{"id":200601,"date":"2020-01-10T08:42:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T08:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=200601"},"modified":"2020-01-13T08:43:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T08:43:26","slug":"warrior-trump-seeking-peace-permanent-war-remains-official-us-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=200601","title":{"rendered":"Warrior Trump Seeking Peace? Permanent War Remains Official US Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephen Lendman \u2013 Global Research Jan 9, 2020<\/h1>\n
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henry Kissinger and President Trump pictured in the Oval Office, May 2017. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Throughout the post-WW II era, permanent war and military Keynesianism has been and remains official US policy \u2014 under both right wings of the one-party state.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Endless wars against invented enemies are glorified in the name of peace, what the Pentagon calls a \u201clong war,\u201d what Dick Cheney once said won\u2019t end in our lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n

In his book titled \u201cPerpetual War for Perpetual Peace,\u201d Gore Vidal said: \u201c(O)ur rulers\u2026made sure that we are never to be told the truth about anything that our government has done to other people, not to mention our own.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Seymour Melman explained that \u201cevery major aspect of American life is\u2026shaped by our Permanent War Economy\u201d \u2014 peace and stability anathema notions to bipartisan US policymakers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Militarism, endless wars of aggression, and corporate handouts come at the expense of unmet human needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anti-nuclear activist\/physician Helen Caldicott stressed that the US \u201caddiction (to wars) in (the) nuclear age, (could) destroy all life on earth, creating the final epidemic of the human race.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump is captive to dark forces controlling him, a geopolitical know-nothing businessman\/TV personality transformed into a warrior president, escalating inherited wars, risking new ones.<\/span><\/p>\n

Endless wars serve US imperial aims. World peace and stability defeat them \u2014 what was likely explained to Trump straightaway after taking office.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hostility toward Iran without letup continues on his watch \u2014 war by other means through economic terrorism and other hostile actions, short of all-out hot war US policymakers know can\u2019t be won.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s anti-Iran agenda has nothing to do with preventing the country from developing nuclear weapons it abhors, doesn\u2019t have, never sought, and wants eliminated everywhere \u2014 while ignoring nuclear armed and dangerous Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

No criticism of its apartheid viciousness or terror-bombing of Syrian sites is mentioned by US policymakers or establishment media, nothing said about the menace it poses \u2014 in contrast to regional peace and stability advocate Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n

US hostility toward the Islamic Republic has everything to do with wanting it returned to US vassal state status, gaining control over its vast hydrocarbon resources, and eliminating Israel\u2019s main regional rival.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump turned truth on its head, saying the US \u201cis ready to embrace peace with all who seek it (sic)\u201d \u2014 while waging endless aggressive wars in multiple theaters, along with war by other means on Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, Russia, China, Cuba, and other countries the US doesn\u2019t control.<\/span><\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s UN envoy Majid Takht Ravanchi responded to Trump\u2019s hollow claim, saying:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c(P)artnership with the United States is meaningless as long as the country persists with its policy of \u2018escalation and animosity.\u2019 \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Trump regime continues hot war and by other means against nations the US doesn\u2019t control.<\/span><\/p>\n

It abandoned the landmark INF Treaty and JCOPA nuclear deal \u2014 based on Big Lies and deception.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s economic terrorism on Iran, Venezuela, and other countries is all about crushing their economies and immiserating their people.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unlawful US sanctions are weapons of war by other means. Trump falsely accused Iran of \u201csupport(ing) terrorism\u201d \u2014 a US, NATO, Israeli, Saudi specialty, what Iran actively combats, General Soleimani key in defeating US-supported ISIS jihadists in Iraq and Syria, likely why he was assassinated.<\/span><\/p>\n

For now, Trump stepped back from the brink of all-out hot war on Iran \u2014 while continuing unlawful hostile actions against the country and others.<\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s ahead is likely to be more of the same. The US is a belligerent state waging endless war on humanity at home and abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump continues the hostile agenda he inherited \u2014 abandoning peace, stability, equity, justice, the rule of law, and other democratic values like most of his predecessors.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span><\/p>\n

Award-winning author\u00a0<\/em>Stephen Lendman<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0lives in Chicago. He can be reached at\u00a0lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net<\/a>.\u00a0He\u00a0is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

His new book as editor and contributor is titled \u201cFlashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanIII.html<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Visit his blog site at\u00a0sjlendman.blogspot.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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