ukraine will win the war against Russia. Rather, it is acting in desperation, shelling the nuclear plant, which he said Zelensky admitted to doing. This is a horrific war crime, Ritter stated.
The two spoke of the “Global NATO” strategy as a defense of the post-Cold War order. Harley said this old order is collapsing, and explained the Schiller Institute’s mobilization for a new financial and strategic architecture. When asked to comment on this, Ritter said he is optimistic about this. The RBO is in decline, the world is in transition. It is the U.S. which is increasingly isolated, Ritter added, referring to economic fragility in Europe. Asked for a summary, Harley spoke of the emergence of the Global South, the BRICS, SCO, the growing sense of freedom among nations which were part of the Non-Aligned Movement, and what the Schiller Institute is doing to bring an awareness of this change to populations in the western nations.
After the program, the producer thanked Harley, saying this was “an exciting dialogue,” and offered to arrange it again soon.
