The Arab nations didn’t take the Israel bait. Now US is getting kicked out of the region.
The Neocon faction that’s been firmly embedded in US foreign policy establishment for more than three decades now had predicted how World War III might erupt. Фракция неоконсерваторов, которая уже более трех десятилетий прочно укоренилась во внешнеполитическом истеблишменте США, предсказывала, как может разразиться Третья мировая война. Frank GaffneyФрэнк Гаффни, whom I mentioned in , которого я упоминал в this reportэтом отчете earlier this week, predicted that US defense of Israel against an alliance of Muslim powers would trigger World War III which would not be confined to the Middle East and which could involve the use of nuclear weapons (see: ранее на этой неделе, предсказал, что защита США Израиля от альянса мусульманских держав спровоцирует Третью мировую войну, которая не ограничится Ближним Востоком и которая может повлечь за собой применение ядерного оружия (см.: Gaffney: Rise of Sharia Rule Will Bring War to the Middle EastГаффни: Усиление правления шариата приведет к войне на Ближнем Востоке, NewsMax, October 24, 2011). , NewsMax, 24 октября 2011 г.).
Was the WWIII outbreak war-gamed and planned?Была ли развязка Третьей мировой войны спланирована заранее?
The very fact that such a prediction was even articulated suggests that the scenario has been war-gamed and probably even planned. It should therefore not be a stretch to consider whether what had happened in Israel last month wasn’t an attempt to detonate that scenario. There are a number of dots to connect in relation to these events that suggest this. Сам факт того, что такое предсказание было даже озвучено, наводит на мысль, что сценарий был разыгран военным путем и, вероятно, даже спланирован. Поэтому не должно быть преувеличением предположить, не было ли то, что произошло в Израиле в прошлом месяце, попыткой взорвать этот сценарий. В связи с этими событиями есть ряд точек соприкосновения, которые указывают на это.
In the immediate aftermath of Hamas attack on Israel, US, Britain and other NATO member states began amassing their fleets and military aircraft in the eastern Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf. Such a large concentration of forces would be a massive overkill if their objective was simply to help Israel against a terrorist group holed up in the tiny Gaza strip. Preparation for a wider regional war would better explain such large and speedy mobilization.Сразу же после нападения ХАМАСА на Израиль США, Великобритания и другие государства-члены НАТО начали наращивать свои флоты и военную авиацию в восточном Средиземноморье и Персидском заливе. Такая большая концентрация сил была бы массовым перебором, если бы их целью была просто помощь Израилю в борьбе с террористической группировкой, отсиживающейся в крошечном секторе Газа. Подготовка к более широкой региональной войне лучше объяснила бы такую масштабную и быструю мобилизацию.
The teamworkКомандная работа
Both И правительство NetanyahuНетаньяху‘s government and Hamas did their part to escalate the conflict: in addition to bombing Gaza, Israel launched a number of attacks against Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and even an «accidental» strike on targets in Egypt. US forces also launched strikes on Syria. For its part, Hamas called for the Muslim world to unite in a holy war against Israel. Recall, Hamas is the creation of Israel and western deep state structures which has been lavishly funded and supported, principally by western-allied Qatar, but also by Israel and western powers. , и ХАМАС внесли свой вклад в эскалацию конфликта: в дополнение к бомбардировкам Газы, Израиль предпринял ряд нападений на Ливан, Сирию, Западный берег и даже «случайный» удар по целям в Египте. Силы США также нанесли удары по Сирии. Со своей стороны, ХАМАС призвал мусульманский мир объединиться в священной войне против Израиля. Напомним, ХАМАС — это создание Израиля и западных глубинных государственных структур, которое щедро финансировалось и поддерживалось, главным образом, союзником запада Катаром, но также Израилем и западными державами.
Five days after they lit the fuse on 7 October, Hamas leader and founder Через пять дней после того, как они подожгли фитиль 7 октября, лидер и основатель ХАМАСА Khaled MashalХалед Машаль published a опубликовал video message appealing to Muslims worldwideвидеообращение к мусульманам всего мира, asking them to carry out Jihad and become martyrs for Al-Aqsa. He urged Muslims to spill their blood for Palestine and even asked religious leaders to issue a fatwa compelling Muslims to take part in the holy war against Israel. Mashal himself wasn’t exactly volunteering: he sent his appeal from Qatar where he is safe from the mayhem he unleashed in Gaza. , в котором призвал их вести джихад и стать мучениками за Аль-Аксу. Он призвал мусульман проливать свою кровь за Палестину и даже попросил религиозных лидеров издать фетву, обязывающую мусульман принять участие в священной войне против Израиля. Сам Машаль точно не был добровольцем: он отправил свое обращение из Катара, где он в безопасности от хаоса, который он развязал в Газе.
Mashal has no links to Gaza since he never actually lived there. He was born in the West Bank, raised in Jordan and Kuwait and over the years operated from Jordan, Syria, Qatar and Egypt and his loyalties lay with his paymasters. Fortunately, apart from a handful of lone-wolf attackers, the Muslim world largely ignored the fake Muslim and even faker Palestinian patriot Mashal. In the weeks that followed the war’s outbreak, Muslim world backed away from the impulse to attack Israel, and even Hezbollah’s Машаль не имеет никакого отношения к Газе, поскольку на самом деле он там никогда не жил. Он родился на Западном берегу, вырос в Иордании и Кувейте и на протяжении многих лет действовал из Иордании, Сирии, Катара и Египта, и его преданность была связана с его казначеями. К счастью, за исключением горстки нападавших-одиночек, мусульманский мир в значительной степени проигнорировал фальшивого мусульманина и даже фальшивого палестинского патриота Машаля. В течение нескольких недель, последовавших за началом войны, мусульманский мир отказался от намерения напасть на Израиль, и даже Hassan Nasrallah Хасан Насралла declined to open a new front from Lebanon. из «Хезболлы» отказался открыть новый фронт в Ливане.
In short, they didn’t take the bait. Had muslim countries united to attack Israel, many western nations would have united to defend her, and might even have been able to do so with substantial popular support. Instead, using a variety of paramilitary forces in the region, the Muslim powers began to attack US bases in Syria and Iraq. Instead of ensnaring the Muslim world in a devastating war escalation, the US itself has become ensnared in a trap that could ultimately force it out of the region entirely.Короче говоря, они не проглотили наживку. Если бы мусульманские страны объединились для нападения на Израиль, многие западные страны объединились бы для его защиты и, возможно, даже смогли бы сделать это при существенной народной поддержке. Вместо этого, используя различные военизированные формирования в регионе, мусульманские державы начали нападать на американские базы в Сирии и Ираке. Вместо того чтобы заманить мусульманский мир в ловушку разрушительной эскалации войны, США сами оказались в ловушке, которая в конечном счете может полностью вытеснить их из региона.
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Trump’s anti-imperial legacyАнтиимперское наследие Трампа
The presence of US troops in Iraq is illegal: in January 2020, the Iraqi parliament passed a resolution demanding that US troops leave the country, but Biden’s Neocons didn’t respect Iraq’s lawmakers demands. US presence in Syria is also illegal and their key European allies withdrew support for US occupation of Syria after President Присутствие американских войск в Ираке незаконно: в январе 2020 года иракский парламент принял резолюцию с требованием, чтобы американские войска покинули страну, но неоконсерваторы Байдена не уважили требования иракских законодателей. Присутствие США в Сирии также незаконно, и их ключевые европейские союзники прекратили поддержку американской оккупации Сирии после того, как президент Trump Трамп openly said that the troops would remain there to «take the oil» rather than bring freedom and democracy to the country.открыто заявил, что войска останутся там, чтобы «добывать нефть», а не приносить стране свободу и демократию.
I believe that this was very deliberate on Trump’s part. After his attempt to withdraw US troops from Syria was sabotaged, he retaliated against his political enemies by keeping the troops there but removing all acceptable justifications from their occupation of Syria. As a consequence, the US will find it very hard to find support for any war escalation in the region, except in London. Meanwhile, the pinprick attacks on US military bases and outposts are reportedly continuing relentlessly on a daily basis and the US troops have found themselves cut off from their supply lines and are suffering significant casualties.I believe that this was very deliberate on Trump’s part. After his attempt to withdraw US troops from Syria was sabotaged, he retaliated against his political enemies by keeping the troops there but removing all acceptable justifications from their occupation of Syria. As a consequence, the US will find it very hard to find support for any war escalation in the region, except in London. Meanwhile, the pinprick attacks on US military bases and outposts are reportedly continuing relentlessly on a daily basis and the US troops have found themselves cut off from their supply lines and are suffering significant casualties.I believe that this was very deliberate on Trump’s part. After his attempt to withdraw US troops from Syria was sabotaged, he retaliated against his political enemies by keeping the troops there but removing all acceptable justifications from their occupation of Syria. As a consequence, the US will find it very hard to find support for any war escalation in the region, except in London. Meanwhile, the pinprick attacks on US military bases and outposts are reportedly continuing relentlessly on a daily basis and the US troops have found themselves cut off from their supply lines and are suffering significant casualties.
The changing political landscapeМеняющийся политический ландшафт
The political changes in the region have been equally unfavorable and the US has been consistently excluded from discussions about the war in Israel and the region’s future security architecture. The consequences of all these developments could prove dire for the American and European interests in the region, which are very considerable. Large parts of the Middle Eastern energy resources still constitute western banking interests’ collateral which necessitates military enforcement. There’s no question that if the US/UK/NATO lose their arbitration role in the region, that collateral will be lost. The world might be fine, but the west is in trouble.The political changes in the region have been equally unfavorable and the US has been consistently excluded from discussions about the war in Israel and the region’s future security architecture. The consequences of all these developments could prove dire for the American and European interests in the region, which are very considerable. Large parts of the Middle Eastern energy resources still constitute western banking interests’ collateral which necessitates military enforcement. There’s no question that if the US/UK/NATO lose their arbitration role in the region, that collateral will be lost. The world might be fine, but the west is in trouble.The political changes in the region have been equally unfavorable and the US has been consistently excluded from discussions about the war in Israel and the region’s future security architecture. The consequences of all these developments could prove dire for the American and European interests in the region, which are very considerable. Large parts of the Middle Eastern energy resources still constitute western banking interests’ collateral which necessitates military enforcement. There’s no question that if the US/UK/NATO lose their arbitration role in the region, that collateral will be lost. The world might be fine, but the west is in trouble.
The consequences will be dire, including the risk of financial collapse which will force western central banks to resort to the one crutch they have to stave off collapse: printing ever widening rivers of fiat as a measure of last resort. That measure itself has predictable consequences: runaway inflation. In “Economic Consequences of Peace,” in 1919 John Maynard Keynes wrote as follows:
“There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose.”
A century later, we are living in a very different reality from that in which Keynes wrote those words. Even the Neocons, back when they were amusing themselves by thinking up World War III scenarios didn’t dream that their unipolar Project for the New American Century would collapse like a house of cards and that China and Russia would emerge as alternative anchors of security architecture on the Eurasian continent. Slowly but surely the emerging multipolar world seems to be prevailing as the western ship of fools sails into its hurricane of overdue consequences.
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