Sunday morning McCain was among the legion of bloodsucking vampires hitting the propaganda circuit in a desperate effort to resuscitate their blessed Syrian war. On the ridiculous farce that is NBC’s Press the Meat where the reptilian David Gregory holds court it was McCain in his usual crazed manner who denounced Obama for the lamentable fact that half of Damascus isn’t in smoking ruins today. The deranged old bastard also called for support of the Free Syrian Army, apparently he didn’t get the memo that the head of the Syrian rebels, Ayman al-Zawhri as reported by Reuters had just issued what amounted to a fatwa calling for attacks within the United States. McCain, the penultimate media whore was following up his joint press statement made with his little buddy Lindsey by his side in which the doomsday duo parroted the standard line about Syrian president Assad, downplaying the U.S.-Russia agreement on chemical weapons that temporarily stopped the attack in that he will be able to "go on slaughtering innocent civilians and destabilizing the Middle East.". the truth is that it is thanks to McCain and his ilk that the Middle East has been destabilized due to their illegal wars of aggression and overt lobbying for the munitions industry that results in the lucrative arming of multiple sides of any given conflict. And yet the man never gets called on his bullshit so much has he falsely built his reputation as some kind of war hero whose craving of death and destruction borders on the same type of sick mania that drives a predatory pederast. McCain probably gets an erection when he catches the scent of burning human flesh.
In labeling the deal to avoid a U.S. lone wolf attack "a provocative act of weakness" McCain used his Sunday morning soapbox to engage in his standard demagoguery much to the delight of the host. Gregory, who is nothing other than a proxy for his state paymasters is the same talking head who recently used his forum to issue veiled threats against Glenn Greenwald. The Guardian journalist's implied treachery was of course writing about the revelations of former Booz Allen contractor Edward Snowden about the crimes of the NSA Stasi . Now MCain may see anything short of global thermonuclear war as an "act of weakness" and thereby presenting the the world the confirmation of the cartoon U.S. warmongering politician but Gregory is an even bigger piece of work and certainly not a journalist in the literal sense of the term. In fact he brings to mind the classic description of Geraldo Rivera in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as brilliantly written by L.A. Times film critic Tim Rutten: "Seeing him descend bright-eyed and sweaty on wretched New Orleans, as he did in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, was like watching a vulture on crystal meth. The word that came to mind was not 'reporting,' but 'feeding.'" A perfect example of how to describe Gregory’s style of ‘journalism’ which along with its sister tabloid sleaze is what now passes for news in this morally bankrupt , rapidly crumbling empire.
In addition to the postponement of their lovely war the interjection of Vladimir Putin into the situation has driven the neocons completely insane. If there is one thing that these degenerate death mongers hate more than Muslims it is Russia. The original foreign devil that served as the glue that held the crazies together was their bitter Cold War era hatred for the bear that still endures over two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Their philosophy had roots in the theories of a man named Leo Strauss, a German born Chicago academic who believed in the manipulative use of religion and nationalism in order to deceive the masses into unquestionably accepting a state of constant war under the pretense of the "noble lie". A valuable source of information on Strauss and the long term effects of his theories is Adam Curtis's three part BBC documentary The Power of Nightmares. Among the most influential disciples of Strauss was a certain Paul Wolfowitz, the architect of the Bush-Cheney Iraq war and a member of the Ford administration's Team B that was commissioned to study the extent of the Soviet threat to the United States. The study of course was used by Ford regime officials such as Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld to push for more aggressive policies to confront the Manichean devil of Russian Communism and to ensure that the defense industry would be able to continue to create bogeymen to justify the transference of taxpayer wealth to the war machine. Cheney and Rummy seem to turn up repeatedly in some of this country's most disastrous foreign policy blunders all predicated on the perpetual wars based on the work of Strauss and later in the Project for the New American Century (PNAC). While it is an extremely complex topic any understanding of why men like John McCain are consistently able to ensnare this country in ruinous foreign conflicts that have zero benefits for the average American and only serve to make money for the weapons industry it is essential to become familiar with this history.
With the temporary respite thanks to the deal with the Russians on Assad's chemical weapons reigning in the dogs of war for the time being it will be critical for the warmongers to propagandize at every turn to sabotage the current agreement. Then Obama, having saved face over his idiotic "red line" ultimatum will be able to rock and roll, this time without having to deal with the dog and pony show of having to get Congress to sign off on the attacks. Democratic House whip Steny Hoyer has already given Obama the green light to circumvent the Constitution and there will inevitably be others as the lobbying by interests seeking to benefit from the carnage will be fast and furious. Until then McCain, Graham and the rest of the jackals can stew in their own juices, bitching and whining over their postponed jolly good show. In a very amusing piece written by former CIA analyst Ray McGovern over at Consortium News he describes the atmosphere at state propaganda organ CNN after the Russian's took advantage of John Kerry's gaffe.
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Morose at CNN
As the march toward
war began meandering off in unexpected directions, I was lucky enough to observe,
up-close and personal, the angry reaction of some of Israel’s top American
supporters on Monday evening. That was after Russia drew Obama a new map for
how to reach the desired destination of removing chemical weapons from Assad’s
arsenal without going to war.
After doing an interview on CNN International, I opened the
studio door and almost knocked over a small fellow named Paul Wolfowitz,
President George W. Bush’s former under-secretary of defense who in 2002-2003
had helped craft the fraudulent case for invading Iraq. And there standing next
to him was former Sen. Joe Lieberman, the neocon from Connecticut who was a
leading advocate for the Iraq War and pretty much every other potential war in
the Middle East.
Finding myself in the
same room with two gentlemen responsible for so much misery in the world, I
fell back on my recent training in non-violence, as we watched Piers Morgan try
earnestly to spin the day’s astounding events. On the tube earlier, Anderson
Cooper sought counsel from Ari Fleischer, former spokesman for George W. Bush,
and David Gergen, long-time White House PR guru.
Fleischer and Gergen
were alternately downright furious over the Russian initiative to give peace a
chance and disconsolate at seeing the prospect for U.S. military involvement in
Syria disappear when we were oh so close. After some caustic and condescending
outbursts, an almost surreally disconsolate mood set in. It looked like these
fellas were not going to get their war.
Later remarks by
Lieberman and Wolfowitz reflected a distinctly funereal atmosphere. I felt I
had come to a wake with somberly dressed folks (no pastel ties this time)
grieving for a recently, dearly-departed war.
Among Lieberman’s vapid comments was the hope-against-hope
assertion that President Obama, of course, could still commit troops to war
without congressional authorization. I thought to myself, wow, here’s a fellow
who was a senator for 24 years and almost our vice president, and he does not
remember that the Founders gave Congress the sole power to declare war in
Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.
So I dug into my back pocket, pulled out my little copy of
the Constitution, and carefully tore out Article 1. Then I lurked in the ornate
elevator waiting area for Joe and Paul to come out. After the usual
pleasantries (all politicians feel compelled to “remember” you once you say
your name as though they should), I said, “Joe, I couldn’t believe what you
said about the President not being required to get the approval of Congress
before attacking a country like Syria. So, here; I tore out Article 1 of the
Constitution for you; I have another copy, so you can keep it. Go home, read
it, and see if what you just said is correct.”
It was a bad evening for war and for those pundits who like
to joke about “giving war a chance.” For those of us who think war is not such
a good idea – and truly should only be considered as an absolutely last resort
– it was an uncommon day for rejoicing at the failure of the warmongers to
again send young men and women to kill folks who pose no threat to us.
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Priceless. The part about tearing the page out of the pocket
Constitution and giving it to that vicious troll Joseph Lieberman, the retired
third stooge is absolutely classic especially when considering that the entire
pack of swine have about as much respect for the document they do as a piece of
toilet paper. So now we wait as the war machine plots their next move, one that
will not only trigger the coming collapse but perhaps Armageddon itself.
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