Dear CCI friends,

I’m forwarding you another piece about the “D-Day Snub of Russia.” It provides graphics that show the fierce power with which German forces tore into Russia and the magnitude of losses incurred by the USSR. The earlier article I sent on “Snub of Russia on D-Day”  brought more personal “thank you” notes than any other topic we have printed in years. This tells something … what I’m not sure. But you obviously do care about injustice and the remaking of history by our media and leaders. I think you will appreciate the email below, “Today is June 22.”

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Why most Americans are right about foreign policy, and David Brooks is wrong.

June 17, 2019
Foreign Policy
By Stephen M. Walt

New York Times columnist David Brooks speaking at the Book Expo America in New York. (Photo by James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images)

This might be disturbing news to some readers, but the New York Times columnist David Brooks is very unhappy with the American people. Why? Because they don’t seem to be blindly following his views on foreign policy anymore. In fact, his latest column says their ideas about U.S. foreign policy “stink.”

To be specific, Brooks is troubled by some recent surveys of public opinion, which show declining public support for endless U.S. intervention overseas. He interprets these polls as evidence that Americans are abandoning traditional liberal internationalism and reverting to isolationism. This trend really bugs him because he believes U.S. leadership after World War II—and especially its promotion of the so-called liberal world order—was a selfless act of statesmanship that produced several generations of peace and prosperity. Now, alas, he thinks America is “withdrawing from the world,” and this trend is allowing “wolves” like Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping to “fill the void” and letting countries like Iran destabilize the Middle East.

Is he right? Are the American people as misguided as he says? Should we be very afraid?

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CCI Friends,

Can we imagine that somewhere in the bowels of America, there are Americans who are dreaming up such diabolical schemes as those listed below … all the while refusing diplomacy to resolve the competition that our Empire so fears: that of being “part of the world community” rather than being the sole Unipolar decision maker.

Would they rather destroy us all … than give up their Unipolar world position? Do they really think that Russia and China won’t strike back?

What kind of Americans have we bred and educated over the past few decades to develop these kinds of scenarios?

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Friends,

This National Interest article below “hits the nail on the head!”

Keep in mind it comes from a Republican publication that has begun posting reports that question excesses of another wing of the party and the Democratic party.

In any case, the publication is “speaking truth” in an environment where truth is hard to come by, regardless of party affiliation. Please take time to think seriously about “FEARISM.” It is the backdrop element in nearly every article written about Russia and international affairs today.

Fearism is preparing us psychologically to ignore common logic, prevents us from speaking out, makes us fear being different from the status quo … hoping somehow all will turn out okay.

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Hello CCI Friends,

Study the graphics below. What do they tell us? I wonder how much of America has an inkling of this reality. Whether they know or not, it is already changing the power balance of our world. Fortunately, none in this huge land mass are interested in fighting wars. However, they are interested in their own sovereignty and their fair share of trade across the world.

The leaders of China, India, and Russia are at this moment in the 19th Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

The eight member nations represent over one-half of the world’s population and approximately 80% of Eurasia’s landmass.  It is the primary security pillar of that enormous region.

This was sent to me from a highly knowledgeable friend and a long-time patriot of America…

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