Gangster Foreign Policy

Once again, we are embroiled in a new foreign war—not surprisingly at the behest of Benjamin Netanyahu. The Trump administration chose to enter this illegal war without the required congressional approval, as it did the illegal war against Venezuela.

The American people have for decades consistently voted against American participation in wars. A century ago, candidate Woodrow Wilson campaigned on keeping us out of the First World War. Many historians credit his decision as president to enter the war as a major cause of the even more destructive Second World War. Since then, presidential candidate after presidential candidate has promised to stay out of wars. But, once they win, new wars invariably begin. Why?

The Complex: How the M... Turse, Nick Check Amazon for Pricing. It is abundantly clear that most of the American people are against this latest Middle Eastern war, yet Congress is afraid to fulfill their constitutional duty to stop it. Congress is not even willing to debate our participation in that frenzy of death and destruction. Why?

This decades-long pattern suggests there is some force or forces able to maintain an almost continual pro-war agenda. How does this happen in administration after administration without fail? It never seems to go the other way.

The recent disclosures about the Epstein syndicate’s influence and efforts on behalf of Israel has provided a glimpse into some of the possibilities, but our political leadership has fought hard to hide most of the damning information. Is the Epstein syndicate the major force driving our foreign policy, or just one of many? Thankfully, Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie are still bravely fighting to reveal fully the extent of the depravity and influence.

As our leadership appears to be increasingly subservient to the Netanyahu regime, our government further apes its brutal, nihilistic behavior—such as conducting and bragging about illegal political assassinations, sneakily attacking countries during phony peace negotiations, and brazenly violating a plethora of laws and treaties. This thuggish behavior erodes American credibility and causes the world to cringe with horror. For many decades, America was respected around the globe. Yes, the U.S. acted in its own self-interest and exploited many along the way, but it at least dressed its behavior with some semblance of decorum and restraint. U.S. leadership is now feared like a rabid dog without a chain. That chain was a holdover from our Founding era’s Christian worldview, which is now rapidly dimming, especially among our current leadership.

Let’s start with the basics. Our Founders vested Congress with the sole power to declare war, knowing full well the dangers of executive overreach. Since 1942, however, our leaders have bypassed that sacred duty by using dishonest propaganda, funding endless conflicts through deceitful backdoor appropriations, and issuing phony emergency decrees. This isn’t leadership. It’s cowardice and lawlessness, a far cry from the postwar narrative of a world regulated by international norms. What will stop them? Running out of ammo? Bankruptcy? A monetary crisis that finally makes the American Empire totally unsupportable? We are supporting approximately 800 military bases worldwide. Does anyone believe that can last? Quercetin with Bromela... Check Amazon for Pricing.

What about the United Nations—that much-maligned body, once derided as a communist front by Cold War hawks, many of whom were proto-neoconservatives? The UN was a Western creation, forged in the ashes of the Second World War to resolve conflicts without resorting to war. But it’s been sidelined, coopted, and rendered toothless, largely because of a structure that allows powerful nations—chiefly the U.S., Britain, and their proxies—to game the system. The Security Council’s veto power has become a shield for impunity, particularly when it comes to Israel’s belligerent behavior toward its neighbors.

Third-world countries, appalled by decades of Israel’s illegal and brutal treatment of Palestinians, have long decried this hypocrisy. UN Resolution 242, adopted in 1967 after the Six-Day War, called for Israel’s withdrawal from occupied territories, including Gaza and the West Bank, in exchange for peace. Israel voted for it, but fidelity to that promise? Nonexistent. Palestinian homes and farms are wrecked and bulldozed, settlements expand, walls rise, and the occupation grinds on, all while the U.S. vetoes any meaningful enforcement. Decades of resolutions condemning Israel’s actions have been routinely quashed by Washington, and often London, effectively granting Israel carte blanche in its ethnic cleansing campaign. Tragically, many of the wars since the Second World War have had an Israeli component—proxy conflicts, regime changes, and destabilizing military and covert actions aimed at clearing the path for a “Greater Israel” project.

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