America’s Permanent State of War!

La Jolla, CA
February 26, 2017

by Rich Scheck

Dick Cheney called it “The Long War!”

George Bush, Jr. slipped once and called his “war on terror” a Crusade!

Obama reluctantly pursued the “Global War On Terror” less enthusiastically
with similar deadly results in Libya, Iraq, Yemen, Syria and elsewhere.

Trump’s promise to avoid foreign entanglements and cease implementing
regime change clashes with both his intent to expand the military; the words
of his highest Cabinet members; the history of his appointed security officials;
and most tellingly, the early actions of his Administration.

For those not paying attention, America long ago entered a permanent state
of war: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46539.htm

Some may point to 9/11 as an obvious starting point as a tragedy that provided a
pretext for expanding US kinetic activity focused mainly in the Middle East.

But that notion ignores our continuous efforts following WWII that constituted a
form of Global Manifest Destiny rationalized by American Exceptionalism and
the need for Pax Americana or “full spectrum dominance!”

Ike’s warning to “avoid foreign entanglements” followed the Korean War and
preceded the Viet Nam War……….both key parts of the Cold War between the
US/NATO forces and the Soviet/Warsaw Pact Bloc that lasted many decades.

Instead of peace…..or even a peace dividend…..we’ve created a society that is
both imperial and decadent: a guns and butter world of unending consumerism,
entertainment, government surveillance and WAR that I label the Huxwellian
World of 2017!

Fukuyama’s End of History has been delayed (or more likely postponed) by the
resistance of billions of unimpressed citizens around the globe with different
values, different religions and very different agendas for their future.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_History_and_the_Last_Man

Playing on the Grand Chessboard for control of the planet’s resources and markets,
the US has run up against SCO, BRICS, the Arab Spring, ISIS, BREXIT, BDS,
Fukushima, rejection of the TPP and a variety of other factors not the least of which
is the global financial crisis that was triggered in 2008!
https://stateofthenation2012.com/?p=67033

The New World Order described by Daddy Bush 25 years ago which George Soros
has worked so diligently to create is now on full display for those willing to look: https://stateofthenation2012.com/?p=67010

With the arrival of a new president who came to power on the tide of populist
resentment towards the Washington Consensus, it is probably too early to believe
he is doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Sadly, most indicators of where he is heading imply he will do exactly that! One
need merely listen to the abysmal remarks of UN Ambassador Nikki Haley to see
the likely direction of his Administration:
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2017/02/21/ambassador-nikki-haley-is-completely-clueless/

Trump’s chief spokesperson on the global stage is echoing the same mindless
remarks of her predecessor in words that are so ugly and factually dubious that
they belie the hopes of many that they reflect the negotiating strategy of our number
one deal maker.

America can and must do better. Here are two suggestions on where we should start:
1. https://stateofthenation2012.com/?p=59698
2. http://sputniknews.com/politics/201702241051018402-trump-russia-china/

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