You would think that
someone of the Dimitri K. Simes caliber would write a 3,230-word article about
American foreign policy and say the things that clarify America's existing or
desired strategy, as well as that of the powers whose conduct will impact the
United States for a long time to come. But that's not what he did.
Dimitri Simes wrote
an article under the title: “A Trump Foreign Policy,” and published it on June
17, 2018 in the National Interest. It is a compilation that adds little if
anything to what was said by others up to now. What's missing in an article of
this kind is the unmasking, to the extent possible, of the strategies that
Russia, China, India, North Korea and Iran among others, are pursuing. Had the
writer clarified these strategies, he would have gone on to propose what
America should be able to live with and what it should not.
Well then, what
strategies do these nations have that may impact the United States? First and
foremost, it must be said they are fiercely independent sovereign nations. They
see themselves as more than capable of patrolling and defending their
neighborhoods. They do not relish the idea of America or anyone doing the job
for them. They want good relations with everyone on the planet, including the
United States, open trade based on negotiated terms, and a conflict resolution
mechanism that treats everyone equally. Other than that, they want to be left
alone, and want their neighborhoods to be free of uninvited foreign intrusions.
This, in fact, is
the system that America had established right after its triumph in the Second
World War. Unfortunately, what happened shortly thereafter was that Winston
Churchill of Britain poisoned America's minds, warning them of a Soviet Union
that was harboring evil motives. And so, while America was implementing a
commendable system of peace and commerce, it also implemented a system to
contain the Soviet Union. Fearing the possibility of being invaded by America
and its allies, the Soviets responded by building their own military. This
prompted the Americans to escalate, thus started a destructive arms race and
the inevitable Cold War that erupted between NATO and the Warsaw Pact nations.
Time passed and a
new era of optimism swept the globe when the Soviet Union collapsed without
lashing out at the world as predicted by some pundits. Contrary to the
Churchill description of an empire that was motivated by evil intent, the
Soviets proved to be the “pussycats” that asked the Americans to help them
become like America. A moment of worldwide relaxation and optimism followed and
lasted a few years.
That's when the evil
intent actually surfaced. However, it did not surface on the Soviet (now
Russian) side but on the Jewish American side. It is that the hawks of the Cold
War were mostly Jews; and they had an agenda of their own: They rejected the
principle of peace on earth. Accustomed to doing well when fishing in dirty
waters, the Jews started to work on muddying the waters that were shared by
Russia and the United States. Their approach was to nag America, urging it to
resume the policy of containing Russia without even saying what was there to
contain. Still, America obliged them, and the effect was that the Russians
considered the policy to be a deliberate attempt at humiliating them. And
that's precisely what the Jews had intended.
From this point
began the Jewish vision of a Pax Americana that will be under their command.
And so, they expanded the policy of containment to encompass not just Russia or
even the Communist World, but the entire planet. To this end, they came up with
the twin doctrines of (1) America must not allow anyone to get powerful enough
to challenge it … responding with a preemptive strike if need be; and (2) those
who are not with America must be considered against it and must be treated
accordingly.
It was this kind of
talk – if not the actual doing – that caused Russia, China, India, North Korea,
Iran and others to adopt the strategies that they did. Now that the Americans
know this much, they must categorically repudiate the Jewish advice and pledge
never again to take it seriously.
This done, the
Americans must hammer among themselves what it is that they want in terms of
relation with the rest of the world. When ready with a plan, they must find
ways to implement it without violating the legitimate predispositions of the others.
In fact, America had
it all in the aftermath of the Second World War. Because no good deed goes
unpunished, America started to pay a price when it allowed the Jews it rescued
from the Holocaust, to lead it by the nose as would a spoiled child that wants
everything he sees.
This is why it will
be hard, after half a century of spoilage, for the Congress of the United
States or the Administration to say no to a Jewish request. But this is something
that must be done as soon as possible because the longer America waits, the
harder it will be to do it.