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US War Drums vs Iran, VZ Getting Louder |
By Adrian
Salbuchi |
| Did the US start its countdown to war in the Middle East
and Latin America on 9th March? Is there a connection between America’s
ongoing aggression against Venezuela and Israel’s explicit threat of
unilateral military attack against Iran? Venezuela Global and Latin American public opinion was surprised to learn on 9th March that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela governed by president Nicolás Maduro represents “a threat to the National Security of the United States”, prompting President Barack Obama to declare a “state of National Emergency” in his country. Quickly the better part of Latin American countries openly declared solidarity with Venezuela, however this announcement by the US should not be dismissed as just another routine case of US interventionism in the region, this time aimed at Venezuela. Rather, there seem to be other far more ambitious goals behind this, aimed at all of Latin America which the US seems to feel is ready for a major dose of “Latin American Spring” poison, together with its key re-positioning in the Middle East. In today’s globalized work, we need to expand our vision and adjust our geopolitical focus in order to better understand what is really happening, and what this apparent over-reaction by the US regarding Venezuela might be telling us about the near future; months or maybe just weeks ahead. Which is it: the United States over Israel, or… Israel over the United States? Reviewing the sequence of certain key events might help us understand what is at risk here. America’s announcement of an alleged “threat” from Venezuela which in all likelihood presages sanctions against that country similar to those levied against Iran, Syria and Russia was announced shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to both Houses of the US Congress in Washington on 3rd March. The explicit media goal of the Israeli prime minister’s speech which so much “upset” president Obama and most Democrats, was to explain to American lawmakers, the American people, and the world at large, why the deal being negotiated by president Obama with Iran regarding its nuclear plan “is so bad”. Netanyahu explained that the deal, “doesn’t block Iran’s path to the Bomb; it paves Iran’s path to the Bomb…”. It seems Israel’s prime minister knows much better than the US president which are the foreign policy measures that are best for America… It’s not every day that the head of State of a foreign military power is invited to the US Congress breaching elementary rules of diplomacy, protocol and good manners among sovereign states to tell Congress that its president is doing things wrong. This raised for the Nth time a key question of transcendental importance inside and outside of the United States, not just for America but considering the US is the sole global superpower for the whole world. Within the scope of the “special relationship” that exists between the United States and Israel, which of the two has the final word on key issues, the US or the State of Israel? Following Netanyahu’s speech in Washington where he received long orgasmic standing ovations from Republican senators and representatives whose passion, loyalty and emotion to him went beyond reasonable prudence and self-esteem that key question seems to have been once again eloquently responded. The essential guidelines of US foreign policy are clearly controlled by Israel. Or, to be more precise, key aspects of US foreign policy are controlled through the huge pressure and leverage exerted by an intricate and powerful network of dozens if not hundreds of extremely influential private pro-Zionist institutions that operate in a coordinated and consistent manner promoting common global objectives. Amongst these, are AIPAC (American Israeli Public Affairs Committee the first place where prime minister Netanyahu gave a speech when he visited the US), the American Jewish Committee, the World Jewish Congress, Anti-Defamation League, the Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), plus literally hundreds of counterpart organizations and NGO’s firmly entrenched in practically all Western countries. But now there’s another key issue: on 17th March Benjamin Netanyahu secured his re-election for prime minister of Israel for a fourth term. We cannot stress too strongly that a new war in the Middle East is now very dangerously close. We know only too well that if Israel honors its repeated threats (since 2006!) of carrying out a unilateral military attack on Iran’s nuclear installations, then Iran will retaliate with its own devastating military hit against Israel. We know only too well, that if and when that occurs, CNN, BBC, FoxNews, DW y other Western media outlets aligned with Zionist goals, will aim their cameras at what will be horrendous scenes of death and devastation inside Israel. These will have the effect of generating strong currents of sympathy, solidarity and support for “little Israel” throughout the West, especially in the US. That will, in turn, have the effect of dragging US public opinion and that of its key allies in favor of giving Israel full military support, whether the White House wants to or not. Because above the White House, 10 Downing Street, the Paláis de Elysee and other government palaces throughout the European Union and the UK Commonwealth, there exists a private power Over-World which is far more strong, vast, and encompassing, and has the clout for truly long-term planning. Ready… Aim… Shoot! In preparedness for such a coming new mega-war in the Middle East that will cause all sorts of disruption to the US and its allies especially in vital oil supply lines from the Persian Gulf where Iran controls the strategic Straits of Ormuz, we can understand why the US is “preventively” looking at other alternative sources of oil; much closer to home. In Venezuela, for instance… Thus, declaring Venezuela a “threat to US National Security” (!), clearly “paves the path”, as Bibi Netanyahu would say, for a major Psychological Warfare operation aimed at Venezuela’s Maduro government, having two key objectives. Firstly, to coerce Venezuela into continuing to deliver the million barrels of oil per day it ships to the US and, secondly, that in case things get really ugly in the Middle East and if Venezuela were to support its ally Iran and other Muslim nations by suspending oil shipments to the US, then the Obama Administration always in “defense of its threatened national security would consider itself “justified” in invading Venezuela and grabbing its oil reserves and infrastructure. We also know full well that the US would tell the “international community” that it would do that in the name of “democracy”, “human rights” and “freedom”. However, this would have the same devastating effects for Venezuela as similar “democratic” and “freedom fighting” operations promoted by the US had on Iraq, Libya, Syria and Afghanistan in recent years. To add insult to injury, the US also knows that it can count on the support of groups of Mafiosi, agents, traitors, narco-traders and criminals deeply embedded inside Venezuela, as in the rest of Latin America, which would work against Venezuela, its people and legitimate government. Just as happened with the so-called “freedom fighters” in Libya in 2011 and Syria in 2012/13, which have today transformed into “ISIS / Islamic State”: in the words of US General Wesley Clark, the “Frankenstein monster” created by the US and its allies. If Mr. Isaac Herzog’s Zionist Union party together with ally Tzipi Livni had won the elections, that might give the world some respite but it would not have meant that peace was ensured. Israel’s Left clearly represents a more moderate, non-fundamentalist, “kindlier, gentler” version of Zionism, which nevertheless also identifies Iran as its main enemy in the region. We should understand that in Rothschild Israel, the left and the right do not represent opposed visions and political platforms; rather they are two sides the same coin. Much as in the United States, Republicans and Democrats both maintain and promote imperialist wars of conquest throughout the Middle East and elsewhere, the difference lying basically in their respective styles. George W Bush, Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice waged war in the name of America’s “manifest destiny” inspired in a quasi-religious fanatical ultra-right frenzy, whilst Barack Obama, John Kerry and Hilary Clinton do the same thing, but in the name of ideological precepts: “democracy”, “human rights” and “freedom”. Two roads with varying levels of hypocrisy which nevertheless lead to one and the same goal that for target countries means blood, destruction and death. For when “smart bombs” and drones rain destruction over a wide assortment of peoples throughout the world, it makes no difference to them whether the button was pushed by a Democrat or Republican president; or by a Likud or Labor prime minister. Thus, our reading of the “tensions” that suddenly arose with Venezuela refer, amongst other things, to the logistics being prepared by the US for an imminent new and generalized war in the Middle East that has Iran as it epicenter. Unjustified aggression against Iran will come together with similar plans aimed at Latin America: the intensifying of “Latin American Spring” about which we have been warning for several years… Today, Venezuela is its prime target. Sadly, its second target is the author’s native Argentina, especially after the assassination last January of public prosecutor Alberto Nisman (http://rt.com/op-edge/226263-argentina-attack-prosecutor-death-amia/) after he failed dismally to produce evidence for a much desired “Iranian Connection” into the 1994 bombing of the AMIA/DAIA Jewish Mutual HQ in Buenos Aires. First Global War So, back to Iran: if Israel attacks Iran, that country will retaliate horrifically. This will drag the US to support “little Israel” on all fronts, including the military. Knowing it wields control over the US, Israel’s leadership will yet again behave like the proverbial brat who insults and picks fights on everybody, threatening “do as I tell you, otherwise I’ll tell me big brother on you!!”. The problem with Iran, however, is Russia, whose leadership is fully aware that their country is perceived as the main stumbling block in the Global Power Elite’s messianic dream of imposing World Government on mankind, to which end the Rockefeller-Rothschild Entente has been fighting for many generations now… After seeing what the Western Powers are doing to the Ukraine, Russia knows that under no circumstances can it be soft with the West. It cannot be soft in Syria; it cannot be soft in Ukraine and must less can Russia be soft in Iran. Are we thus talking about an imminent war pitting Israel supported by the US and its allies, against Iran supported by Russia? That would mean nothing less than this century’s First Global War. Its consequences are unpredictable. We’d rather call this a “Global War” and not a world war, because if the 20th century was marked by two world wars fought amongst sovereign Nation-States, in our far more complex 21st century the key power players are ambiguous and diffuse private entities that have raised themselves way above Nation-States which have, for the most part, lost their true sovereignty. Today, hugely powerful global mega-banks, multinational power house industries, lobbies, NGO’s and global media outlets manipulating public opinion all working together towards common goals in a coordinated, consistent and powerful network seem to have the last word. So, it’s Red Alert! for Venezuela, Iran, Latin America and the Middle East! The drums of war are getting louder and louder. _______________ Adrian Salbuchi is a political analyst, author, speaker and radio/TV commentator in Argentina. www.asalbuchi.com.ar. He is also the Founder of the Second Republic Project Proyecto Segunda República (www.proyectosegundarepublica.com). |
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