A DECISIVE SHIFT IN THE POWER BALANCE HAS OCCURRED
Paul Craig Roberts
The world is beginning to realize that a seachange in world affairs occured on September 28 when President Putin of Russia stated in his UN speech that Russia can no longer tolerate Washington’s vicious, stupid and failed policies that have unleashed chaos, which is engulfing the Middle East and now Europe. Two days later, Russia took over the military situation in Syria and began the destruction of the Islamic State forces.
Perhaps among Obama’s advisors there are a few who are not drowning in hubris and can understand this seachange. Sputnik news reports that some high-level security advisors to Obama have advised him to withdraw US military forces from Syria and give up his plan to overthrow Assad. They advised Obama to cooperate with Russia in order to stop the refugee flow that is over whelming Washington’s vassals in Europe. The influx of unwanted peoples is making Europeans aware of the high cost of enabling US foreign policy. Advisors have told Obama that the idiocy of the neoconservatives’ policies threaten Washington’s empire in Europe.
Several commentators, such as Mike Whitney and Stephen Lendman, have concluded, correctly, that there is nothing that Washington can do about Russian actions against the Islamic State. The neoconservatives’ plan for a UN no-fly zone over Syria in order to push out the Russians is a pipedream. No such resolution will come out of the UN. Indeed, the Russians have already established a de facto no-fly zone.
Putin, without issuing any verbal threats or engaging in any name-calling, has decisively shifted the power balance, and the world knows it.
Washington’s response consists of name-calling, bluster and more lies, some of which is echoed by some of Washington’s ever more doubtful vassals. The only effect is to demonstrate Washington’s impotence.
If Obama has any sense, he will dismiss from his government the neoconservative morons who have squandered Washington’s power, and he will focus instead on holding on to Europe by working with Russia to destroy, rather than to sponsor, the terrorism in the Middle East that is overwhelming Europe with refugees.
If Obama cannot admit a mistake, the United States will continue to lose credibility and prestige around the world.
http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/10/10/decisive-shift-power-balance-occurred-paul-craig-roberts/
5 comments:
The U.S. is a ' clownocracy ',... and these CLOWNS who 'run' our gov't. need to be 'relieved' of their power to make more clownish policies.
amen!
I thought I would NEVER, EVER get to the point of actually saying this...AS AN UNITED STATES AMERICAN BORN CITIZEN, I hold a lot more respect for Mr. Putin than all of the jokers we have as leaders here in America put together. He is about the only actual LEADER with any credibility not having his head stuck up his ass, sees the complete bullshit going on, AND has the balls to not only admit it, but to actually DO SOMETHING to stop it. I would even go so far to consider Mr. Putin as an American Presidential candidate, because he is the only one I see has any hope, capability, credibility, and balls to LEAD the rebuilding of the USA republic back to the way it was. The disclaimer is everything he did in rebuilding the USA republic is only within the parameters and limits of the USA Constitution, and his tenure would last only until the USA republic has been fully restored.
I think Putin should also clean out the cesspool in the District of Criminals
Dittos a 1,000 times. Putin is no angle, but he has more principals and common sense in his little finger then the entire cesspool in the District of Criminals. I too would have trust and confidence in Putin then what shit we have here in this giant slave plantation we call a country.
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