Truth is King … in response to Vitana’s Gullible Reading of the World Order
Once a focal point for pan-European security, the Munich Security Conference has
devolved into a self-flagellating critique, struggling to diagnose its decline while
clinging to a narrative of its own relevance. It is contradictory and inward-looking—a
mix of group therapy and a struggle session where elites obsess over their waning
influence while simultaneously trying to reassure themselves of their relevance.
This year’s MSC was one of the worst. In 2007, when Putin was invited to give his
landmark speech, the Munich Security Conference had a purpose. Today it is just an
ideological propaganda machine performing to an echo chamber of clapping seals.
Dr. Witana’s summary of Rubio is a complete failure of critical analysis. It is a pure,
uncritical rubber-stamping of Rubio’s talking points, lacking any distance or
intellectual rigor. Instead of analysing the rhetoric, the summary merely echoes it,
making the analysis entirely worthless.
The EU is not a democracy. NATO is not a democratic institution. The US is not a
free county. Trump is on record saying ‘America first’. He doesn’t care about the
rest of the world. It is all about America.
Rubio’s speech was just a performance for a compliant, self-selected audience of
elites—a crowd that mirrors his own worldview, not the diverse opinions of the
European public. His Cold War rhetoric is increasingly irrelevant in a rapidly
changing world. The U.S. no longer dictates terms, as the global order has
transitioned to a multipolar system where Russia, China, and India are key players,
and the EU, contrary to claims made by Kallas, is not a superpower. Furthermore,
Rubio’s claim that the world is in a post-'End of History' struggle highlights that his
brand of Western liberalism is faltering, not dominant.
According to Rubio, the West fell into a "delusion" of historical inevitability after 1989,
naively expecting global liberal convergence. He posits that this, the so-called "End
of History," has proven false, leaving modern liberalism in a state of terminal decline.
That is a good development we should all embrace.
Rubio’s pivot feels like a belated confession. For years, many of us have pointed out
that the 'rules-based order' was just a rebranding of U.S. hegemony—a system
designed to serve Western interests while bypassing the actual constraints of
international law. To hear him now call it a 'dangerous delusion' and 'obsolete' is less
a discovery and more a long-overdue acknowledgment of its fundamental lack of
legitimacy. Now that the Rules Based Order no longer serves American dominance,
he’s ready to call it 'obsolete'—a realization most of us had twenty years ago.
The narrative that the global order is breaking down is a smokescreen for the
US and its Western allies breaking the rules they themselves created. By
rebranding Western hegemony as another 'rules-based order,' using a different label,
they are attempting to manage their own decline. Rubio’s 'civilizational' argument is
outdated, masking a demand for subservience, not partnership—treating Europe as
a subordinate while blaming the UN for failures caused by American vetoes of UNSC
resolutions.
The advocate for a renewed Western dominance is fighting a rearguard action
against the inevitable 'Asian Century.' While Rubio casts China as a threat, Beijing
views the Western alliance as the true source of global instability. His vision for
Western reindustrialisation is a fantasy; the West lacks the industrial density and
supply-chain ecosystems to challenge China's established manufacturing
supremacy. While Western forums like Davos produce high-minded rhetoric about
'Building Back Better,' they have yielded little in nearly a decade.
In contrast, the BRI and BRICS+ are delivering tangible infrastructure and
expanding their global footprint to record levels. It is 'Bye-bye, American Pie,'
as Don McLean once sang all those years ago.
Rubio’s speech was dull. It was just rhetoric spoken passionately, but it doesn’t
matter how much passion you put into the words—it is still the same tired old drivel.
We cannot read the audience's response as significant; they are all ideologues with
the same mentality, so of course they applaud, but it has no meaning. This speech
will soon be forgotten and will have zero impact. Rubio is unlikely to ever be US
President because he is such a lightweight.
I find it interesting that Rubio would refer to the rules-based order as an overused
term. This validates those of us who have exposed this vile, repugnant system as a
US-led order, rather than one rooted in the UN Charter or international law. For
decades, the US and its allies proudly reaffirmed this framework because it served
their interests. The only reason the 'rules-based order' is now being dismissed as
'overused' is that it has been exposed as an illegal, US-centric construct—one that
has nothing to do with genuine international law or the UN Charter.
Most countries reject the US critique of global institutions as failures. They haven’t
failed, and if they have, it is usually because of the United States—particularly when
global institutions advocate for good policies with which the US disagrees. In these
cases, the US turns on the global institutions and sets out to cause them to fail.
Rubio’s speech is about re-securing neoliberalism, giving it a second life so more
damage can be inflicted on the earth. The US rejects global institutions and
international law, including the UN, the UN Charter, and the WHO.
The United States has opposed or abstained from UN General Assembly (UNGA)
resolutions related to Israel; it opposes resolutions on the death penalty moratorium,
Palestinian rights, and certain climate or development goals. The U.S. has voted
against resolutions calling for a global moratorium on the death penalty. The U.S.
has rejected the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, citing disagreement
with specific goals.
The US is now using food as a weapon to starve the entire population of Cuba. US
leaders also admitted they attempted to crash the Iranian economy, which led to
legitimate protests. These protests turned into extreme violence because Mossad
agents infiltrated the movements to trigger widespread violence in an attempt to
bring down the government. These evil policies, just a few of many, are violations of
international law and the UN Charter. That is why Rubio wants to reform global
organisations; because under international law, the US is acting like a rogue state,
committing atrocious crimes all over the world. That is what Rubio represents.
The US and EU have enabled the atrocities in Gaza to the point of complicity,
effectively making them joint perpetrators of genocide. This shift in Western
civilization is dangerous, necessitating a collective rejection by the international
community. Rubio is delusional when he talks about reforming international law. This
new brand of Western civilisation is the new evil which all countries must reject.
By providing the weapons and diplomatic cover for Gaza's destruction, Western
powers have evolved from bystanders into active accomplices in a 'collective,
livestreamed genocide'. This shift marks a dark collapse of Western moral authority,
demanding an urgent, collective rejection by the international community.
Forget Rubio’s speech; it is pointless. The most interesting address at this year’s
Munich Security Conference did not come from Rubio, but from the German
Chancellor Friedrich Merz. He declared that Germany intends to build the largest
conventional army in Europe, effectively remilitarising on an industrial scale. The last
time this occurred in Germany was by the Nazis in the 1930s. Merz stated: "We will
do more for securing the high north. The first German Eurofighters have been
earmarked, and more are to follow".
This is a strange statement. For one thing, Germany is not located in the far north,
raising questions about its intentions. What exactly is meant by German
Eurofighters? This is the first time the phrase “German Eurofighters” has been used.
Prefixing ‘Eurofighters’ with German is deeply revealing. These are not just
Eurofighters, but “German Eurofighters”. Germany already has German Eurofighters
stationed in Lithuania, and evidently, based on Mertz’s statement, Germany plans to
expand its military force into the Baltic states, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and
Ukraine, just as Nazi Germany did in WWII. Propaganda weasel words like
‘democracy and freedom’ are used to justify Germany’s military expansionism.
Merz addressed Germany's history in his speech, stating that "hegemonial fantasies
are not an option" and that "never again will we Germans go it alone." He
emphasized that German security policy is now anchored in a European perspective
and acts only with neighbours and allies. Germany won't make the same mistake by
going alone, but by going together with the EU.
While these words sound reassuring, it is worth remembering that Hitler once
reassured Europe he wanted peace; however, as we all know, he wanted war all
along. Talk is cheap. Clearly, building the largest army in Europe is not just for show.
Germany has a plan to use its Eurofighters. Global intelligence services must
actively decipher exactly what the Germans are really up to and not trust Merz’s
statement on face value.
Mertz’s speech should be analysed, not Rubio’s.
