If the Neocons have a command and control structure that is
still standing, those in charge of it should get busy issuing communiqués to
their foot soldiers telling them to cease all hostilities because the war of conquest
has ended with their defeat. Continuing to beat a dead horse isn't going to
yield any benefit especially that they are the dead horse, and they were beaten
over and over again.
The reason why such communiqué must be issued becomes
obvious to those who would read the editorial that was written under the title:
“Obama's Snap-Back Fantasy” and the subtitle: “Big Business lines up to get
into Iran after sanctions go away.” It was published on June 17, 2015 in the
Wall Street Journal (WSJ). This work is a public lamentation that the war did
not go their way … but nowhere do they hint that they will give up fighting the
lost war, or at least consider a moratorium so that they and those they are
affecting, may take a breather.
The problem with these people is that as long as they see a
flicker of light at the far side of the endless tunnel, they will continue to
believe they can score the victory they deserve, and win the war that was
promised to them at the beginning of time. And the reason why they see a
flicker of light is that they believe the sanctions have a chance of being
snapped back on Iran if that country cheats on the nuclear agreement.
As to their optimism, it emanates from the belief that “the
business community is betting otherwise.” These are the words of the Neocons,
and they show how these people have been reasoning things out. It is that they
were holding on to the thought that the outcome of the war had not been decided
one way or the other as evidenced by the fact there was a bet, and the bet was
still on.
And so, instead of throwing in the towel and sit quietly,
they write an editorial in which they break with their own tradition, and
describe the events surrounding the subject matter as accurately as they can.
The catch, however, is that they spin those events in such a way as to make it
sound it is Mr. Obama that must be criticized for the way that things have
developed. As to their role in the affair, they cannot be faulted for the
upside-down manner in which they have described the events throughout the
years.
As a matter of fact, their faulty description of the events
was not something they plucked out of thin air. It was something real they were
seeing in their collective imagination. It was so real; in fact, it could not
be called fantasy. It was more like delusion … a form of mass hallucination to
the effect that Israel and the Jews were considered to be saints, and were
loved by everyone on the planet.
At the same time as that, they were imagining that the
Iranians were treated as demons, and were hated by everyone on the planet. This
is why the Neocons – including those who write columns and editorials at the
Wall Street Journal – believed that victory was at hand, and so they were
counting on it.
But then everything came crashing in the view of the Neocons
when it dawned on them that the world is knocking at the door of the Iranian
homestead to do business with the enemy they had chosen for the day. To add to
their pain, this is happening at the same time that the world is boycotting
Israel, the assumed home of the Jews ... and tightening the screws on it.
This was the shock that jogged the Neocons into the reality
that what they were seeing was nothing but delusion. The reality was out there,
and so they decided to go look for it and describe it … not upside down as per
the old habit, but describe it right side up, contrary to the old habit. To
make certain they will not relapse into the old delusional mode, they listed
the companies that are lining up to do business with Iran as soon as the
sanctions are lifted. The following is their list:
Chevron, Siemens, Australia's Woodside energy, Singapore's
Yug-Neftegaz, Shell, Italy’s Eni, Austria's OMV, Airbus, Peugeot, Sitroen,
Societe General, BNP Paribas, global law firm Dentons Europe,
management-consultancy FTI, PR firm WPP, Sotheby's and South African telecom
MTN.