{"id":91775,"date":"2017-12-25T10:41:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T14:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=91775"},"modified":"2017-12-25T10:43:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-25T14:43:37","slug":"its-quite-unfortunate-that-this-reality-check-is-entirely-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=91775","title":{"rendered":"It’s quite unfortunate that this USA reality check is entirely true."},"content":{"rendered":"

America No Longer a Force for Good?<\/h1>\n

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by Stephen J. Lendman<\/p>\n

Suggesting it ever was defies reality \u2013 a nation at war at home and abroad throughout its history, exterminating its native people, waging endless wars of aggression against nations threatening no one.<\/p>\n

Susan Rice was Obama\u2019s UN envoy from January 2009 \u2013 June 2013, then as national security advisor from July 2013 through January 20, 2017.<\/p>\n

Earlier she was Clinton\u2019s assistant secretary of state for African affairs. In this capacity, South African journalist Getahune Bekele called a \u201cconsummate ally of grubby despots.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her deplorable public disservice shows she supported imperial interventionism, including the rape of Yugoslavia and bombing of seven countries by Obama \u2013 Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0New York Times<\/a>\u00a0gave her feature op-space to bash Trump, laughably claiming America was a \u201cglobal force for good\u201d before he arrived, saying:<\/p>\n

His \u201cNational Security Strategy marks a dramatic departure from the plans of his Republican and Democratic predecessors, painting a dark, almost dystopian portrait of an \u2018extraordinarily dangerous\u2019 world characterized by hostile states and lurking threats.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fact: His NSS is old wine in new bottles with a Trumpian twist, indeed a deplorable document. So were ones issued by the Clintons, Bush\/Cheney and Obama \u2013 with Rice as national security advisor, her bloodthirsty imprint on the 2015 document, perhaps the 2010 NSS when she served as UN envoy.<\/p>\n

Bloomberg News called Trump\u2019s NSS \u201cshockingly normal,\u201d his four pillars likely the same or worse if Hillary won last year, a blueprint for endless wars of aggression \u2013 America\u2019s agenda under GOP and undemocratic Dem. leadership.<\/p>\n

Rice: \u201cIn Mr. Trump\u2019s estimation, we live in a world where America wins only at others\u2019 expense. There is no common good, no international community, no universal values, only American values.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fact: All of the above reflects America\u2019s agenda since WW II, notably post-9\/11. Trump stressing \u201cAmerica first\u201d is the way it\u2019s been since the second war to end all wars.<\/p>\n

US under leadership of both parties seeks unchallenged global dominance, naked aggression their favored strategy.<\/p>\n

Like virtually everyone in Washington, Rice used her op-ed to bash Russia, reciting the usual litany of Big Lies, disgracefully claiming:<\/p>\n

\u201cRussia\u2026aggressively opposes NATO, the European Union, Western values and American global leadership. It brazenly seized Georgian and Ukrainian territory and killed thousands of innocents to save a dictator in Syria.\u201d<\/p>\n

Post-public disservice, Rice retained her venom and penchant for lying. All of the above accusations are pure rubbish \u2013 the same disgraceful accusations The Times makes.<\/p>\n

Rice: The Trump administration \u201cembrace(s) a self-serving, confrontational vision of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

America\u2019s \u201cstrength has long rested not only on our unmatched military and economy, but also on the power of our ideals.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRelinquishing the nation\u2019s moral authority in these difficult times will only embolden rivals and weaken ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Clintons, Bush\/Cheney and Obama notoriously \u201cembrace(d) a self-serving, confrontational vision of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

America\u2019s \u201cstrength\u201d is used exclusively for ill, not good. It\u2019s humanity\u2019s greatest scourge.<\/p>\n

An immoral nation lacks any \u201cmoral authority.\u201d Its hostile agenda threatens life on earth.<\/p>\n

As Obama\u2019s national security advisor, Rice advocated policies similar to ones Trump pursues.<\/p>\n

Mass slaughter and destruction never bothered her. She was once quoted, saying \u201c(t)he only thing we have to do is look the other way.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Times supported her as national security advisor. Others condemned her bloody hands. Banality of evil describes her.<\/p>\n

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