As
We Face Armageddon the
Western World Is Leaderless
By
Paul Craig Roberts
June
23/24, 2019 "Information
Clearing House" -
According to news
reports, the validity of which cannot be ascertained by the general
public, a crazed US government came within 10 minutes of igniting a
general conflagration in the Middle East, the consequences of which
could have been catastrophic for all.
The
moronic warmongers in high office—Bolton, Pompeo, and Pence—and
their Israel Lobby masters are determined, and they have not
abandoned their campaign for war with Iran. Of course, the
liars say that Iran will just accept its punishment for defending its
territory and there will be no war. But this is not what
Iran says. I believe Iran.
Some
of the tiny percentage of people in the Western World who are still
capable of thought regret that Trump called off the insane
plan. They think the consequences would have been the
destruction of the Saudi and Israeli governments—two of the most
evil in history—and the cut-off of oil to the US and Europe, with
the resulting depression causing the overthrow of the Western
warmonger governments. They believe that catastrophic
American defeat is the only way peace can be restored to the world.
In
other words, it is not clear whether Trump calling off the attack
saved us or doomed us. The Israel Lobby and their
neoconservative agents have not been taught a lesson. Trump
has not fired Bolton and Pompeo for almost igniting a conflagration,
and he has not dressed down his moronic vice president. So,
it can all happen again.
And
likely will. The lesson that Bolton and Israel have
learned is that the fake news about an Iranian attack on a Japanese
freighter, denied by the Japanese, was not sufficient to lock Trump
into “saving face” by attacking Iran. So be prepared
for a larger orchestrated provocation. Bolton and Israel know that
the Western presstitutes will lie for them. Watch for a
provocation that allows Trump no alternative to an attack.
Washington’s
use of fake news and false flag attacks to launch military attacks
goes back a long way. In the 21st century we have had a
concentrated dose—Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction,
Assad’s use of chemical weapons, Iranian nukes, Russian invasions,
Maduro starving his own people, the endless lies about Gaddafi. Yes,
I know there are more. I am writing an article, not an
encyclopedia.
Washington
has grown accustomed to attacking countries on false pretenses and
getting away with it. Therefore, there is nothing to
discourage the Israel Lobby and its Washington puppets from
continuing to set-up Iran for an attack. Success breeds
incaution. The attack on Iraq was stage-managed by a
credible US Secretary of State before the UN. The attack
on Libya was stage-managed by a UN resolution that a deceived Russia
and China failed to block. In situations such as these,
Washington arranged a green light for its war crimes. However,
Washington has failed to stage-manage a green light for an attack on
Iran. Moreover, Iran is a more powerful military force than Iraq and
Libya, and the extent of the depth of Russian and Chinese support for
Iran is unknown to Washington.
If
Israel succeeds in having its Washington puppet attack Iran, Israel
and its neoconservative agents will not welcome failure of their
objective. They will fight against failure with more
dangerous moves. I can easily imagine the fanatics having
Trump “save face” by destroying the world and issuing some kind
of ultimatums to Russia and China or resorting to the use of nuclear
weapons against Iran.
The
insouciant American—indeed, Western—people are kept unaware by
design. It is the function of the presstitutes to control
the explanations given to the people. The US Congress is
bought and paid for by the Israel Lobby, as are most important
politicians in the UK and Europe. What I am telling you is
that it is very easy for fanatics to produce Armageddon.
Stephen
Cohen and I, and a few surviving others, lived through the 20th
century Cold War. In recent years we both have reported on numerous
occasions that the threat of nuclear war today is far higher than
during the Cold War. One reason is that during the Cold
War US and Soviet leaders worked to defuse tensions and to build
trust. In contrast, since the Clinton regime the US has
worked consistently to build tensions. Both Cohen and I
have listed on many occasions the tension-building activities pursued
by all post-Reagan/George H.W. Bush administrations.
The
Russians no longer trust Washington, and neither do the
Chinese. Washington has lied to, and about, Russia so
often in the 21st century that Russian trust of Washington is
exhausted. No matter how earnestly the Russian government
wants to trust Washington, it dare not do so.
Therefore,
it takes very little miscalculation for the morons in Washington to
cause a threat-ending response from Russia as Washington has
convinced the Russian government that the US intends to destroy
them.
The
orchestration of Russiagate by the Democratic Party,
military/security complex, and their media whores has, as Stephen
Cohen has emphasized, forced President Trump in an act of
self-preservation to adopt the neoconservative attitude toward Russia
and other “non-compliant” governments. This attitude
is dangerous enough in the best of times. It is extremely
dangerous after trust has been destroyed by years of lies and false
accusations.
Perhaps
there is someone in the Trump administration who has the intelligence
to understand the dangerous situation and who has Trump’s
confidence. But I do not know who that person is.
We
have to face the fact that as we face Armageddon the Western World is
leaderless.
Dr.
Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for
Economic Policy and associate editor of the Wall Street Journal. He
was columnist for Business Week, Scripps Howard News Service, and
Creators Syndicate. He has had many university appointments. His
internet columns have attracted a worldwide following. Roberts'
latest books are The
Failure of Laissez Faire Capitalism and Economic Dissolution of the
West, How
America Was Lost, and The
Neoconservative Threat to World Order.
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