Spodaj je dober komentar Thomasa Fazia o tem, kako so si ZDA po drugi svetovni vojni z Marshallovim načrtom in namestitvijo svoje vojske podredile Evropo. Marshallov načrt je sicer imel pozitiven začetni impulz (čeprav manjšega od nekaterih zatrjevanj) in ZDA so imele pozitiven vpliv na evropsko integracijo, vendar je bilo vse v funkciji ameriškega nadzora nad Evropo in da se ta ne premakne v smeri komunizma ali nasloni na Rusijo. Toda danes ZDA niso več benevolentni hegemon, pač igrajo zero-sum game, s sprovociranjem vojne v Ukrajini in posledično diktiranimi sankcijami so Evropo odlepile od Rusije in Evrazije nasploh ter navezale nase (pri čemer Evropa plačuje ceno tega v obliki recesije in 800-milijardnega računa zaradi povišanih cen energentov) ter zastavile so politike (tehnološki protekcionizem, industrijska politika v IRA zakonu), ki izključno favorizira in koristi ZDA.
Sodelovanje (kompradorstvo) v tej ameriški igri je samomor za Evropo. Prihodnost je v kitajski Belt and Road Initiative, kateri se je pridružilo 147 držav. Gre za gospodarsko sodelovanje brez politične in vojaške podrejenosti.
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Exactly 75 years ago, the foundation stone of the transatlantic relationship was laid. After the Marshall Plan was signed into law by President Harry S. Truman, the US would go on to send billions of dollars in economic assistance to help rebuild Western Europe after the Second World War, laying the groundwork for a mutually beneficial North Atlantic alliance that offered Europe several decades of economic prosperity and military security. America, the President claimed, would be “the first great nation to feed and support the conquered”.
Today, Truman’s world no longer exists. Indeed, the contrast between the Marshall Plan and America’s approach to Europe today couldn’t be more jarring. The Marshall Plan may still be regarded as one of the pillars of America’s post-war mythology, but under Biden, America is pursuing an isolationist economic policy and a ham-fisted foreign policy that both run counter to Europe’s vital interests. Moreover, the actual impact of the Marshall Plan is also worth reassessing.
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