Jun 23, 2020

Suicidal Empire

Winston Churchill told the Peel Commission  in 1937: “I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly-wise race… has come in and taken their place”.  

Thirty years later, Martin Luther King Jr describes the biggest purveyor of violence in the world as the government of the (dis)United States of America which took the reign of empire from Britain in 1945 right after dropping nuclear bombs on Japan to demonstrate its power to the other aspiring empire of the day: Russia. . But the US which quickly dispatched of the Soviet Union  is a genocidal, suicidal, and hypocritical empire. Let me explain. Genocidal not just because of what it did to millions of natives (genocide) and Africans (slavery and racism) within its own ever expanding lands.  It  has been the biggest sponsor colonization and suppression in other areas not subject to its direct rule.  From Vietnam to Latin America to installing puppet genocidal dictators from Pinochet to the Shah of Iran. Sponsoring other colonizations and racist movements from South African apartheid to Zionist ethnic cleansing.

But it is indeed the land of hypocrisy that no longer can be covered by fancy hollywood movies of good cowboys-bad indians, good Israel-bad terrorist Muslims, good capitalists-bad communists. For decades while claiming the moral high grounds, the US government has supported dictatorial regimes around the world that torture, disappear, and kill so many. Many books have been written on this (e.g. by Noam Chomsky, Edward Said and others). But to cite just one recent example: the US is targeting Yemen, Venezuela, Iran and Syria (on behest of the Zionist lobby) with crippling sanctions. Whatever you think of those three governments and their governing styles, the real reason is not "human rights violations". Everyone clearly sees that whatever violations are miniscule compared to "allies" of the US like Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. Take the Caesar (zionist) "civilian protection act": a law that suffocates 17 million people to help Israel (https://www.theleadersnews.com/caesar-tries-to-suffocate-17-million-syrians/  ). It does not only try to suffocate Syria but it suffocates Lebanon also (whose economy is interlinked and which houses hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees).

But let us talk about suicidal aspect. Ever since the US government turned its economy to the control of a "federal reserve" (which is not federal or government but private bankers), it had forfeited its control of its economy to what Eisenhauer warned about: "a military industrial complex" [now we can add technological]. Between signing the federal reserve law and the support of the Balfour declaration and entry into WWI, the USA's future was set in motion of militarization, special interest lobbies, and a future of cycles of recessions that could only lead to economic collapse. With the military expenses spiralling out of control ( the Caesar law is actually embedded in the National "defense" authorization act), the US deficits mushrooms. The national public (government) debt is now $26 trillion and when you add private and corporate debts we have over $80 trillion total debts (much of it owed to foreign countries and individuals)!!! Any person who thinks this will be repaid please contact me as I want to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge and the White House! But the effect of rampant capitalism is seen vividly now in the numbers of Covid19 infected people in the US (2.5 million) and deaths (122,000+) in the midst of a privatized bloated healthcare system that only the rich can afford.

Instead of developing a modern accessible healthcare, agriculture and means of production in an environmentally sensitive way, the US is destroying our planet via spreading rampant capitalism, destructive practices like shale oil extraction and fostering endless wars (Syria, Yemen, Palestine, Libya etc). Even with Trump using the military might to blackmail countries like Saudi Arabia to give the US more money, the debt is only expected to skyrocket based on the most recent graphs. The timing of this bubble burst is not known but its ramifications are obvious: the end of US (military) policing the world. It is thus with hope that we look to the revolt of Black Lives Matter that challenges the racist militarized police (trained by Israelis). Such movements as BLM, the occupy movement, and Extinction Rebellion will succeed globally. The sooner they succeed the sooner the US gets out of its suicidal spiral with less damages. Empires do collapse and the US/Israeli one will be no exception. The question is not if empires die but the modality and timing of their deaths. Much of it has to do with how citizens in those countries mobilize and how they respond to empire staying while giving the illusion of democracy (republican vs democrat). The early indication (e.g. how Biden came to be appointed! with Zionist lobbies) points to a bad ending to this empire. Stay tuned.

11 comments:

  1. Exquisitely put, Mazin...as usual! Many, many thanks for this!

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  2. You talk truth to power.. I shall broadcast your message.
    A minor point: It was Pres. Eisenhower who warned of the "military-industrial complex.
    Thanks for what you say and do.
    Gordonb M. Poole

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  3. SO GOOD..EXPLAINS MANY THINGS WITH KNOWLEDGE AND FORESIGHT..WHAT A GREAT MIND..

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  4. You mentioned 4 not 3 countries. I loved the title but thought you wandered off a tad. Recycle the title into a series.

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  5. Abdulnabi Alekry
    Very convincing that the US Empire has been a menace for its people and humanity

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  6. Abdulnabi Alekry
    Very convincing that the US Empire has been a menace for its people and humanity

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  7. It is an irony that in this election year of the most powerful nation on earth the American people can only but choose between a white supremacist of a narcissic nature and a dementia stricken democrat. Hopefully people are in the streets in mass and as you mention Mazin there is hope of change.

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  9. (I removed my comment because it was about a typo in the article, and I found a more direct e-mail address for the author. Otherwise, I love the article. My family has a history of peace and justice activism spanning over eight decades, from my father's status as a conscientious objector during WW2, and my mother's becoming an independentista (for Puerto Rico) in the early 1940s -- and remaining so all of her life. They met, BTW, on a civil rights march, from Harlem to D.C. protesting Jim Crow, in 1943.

    I most strongly echo Mr. Qumsiyeh's sentiments, and say, bravo!)

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  10. Non sono clicheprint@, ma diemme32@libero.it e chiedo a Mazin di sistemare la faccenda, altrimenti non mi sarà possibile partecipare al dibattito.Non lo farò mai con un altro nome.Maria

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  11. Maybe some additional statistics to the dead in US, that I have found in the internet. In 2017 are 40.000 people gun related death. This is the highest rate. (Brazil have nearly the same and place 3 is India with around 27000 dead) For this are 37% Murder, 60% Suicide and 3% other. This means around 15.000 are killed. If you now look how many soldiers are died after the Vietnam War, this means the last 45 years the time from 1975 until today. There are three big issues: Golf War 300 dead, Afghanistan 220 dead, Iraq 4500 dead and other places around 1.000 dead. These are together 8.000 dead. If you now compare this values from one year to the 45 years it is interesting. In one year died more people in the US internal in reason of weapons than external the last 45 years! Please now my question: Where should be now the Priorities for the US politics?

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