Washington Has Declared Hegemony Or War ; Paul Craig Roberts & Stephen Lendman

[Y_Participant 4591]

Washington Has Declared Hegemony Or War [1]
by Paul Craig Roberts
The Institute for Political Economy

Paul Craig Roberts has had careers in scholarship and academia, journalism, public service, and business. He is chairman of The Institute for Political Economy Dr. Roberts has held academic appointments at Virginia Tech, Tulane University, University of New Mexico, Stanford University, George Mason University and Georgetown University Dr. Roberts was awarded the US Treasury Department’s Meritorious Service Award for “his outstanding contributions to the formulation of United States economic policy.” In 1987 the French government recognized him as “the artisan of a renewal in economic science and policy after half a century of state interventionism” and inducted him into the Legion of Honor

I agree with Stephen Lendman (article below) that the Russian government’s efforts to deal with the West on the basis of evidence and law are futile.

There is only one Western foreign policy and it is Washington’s. Washington’s “diplomacy” consists only of lies and force.

It was a reasonable decision for Russia to attempt diplomatic engagement with the West on the basis of facts, evidence, and law, but it has been to no avail.

For Russia to continue on this failed course is risky, not only to Russia but to the entire world.

Indeed, nothing is more dangerous to the world than Russia’s self-delusion about “Western partners.” Russia only has Western enemies.

These enemies intend to remove the constraint that Russia (and China) place on Washington’s unilateralism. The various incidents staged by the West, such as the Skirpal poisoning, Syrian use of chemical weapons, Malaysian airliner, and false charges, such as Russian invasion of Ukraine, are part of the West’s determined intent to isolate Russia, deny her any influence, and prepare the insouciant Western populations for conflict with Russia

To avoid war Russia should turn her back, but not her eyes, on the West, stop responding to false charges, evict all Western embassies and every other kind of presence including Western investment, and focus on relations with China and the East.

Russia’s attempt to pursue mutual interests with the West only results in more orchestrated incidents. The Russian government’s failure to complete the liberation of Syria has given Washington Syrian territory from which to renew the conflict.

The failure to accept Luhansk and Donetsk into Russia has provided Washington with the opportunity to arm and train the Ukrainian army and renew the assault on the Russian populations of Ukraine.

Washington has gained many proxies for its wars against Russia and intends to use them to wear down Russia.

Israel has demanded that Washington renew the attacks on Iran, and Trump is complying. Russia faces simultaneous attacks on Syria, Iran, and the Donetsk and Luhansk Republics, along with troubles in former Central Asian republics of the Soviet Union and intensified accusations from Washington and NATO.

The crazed neoconservatives, such as Trump’s National Security Adviser John Bolton, think that Russia will buckle under the strains, sue for peace, and accept US hegemony. If this assumption is incorrect, the outcome of Washington’s hostile actions against Russia is likely to be nuclear war.

The side that Stephen Lendman and I are talking is neither the side of Washington nor Russia, but the side of humanity and all life against nuclear war.

How the Russian government could ignore the clearly stated US hegemony in the 1992 Wolfowitz Doctrine is a mystery. The Wolfowitz doctrine states that the US’s primary goal is “to prevent the re-emergence of a new rival, either on the territory of the former Soviet Union or elsewhere, that poses a threat on the order of that posed formerly by the Soviet Union.”

The doctrine stresses that “this is a dominant consideration underlying the new regional defense strategy and requires that we endeavor to prevent any hostile power from dominating a region whose resources would, under consolidated control, be sufficient to general global power.”

In the Middle East and Southwest Asia, Washington’s “overall objective is to remain the predominant outside power in the region and preserve US and Western access to the region’s oil.” The doctrine also states that the US will act to restrain India’s alleged “hegemonic aspirations” in South Asia, and warns of potential conflicts requiring military intervention with Cuba and China.

By “threat” Wolfowitz does not mean a military threat. By “threat” he means a multi-polar world that constrains Washington’s unilateralism. The doctrine states that the US will permit no alternative to US unilateralism.

The doctrine is a statement that Washington intends hegemony over the entire world. There has been no repudiation of this doctrine.

Indeed, we see its implementation in the long list of false accusations and demonizations of Russia and her leader and in the false charges against Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Somalia, Yemen, Venezuela, China, Iran, and North Korea.

If Russia wants to be part of the West, Russia should realize that the price is the same loss of sovereignty that characterizes Washington’s European vassal states

Paul Craig Roberts
The Institute for Political Economy
April 24, 2018

Neocon Takeover of Washington Completed [2]
by Stephen Lendman

Stephen Lendman was born in 1934 in Boston, MA. and received a BA from Harvard University. After working seven years as a marketing research analyst, he joined the Lendman Group family business in 1967. Writing on major world and national issues began in summer 2005. In early 2007, radio hosting followed. Lendman now hosts the Progressive Radio News Hour. Lendman is a 2008 Project Censored winner and 2011 Mexican Journalists Club international journalism award recipient

Pompeo at State and Bolton as Trump’s national security advisor completed the neocon takeover of Trump’s geopolitical agenda. Wall Street is running domestic affairs.

The combination represents a major setback for world peace and stability. Greater aggression is likely, along with the triumph of neoliberal harshness over social justice, presenting a dismal and frightening state of affairs.

What to expect ahead?

War in Syria is more likely to escalate than wind down, an unthinkable US/Russia confrontation ominously possible.

The Iran nuclear deal is either doomed, or likely to be gutted by Washington, accomplishing the same thing — with only tepid, ineffective opposition from P5+1 countries Britain, France and Germany.

A relatively quiet Ukraine period could explode in greater Kiev war on Donbass, US-supplied heavy weapons and training aiding the aggression.

A Kim Jong-un/Trump summit is likely to fail to step back from the brink on the Korean peninsula, falsely blaming the DPRK for hostile US actions.

A possible trade war with China would be hugely destabilizing, along with being economically harmful to both countries and the global economy.

Further EU/US sanctions and other harsh measures are likely to be imposed on Russia over the Skripal affair, an escalated attempt to isolate the country and inflict economic harm – despite Western nations knowing Moscow had nothing to do with what happened.

Theresa May-led Tories are considering tough actions against Russia over the incident. So are other EU countries and Washington.

The EU most often bends to Washington’s will when enough pressure is applied.

It’ll prove again Washington can never be trusted, its commitments are consistently breached when conflicting with its imperial objectives.

On Friday March 23, 2018, US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the Trump administration is considering a range of options against Moscow over the Skripal affair – “both to demonstrate our solidarity with our ally and to hold Russia accountable for its clear breach of international norms and agreements.”

No breach occurred. Neocons running US foreign policy don’t let facts and rule of law principles compromise their imperial objectives.

Theresa May provided Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron with cooked results of Britain’s investigation so far into the Skripal affair — “convincing” them the false accusations are “well-grounded,” despite knowing UK claims are pure rubbish.

Macron issued a deplorable statement, saying “there is no…plausible explanation” for what happened to the Skripals other than Kremlin responsibility – abdicating to US/UK-led Russophobic hostility.

On the world stage, Trump is hostage to neocon dark forces controlling him. Relations with Russia, China, and other sovereign independent nations are likely to worsen, not improve.

Unthinkable nuclear war remains an ominous possibility. Russia’s only option is building on its alliance with China and other allies, staying committed to respond firmly to US-led Western harshness against its sovereignty.

Virtually no possibility for improved Russian relations with Washington and Britain exists. It’s fruitless pursuing it.

German and other European dependence on Russian energy, mainly gas, offers only slim hope for improving things with these countries.

Looking ahead, prospects for world peace and stability are dismal. US-led Western hostility toward Russia could erupt in open conflict by accident or design.

The unthinkable could become reality. Preparedness should be Moscow’s top priority given the real danger it faces.

Stephen Lendman
March 24, 2018

Citations
[1] https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2018/03/24/washington-declared-hegemony-war/
[2] http://stephenlendman.org/2018/03/neocon-takeover-washington-completed/

[Anonymous 42]

Get used to it Russia, they’ve been lying to me all my life!

Hey Russia, Putin, you have my blessing if you decide to NUKE D.C.! I’ll even deal with the fallout and not bitch or complain!

Nuke those f~~~ers!

[Will RobinsonParticipant 3479]

Y_ wrote:

To avoid war Russia should turn her back, but not her eyes, on the West, stop responding to false charges, evict all Western embassies and every other kind of presence including Western investment, and focus on relations with China and the East.

Russians Going Their Own Way – RGTOW

cool

Can anyone come? I’m sick of Traitor May.

May you walk in peace and happiness, May you and all mgtow, near and far walk in peace and happiness.

[MonkParticipant 16995]

Britain will egg on the Baltic states. There will be border incidents, and as in Donbass, an increasingly vicious persecution of Russian speakers.

They hope that the Russians will eventually be forced to intervene. This will give Britain the excuse to push NATO into war with Russia.

Hitler believed that Britain intended to attack Germany in 1943. German rearmament was based on this premise.

However, Britain knew that Germany would be unstoppable by 1943, hence the blank cheque to Poland.

I see a very similar scenario now. If Russia completes its rearmament program, they will be able to defeat any aggressor.

[Y_Participant 4591]

Monk wrote:

I see a very similar scenario now. If Russia completes its rearmament program, they will be able to defeat any aggressor.

Unfortunately there is still the thinking in Russia that diplomacy works or can work. Plus the inherent ‘admiration’ of ‘western civilisation’. Perhaps ethnicity also plays a part- certainly this has been part of Putin’s cornerstones for reconciliation.

The Cold War had cautious players in the West because it was perceived there were hard-nosed players in the USSR. Putin appears to the West as a patsy. They could not be more wrong.

[It’sallbsParticipant]

Y_ wrote:

Further EU/US sanctions and other harsh measures are likely to be imposed on Russia over the Skripal affair, an escalated attempt to isolate the country and inflict economic harm – despite Western nations knowing Moscow had nothing to do with what happened.

Correct.

http://www.leavemeansleave.eu

[Anonymous 14]

The Swamp of Israeli interests and Military contractors in D.C. has to go before the U.S. and the world for that matter becomes a better place to live in. The people of America keep voting for presidents who say they are going to pull back from this mess while on the campaign trail, nothing doing once in office. U.S. politics has been reduced to transparent puppet theatre. Nobody is buying it anymore. Christian Zionists may bury their heads in the sand because this insanity serves their sick interests, but most of the country, both Left and Right do not want any of this that has been going on the last 15 years, all in the name of Israel, a country that should not even be part of the West given the nature of how they behave. It is nowhere near a Democratic society over there, can’t be when you have power over people who do not have the same rights as others and who do not get to participate in the system equally.

Everything that America once stood for is in diametric opposition to what Israel is. And yet here we are, serving their interests (wars of aggression) to the point of confrontation with Russia. F~~~ing awesome…

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