US Foreign Policy Amounts to 'Naked Pursuit of Power'

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The United States does not seem to be interested in carrying out a foreign policy based on pragmatism but instead adheres to a strategy which amounts to "the naked pursuit of power," Tony Cartalucci noted in an analysis of an October 8 hearing at the US Senate Committee on Armed Services.

The US is essentially striving for hegemony, he added.

"Hegemony is a self-serving pursuit. It requires that the US establish proxies, not partners – and that those proxies remain weak and dependent on their patron – two characteristics few national leaders would aspire toward or be satisfied with for long," Cartalucci asserted in an opinion piece for the Global Research.

These aspirations, according to the expert, also require "massive amounts of unsustainable deception" in the US and elsewhere. The mainstream Western media plays a crucial role in this respect.

Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses attendees during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, September 28, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Cartalucci recalled a particular testimony at the hearing to illustrate the irrationality and absurdity of the US foreign policy.

General John Keane, a retired four-star general and former Vice Chief of Staff of the US Army, repeatedly suggested that the US should create "free zones" in Syria to protect US-backed militants from Russian airstrikes.

In addition, General Keane "suggested that refugees also be placed in these zones. In other words – use the refugees as human shields against Russian attacks," the expert noted.

"The fact that he shared this plan in front of a committee full of nodding US Senators reveals US foreign policy to be reduced to almost a tropism – no longer rationally examining itself and the world it fits into – but rather simply attempting to grow as large as possible like a blind force of nature," he observed.

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