More Press TV from Iran
I am pleased to share the link to yesterday’s live broadcast of Press TV dedicated to the ongoing NATO meeting in Madrid and the new NATO doctrine identifying Russia as the main strategic threat to the Alliance.
Regrettably some technical problems with Skype interfered with the recording at times and cut short my concluding answer to the question about the prospects for world peace which I had hoped would end the program on an upbeat note. My point was that that if the United States never came close to attacking North Korea under Trump, fearing its couple of nuclear armed missiles, it is most unlikely that the US and NATO will enter into direct military action against Russia, with its several thousand latest generation missiles and nuclear triad. In the announcement of the 300,000 troops, NATO leaders are just engaging in more posturing and self-congratulations that someone, meaning taxpayers, will have to pay for.
I call attention to the calm and highly professional direction of the panel discussion by the Press TV team. In other dimensions the country’s leadership is presently heavily engaged in diplomacy directed at raising Iran’s international profile. Iran’s president Raisi is now in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, participating in a Caspian Summit with other regional leaders including Vladimir Putin. And Iran, alongside Argentina, has just publicly announced its application to join the BRICS group.
©Gilbert Doctorow, 2022