Washington has just stated that it is not intending to improve its relations with
Malaysia.
Here is a classic case of American imperialism: Malaysia in labouring to deal with its
economic malaise refused to co-operate with bodies such as the IMF and instead used its
own protectionist like methods. The result was is an improved economic situation.
Furthermore the political set-up in Malaysia, while not democratic in the Western sense,
is effective in preventing the political and economic disintegration of Malaysia. This
contrasts with the situation in Indonesia.
In the light of this Malaysia has been promoting regional security and economic autonomy
as a means of fostering stability in the Far East --calling on Japan to turn the yen into
an international currency and ASEAN to develop its own regional security.
Because Malaysia has refused to completely subordinate itself to Western imperialism
Washington is prepared to make things tough for Malaysia --even if this means increasing
the chances of instability developing there.
So Washington is so savagely and crudely imperialist that is prepared to destabilise a
country in an already potential very unstable part of the world because a right wing
capitalist state will not become a pliant satrap of Washington. Washington cannot tolerate
any kind of independence --even if from a right wing standpoint. Indeed this
late-colonialism of Washington has as its ideological and political vehicle the criterion
of formal democracy. The US is attempting to restructure its imperialist relations by
means of the standard of formal democracy. Besides this it constitutes an effective means
of subjecting a third world country to its imperialist needs it has the added bonus as
appearing as a plausible demand --a useful ideology.
It is said that the Cold War is over. But the Cold War can never be over under present
conditions. Washington by means of NATO is attempting to develop its ring around both the
CIS and China. The only essential difference is that the form by which this is now being
done has changed somewhat. The ring has grown smaller. Before the Middle East formed part
of the ring. Now the ring has moved eastwards to the Caucasus.
Warm regards
George Pennefather
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