Vad hotar våra intressen?

Av Erni & Ola Friholt

18:e juni 2019

Vid upprepade tillfällen de senaste åren hör vi ledande politiker i USA och EU-länder tala om ”Våra intressen”. Märkligt nog gäller intressena inte hemma i USA eller England eller Frankrike. Nej det gäller Libyen, Venezuela, Iran, Irak, Afghanistan, Nordkorea, Syrien, Arabemiraten, Bahrein, Qatar, Kuwait m fl…

Ännu tror många människor i vår världsdel att kolonialismens övergrepp mot världens folk upphörde stegvis under 1950- och 60-talen.

En massiv desinformation lydigt återgiven i media lär oss att det är våra kristna och humana värderingar som kränks av ociviliserade råa regimer i de forna kolonierna.

När kolonialmakterna insåg att det skulle bli kostsamt att behålla kontrollen av kolonierna med direkt militär och administrativ närvaro, gavs kolonierna ”fria” och erbjöds istället lån till sin kommande återuppbyggnad.

Snabbt gav dessa lån och tillhörande miljardräntor kontroll över de nya staternas politik, som anpassades till kolonialstaternas ekonomiska behov.

I några länder kom nya självständiga regimer fram via revolutioner, som i Libyen och Iran, statskupper, som i Syrien, och via politiska val, som i Chile…

De nya styrande levde i en hård omvärld under ständig undergrävande verksamhet från Europa och USA, och blev med eller mot sin vilja alltmer auktoritära i sin strävan att bevara självständigheten och kontrollera det egna landets utveckling.

Erni & Ola Friholt, TFF Associates och Fredsrörelsen på Orust

Europa och USA ser detta som ett hot mot sina ekonomiska intressen och mot sin makt över råvarutillgångar och marknader. Därför har vi fått höra om ledare som angriper och mördar sitt eget folk, t ex i Libyen, Syrien och senast i Venezuela.

Demonisering är första steget mot upprepade krav på demokratisering, frihet och mänskliga rättigheter, följda av bomber.

I dessa krav från vad vi kan kalla ”väst” instämmer satellitstaterna, t ex Sverige, numera, utan att göra en självständig analys och kunskapsinhämtning.

Vi överlåter vårt ansvar till NATO:s så kallade information om läget. Så framställs Ryssland som hotfullt och Sverige rustar lydigt upp.

Idag är Venezuelas och Irans oljetillgångar i skottgluggen. De bryter mot USAs och EUs intressen kring Golfen och Persiska viken. Demonisering pågår.

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