The Obama Administration, with the support of the NATO, the EU, the NeoCons, and the mainstream media is stumbling blindly towards a New Cold War with Russia over Ukraine. The Military – Industrial – Congressional Complex (MICC) feeding off the Pentagon's budget is preparing for another boom in defense spending triggered by the resurrection of the Russian “existential threat,” to borrow a term used in recent congressional testimony by the nominees for Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff or interviews given by the retiring Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. Add in the Pivot East to Contain China, plus the never ending, always mutating Global War on Terror, and it is easy to see why the MICC thinks it is once again headed for fat city. Using Ukraine to trigger of a New Cold War is, however, jewel in the crown of the MICC's budget boomers.
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