Lies
Can Lead To War
By Paul
Craig Roberts
March
16, 2018 "Information
Clearing House"
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Notice
that the governments of the US, UK, France, and
Germany
did not require any evidence
to decide that the Russian government used
military-grade nerve gas to attack two people on
an English park bench and a UK policeman. It
makes no sense. There is no Russian motive.
The
motive lies in the West. It is the latest
orchestration in the ongoing demonization of
Russia. The demonization is a huge boost to the
power and profit of the military/security
complex and prevents President Trump from
normalizing relations. The military/security’s
budget and power require a major enemy, and
Russia is the designated enemy and will not be
allowed to escape that assigned role.
The
false accusations against Russia are damaging
the Western countries that make and support the
accusations. There has never any evidence
provided for any of the accusations. Consider
them: the Malaysian airliner, Crimea, the
polonium poisoning of a Russian in the UK,
Putin’s alleged intention to restore the Soviet
Empire, Russiagate and the stealing of the US
presidential election, other charges of election
theft or interference. The current Skripal
poisoning. Accusations abound, but never any
evidence. Eventually even insouciant Western
peoples begin to wonder about the transformation
of evidence-free accusations into truth.
What do
leaders and peoples of the few independent and
sovereign countries think when they see a signed
condemnation of Russia for poisoning a
long-retired UK double-agent without a scrap of
evidence by the political heads of the four
major Western countries? What do the Chinese
think? The Iranians? The Indians? We know that
the Russians are beginning to think that they
are being set up by demonization for invasion,
as was Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi, Assad, Yemen,
and the attempt on Iran. It is finally dawning
on Russia that all these accusations are not
some kind of mistake that diplomacy can
straighten out, but, instead, the setting up of
Russia for military attack.
This is
a reckless, irresponsible, and dangerous
impression for the West to give Russia. Some
commentators, who understand the falsity of the
Skripal accusation, explain, in my view
incorrectly, that UK prime minister May
orchestrated the charge in order to divert
attention from her Brexit difficulties. Others
say, incorrectly, that it is an effort to turn
the Russian election against Putin. Some have
concluded that Skripal was involved in the fake
“Steele dossier,” and was silenced by Western
intelligence, whether UK or US.
Even an astute observer, such as Moon of
Alabama, has been confused by these
explanations. Nevertheless
I
recommend his article
- which obviously was written prior to the
French President, German Chancellor, and
President Trump’s endorsement of UK prime
minister May’s unsupported charges. The article
shows that both US and UK experts do not think
that the alleged Russian nerve agent used in the
alleged poisoning even exists. Perhaps this is
why the British government will not agree to any
tests and can supply no evidence.
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury for Economic Policy and associate
editor of the Wall Street Journal. He was
columnist for Business Week, Scripps Howard News
Service, and Creators Syndicate. He has had many
university appointments. His internet columns
have attracted a worldwide following. Roberts'
latest books are
The Failure of Laissez Faire
Capitalism and Economic Dissolution of the West,
How America Was Lost,
and
The Neoconservative Threat to
World Order.
The
views expressed in this article are solely those
of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
opinions of Information Clearing House.
