War Is On The Horizon: Is It Too Late To Stop It?By Paul Craig Roberts
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 and How America Was Lost.
December 08, 2015 "Information Clearing House"
- One lesson from military history is that once mobilization for war
begins, it takes on a momentum of its own and is uncontrollable.
This might be what is occurring unrecognized before our eyes.
In
his September 28 speech at the 70th Anniversity of the United Nations,
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia can no longer
tolerate the state of affairs in the world. Two days later at the
invitation of the Syrian government Russia began war against ISIS.
Russia
was quickly successful in destroying ISIS arms depots and helping the
Syrian army to roll back ISIS gains. Russia also destroyed thousands of
oil tankers, the contents of which were financing ISIS by transporting
stolen Syrian oil to Turkey where it is sold to the family of the
current gangster who rules Turkey.
Washington
was caught off guard by Russia’s decisiveness. Fearful that the quick
success of such decisive action by Russia would discourage Washington’s
NATO vassals from continuing to support Washington’s war against Assad
and Washington’s use of its puppet government in Kiev to pressure
Russia, Washington arranged for Turkey to shoot down a Russian
fighter-bomber despite the agreement between Russia and NATO that there
would be no air-to-air encounters in Russia’s area of air operation in
Syria.
Although
denying all responsibility, Washington used Russia’s low key response
to the attack, for which Turkey did not apologize, to reassure Europe
that Russia is a paper tiger. The Western presstitutes trumpeted:
“Russia A Paper Tiger.” http://www.wsj.com/articles/turkey-shoots-down-a-paper-tiger-1448406008
The
Russian government’s low key response to the provocation was used by
Washington to reassure Europe that there is no risk in continuing to
pressure Russia in the Middle East, Ukraine, Georgia, Montenegro, and
elsewhere. Washington’s attack on Assad’s military is being used to
reinforce the belief that is being inculcated in European governments
that Russia’s responsible behavior to avoid war is a sign of fear and
weakness.
It
is unclear to what extent the Russian and Chinese governments
understand that their independent policies, reaffirmed by the Russian
and Chinese presidents On September 28, are regarded by Washington as
“existential threats” to US hegemony.
The
basis of US foreign policy is the commitment to prevent the rise of
powers capable of constraining Washington’s unilateral action. The
ability of Russia and China to do this makes them both a target.
Washington
is not opposed to terrorism. Washington has been purposely creating
terrorism for many years. Terrorism is a weapon that Washington intends
to use to destabilize Russia and China by exporting it to the Muslim
populations in Russia and China.
Washington
is using Syria, as it used Ukraine, to demonstrate Russia’s impotence
to Europe— and to China, as an impotent Russia is less attractive to
China as an ally.
For Russia, responsible response to provocation has become a liability, because it encourages more provocation.
In
other words, Washington and the gullibility of its European vassals
have put humanity in a very dangerous situation, as the only choices
left to Russia and China are to accept American vassalage or to prepare
for war.
Putin
must be respected for putting more value on human life than do
Washington and its European vassals and avoiding military responses to
provocations. However, Russia must do something to make the NATO
countries aware that there are serious costs of their accommodation of
Washington’s aggression against Russia. For example, the Russian
government could decide that it makes no sense to sell energy to
European countries that are in a de facto state of war against Russia.
With winter upon us, the Russian government could announce that Russia
does not sell energy to NATO member countries. Russia would lose the
money, but that is cheaper than losing one’s sovereignty or a war.
To
end the conflict in Ukraine, or to escalate it to a level beyond
Europe’s willingness to participate, Russia could accept the requests of
the breakaway provinces to be reunited with Russia. For Kiev to
continue the conflict, Ukraine would have to attack Russia herself.
The
Russian government has relied on responsible, non-provocative
responses. Russia has taken the diplomatic approach, relying on European
governments coming to their senses, realizing that their national
interests diverge from Washington’s, and ceasing to enable Washington’s
hegemonic policy. Russia’s policy has failed. To repeat, Russia’s low
key, responsible responses have been used by Washington to paint Russia
as a paper tiger that no one needs to fear.
We are left with the paradox that Russia’s determination to avoid war is leading directly to war.
Whether
or not the Russian media, Russian people, and the entirety of the
Russian government understand this, it must be obvious to the Russian
military. All that Russian military leaders need to do is to look at the
composition of the forces sent by NATO to “combat ISIS.” As George
Abert notes, the American, French, and British aircraft that have been
deployed are jet fighters whose purpose is air-to-air combat, not ground
attack. The jet fighters are not deployed to attack ISIS on the ground,
but to threaten the Russian fighter-bombers that are attacking ISIS
ground targets.
There
is no doubt that Washington is driving the world toward Armageddon, and
Europe is the enabler. Washington’s bought-and-paid-for-puppets in
Germany, France, and UK are either stupid, unconcerned, or powerless to
escape from Washington’s grip. Unless Russia can wake up Europe, war is
inevitable.
Have the totally evil, dumbshit neocon warmongers who control the US government taught Putin that war is inevitable?
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