HOW THE NEO-CONS, AND THEIR MORONIC PATSY GEORGE W. BUSH, WRECKED
AMERICA =96 =91Unnecessary Wars: How Empires Fall=92
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Unnecessary Wars: How Empires Fall
By Paul Craig Roberts,
CounterPunch.org,
13 May, 2008.
In a new book that will infuriate the fake conservatives who inhabit
the Republican Party, Patrick J. Buchanan do***ents how British self-
righteousness, delusion, and hubris destroyed both the British Empire
and Western ascendancy in two unnecessary wars launched by a small
cabal of morons that ruled Britain
Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War shows that the two world
wars that destroyed European civilization began when England declared
war on Germany, thus dragging in the Empire, Commonwealth, and United
States. This was a strategic blunder unparalleled in history. Mighty
Britain emerged from World War II as an American dependency.
Buchanan cites such British notables as F.J.P. Veale, B.H. Liddell
Hart, and C.P. Snow to do***ent that it was Winston Churchill who
committed, in Veale=92s words, =93the first deliberate breach of the
fundamental rule of civilized warfare that hostilities must only be
waged against the enemy combatant forces.=94 It was Churchill, not
Hitler, who first targeted civilian populations in World War II and
caused the structure of civilized warfare to collapse in ruins.
The Americans quickly adopted Churchill=92s criminal policy of attacking
civilians, culminating in the outrageous use of nuclear weapons
against two Japanese cities, the slaughter of Vietnamese civilians,
and the ongoing slaughter of Afghan and Iraqi civilians.
A popular American myth is that =93the greatest generation=94 saved the
world from Nazi tyranny. As Buchanan points out, the fact of the
matter is that the Normandy invasion in June 1944 played little, if
any, role in Germany=92s defeat. By the end of 1942 Hitler had lost
World War II at Stalingrad, long before any American troops appeared
on the scene. What the Normandy invasion achieved 18 months later was
to keep the Red Army from over-running all of Europe.
Although Buchanan=92s book is about how the British destroyed
themselves, Buchanan is clearly thinking about America. In the
closing pages Buchanan shows how the Bush Regime has broken from the
sound policy of President Reagan and is replicating the British folly
of self-destruction. =93There is hardly a blunder of the British Empire
we have not replicated,=94 laments Buchanan.
The distinct American hubris that we are =93the indispensable nation=94
and the braggadocio that we are an =93omnipower=94 has us overcommitted in
alliances that we cannot fulfill. Despite 25 percent of the Iraqi
population killed, injured or displaced, the =93world=92s only
superpower=94=
cannot even control Baghdad. To deal with the pointless war we
started in Afghanistan, we have had to sucker our NATO allies into a
conflict that is no concern of theirs. Militarily overextended and
with a faltering economy and collapsing currency, the cabal of morons
that rules America still hopes to attack Iran, Syria, and to drive
Hezbollah from Lebanon. American idiots in think tanks are busy at
work drawing up plans about how the US is going to check China and
prevent her emergence as a power beyond US control. The Republican
presidential candidate has boasted that he will challenge Russia and
bring Putin to heel.
Amazing.
The world=92s greatest debtor is going to take on the two powerful
countries with the largest trade surpluses. According to the World
Factbook, an annual publication of the CIA, Russia=92s 2007 current
account surplus is $465 billion and China=92s is $363 billion. In
contrast, the US current account deficit is $987 billion--an amount
larger that the total deficits of all other countries in the world
combined. The out-of-pocket and already incurred future cost of
Bush=92s wars of aggression is between $3 and $5 trillion, every dollar
of which must be borrowed. That comes on top of the unfunded
liabilities of the US government totaling $53 trillion. By any
account the US is the world=92s worst credit risk. The =93mighty=94 US
relies on foreigners to finance its consumption, its wars, and the
daily operations of its government.
When Buchanan looks at the collection of idiots that comprise
America=92s ruling class, he despairs.
In truth, American power is already broken, and the country is already
lost.
The country is lost, because the brown****rt Bush Regime has destroyed
the US Constitution with the complicity of the opposition party and
the federal courts. There is no organized power that can restore the
Constitution or even much concern that it has been overthrown.
The country is broken, because American capitalists have moved
offshore so many US manufacturing, engineering, and research jobs that
US im****ts now exceed US industrial production. American dependency
on im****ted manufactured goods, advanced technology goods, and energy
is astounding.
Moreover, the dependency is escalating dramatically. In March 2002,
prior to Bush=92s decision to impose Israel=92s will on the Middle East,
oil was $25 a barrel. Today oil is $125 a barrel, a five-fold
increase that has seen our oil im****t bill rise from $145 billion in
2006 to $456 billion presently, a $300 billion addition to a trade
deficit that was already running $700-$800 billion annually.
There is no possibility of the US closing its trade deficit. The US
is able to survive such enormous deficits only because the US dollar
is the world reserve currency. This role for the dollar is nearing an
end as the world looks for more stable stores of value. Although oil
is still nominally priced in dollars, in reality it is being priced in
euros as oil producers raise the dollar price with a view to keeping
their oil revenues at a constant purchasing power in euros.
When the dollar loses its reserve currency role, foreign financing for
US trade and budget deficits will eva****ate. US living standards will
collapse, and the indispensable omnipower will be just another washed
up country.
For a world weary of =93American exceptionalism,=94 this can=92t happen
too
soon.
(Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the
Reagan administration. He was Associate Editor of the Wall Street
Journal editorial page and Contributing Editor of National Review. He
is coauthor of The Tyranny of Good Intentions.He can be reached at:
PaulCraigRoberts@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
)
SOURCE: http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts05132008.html
See Also:
=91Israel Must Be Held To Same Nuclear Scrutiny as Iran=92
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=3D/20080518/OPINION03/80=
5180367/1007/OPINION
'Bush's Nazi-Iran Analogy Makes Attack Seem More Likely'
http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=3D140
ISRAELI GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN: =91WAR WITH IRAN WILL BE ISRAEL=92S
DOOMSDAY=92 =96 Says =91Iran will defeat Israel in any war waged by the
regime against the Islamic Republic=85if it becomes Israel versus Iran,
Israel has already lost=92
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=3D56126§ionid=3D351020101
THE COMING ISRAELI AND U.S. ATTACK ON IRAN - MUST READ!
=91The Prime Directive: U.S. War Plans Targeting Iran Are All About
"Protecting" Israel=92
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=3D12827
'Target: Iran? On Israel's 60th Birthday, The Jewish State May Be
Readying For Its Biggest Fight Yet. What That Could Mean For The Next
American President.'
http://www.newsweek.com/id/136065
(I don't agree with its 'Irresistible Push For War' premise, but this
article makes some valid points - so wake up and GET ACTIVE to
massively protest and prevent this next planned war crime!) 'Why All
of Our Efforts Won=92t Stop the Attack on Iran'
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/05/why-all-of-our-efforts-won%E2%80%99t-s=
top-the-attack-on-iran/
=91The US-Iran Sound Bite Showdown=92
: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JE16Ak01.html
=91Constitution=92s Checks, Balances Failing As Bush Prepares Iran
Attack=92=
http://vdare.com/roberts/080515_lies.htm
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IRAN ATTACK: THE WARNINGS KEEP MULTIPLYING
=91Backing Into War: Israel's Strike on Syria, a Precurser To Iran
Holocaust=92
http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?200297
'Pakistan Warns Against Attack On Iran'
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=3D168303
See Also:
'Israel Will Not Tolerate Nuclear Iran: Olmert=92
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gyH2xqxgOD7mFnhsLXN6kZ4DdYvQ
Goebbels himself would be proud of this Big Lie!
Pure Propaganda - The Oft-Repeated False Charge That Iran Has
Threatened To "Wipe Israel Off The Map"
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/GE=
O237.HTM
The REAL Truth: Iran Has never Threatened To Attack Israel
Preemptively, But Nuclear-Armed Israel HAS Threatened Iran With
Attack And Destruction!
'Olmert: We Still Opt For Iran Attack'
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=3D49083=A7ionid=3D351020104
Israeli Minister Threatens "Destruction Of The Iranian Nation"
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/iran-a09.shtml
In case you missed these=85.
IRAN WAR SCOOP BY EX-CIA OFFICER: =91War With Iran Might Be Closer Than
You Think=92
http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2008/05/09/war-with-iran-might-be-closer-than-y=
ou-think/
U.S. AIR PRACTICES FOR IRAN RAID? =91Early Warning: A Secret
Afghanistan Mission Prepares for War with Iran=92
http://blog.wa****ngtonpost.com/earlywarning/2008/05/a_secret_afghanistan_mis=
sion_p.html#more
AN ISRAELI AND U.S.ATTACK ON IRAN? - "It's still not really beyond
Bush and Cheney to order a full-scale preemptive attack on Iran. But
the more likely scenario is that there will be an asymmetrical U.S.
response to a (possibly trumped-up) Iranian provocation. And the most
likely scenario is that the United States will encourage (or certainly
not oppose) an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities - which in
turn would lead the United States to come to Israel's defense should
Iran strike back."
http://blog.wa****ngtonpost.com/earlywarning/2008/05/a_secret_afghanistan_mis=
sion_p.html#more
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=91U.S. Prophesizes Iran Striking Back=92
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=3D54690§ionid=3D351020101
=91Re****t: U.S. Convenes On Iran War Scenario=92
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=3D54656§ionid=3D351020101
Attacking Iran; =91Neocons And The Truth: Bitter Enemies To The End=92
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/05/08/ledeen/index.html
=91Is War With Iran Imminent?=92- Justin Raimondo
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=3D12755
=91The Iraq War Morphs Into The Iranian War=92
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19839.htm
'Israel Preparing To Bomb Iran Nuclear Sites'
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=3D53558§ionid=3D351020104
'Joint Chiefs Chairman Says U.S. Preparing Military Options Against
Iran'
http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042501=
480_pf.html
See Also:
'Was April 20th The Original Date Of The Planned U.S. 'Air Strike' On
Iran?' http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/IRANPLAN.HTM
'Is A U.S./Israeli Air Strike On Iran Drawing Steadily Closer?' (News
Updates) http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/IRANWAR.HTM
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'Bush Was Prepared To Go Nuclear: Afghanistan Was To Have Been A NWO
Object Lesson!=92
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/NUCLEAR.HTM.
=91The Plan For Three World Wars=92
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/3WARS.HTM
Elitist Blueprint For World Government Revealed
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/may2008/050108_elitist_blueprint...
'Astounding Quotes From The Political And Financial Elite On The
Planned New World Order'
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/TRAGEDY.HTM
=91A History Of The New World Order=92
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/NWOHIST.HTM
Download for free this classic history book by John Robison,
'Adam Weishaupt's Illuminati: Proofs of a Conspiracy Against all the
Religions and Governments of Europe=92
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/ROBISON.HTM
Archived =91New World Order Intelligence Update=92 Articles on the =91New
World Order=92
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/sect22.htm
The Elite=92s Secretive Plan For A =91North American Union=92
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/NAU1.HTM
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/NAU2.HTM
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/NAU3.HTM
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Bankrupt U.S.A. Covets Iran=92s Oil=85.
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/MELTDWN1.HTM
'Sorting Through The Rubble In Post-Bubble America'
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/MELTDOWN.HTM
'The Coming U.S. Economic and Financial Meltdown'
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/MELTDWN2.HTM
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http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/MELTDWN3.HTM
'No End In Sight As U.S. Financial Crisis Deepens'
'Global Starvation - Coming Soon To Europe And North America, Too?'
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/FOODLOSS.HTM
'The Coming Great Food Shortages In America' by Texe Marrs
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/TEXMARRS.HTM
THE DOWNFALL OF THE UNITED STATES: =91Has the Battle for America
Begun?=92
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=3Dva&aid=3D8977
=85And the likely response to an economic or financial crisis by =91El
Presidente=92 Bush?
George W. Bush: Constitution of the United States is just a
"goddamned
piece of paper."
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_8534.shtml
'General Tommy Franks Says U.S. Constitution May Not Survive, Sees
Possible Military Form Of Government In The United States'
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/FRANKS.HTM
'Concentration Camps in America? Martial Law Civilian Detention
Centers?'
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/CONCAMP.HTM
'Astoni****ng 1987 =91Miami Herald=92 News Re****t Reveals Existence Of A
'Secret Government', Plus Plans To Suspend Constitution, Impose
Martial Law, And Activate Civilian Detention Centers'
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/CONCAMP2.HTM
U.S. Congressman: American Concentration Camps "On The Books=94
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/CONCAMP3.HTM
'More Preparations For U.S. Martial Law'
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'FEMA: America's Secret Government-In-Waiting'
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/fema.htm
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/GEO443.HTM
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http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/BLACK-OP.HTM
'Chemtrails: Are They For Climate Control, Weather Modification,
'Black Ops' Or For Biological Warfare And Mass Vaccine Testing?' (see
the recently-added stunning photos of a chemtrail tanker creating a
'Chemtrail X' in the skies over Toronto, Canada!)
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