Since my January 11 column and the news alert posted on January 14, more confirmation that Washington is moving the world toward a dangerous war has appeared. The Obama regime is using its Ministry of Propaganda, a.k.a., the American media, to spread the story that President Obama, Pentagon chief Panetta, and other high US officials are delivering strong warnings to Israel not to attack Iran.
For someone as familiar with Washington as I am, I recognize these reports for what they are. They are Br’er Rabbit telling Br’er Fox “please don’t throw me in the briar patch.”
If you don’t know the Uncle Remus stories, you have missed a lot. Br’er Rabbit was born and raised in the briar patch.
What these “leaked” stories of Washington’s warnings and protests to Israel are all about is to avoid Washington’s responsibility for the war Washington has prepared. If the war gets out of hand, and if Russia and China intervene or nukes start flying, Washington wants the blame to rest on Israel, and Israel seems willing to accept the blame. Nikolai Patrushev, who heads Russia’s Security Council, has apparently been deceived by Washington’s manipulation of the media. According to the Interfax news agency, Patrushev condemned Israel for pushing the US towards war with Iran.
You get the picture. The helpless Americans. They are being bullied by Israel into acquiescing to a dangerous war. Otherwise, no more campaign contributions.
The facts are different. If Washington did not want war with Iran it would not have provided the necessary weapons to Israel. It would not have deployed thousands of US troops to Israel, with a view toward the American soldiers being killed in an Iranian response to Israel’s attack, thus “forcing” the US to enter the war. Washington would not have built a missile defense system for Israel and would not be conducting joint exercises with the Israeli military to make sure it works.
If Washington did not want Israel to start the war, Washington would inform the Israeli government in no uncertain words that an Israeli strike on Iran means that the US will NOT veto the UN’s denunciation of Israel and the sanctions that would be placed on Israel as a war criminal state. Washington would tell Israel that it is good-bye to the billions of dollars that the bilked American taxpayers, foreclosed from their homes by fraudulent mortgages and from jobs by offshoring, hand over by compulsion to Israel to support Israel’s crimes against humanity.
But, of course, Washington won’t prevent the war that it so fervently desires.
Neither will Washington’s NATO puppets. “Great” Britain does as it is told, subservient and occupied Germany, bankrupt France, Italy occupied with US air bases with a government infiltrated by the CIA, bankrupt Spain, and Greece will all, in hopes of an outpouring of US dollars and devoid of any dignity or honor, support the new war that could end life on earth.
Only Russia and China can prevent the war.
Russia took the first step when the newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister for military affairs, Demitry Rogozin told a press conference in Brussels that Russia would regard an attack on Iran as “a direct threat to our security.”
Washington is counting on subverting Russia’s opposition to Washington’s next war. Washington can time the attack on Iran right after the March elections in Russia. When Putin wins again, the treasonous Russian opposition parties, financed by the CIA, will unleash protests in the streets. The subservient and utterly corrupt Western media will denounce Putin for stealing the election. The orchestrated protests in Russia will turn violent and discredit, if not prevent, any Russian response to the naked aggression against Iran.
For Rogozin’s warning to be effective in preventing war, China needs to enter the fray. Washington is banking on China’s caution. China deliberates and never rushes into anything. China’s deliberation will serve Washington’s war.
It is possible that the crazed neocon Washington government will have one more “victory” before Russia and China comprehend that they are next on the extermination list. As this date cannot be far off, life on earth might expire before the unpayable debts of US and EU countries come due.
This article was originally published at PaulCraigRoberts.org and has been used with permission.
US could have been the most powerful country in the world, forever and ever, if it had not decided to be a war-monger. War depletes money/people and lots of money, in fact, trillions of it. Now it is tottering on the precipice of economic collapse. If it is drawn into a shooting war with Iran and Pakistan then it is doomed. Of course, Israel is not blameless. It is pulling the strings from behind the scene. It is well known that a few hundred obscenely wealthy Jews are controlling the world. Henry Ford was telling the truth and events of today is reflecting exactly that. Others also know it but it is forbidden to tell the truth. You will get fixed for good if you do. So the Jews keep pulling the strings and keep getting richer. Myanmar can be the most successful(in spite of being severely sanctioned)country in the world, because the Jews(with Lee Kwan Yew as front man) are backing it. All the hew and cry by the West is just for show only. All the parties involved have made lots of money from Myanmar. The world is in deep shit trouble, only a “revolution” can save it from the pirates.
An excellent asessment. However the position of China remains in question. I thought it strange that China would support the fall of the Libyan goernment but it did. Therefore I do not see China sitting on the fence in a future war.
Russia has oil and gas. America has technology. China obviously sees the main engine of its future in both of these things. So a weak Russia and a weak America would serve China’s interests.
There is no doubt that because of its increasing weakness as a world power America is about to start a major world war against its old enemy, Russia. It must therefore hope that China will remain neutral or better still help America to defeat Russia. But this is a foolish notion because China should be by now tired of being insulted by America.
So if America continues on its current path of destroying both itself and Russia China will obviously be the only benficiary. They say history repeats itself. If 1812 was repeated in 2012 I would not be surprised.
Thank you Mr. Roberts for another enlightening article. As an Iranian American, I feel very helpless about what is going to happen not just to Iran and my family , but to the region and millions of innocent civilians caught in between?I have had nightmares of being rounded up like the Japanese and sent to camps like they war during world war II. If you try to talk to the average Americans about the perils of yet another war in middle east this time on Iran, they just assume that I’m defending the regime of Iran which was the reason I had to flee Iran in the first place. These days being an Iranian American is an oxymoron term in itself. Thank you again for your wonderful unbiased article. Best regards.
Sepehr.