{"id":79274,"date":"2017-07-29T12:54:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-29T16:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=79274"},"modified":"2017-07-29T12:54:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T16:54:07","slug":"is-the-us-congress-engaged-in-a-controlled-demolition-of-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=79274","title":{"rendered":"Is the US Congress Engaged in A Controlled Demolition of the US?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When you have\u00a0 nothing else to offer, offer nothing by playing the sanction card \u2013 this seems to be the formula that is persistently used by the Deep State-controlled US Congress. The problem is: the rest of the world can survive without depending on the US economy. If that\u2019s the case, then why are the US legislators behaving in such a way, if not to destroy America itself? <\/span><\/h3>\n

New US Sanctions\u2026 Bring It On<\/h2>\n

By Finian Cunningham<\/em><\/p>\n

So the American bully wants to slap more sanctions on Russia over alleged misdeeds. This is blatant temper tantrums by a frustrated US trying to get \u201cits way or no way\u201d.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s so absurd. The biggest rogue nation on\u00a0Earth, illegally bombing and killing civilians in\u00a0several countries simultaneously, covertly arming terrorist proxies in\u00a0the Middle East, and a rampant subversive interferer in\u00a0foreign elections around\u00a0the world, has the audacity to\u00a0lecture others about\u00a0probity, resorting to\u00a0financial arm twisting that makes a mockery of\u00a0international laws and trade rules.<\/p>\n

Well, after\u00a0all, the Americans do always declare themselves to\u00a0be \u201cexceptional<\/a>\u201d. Never a truer word was spoken, albeit inadvertently.<\/p>\n

This week, the US House of\u00a0Representatives voted<\/a> overwhelming to\u00a0approve tougher new sanctions on\u00a0Russia. The Senate is expected to\u00a0rubber-stamp the bill and then President Trump will most probably sign into\u00a0law. He is becoming a lame duck president due to\u00a0the rampant Russophobia in\u00a0the US.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s deputy foreign minister Sergey Ryabkov deplored<\/a> the latest move to\u00a0tighten punitive measures on\u00a0the country\u2019s energy, banking and defense sectors, among\u00a0others. He said it was a calculated step to\u00a0destroy any prospect of\u00a0normalizing ties between\u00a0the US and Russia. \u201cIt is beyond\u00a0common sense,\u201d said Ryabkov, adding that American legislators \u201cknow no restraint in\u00a0their anti-Russia zeal\u201d and that they are \u201cout of\u00a0control\u201d. In short, collectively insane.<\/p>\n

Few sane people \u2013 apart from\u00a0US politicians and media pundits \u2013 would welcome a further deterioration in\u00a0relations between\u00a0the world\u2019s two nuclear superpowers. And truth be told, Moscow has up\u00a0to now shown great patience and amenability to\u00a0try to\u00a0improve bilateral ties. But the US political class has shown no interest whatsoever in\u00a0pursuing any reconciliation. It\u2019s like\u00a0it has a death-wish.<\/p>\n

American lawmakers endorsing the latest sanctions were almost foaming at\u00a0the mouth, labelling Russia an enemy and citing unhinged accusations against\u00a0Moscow for\u00a0meddling in\u00a0last year\u2019s presidential elections, also for\u00a0destabilizing Ukraine and, wait for\u00a0it, \u201cpropping up\u00a0the Assad regime in\u00a0Syria\u201d \u2013 the country where the American CIA has been propping up\u00a0head-chopping jihadist terrorists for\u00a0the past\u00a0six years.<\/p>\n

However, let\u2019s step back a moment. Another way of\u00a0looking at\u00a0this geopolitical impasse fomented by\u00a0the US is that it is actually a good thing. US politicians and large sections of\u00a0the media are so deranged with\u00a0anti-Russia hysteria and irrational views on\u00a0international matters, there is simply no chance of\u00a0engaging them with\u00a0normal dialogue.<\/p>\n

Better to\u00a0let the American political class consume itself with\u00a0its own toxic paranoia and delusions about\u00a0the world, and toward\u00a0Russia in\u00a0particular. Let them destroy themselves politically in\u00a0their isolated paranoid state and endless duplicity.<\/p>\n

A sign of\u00a0the impending American political self-destruction is the furious reaction from\u00a0Europe over\u00a0the latest sanctions. The Europeans are at\u00a0last waking up\u00a0to the fact \u2013 long overdue \u2013 that Washington is acting brazenly for\u00a0its own selfish interests and is prepared to\u00a0inflict pain on\u00a0Europe, if needs be.<\/p>\n

The European Commission, which oversees EU trade policy, as\u00a0well as\u00a0Germany and Austria have expressed outrage<\/a> over\u00a0Washington\u2019s \u201chidden agenda\u201d which is disguised in\u00a0the self-righteous and disingenuous rhetoric of\u00a0sanctioning Russia.<\/p>\n

Germany\u2019s foreign ministry sharply criticized<\/a> America of\u00a0undermining European energy security and using sanctions as \u201ca tool to\u00a0advance US industrial interests\u201d.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not Russia being sanctioned so much as\u00a0America sanctioning its own allies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 AP Photo\/ Virginia Mayo<\/p>\n

Of course, this is what the whole American brouhaha over\u00a0sanctions on\u00a0Russia is all about. It\u2019s got nothing to\u00a0do with \u201cdisciplining\u201d Russia over\u00a0alleged misdeeds. How could such pious rhetoric be taken seriously from\u00a0the planet\u2019s biggest rogue state?<\/p>\n

No, it\u2019s all about\u00a0foisting American energy gas supplies on\u00a0to a new European market by\u00a0displacing Russian exports. When Donald Trump was visiting Poland last month, he made an unvarnished sales pitch to\u00a0the Poles and other Central European countries to\u00a0buy American gas. Even though the US supply would be much more expensive than\u00a0Russia\u2019s.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why Trump<\/a> will likely sign off\u00a0on the new anti-Russia sanctions. While the president has at\u00a0times expressed an interest in\u00a0normalizing ties with\u00a0Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Trump\u2019s top priority<\/a> is to\u00a0promote American trade interests. He wants to\u00a0reduce the yawning US trade deficit with\u00a0Europe by\u00a0forcing the latter to\u00a0buy American gas, instead of\u00a0Russian.<\/p>\n

So much for\u00a0American capitalism obeying the rules of \u201csupply and demand\u201d. And so much for\u00a0the Americans declaring to\u00a0be an \u201cally\u201d of\u00a0Europe<\/a> acting always \u201cto protect\u201d it from \u201cRussian aggression\u201d.<\/p>\n

The delusional, paranoid Americans would be happy to\u00a0see Europe freeze to\u00a0death, being cut off\u00a0from affordable Russia gas. Washington in\u00a0its short-sighted stupidity would plunge Europe into\u00a0economic recession, industrial failure and rising unemployment just to\u00a0sell the continent more of\u00a0its own expensive gas.<\/p>\n

America\u2019s sanctions policy against\u00a0Russia is a thermometer of\u00a0grave political ill-health among\u00a0its politicians and media. If the Americans want to\u00a0conduct their government business and foreign policy based on\u00a0delusional hysteria, then let it be. Sooner or later, a nation driven by\u00a0such crazed thinking will destroy itself and its supposed allies.<\/p>\n

The outbreak of\u00a0anger among\u00a0European nations toward\u00a0American self-entitlement to\u00a0damage European interests is also a temperature reading indicating fever pitch out\u00a0of control. It is an astounding display of\u00a0arrogance when Washington is, in\u00a0effect, attempting to\u00a0overhaul European energy and trade policy for\u00a0the naked benefit of\u00a0US interests.<\/p>\n

American sanctions against\u00a0Russia are more a cry of\u00a0desperation by\u00a0the US political class whose economy is tanking and whose standing in\u00a0the world is sliding to\u00a0unprecedented low levels. Scrabbling to\u00a0offset the historical demise, the idiotic American \u201cleaders\u201d are lashing out\u00a0with anti-Russia hysteria and damaging blows to\u00a0even their own supposed allies in\u00a0Europe.<\/p>\n

The much-vaunted \u201ctransatlantic bond\u201d between\u00a0the US and Europe was always an over-rated cover for\u00a0the Americans to\u00a0lord it over\u00a0what they considered to\u00a0be their European vassals. Russia, unfortunately, has been vilified to\u00a0provide an excuse for\u00a0this hegemony. But so arrogant, so desperate are the American rulers today that the charade of\u00a0US-European \u201cpartnership\u201d is in\u00a0danger of\u00a0unraveling.<\/p>\n

If such sanctions help cast a light on\u00a0the decay of\u00a0America\u2019s once formidable global empire then bring them on.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a big multi-polar world out\u00a0there. Russia, Iran, China and the Europeans, if the latter get their act together, must learn to\u00a0walk away from\u00a0the American sulking bully and let it fester in\u00a0its own decadence.<\/p>\n

The bankrupt US \u2013 morally, politically, economically \u2013 has nothing worthwhile to\u00a0offer the world. Its so-called leadership is a lost cause. Attempting to\u00a0engage with\u00a0this parasitic wreckage is only a drain on\u00a0resources.<\/p>\n