- At this week's EU summit in Vienna Austria,
President George W. Bush was clearly on the defensive. Outside the glitsy
official halls of American power, angry demonstrators chanted "Bush
Go Home" and carried banners naming Bush the "World's No. 1 Terrorist."
All of this echoed the chilly reception Bush met in Mar Del Plata, Argentina,
last fall at the Latin America Summit.
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- For Europe to turn sour on the US, after
all the good will America gained by rebuilding Europe after WWII, takes
special provocation, which Bush has amply provided: (1) falsifying the
justification for the war in Iraq, (2) the open sore of human rights abuses
at Abu Ghraib and the ongoing abuses at Guantanamo, (3) taking advantage
of Europe's special relationship by secretly flying prisoners for torture
in and out of European airspace, and (4) provoking yet another war with
Iran. Of course, all of the world's diplomats are trained to force smiles
and pay homage to the world's only superpower, but the undercurrent of
disgust and disdain for Bush was palpable, if not openly hostile at times.
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- Even at this year's Bilderberger conference
in Canada, the top secret meeting of globalist wannabees, there was major
dissent for the first time since private media has been getting feedback
from one or two insider attendees. James P. Tucker has successfully infiltrated
the proceedings (via others) several years in a row. Here are excerpts
from his report indicating dissent and anti-American hostility among some
in the globalist ranks. It also tends to reinforce my view that major decisions
aren't made at the Bilderberger, which is more of a leadership seminar
where globalist try to bring along the up-and-coming and convince the old
core members to go along with the latest globalist strategy. Here are excerpts
from Tucker's report:
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- "[T]hey hope they can pressure President
Bush to refrain from an all-out invasion of Iran while maintaining oil
prices at their current record-high levels of about $70 a barrel. Timothy
Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, predicted
rising interest rates and difficulties for families that have obtained
adjustable rate mortgages, or variable interest rates. Many are likely
to lose their homes as rising home mortgage rates add hundreds of dollars
to their monthly payments, he said. While most listened solemnly and some
expressed concern, one was heard to say, 'stupid Americans deserve their
fate."... According to one source, no concern [for the American homeowners'
plight] was expressed by Allan Hubbard, assistant to President Bush for
economic policy.
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- "European Bilderbergers said they
would have no part in an invasion of Iran, something Bush says is an 'option
on the table.' Although NATO is helping by adding 9,000 troops in Afghanistan,
expect no help if Iran is invaded, they said. 'We will not help you fight
a war for Israel,' one said ... 'Is it not reasonable that Iran would need
such a deterrence [nuclear] against Israel?' an unidentified Bilderberger
was heard saying. 'If you invade Iran, Israel is your only ally and good
luck.' One suggested that 'surgical strikes' - but no land invasion - may
be tolerated but others said they would be ineffective. Listeners to this
dialogue included Eival Gildy of Israel, head of 'coordination and strategy
in the office of the prime minister [Olmert],' and Ziad Abu Amr, member
of the Palestinian Legislative Council, president of the Palestinian Council
on Foreign Relations and professor of political science at Birzeit University.
Ahmad Chalabi, former deputy prime minister of Iraq and one of the key
sources of disinformation about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, was
also present.
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- "William Luti, special assistant
to Bush for defense policy, and Richard Perle, former high Defense Department
official and still a close adviser to Bush, responded that the United States
is simply trying to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and make the world
'safe.' But, said one European: 'How safe do you think the world will be
if you invade Iran and Iran responds by firing missiles on your ally, Israel?
Israel will nuke Iran in response and you will have your proliferation.'
[Indeed, that's the eventual goal of agitation in the Middle East-to trigger
a larger war someday - ed].
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- "Robert Zoellick, deputy secretary
of state, said it would be necessary to keep the invasion 'option' to pressure
Iran into agreeing to abandon its nuclear weapons program. 'You're wrong,'
the European answered. 'Iran simply refuses to be bullied by the United
States. Save us a lot of trouble and forget about invading Iran.' The Americans
remained silent." [End of Tucker excerpts].
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- In response to the growing negativity
of European allies at the EU summit, Bush attempted to turn on the Texas
smile and charm, still not having a clue that Texas-style charm mixed with
bumbling speech and warmongering ideas doesn't go over well in sophisticated
European circles. He even gave the appearance of a promise to close the
US prison at Guantanamo, but he used weasel words to give himself an out.
As Bloomberg reported, Bush said, "I'd like to end Guantanamo, I'd
like it to be over with ... There are some who need to be tried in U.S.
courts. They're cold-blooded killers. They will murder somebody if they're
let out on the street." In fact, there is no such evidence that these
prisoners harbor any individual criminal tendencies - only hatred of the
United States government that has heaped untold abuse upon them in captivity
and reeked havoc in their home countries.
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- Bush made his commitment to close Guantanamo
contingent upon a U.S. Supreme Court challenge to planned military trials
for Guantanamo. He claims this challenge has blocked the closing of the
prison. Not so. He could close it at any time as is done to all internment
camps after every major war once hostilities have ceased. The Bush administration
is intent upon wringing some prosecutions out of at least some of the prisoners
so as to justify all the torture and prolonged interrogations going on
there. Using the Supreme Court case is merely a stalling tactic.
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- Here is the legal dilemma at Guantanamo:
As is always the case with prisoners caught up in the broad net of battle,
the only fact you really know is that they were part of an enemy force
- which isn't an individual crime according to the Geneva Convention. After
hostilities are over, prisoners of war are to be released. A nation cannot
prosecute soldiers, even irregulars, for war crimes or other individual
crimes unless you have witnesses to specific crimes against humanity (killing
civilians, executing prisoners, etc). The US doesn't have that evidence
in most cases. What they have attempted to do is scavenge old intelligence
reports for past deeds that can tag each individual with the terrorist
label. That has not succeeded to any degree and the intelligence itself
is never allowed to be scrutinized by defense lawyers as it should be.
At worst, one or two of the detainees have been identified as having been
drivers for terrorist leaders like Osama bin Laden.
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- The US is also claiming that they can't
let prisoners return to their country of origin for fear they will be hanged
as terrorists or tortured. Since when are US torturers concerned about
the fate of their prisoners? The US sends (renders) prisoners to those
very countries mentioned. I suppose the torture at Guantanamo is a lesser
variety than what Saudi Arabia or Syria would use on its own kind, but
it is apparently not sufficiently different to keep prisoners from attempting
suicide on the US compound. Three hanged themselves last month.
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- Some EU politicians are still eager to
court favor with the US. Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, became
very conciliatory after Bush's claimed desire to shut down Guantanamo.
Schuessel had been on record committing to confront Bush on the issue.
Schuessel said that "we got clear, clear signals and clear commitments
from the American side - no torture, no extraordinary or extraterritorial
positions to deal with terrorists." In response to these assurances
by the EU rotating president, the EU council backed down from demanding
an immediate closure of the US prison.
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- This show of belief in US assurances,
after the Bush administration's chronic history of lying, is either wishful
thinking or the Europeans are being blackmailed behind the scenes by US
diplomats, who could easily publish US knowledge of European complicity
in CIA rendition and torture flights into EU airspace, as well as complicity
to hide the existence of US secret prisons. This complicity issue is a
hot button with European voters, 70 percent of which are now hostile to
the Bush administration foreign policies.
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- North Korea: Another hot button during
the summit was North Korea's current gambit to launch another missile test
downrange toward Alaska. Bush and his EU counterparts are decrying the
test, and demanding it be cancelled. North Korea really knows how to yank
the chain around Bush's neck. The US has played North Korea with kid gloves
for years - and despite the rhetoric, shows no signs of playing hardball
with Pyongyang. This treatment is in direct contrast to US antagonism toward
Iran-a much less dangerous country to US interests.
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- This, in fact, is the reason Bush and
company are upset with the North Korean test. Every time North Korea rattles
its sabers, it makes US foreign policy and war threat to Iran look more
hypocritical. If North Korea launches an ICBM (sans warhead) near Alaska,
it's a pointed message that "we have the capability to hurt you."
Iran isn't any where near that capability, so why is Iran being targeted
for pre-emptive strikes and not Korea?
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- The answer is that Korea is a surrogate
of Russia and China, and an attack on North Korea would force Russia and
China into a response earlier than what the globalists want. The dual Red
Menace is not supposed to surface before the actual surprise attack on
the US, which will start WWIII-lest American's demand we protect ourselves
and slap stiff sanctions on these predator nations. This coming world war
will be purposefully provoked by the globalists to serve their desires
to vilify all national sovereignty and force the world into a NWO.
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- Above all, the US public must be kept
from perceiving Russia and China as real threats until the time is ripe
for that war. The continual conflicts in the Middle East serve primarily
as a diversion and to antagonize the world against the US. It also gives
the US an excuse to establish major military bases in the midst of the
prime oil producing region - a strategic choke point essential to guard
if when heading into a world war.
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- In short, the rhetoric of concern about
North Korea, or even China, will continue to be just that: rhetoric. There
will be no substantive actions taken no matter what North Korea or China
does. National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley is blowing smoke when he
claims, "A lot of these [EU] countries are going to have ideas about
what we do, should North Korea ignore the advice of the international community
and go forward [with the missile test]." The world will wring their
hands and then sit on them, just like always.
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- IF CHINA IS A THREAT, WHY KEEP INVITING
THEM TO US WAR GAMES?
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- Yahoo.com reports, "A high level
Chinese military delegation has set out for the US-held territory of Guam
to observe large-scale US naval exercises in the Pacific Ocean for the
first time, [China] state press has reported, 'This is the first time that
the US military has invited observers from the Chinese side to a solely-organized
US military exercise,' the paper said. The Communist paper quoted a Chinese
defense ministry official as saying, 'This is not only beneficial to mutual
understanding and confidence building, but it is also beneficial to mutual
study and reference and for advancing the continued development of our
militaries.'" Just what we need: to give China a better idea of what
they are up against so they can prepare to counter our tactics and equipment!
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- Copyright Joel Skousen. Partial quotations
with attribution permitted. Cite source as Joel Skousen's World Affairs
Brief (http://www.worldaffairsbrief.com)
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