If
there is a lesson the Americans should take away from what is transpiring on
the world stage at this time, it's that they are not as good as they believe
they are, and they don't have the influence they fantasize they do.
Had
this been known to the Americans, Fred Ryan who is publisher and chief
executive of the Washington Post, would not have written the piece that he did.
That piece came under the title: “Trump's dangerous message to tyrants,” and
the subtitle: “Flash money and get away with murder.” It was published on
November 21, 2018 in the Washington Post, of course.
Speaking
of the role that the press is purported to play in America's so-called
democracy, Fred Ryan's article condenses down to the following text:
“Our mission is public service. We will continue to expose the
truth. Trump doesn't advance the United States' interests. He places commercial
deals above American values of respecting liberty and human rights. Security is
a US interest. We do not make the world safer by setting a double standard or
by abandoning our values for anyone that offers to buy enough weapons [or buy
enough votes.] Congress must stand up for America's values. It should press for
an independent inquiry, and use its powers to suspend the sale of weapons to
the Saudis. From John Kennedy to Ronald Reagan, presidents took courageous
stands for human rights. The world has come to know that America's power is
derived from America's principles. We live under a Constitution that ensures
the rule of law”.
Even though Fred Ryan has been around long enough to have seen the
transformation that America has gone through during the past few decades, his
article shows not a hint that he is willing to take into consideration the
forces that changed America to what it has become … what he feels is unbecoming
of a superpower. For him to come now and complain that America should not
abandon its values to those that buy American products––in this case
weapons––but not those that buy American votes, is to commit an act of
intellectual dishonesty that is truly unbecoming of a publication that was once
the flagship of American journalistic excellence.
Look
at the difference between two situations, one that's approved by Fred Ryan, and
one that's not. And then judge for yourself if that man, Fred Ryan, deserves to
be taken seriously.
Situation
number one: Saudi Arabia sells its oil resources and uses the money to create a
diversified economy that will be self-sustaining when the kingdom will have run
out of oil. Because external threats challenge the country, Saudi Arabia
allocates a budget to buy weapons and get training for its troops, thus have
them ready to defend the country should it be attacked.
Situation
number two: Sheldon Adelson is a Jewish billionaire that piles up his fortunes
through the avails of gambling. His passion is breaking American and
international laws by financing the illegal settlement activities in the West
Bank of occupied Palestine. Since money alone does not guarantee the success of
what he has in mind, he spends hundreds of millions of dollars buying the kind
of American Congress that will keep the entire United States of America ready
to go in and assist the savage beasts that gather from every corner of the
globe. These beasts, in human form, come to rob and kill the unarmed people of
Palestine who bother no one but live quietly on their land as they have done
since the beginning of time.
So,
you have Fred Ryan looking at these two situations and feels motivated enough
to call on the Congress of the United States to stop the sale of whatever to
Saudi Arabia because he considers Saudi money to be dirty money, while closing
his eyes on Sheldon Adelson's gambling money buying up the US Congress because
he considers gambling money to be kosher money. Now, my friend, ask yourself
this question: Is this an intellect that's capable of flashing a scintilla of
honesty?
The
reality is that America's relation with the rest of the world is not going to
change now because of what Saudi Arabia has or has not done. It is that
America's relation with the rest of the world has changed long ago because of
what America did and has failed to do with regard to its relation with Israel,
and with regard to how it continues to respond to the Jewish manipulation of
its affairs ––
both internal and external.