You can be an elder statesman or you can be a bully but you
cannot be a sheriff. This is the lesson that's lost on a group of American
elites.
But who are the people that speak of America being a
sheriff, anyway? They are individuals who were in government but are no longer
in it. And they are individuals who were never in government and would like to
be. Now considered to be ordinary citizens with no power to exercise, they
fantasize having the influence to animate those in office and move them like a
puppeteer moves his marionettes. And so, they take to the print and electronic
media, and push their agenda as if they were in the White House Situation Room
participating in America 's
decision making process, and running the country … as well as the world.
You encounter these wannabes when they pop up as talking
heads on television, or publish works in the print media. You try to follow
their logic as they lay out their vision for an America that never was and never will
be. In time, you realize that they made the mistake of standing on flimsy
assumptions from where they reached faulty conclusions and made erroneous
decisions. Were these decisions adopted by the Executive and implemented at
home or abroad, they would have caused serious consequences.
Bursting with the desire to micromanage the affairs of the
world from their offices or even their living rooms, the powerless and the
ambitious cherish the false notion that America used to be the policeman of
the world. Based on this fantasy, they formulate unreal assumptions that lead
them to believe America
has the wherewithal to be not only the policeman of the world, but its sheriff
too.
The truth is that America scored important triumphs
during the Second World War, and for a time, most people around the globe
considered it a beloved elder statement that was powerful, wealthy and wise.
Shortly after that, the Korean War happened and America lost some of its luster. A
few more years after that and the Vietnam War happened costing America most of
the luster that was left to it.
That was the time when someone coined the phrase, “policeman
of the world.” It did not mean to imply that America
was the policeman of the world; it meant to imply that America tried
to be the policeman of the world but failed. It failed because it tried to kick
asses in Asia , but had its own ass kicked
instead.
In addition, America
was coming under the tutelage of the Jews by that time, and they were
counseling it to try harder being the policeman or even the sheriff of the
world despite the setbacks. However, all that America was able to do is behave
like a bully. This caused the world to see it as a Jewish driven thug dedicated
to destabilize the nations that do not toe the Jewish line.
And so, all in all, America earned the title of elder
statesman for its accomplishments during the Second World War. It never was a
policeman or a sheriff as demonstrated by its failures in Vietnam and
elsewhere. And now, America
is considered a dangerous bully; at times even an outright thug manipulated by
the Jews who pull its strings the way that a puppeteer causes his puppets to
jump on command.
Armed with this backgrounder, you should go over the article
that came under the title: “Decertifying the Iran deal,” where you'll find
yourself wondering what the author, Herbert London, is trying to accomplish.
Published on May 10, 2018 in The Washington Times, the article says little to
clarify the situation it purports to discuss. The only thing that seems to indicate
why the article was written at all is the way that the author chose to end it.
This is how he did it: “It is a cliché to suggest there is a new sheriff in
town, but there is no doubt this sheriff has his guns drawn”.
This is the first time that someone has mentioned the
sheriff having a gun –– a drawn gun at that. It is clearly an escalation in the
use of rhetoric, and you can be certain that other pundits will take it from
there and escalate the rhetoric even further.