Cowboy diplomacy did not retire from the American scene with
the retirement of George W. Bush. It is alive and well today and kicking dust
as feverishly as ever while hiding behind the mob of Jewish pundits.
Three pieces, from among the many that were written on the
subject, tell a story that may not make a Western movie, but contain enough
material to make a melodrama or a horror movie. The article that's most
reflective of the mentality powering that kind of thinking came under the
title: “Shoot down North
Korea 's Next Test Missile,” written by the
editors of the Weekly Standard and published on August 10, 2017 on its website.
A day later, Thomas Joscelyn expressed his views concerning America 's possible decision to pull out of Afghanistan
after sixteen years of pointless death and destruction that accomplished
nothing useful. No, Joscelyn's expression is not one of jubilation that America will
finally end that war and get out of that Asian nation; it is one of lamentation.
It is also the reason why the author gave his article the title: “A Fateful
Decision.” It was published on August 11, 2017, also in the Weekly Standard.
Outside that publication and writing a column for the New
York Post a few days earlier, Benny Avni had asked the question: “Can Team
Trump make China live up to its word on North Korea?” which became the title of
his column. It is the one that was
published on August 8, 2017.
What comes out the Avni column, whether or not he likes it,
is that tiny North Korea
means to big China what tiny
Israel means to big America . Each
little one has become an unruly surrogate that is nevertheless protected by the
big power because it plays a role – most of the time a dubious one – fulfilling
the big power's strategy.
However, there is a difference in the way that America and China play the game of world
diplomacy. Incidentally, what applies to China
in this game also applies to Russia
because both have a long range view of what they want to achieve, whereas America seeks
to score points for the here and now without giving the future a moment's
thought.
To fully understand those points, consider the following
condensed passage in the Avni article:
“Russia has argued that the July 4 North Korean test wasn't
an ICBM, so no new sanctions were needed. Last week, Russian UN Ambassador said
that in Moscow 's
analysis, the July 28 launch was also of an inter-range ballistic missile.
Meanwhile, China always
reluctant to punish bad global actors, was decidedly unenthusiastic about
sanctioning Pyongyang .
Yet, the council united around a painful package sanctioning a third of North Korea 's
exports. Once enacted, these restrictions would hurt”.
What this means is that China
and Russia
will protect their surrogate till it becomes clear that to continue doing so
will violate international law. That's when they back off and let the surrogate
pay the price alone for having violated the law. This contrasts sharply with America 's stance with regard to Israel when the
latter violates international law. That's when America
gears itself, and sets out to leave no stone unturned till it finds a way to
extricate Israel .
America
does so openly and shamelessly by hook and by crook; by bribing and
blackmailing; by cajoling or by twisting arms.
This sort of American intervention is piling up month after
month and year after year, thus creating a monumental legacy that reveals an America which
is rotten to the core. It violates every code of ethics to enable the criminal
conduct of an outlawed entity that was never rehabilitated thanks to the
support given it by America .
And while this is the emerging image of America ,
those of China and Russia look
like the two are exemplary world citizens.
In addition to that, you have the editors of the Weekly
Standard calling for the shooting down of North Korea 's missile tests, a
cowboy style act of piracy that amounts to a declaration of war. The words of
the editors cannot be dismissed as the idle rumination of a publication because
the truth is that there exists in America a revolving door system
serving those working in the media and those working in government.
In fact, the press is not just the fourth estate; it is the
brain that often does the thinking for both the legislative and executive
branches of government. That's because the elected members are too busy raising
money for themselves at every moment of their waking hours, unless they are out
in force playing the kind of politics that seeks to make the other guy look
bad.