Cheerleader for US Aggression against Russia, Pushing the World to the Nuclear Brink. Britain’s Defence Secretary Michael Fallon
By Colin Todhunter
Global Research
May 21, 2016
Michael Fallon is British Defence Secretary. He is adept at making the types of statements that epitomise the pro-neoliberal, militaristic rhetoric that people in the UK have become tired of.
Following Jeremy Corbyn being elected as leader of the Labour Party in Britain, he stated:
Labour are now a serious risk to our nation’s security, our economy’s security and your family’s security. Whether it’s weakening our defences, raising taxes on jobs and earnings, racking up more debt and welfare or driving up the cost of living by printing money – Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party will hurt working people.
Continuing with this theme, speaking on Britain’s Radio 5 Fallon last year argued for the need “to spend less on some things like the welfare system and to spend more on things that really matter to keep our country safe.”
With a £12 billion saving on cuts to the welfare budget, this statement by Fallon was attempting to justify a £12 billion increase to the military budget to help pay for eight BAE warships, nine Boeing maritime patrol crafts, surveillance drones and Lockheed Martin jets.
That’s £12 billion of taxpayer money diverted from helping fellow Brits most in need into the pockets of rich armaments manufacturers.
Fear mongering and swindling are convenient bedfellows in the neoliberal dystopia.
Keeping “our country safe” is part of Fallon’s wider rhetoric about containing ‘Russian aggression’.
Following the US-instigated coup in Ukraine and with no hint of irony intended, Fallon says Putin could repeat the tactics used to destabilise Ukraine and the Baltic states and that NATO must be ready for Russian aggression in “whatever form it takes.” He added that that Russia is a “real and present danger.”
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