Westlake Village, CA
March 27, 2016
by Rich Scheck
Bernie Sanders has coddled Hillary Clinton for too long, especially
regarding her support for Obama’s interventionist foreign policy.
At this crucial moment in the election, he needs to step up boldly and
embrace the strong language of Donald Trump in denouncing the
record of the former Secretary of State as well as her “obscene”
relationship with Wall Street.
As Paul Craig Roberts describes, Mrs. Clinton is part of a major
crime family that is poised to recapture the White House.
http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2016/03/25/american-crime-
family-advances-on-the-white-house-paul-craig-roberts/
That is totally unacceptable to decent Americans and the continued
unwillingness of Sanders to get rough with Hillary on the crucial issues
of America’s imperial ways only makes room for Trump to capture the
vote of those millions who want a stop to our endless wars.
Calling Trump a fascist provides a great sound bite for those who already hate him. But, in the quasi-fascist society we all now inhabit as part of the Imperium that Eisenhower warned us would emerge because of the military-industrial complex, to do so is to remain blind to the deeper reality that is modern America.
In other words, we already live in a police state with constant NSA spying, Homeland Security, NDAA suspension of habeas corpus and countless other draconian measures.
Few writers are as relentless and articulate in expressing the sense of outrage many of us feel about Pax Americana and the US quest for global hegemony as Roberts.
The irony is that only Trump has consistently expressed any willingness to
even address the excesses of our foreign policy during the campaign. While
the rest of his Republican rivals were overt Neocons calling for more wars of
aggression, Trump has labeled such misadventures as a waste of valuable
resources that could better be spent at home on schools, roads and hospitals.
Sounds a little like a closet socialist to me. Yet Sanders refuses to bellow boldly
in a similar manner and coddles Hillary and the incumbent who have supported
US intervention in Ukraine, Libya, Yemen, Syria, Honduras, Somalia and elsewhere
………..with disastrous results.
While Trump suggests working with Putin, reducing US military bases, foregoing
foreign interventions, redefining our relationship with NATO and other sensible
policies while enduring the wrath of the Neocons, Sanders is meek or silent on
these very issues.
Has Bernie Sanders once ever said “Bush lied us into war” or “9/11 may involve the
Saudis” or “Hillary blundered us into attacking Libya?” No he hasn’t. Why? What is
he waiting for? Or does he secretly agree? If so, does that make him the fascist?
I applaud his characterizations of the up-coming fund-raiser with the Clooneys as
“obscene” as well as his demand that Hillary release what she said to Goldman Sachs
to earn the equally disgusting speaker fees. http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/03/25/oceans-16-sanders-campaign-
blasts-350k-dinner-clooneys-obscene
BUT, is there anything more obscene that America bombing and killing thousands of
innocent people all over the planet in wars based on lies to steal the natural resources
of the indigenous population for the benefit of the 1% Sanders loves to criticize?
I say, no there isn’t! And I also say, Sanders needs to make crystal clear, now, that if
he loses the nomination, he will not support Hillary in the general election. He should say
that to further empower his loyal followers who will be faced with the ugly choice of
having to back Hillary if she wins.
That seems inevitable despite Sanders recent surge barring a miracle that could be the
result of his changing his tune in the way I suggest.
We are only a few weeks away from learning who the nominees will be. If Hillary wins, the
question remains: What will Sanders and his followers do? If they go for Mrs. Clinton, arguably the real fascist among the candidates, then we will know a lot about who they really are and what they really believe.
If Sanders backs Hillary then he will align himself with the Neocons who prefer her to Trump and are vigorously working to prevent his election. Ask yourself this, Sanders fans: “Who will deserve the label “fascist” then?