{"id":24604,"date":"2015-10-26T16:19:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T20:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=24604"},"modified":"2015-10-26T16:19:14","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T20:19:14","slug":"trump-vs-blair-regarding-wars-of-aggression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=24604","title":{"rendered":"Trump vs. Blair Regarding Wars of Aggression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Novato, CA<br \/>\nOctober 26, 2015<\/p>\n<p>by Rich Scheck<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump is a very imperfect presidential candidate.<br \/>\nBut his comments often reflect a far deeper understanding<br \/>\nof politics than the oligarchs and corrupt officials who have<br \/>\ndominated the political landscape for decades.<\/p>\n<p>That became crystal clear again this weekend after Tony<br \/>\nBlair&#8217;s non-confession about &#8220;intelligence mistakes&#8221; in his<br \/>\ndecision to back President Bush&#8217;s invasion of Iraq.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/article43243.htm\">Tony Blair FINALLY Admits &#8211; The Iraq Conflict Contributed To The Rise Of ISIS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In his discussion of American interventions in the Middle East,<br \/>\nTrump states boldly (and accurately) that the region would be<br \/>\nmuch better off if we had not taken out Hussein and Gaddafi.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/article43250.htm\">Trump: World Better with Hussein and Gaddafi in Power<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Irrespective of whether &#8220;mistakes&#8221; were made or whether as<br \/>\nmany claim that the entire adventure relied on 9\/11 as a pretext<br \/>\nfor wars of aggression, this half-assed confession by Blair<br \/>\nafter years of denial and obstruction of the official British<br \/>\ninquiry (Chilcot) is a pathetic limited hang-out.<\/p>\n<p>The colossal waste of lives, resources and good-will irreparably<br \/>\ninjured countless millions of innocent people while transforming<br \/>\nthe region into a wasteland of failed states and warring factions.<\/p>\n<p>Blair is a war criminal and should be tried by the ICC or a special<br \/>\ntribunal to deal with the violations of Nuremberg represented by<br \/>\nWestern foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p>He should have a lot of company in the docket when the hearings<br \/>\ntake place including George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld,<br \/>\nHillary Clinton, John McCain, David Petraeus, Barack Obama and<br \/>\ncountless other Neocons associated with the Wolfowitz Doctrine.<\/p>\n<p>These are the clique who eagerly promoted &#8220;shock and awe&#8221; in Iraq,<br \/>\nthe right to protect in Libya, regime change in Syria, drone attacks<br \/>\nin Pakistan, Saudi bombing of Yemen, the entire Afghanistan debacle<br \/>\nand other violations amounting to crimes against humanity and<br \/>\nviolation of international law.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump is not yet prepared to step up and embrace this<br \/>\ndemand for accountability, implicit in his comments are a deep<br \/>\ndistrust of those who set this regional inferno in motion. This is<br \/>\nbest evidenced when he states (paraphrasing): &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if<br \/>\nwe created ISIS but I think the rebels we are backing are ISIS!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well many folks are a lot clearer about Western funding of ISIS,<br \/>\nthe Arab Spring, Color Revolutions and other causes of great<br \/>\nanguish around the planet. The public record is making it<br \/>\nharder and harder for those like Blair to be in denial about the<br \/>\ntrue scope of Western perfidy.<\/p>\n<p>As Tony Cartalucci has consistently documented over the years,<br \/>\nISIS is clearly the product of state sponsorship:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/landdestroyer.blogspot.com\/2015\/10\/us-turkey-buffer-zone-to-save-isis-not.html.\">US-Turkey &#8220;Buffer Zone&#8221; to Save ISIS, Not Stop Them<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And as David Knight so powerfully states: &#8220;This is not blowback;<br \/>\nthis is a criminal conspiracy to create ISIS!&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/how-tony-blair-created-isis\/\">How Tony Blair Created ISIS<\/a><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.infowars.com\/how-tony-blair-created-isis\/<\/p>\n<p>Will Trump elevate the conversation to the next level and call<br \/>\nfor accountability consistent with international law? Perhaps<br \/>\nit is too much to expect that he could so quickly morph from<br \/>\nshowman to statesman.<\/p>\n<p>Considering his stated comfort level with President Putin who has<br \/>\ntransformed himself from a lowly KGB operative to a creative<br \/>\nforce for peace on the world stage, it is worth hoping that Trump<br \/>\ncan raise his vision in the foreign policy arena and learn from<br \/>\nthe Russian president to do what is right.<\/p>\n<p>Only such actions have any possibility of making America great again!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/article43249.htm\">No Shame for U.S. 2003 Invasion of Iraq?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/2015\/10\/24\/neo-americas-coalition-of-treachery\/\">NEO \u2013 America\u2019s Coalition of Treachery<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/article43245.htm\">What If They Gave a War and Everyone Came?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novato, CA October 26, 2015 by Rich Scheck Donald Trump is a very imperfect presidential candidate. 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