Jeffrey Sachs' view of US trustworthiness
Economist Jeffrey Sachs says he doesn’t trust the US — its intentions, foreign policy, or direction — no matter the administration.
Sachs, professor at Columbia University, has advised presidents and heads of NGOs over a long career. He remains extremely well connected at the highest political and intelligence levels.
Rather than Israel being an extension of US policy in the region, Sachs declares that Benjamin Netanyahu is steering American policy with Israel’s wars in Gaza, Lebanon and even had a hand in earlier wars such as Iraq. He also argues that western countries, led by the US, and not Vladimir Putin, are ultimately to blame for starting Russia’s war in Ukraine. An advisor to UN Secretaries General and governments around the world, Sachs gives us some personal insights into his own experience of what he says was a CIA orchestrated coup in Haiti, and how he decodes the intentions of those he is certain are taking us ever closer to global nuclear catastrophe.
Sachs’ opinions are well worth listening to.
I was surprised at the one-sidedness of Mr. Sach's view of the Arab-Israeli conflict. All the Palestinians have to do to stop the violence is recognize Israel's right to exist. But for whatever reason or reasons, that never seems to happen.
Sachs is an interesting character. I largely agree with him on his views on US foreign policy, but I find his close association with the UN, WEF, WHO and similar institutions rather troubling. He rightly criticises the Neocons for spreading their brand of "democracy" through regime change operations and provoked wars. But isn't his technocratic Agenda 2030 with its "sustainable development goals" quite similar? Sure, its a softer and less bloody approach but it also forces countries to accept and implement the "correct" policies, as defined by Sachs and other technocrats. It keeps corrupt governments in power and third world countries dependent on Western aid. The main beneficiaries are corrupt officials, connected businesses, and otherwise useless Westerners in the international bureaucracy, associated quangos, aid agencies, etc.