John Chuckman
COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY DAN GLAZEBROOK IN RUSSIA INSIDER
https://russia-insider.com/en/war-iran-has-already-begun-and-russia-must-end-it/ri23373
"The War on Iran Has Already Begun — and Russia Must End It
"The destruction of states such as Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Iran will isolate Russia when its own turn comes"
An interesting and perceptive article.
While offering genuine insight into what is taking place, it also is rather bleak and distressing.
Russia is in a critical position, and failure to act, after all the hard work in Syria and other places, would be extremely dangerous long term.
Iran is clearly in Washington’s cross-hairs, and largely owing to the inordinate influence and rather savage demands of Israel, its de facto colony. America has already worked to destroy Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Syria, and others for the benefit of Israel and what it narrowly sees as its interests in the Middle East.
If Iran is allowed to be destroyed or dismembered, it represents the loss of a very substantial ally, and there is little doubt who is next on the checklist.
I think there can be little doubt that somewhere in Pentagon and CIA vaults, there are plans – likely various and alternate ones - for the destruction of Russia, or at least for its dismemberment.
“Delenda est Carthago” is truly what the establishment in Washington thinks to itself. The place is rife with hostile words and the smell of aroused hormones twenty-four hours a day now. The American press, while it may not be much for conveying the news, conveys this reality unmistakably.
This is an establishment clearly dedicated to dominating the planet militarily now that it understands its economy is in relative decline in an evolving world, an economy with no hope of regaining anything like the accidental golden period of post WWII. And America’s Neocons, out of their own concerns for reborn Israel, are on the sidelines cheering all the way.
I am not even sure there can be any effective opposition anymore in America. Both major parties are committed to American imperial efforts completely. One is no better than the other, both hiding ugly drives under the guise of that American secular religion called Patriotism, much as the brutal Crusades of the Middle Ages hid their greed and bloodlust behind a symbol of Christianity.
And American society at large, under the pretext of international terror, has been totally wired and rigged to detect and deal with opposition. The gigantic security establishment - 17 agencies and all of them better funded than you can imagine - is unprecedented in American history for its elaborate spying and snooping and interfering, but then so is the entire arrogant, imperious attitude of America’s establishment.
That is an absolutely deadly mixture brewing and bubbling away. It is hard even to imagine it changing anytime soon. An economic catastrophe, which in one form or another is definitely on the horizon, may contribute to its fizzling out, but that is not at all certain. The establishment in Washington is better insulated against shocks than most parts of American society. Trump’s maladroit efforts on trade and other matters will only hasten its coming and perhaps deepen its effects.
Russia is the only country now capable of obliterating America, so unless it chooses unilaterally to disarm and commit itself to Washington’s tender mercies, it will remain a menace to American plans for complete dominance.
We've already seen numerous moves – some big, some small - along this line with Chechnya, Ukraine, Armenia, sending tanks and troops to Russian borders, ringing Russia with anti-missile missiles, readiness to nullify important treaties like INF, committing a fortune to new-generation nuclear weapons, a stream of contrived personal attacks on Putin, sanctions and still more sanctions, pressuring other countries not to buy Russian goods and weapons, and many others, some of which would not be public knowledge.
It is already pretty close to war by another name.
