Insanity Grips The Western World
By Paul Craig Roberts
April 28, 2015 "Information
Clearing House" - Just as Karl Marx claimed that
History had chosen the proletariat, neoconservatives claim that History has
chosen America. Just as the Nazis proclaimed “Deutschland uber alles,”
neoconservatives proclaim “America uber alles.” In September 2013 President
Obama actually stood before the United Nations and declared, “I believe America
is exceptional.”
Germany’s political leaders and those in Great Britain,
France, and throughout Europe, Canada, Australia, and Japan also believe that
America is exceptional, which means better than they are. That’s why these
countries are Washington’s vassals. They accept their inferiority to the
Exceptional Country — the USA — and follow its leadership.
It is unlikely that the Chinese think that a handful of White
People are exceptional in anything except their diminutive numbers. The
populations of Asia, Africa, and South America dwarf those that comprise
Washington’s Empire.
Neither do the Russians believe that the US is exceptional.
Putin’s response to Obama’s claim of American superiority was: “God created us
equal.” Putin added: “It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see
themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation.”
If all countries are exceptional, the word loses its meaning.
If America is exceptional, it means others are inferior for lacking this
designation. Inferiors have less rights and can be bullied into submission or
bombed into oblivion.
The Exceptional Country is above all the others and,
therefore, doesn’t have to be concerned about how it treats them. Obviously,
Americans and their vassals think America is exceptional as the millions of
people murdered, maimed, and dislocated by Washington’s wars in eight countries
in the 21st century has not resulted in condemnation of Washington. Merkel,
Hollande, Cameron and the puppets in Canada, Australia, and Japan still suck up,
holding tight to Washington.
Instead, Russia and Iran, countries that, unlike the US, are
not militarily aggressive, are portrayed in the White People’s Media as threats
and are condemned.
The White Media claims, and has claimed since February 2014,
that there are Russian tanks and troops in Ukraine. Putin has pointed out that
if this indeed was the case, Kiev and Western Ukraine would have fallen to the
Russian invasion early last year. Kiev has been unable to defeat the small
breakaway republics in eastern and southern Ukraine and would stand no chance
against the Russian military.
Recently a brave news organization made fun of the White
Media’s claim that Russian tanks have been pouring into Ukraine for 14 months.
The parody pictured Ukraine at a standstill. All traffic on all roads and
residential streets is blocked by Russian tanks. All parking places, including
sidewalks and people’s front and rear gardens have tanks piled upon tanks. The
entire country is immobilized in gridlock.
Although a few have fun making fun of the gullible people who
believe the White Media, the situation is nevertheless serious as it concerns
life on planet Earth.
There is little sign that Washington and its vassals care
about life on Earth. Recently, the largest political group in the European
Parliament–the European People’s Party–expressed a cavalier opinion about life
on Earth. We know this, because, if we can trust Euractive, an online EU news
source, the majority EU party believes that declaring the EU’s readiness for
nuclear war is one of the best steps to deter Russia from further aggression.
http://www.unian.info/politics/1070675-meps-believe-eu-should-be-ready-for-nuclear-war.html
The aggression to be stopped by Europe’s declaration of its readiness for
armageddon is the alleged Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the “further
aggression” is Putin’s alleged intention of reestablishing the Soviet Empire.
It must be disappointing to the Russian government to see that
leaders of the European Union prefer to endorse nuclear war than to challenge
Washington’s propaganda.
When I read that the governing party in the European
Parliament thought non-existent aggression had to be stopped by a declaration of
readiness for nuclear war, I realized that money could buy any and every thing,
even the life of the planet. The European People’s Party was speaking in behalf
of Washington’s propaganda, not in behalf of Europe. Europe’s nuclear war with
Russia would end instantly with the destruction of every European capital.
The crazed vice-president of the European People’s Party,
Jacek Saryusz-Wolski revealed who the real aggressor is when he declared: “Time
of talk and persuasion with Russia is over. Now it’s time for a tough policy.”
Clearly, the European Parliament is a great danger to life on
the planet. Is it realistic to think that Russia will allow herself to become a
concubine of Washington?
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
and
How America Was Lost.