He Who Hesitates Is Lost And
Russia Hesitated — Paul Craig Roberts
He
Who Hesitates Is Lost And Russia Hesitated
Paul
Craig Roberts
The
Russian government deceived itself with its fantasy belief that Russia and
Washington had a common cause in fighting ISIS. The Russian government even
went along with the pretense that the various ISIS groups operating under
various pen names were “moderate rebels” who could be separated from the
extremists, all the while agreeing to cease fighting on successive verges of
victory so that Washington could resupply ISIS and prepare to introduce US and
NATO forces into the conflict. The Russian government apparently also thought
that as a result of the coup against Erdogan, which was said to implicate
Washington, Turkey was going to cease supporting ISIS and cooperate with
Russia.
Alas,
the Russians so fervently, or perhaps I should say feverishly, desired an
agreement with Washington that they deceived themselves. If Finian Cunningham’s
report is correct, Washington has taken advantage of Russia’s urging that
Washington and Turkey join in the attack on ISIS by invading northern Syria
under the guise of “fighting ISIS.”
Syria
has now been partitioned, and the pretend or fake “moderate rebels” can be
built up inside the US/Turkish occupied areas of Syria and the war against
Syria kept going for as long as Washington wants. The western presstitutes will
report that the Turkish/American forces occupying areas of Syria are not
invaders but are attacking ISIS.
With
US, Turkish, and, little doubt, soon other NATO troops operating inside Syria,
the neoconservatives will have many opportunities to provoke a conflict with
Russia from which Russia will have to stand down or reply with force. In the
event of a Trump presidential victory, the neocons want to make certain Trump
is embroiled in a war that will prevent an accommodation with Russia.
It
is unclear whether US Secretary of State Kerry’s effort to arrange a Syrian
ceasefire was sincere and he was sandbagged by the Pentagon and CIA.
Regardless, if Kerry was sincere, he is obviously unable to stand up to the
neocons, blessed as the State Department is with Victoria Nuland and a number
of other warmongers.
Obama
is equally weak, which is why he was chosen by the oligarchy as president. A
person without experience and knowledge is an excellent tool for the oligarchy.
American blacks and white liberals actually believed that an inexperienced
candidate from nowhere without an organization of his own could make a
difference. Apparently, the gullibility of a majority of Americans is endless.
This American hallmark of gullibility is why a handful of neoconservatives can
so easily lead the sheeple into endless wars.
The
idiot Americans have been at war for 15 years and the morons have no idea what
has been achieved. The fools are unaware that the US in its decades long
accumulation of weakness now confronts two major nuclear powers: Russia and
China.
Americans
have been taught by the presstitutes serving the military/security complex that
nuclear war is not all that different from ordinary war. Look at Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, two targets of American atomic bombs. Today, seven decades later, the
cities are flourishing, so what’s the problem with nuclear weapons?
The
atomic bombs that Washington dropped on these helpless civilian centers while
the Japanese government was trying to surrender, were mere popguns compared to
today’s thermo-nuclear weapons. One Russian SS-18 wipes out three-fourths of
New York state for thousands of years. Five or six of these “Satans” as they
are known by the US military, and the East Coast of the United States
disappears.
Russia
had a victory for Syria and democracy in its hands, but Putin lacked the
decisiveness of a Napoleon or a Stalin and let his victory slip away as a
result of false hopes that Washington could be trusted. Now a Russian/Syrian
victory would require driving the Turks and Americans out of Syria.
If
Russia struck hard and fast, Russia could succeed by using Washington’s lie and
claiming that Russia thought the US and Turkish forces were ISIS, just as
Washington claimed when Washington intentionally struck a known Syrian Army
position.
If
Russia actually annihilated the Turkish and US force, which Russia could easily
do, NATO would collapse, because no European country wants to be destroyed in
World War 3. But Russia won’t collapse NATO by decisive action. The Russians
won’t fight until war is absolutely and totally forced upon them. Then they
will pay a huge price for their indecisiveness rooted in their foolish belief
that Russia has common grounds with Washington. The only common grounds Russia
has with Washington requires Russia’s surrender. If Russia will surrender,
Russia can achieve Western acceptance, and Washington’s agents, the Russian
Atlanticist Integrationists, can rule Russia for 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, How America Was Lost, and The Neoconservative Threat to World Order.
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