{"id":40690,"date":"2016-06-20T18:34:25","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T22:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=40690"},"modified":"2016-06-20T18:36:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T22:36:16","slug":"trump-is-not-the-problem-and-hillary-is-not-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=40690","title":{"rendered":"Trump Is Not The Problem&#8230;&#8230;and Hillary Is Not The Answer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Windsor, CA<br \/>\nJune 19, 2016<\/p>\n<p>by Rich Scheck<\/p>\n<p>The efforts to turn Donald Trump into an evil fascist tyrant represents<br \/>\nan attempt to mobilize voters to &#8220;protect the status quo for the sake<br \/>\nof preventing any change!&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/who-is-afraid-of-donald-trump-the-left-sides-with-hillary\/5531757\">http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/who-is-afraid-of-donald-trump-the-left-sides-with-hillary\/5531757<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That is the conclusion of the article above in which the author takes<br \/>\nus through an elaborate exploration of the class dynamics of the<br \/>\ncurrent election.<\/p>\n<p>I think he succeeds in showing that despite his many limitations, Trump<br \/>\nis merely a hypothetical bad guy whereas Hillary is clearly the establishment<br \/>\ncandidate. Efforts to unite the Democratic Party by<\/p>\n<p>demonizing The Donald and getting Sanders supporters to see him as<br \/>\ndangerous is a desperate attempt by the Clinton crowd to deflect<br \/>\nattention from her pathetic record of scandal, corruption and outright<br \/>\nincompetence.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Sanders seems to be the foremost proponent of this approach as he mysteriously refuses to drop out but states boldly how we must do everything to prevent Trump&#8217;s ascension to the White House.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/sanders-calls-for-supporters-to-back-clinton-transform-democratic-party\/5532008\">http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/sanders-calls-for-supporters-to-back-clinton-transform-democratic-party\/5532008<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Providing cover for the shift from Sanders to Clinton as we saw this<br \/>\nweekend at the People&#8217;s Summit in Chicago is a way for the &#8220;pseudo-left&#8221; to remain silent on the key issues of war and foreign policy:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/the-pseudo-lefts-peoples-summit-in-chicago-preparing-the-switch-from-sanders-to-clinton\/5531998\">http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/the-pseudo-lefts-peoples-summit-in-chicago-preparing-the-switch-from-sanders-to-clinton\/5531998<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Hillary Clinton, we have a proven proponent of the Washington<br \/>\nConsensus that has seen constant wars of aggression by the US<br \/>\nover the last 25 years including by her husband, Obama and both<br \/>\nPresident Bushes.<\/p>\n<p>She is a hawk, fully supported by the Neocons, Henry Kissinger, and<br \/>\nthe globalists on Wall Street who back the TPP, more interventions,<br \/>\nmore bailouts and the New World Order that even President Putin is<br \/>\nwilling to describe: <a href=\"http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=134218\">http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=134218<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The problem is endless wars of aggression by the US in the name of<br \/>\nAmerican Exceptionalism designed to implement a Global Manifest<br \/>\nDestiny&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Pax Americana!<\/p>\n<p>Trump did not create this approach and at times indicates he opposes<br \/>\nit. When he talks about constraining NATO, getting along with Russia,<br \/>\nopposing TPP and protecting America&#8217;s borders instead of fighting<br \/>\nendless foreign wars, he raises the hackles of Bill Kristol and his<br \/>\nNeocon buddies.<\/p>\n<p>The fear of Trump morphing in a future tyrant is understandable but<br \/>\nis a reflection as much of the pervasive anger pulsating throughout<br \/>\nthe entire polity against the establishment as it is about anything he<br \/>\nhas actually done since he has never held elected office.<\/p>\n<p>Hillary on the other hand is a proven petty tyrant who could easily<br \/>\nbecome a full-fledged &#8220;Napoleon&#8221; particularly because of her<br \/>\ndemonstrated comfort level with launching unnecessary wars.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=39314\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=39314<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump cannot be charged with a single death from releasing bombs,<br \/>\ndrones or airstrikes on hapless civilians. That is an issue Hillary along<br \/>\nwith Bush, Obama, Blair and others cannot easily sidestep. In a perfect<br \/>\nworld, they would all face prosecution before the International<br \/>\nCriminal Court.<\/p>\n<p>I have previously challenged the post-Sanders left to speak out against<br \/>\nour imperial foreign policy in ways Bernie has refused to do.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=40219\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=40219<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Only when we realize that Trump is not the problem and Hillary is not<br \/>\nthe answer can we start healing the deep wounds we have created<br \/>\nabroad as well as those that grow worse here at home.<\/p>\n<p>Does that entail the formation of a new political party, voting for the<br \/>\nGreen Party, abstaining, writing in your best friend or something new?<\/p>\n<p>I wish there were an easy answer but voting for Hillary because Trump<br \/>\nis so bad is morally, politically and intellectually unjustified.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/liberals-and-leftists-for-hillary\/5531898\">http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/liberals-and-leftists-for-hillary\/5531898<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If we need to start over, why not begin that process now:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=32281\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=32281<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}