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Foreign Policy Coup: De-Americanization of World's Conflicts
Some American politicians occasionally remind us that the US should not try to be the world’s policeman; but after having listened to that save-our-blood-and-treasure cry, a sort of pretend-excuse aired time and time again for decades, I’m thoroughly convinced that it is just the occasional fake outcry; that imperialism reigns uniformly supreme in good old US of A throughout our monolithic, bipartite government and, unfortunately, the lion’s share of our politically-sedated population. It would be difficult to dispute Americans don’t relish the feeling of world dominance just as citizens of past empires have from time immemorial.
Puppets-like we are instigated by a shameless corporate media to negatively label, even hate, anyone and everyone who dare proclaim the emperor is not wearing any clothes. And patriotic whistleblowers, Edward Snowden unveiling NSA’s questionable behavior two years ago, just like Smedley Butler had eighty years before, become simply traitors; martyrdom-recipients of our mob-centric public scorn.
Back in 1933, Smedley Butler, a then retired major general from the Marines, and twice recipient of the Medal of Honor, wrote a book, War is a Racket, exposing a plot – a coup d’état against FDR’s administration by business leaders and military brass – listing well-known military operations [claiming to be about “protecting democracy”] as nothing but tools for furthering the business interests of US banks and corporations. Two decades later, President Eisenhower warned us of this undemocratic and politically toxic internal enemy: American-style fascism, properly tagged as “the industrial-military complex.”
But somehow, in the stupor of false patriotic pride, Americans are unwilling to accept that their enemy is not scattered around the seven seas, as they are being told, but has pitched its bivouac tent right here at home; government and most endearing American institutions having been hijacked by a ruling elite that have placed Washington under their thumb. No need for an old-fashion 1933-style coup d’état… one has already taken place without that colorful hullaballoo that we always associate with military takeovers in banana republics. Corporate America and the Pentagon have long ago accomplished their nefarious deed and we, the fat, dumb and happy 80 percent of the population, refuse to acknowledge our obvious economic, social and political captivity as residents of this imperial gilded cage.
Whether we are the citizen-freemen our masters claim we are, or a fluttering cluster of caged consumers idiotically queuing for the next iPhone, economic bankruptcy is about to knock at our door just like moral bankruptcy did in the not so distant past.
It’s high time this American elite running the nation – with aspirations to run the world – analyzes the state of this make-believe empire and taps into the wisdom of conviviality; acknowledging any and all geopolitical changes required to maintain ideological-political equilibrium in a world that we either choose to share together, or allow it to become civilization’s end with a self-written epitaph.
And as our elite-leadership seeks and identifies these critical geopolitical changes, it first must stop its raging bulls from entering the arena – from mislabeled hero John McCain and his Senate insignificant other, Lindsey Graham, to the thousand star-studded empty uniforms who command America’s military presence globally in hundreds of military bases… and thousands of actively operating military listening posts.
We might make light of Vladimir Putin’s comments a few days ago in his interview with Italian journalist Luciano Fontana (Corriere della Sera) – an interview worth reading, I might add, but unlikely to receive any coverage by US media. In the interview, evidence of American imperialism appears in many forms, not the least that provided in Putin’s comment when marking all US military bases – or “police precincts” if the idea of imperialism seems harsh – on a world map. And that is the difference not only between the US and Russia, or the US and China; but the reality of an empire which dwarfs those of Spain and Britain during this half-millennial past.
Given the short leash in which the American empire finds itself, US ruling class is in a clear position to perform a great foreign policy coup… one that would benefit the entire world as well as the elite itself. How? By de-Americanizing world conflicts and joining a diverse world (a revitalized and forceful UN) in finding solutions to the many geopolitical and human rights problems… with the US influencing, not imposing, change.
America is either de-facto responsible, or principally helped in the birth delivery, of Al Qaeda, ISOL and myriad Islamic organizations termed as terrorists, being forced to use insurgency-guerrilla tactics repugnant to Western mores and traditions. And in the past two years, America’s seeding of discord has extended to the Slavic peoples of Eastern Europe, bullying the Russian Bear with the prospect of placing weaponry at its borders. A similar prospect awaiting any Sino-claims around the South China Sea…
For self-preservation, America’s ruling elite might consider optimizing its position, not just domestically but internationally, by accepting conviviality as its foreign coup.
A farfetched proposition…? Of course; but world peace can benefit us all.
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And we will based on the stupidity of our government now.
No, we the people will rise to the occasion in spite of and indifferent to the corrupt and narcissistic attitude in Washington. This is our country and the world knows what we can do if needed.
We have met the enemy and he is Bush (and Clinton(s), and Kerry, Cheney, Rumsfeld, etc.)
LOL @ Two Hoots, you must be Joking right? Or did you forget your </sarc> tag, cause a quick trip to the local walmart should prove that the majority of 'meriKans are way too stoopid and bought into the system to care, and the rest will DIE defending it. Only after a total collapse, if there are enough of us old war horses left 'might' we be able to change thing, might.
A lot of people are disaffected, and the number gets larger every day. People are starting to smell the bullshit.
two hoots a newbie shill. Don't be confused.
Roosevelt was the elite. If there were military and business leaders trying to overthrow him, they were probably patriots.
Medley admittedly did govts bidding all his career. Once his govt retirement started coming, he shilled for the real elite: Roosevelt and crew.
I'm no fan of Roosevelt, but I doubt the people who wanted the cooup were that much better.
I'd like to know more about this "plot". I've heard it spoken, but never saw any evidence.
Guess I'll start with Wiki..
Yep. Probably a complete fabrication and a fraud.
The left does like to trot out former generals that support their viewpoint. Butler was talking about "evil businessmen" at the same time roosevelt was trying to put the kibosh on "capitalism". The left all over the planet were trying to kill free markets.
How convenient to find a general who knows capitalism is the root of all evil.
"See. We told you so!" "Now we need to protect the folks from these evil businessmen/capitalists" "just gimme a few laws and I'll save you!"
While I fully agree with the basic premise of the main article, it is naive to think that America does not have enemies abroad who are actively engaging in efforts to do this nation harm.
The fact that it is not covered on CNN or expounded upon by supposed blogs of authority does not mean it does not exist. Anyone within the intelligence or special operations communities can attest to the fact that a vast majority of the efforts to counter these efforts of our enemies never makes the news. They can also speak directly to the extraordinary level danger this world holds. Not surprisingly, most of these individuals actively standing on the wall are just as, if not more, pissed off at how this nation's affairs are managed.
Yes, some of our greatest enemies are found in DC and state houses, institutional banks, some large corporations, etc...
But never forget that with or without US-made clusterfucks overseas, this is still an incredibly evil world.
Those readers of this site 45+ years or older likely already understand this.
The younger readers of this site..... well.... you will come to know this in the coming decade.
When US foreign/corporate/military policy meets resistance abroad, it has been difficult to determine if it's because of the innate evil around the world that you speak of (which may need policing) or whether it's simply a response to US imperialism (which is always bound to trigger resistance).
Since the end of WWII, we in the West have been brainwashed into believing that it was to deal with the former and US policies were justified for that reason. Hell, they even created the Cold War to ram the message home of evilness everywhere.
In more recent times, we are learning that it's actually the latter. The Cold War was in most part a creation of US foreign/corporate/military policy to extend the Anglo-American Empire. But it found resistance in the USSR. We now have the latest incarnation of this imperial extension: Russia is now joined by China as the bad guys who must be brought under control, not for world peace or anything of the sort. Just to maintain and extend the Empire. It looks like it will fail but it might take WWIII or something close to it to prove the point.
The article you linked referenced Obama. I think he could of easily suggested a future with Jeb or Hillary as Prez in the same article and it would of worked. Sadly, they (political elite/opportunistic parasites) are all the same.
I know now that God will soon judge the world, the elite have completely lost their damn minds....
Our imperialism is our weakness, our people are our power.
See my comment above, I would vehemently disagree, our people are far to dumb and lazy now........
two hoots a newbie shill. Don't be confused.
Hang the bankers and complicit politicians.
If we don't do it, the Chinese will, along with a lot of innocent people.
Too fucking late. All these assholes know are tactics of the worst thug-run mobs. Until the people who run this shit show are dispatched with extreme prejudice as a deterrent to others who might take up their mantle, the US is not fit to lead this world.
I don't see anything as American based anymore, it's Zionism and we are their tool. Since America has a history of fighting them off they will gladly instigate our collapse. It's great to see rebellion in Greece and Texas but chilling at the same time if one remembers with whom we are dealing.
Would seriously suck if their plan was to ignite war between Russia and the US allowing China to become to new Zionist super power. Who was really behind all of America's industry being shipped to China anyway?
mass migration into chinese ghost cities.....do the jews seek a second homeland in Hong Kong?
I am not sure they need a new homeland they practically own the whole marble. Israel seems to have been strategic to split up the ME and then the on with the whole Brezinski plan. Russia is obviously real resistence, hard to say what China will do. Maybe the Chinese are resisting or maybe they will sabre rattle and then negotiate.
The way I see it Zionist banks and armies are only a few contries away from complete control.
The good cop is not your friend, friend.
The Chinese are solidly behind the Russians, make no mistake about it.
Our mad Uncle Scam is totally of his rocker and they know it.
Today we have the neocons whose stated goals, though not perfectly alligned, meld quite nicely with the goals and objectives of the MIC.
A formidable power block that won't be easily dislodged. Ergo, expect more war.
Kerry and others are still beating on chemical weapon use by Assad in Syria! And the MSM quickly relays its instructions to condemn Russia for escalating tensions by adding more nuke missiles - while ignoring that Russia made the move in response to the U.S. announcing it was placing heavy weapons on the Russian border!
They are not "elite". They are psychopathic and criminal.
Those who call them elite are working for them.
Most comments are spot-on here. Don't forget Maslow's(spelling?) hierarchy of needs and cognitive dissonance that are engineered into the equation by our overlords. The ruling shadow government is well aware of how the people's plight makes them vulnerable and unable to meaningfully resist the internal destruction of the country. That is, people in debt, not thriving but merely surviving--or falling further behind for the last 30 years statistically--are not able to reach the top of of the pyramid of self-actualization and therefore are not cognitively willing and/or able to absorb what is really happening at the top of the political economic power structure, much less organize to do anything about it. Even when they briefly contemplate that something is not right, that this corruption and shadow government is only getting worse, they are unable to get past the cognitive dissonance about what they were taught about 'Murica being the greatest country, that every other country except Israel is a less important country or perhaps even evil, and that our political and economic future is in our own hands.
Never mind that they all live in fear and every time there is even a hint of people thinking for themselves, the boogeyman "'cuz 9/11" is rolled out again to paralyze everyone's thought process and analysis. I don't see a realistic prospect of real change until the current system finally implodes because the vast majority of people therefore cannot fathom what is happening.
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I am so happy to sy I know who Smedley Butler is,with his infamous "war is a racket" quote. How many dozens of pretenders were making headlines in those days instead?
Let history sort this shit out..