If you're not by now convinced that the logic of Bret
Stephens is twisted like a pretzel, you will be by the time you're finished
reading his latest column: “Anatomy of a Feckless Presidency” which also came
under the subtitle: “Gone are the days when the American president was capable
of articulating the American interest.” It was published in the Wall Street
Journal on March 4, 2014.
Stephens begins by asserting that Putin of Russia is a
strongman, and that Obama of America is pursuing a feckless foreign policy. And
he sets out to justify these assertions using irrefutable evidence that is in
the public domain. For example, he quotes President Obama as saying that he
spoke with Putin and that the two administrations have been in daily contact.
This done, the author now begins the process of analyzing the meaning of the
occurrence. He does so by asking a question: Why talk if not to make use of
what was said?
Because it is not clear what he is getting at, he gives the
reader an explanation. It comes in the form of an event that took place a
little more than 51 years ago. It happened that the Soviet Foreign Minister
visited President Kennedy and told him the Soviet Union would never deploy
offensive military capabilities in Cuba . That was a lie, says
Stephens, and not only that, but Kennedy already knew it because he had
photographs secretly taken by U-2 spy planes. So how did Kennedy respond? He
gave a speech four days later, revealed what he knew and showed the photographs.
It was a public act that embarrassed the Soviets no end.
Great story but what's the connection between the two
events? The connection is that Putin lied to Obama when he said that Russia had intervened in Crimea
to protect the lives of Russian citizens living there, and Obama registered “no
public complaint about being brazenly lied to by a Russian.” The point that
Stephens is making, therefore, is that Kennedy was a responsible President
because he publicly unmasked the Soviet lie, and that Obama is a feckless
President because he did not complain about Russia 's lie.
But Bret, these are two different things. Kennedy had
photographs showing missiles lined up in Cuba
ready for launch at the United
States , and no one in the world aside from a
handful of people around Kennedy knew it. To reveal this fact and to show the
photographs was an act that would surely embarrass the Soviets. As to the
Russians invading Crimea in full view of the
television cameras under the pretext of protecting lives that may or may not
need protection is not something that an American President should dabble in.
There is no lie here that is hidden from the world that only the American
President can unmask. Untangle that pretzel brain of yours, Bret, and you'll see
this reality.
In fact, the embarrassing thing is that some officials in
the American government were dragged into having a conversation of this kind
with Jewish inspired little twerps who think of themselves as journalists. And
while the likes of Bret Stephens may think this is the height of journalistic
excellence, it sounded to the rest of the world like two kids having a heated
argument: “You did not embarrass him” … “yes I did” ... “no you did not” … “yes
I did.” And this is what superpower America has been reduced to under
the tutelage of pretzel-like Jewish logic. Enough of this, the world is getting
disgusted.
And now that Stephens made clear what he wants to see the
President of the United
States spend his time doing, he tells the
readers how the world should be run. Thus, he asserts that Russia is not interested in the stability of Ukraine which makes it necessary for America to try and destabilize Russia by
destabilizing its economy.
He says America
should do this because the so-called international community is an imagined
community that must not be taken into account when defining American interests.
Well, he does not himself define American interest this time, but he has done
so in almost every column he wrote before. The American interest, according to
him, is Israel , only Israel and nothing but Israel .