Washington, Nov 17 (CTK) - East Europeans should stop behave like small children, start to deal with their own problems by themselves and not to go to the United States complaining about Russian aggressiveness, for instance, Zbigniew Brzezinski said in in interview for the public Czech Television (CT) Tuesday.
"To put it in a terminology that harkens back to a more brutal age of ancient empires," he writes, "the three grand imperatives of imperial geostrategy are to prevent collusion and maintain security dependence among the vassals, to keep tributaries pliant and protected, and to keep the barbarians from coming together."
In the above, I more see the new Obama-era line of Lighter Empire (also see discussion in nanne's Power Void in Europe): vassals shouldn't expect much from the USA but should grow up, and help out doing America's White Man's Burdentake responsibility in solving Global Problems.
It would be nice if such talk would put off the political elites in my region to wake up from the 'Euroatlanticism' dream well nurtured by the diplomats of the Bush I, Clinton and Bush II admins, but my hopes aren't high. But a result might be, as maracatu suggests, more clearly partisan ties in the US. *Traitor*, n. A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
