Do you remember the old saying: “All dressed up and nowhere to go”? It tells the story of something you took for granted, but has suddenly vanished. Now you stand there, prepared to receive it, but the thing is nowhere to be seen.
This leaves you in a lurch,
angry and embarrassed. You are at a loss as to what you should do next. You
wish you could go back in time and prevent yourself from getting all dressed up
and ready for a thing that is no more. But you know you cannot go back in time,
therefore must live with what is here today. All you can do now is make certain
never to repeat the mistakes of the past.
Even though the previous
passage was only a speech expressed in the abstract, it wrenches your heart as
you read it because it makes you imagine the torment of someone living through
such a moment. But you know what, my friend? That situation is real and is
unfolding right now, except that those involved are so immersed in their
delusion, they continue to believe that what's no longer there, is still there.
And they relish the false thought that it is ready to be taken out on a date
for a night that will be remembered by war historians well into the future.
This is the story of the
American military that has hundreds of bases around the world, ready like Don
Quixote to fight the windmills of evil authoritarians who are bent on
destroying the United States of America and its liberal democratic friends and
allies. The trouble is that the vision of such authoritarians is a delusion
that was planted in the heads of America's planners by people who benefit from
America being on a lurch all the time, and standing there in a state of total
confusion.
A disinterested observer that
has no skin in the game can sense America's confusion just by reading the
analyses put out by politicians, pundits and opinion makers. If the observer
waits long enough, he’ll detect the change in sentiment that has occurred among
ordinary people. In fact, their expressions indicate that America is waking up
to the reality that a new paradigm is in the making, and that America needs to
adapt.
You can see signs of that when
you go over the article that came under the title: “America Can Deter Iran
Without an Indefinite Troop Presence Abroad,” and the subtitle: “The current
approach of deterrence through a large US troop presence is ineffective at
deterring Iran or its Iraqi militias.” It was written by Geoff LaMear, and
published on January 5, 2021 in The National Interest.
Before going on to ask the
question: “If deterrence is broken, how do we fix it?” Geoff LaMear has laid
out an overall view of the current situation. Here, in condensed form, is how
he described it:
“We need to acknowledge that
the current policy isn't deterrence at all. General Kenneth McKenzie admitted
that the US would have to tolerate a low level of proxy attacks in the Middle
East. US leaders need to acknowledge the current strategy doesn't deter those
attacks. The decision-makers continue our strategy even as rockets rain down on
the US embassy”.
This said, Geoff LaMear went
on to explain how the broken deterrence can be fixed. What follows is an
abbreviated version of what he said in this regard:
“The solution is not doubling
down on our presence in the Persian Gulf. More forces in the region means more
chances an Iranian misreads the situation and strikes out. More at this point
inflates fears that the US is posturing for an attack. If Iran decides a US
attack is imminent, our naval presence gives it a slew of high-value targets.
The immense casualties Iran could inflict are only possible because of how
close US forces are. Deterring Iran with additional troops hasn't worked in the
past. This is not a call to strike Iran. It is a call to the Biden
administration to consider whether the costs of staying in the Middle East are
worth the little benefit we derive from it. President-elect Biden shouldn't
double down. He should draw down”.
Since it is impossible to
imagine that most of the decision-makers in the American government have failed
to see the situation concerning the deployment of American troops in the Middle
East, the way that Geoff LaMear sees it, we must conclude that the decision to
continue implementing the current failed strategy, is made by someone whose
word overrides the entire American government. Who could that be?
Well, considering that the
attempts to reduce America's military presence in the Middle East is opposed by
the infamous “bipartisan” consensus in a Congress where nothing else is
bipartisan, we realize there is only one overlord that has this kind of
influence in America.
That overlord is the axis
which groups the neocons, AIPAC and Israel. It is the band that decides what
America's military posture can and must be to better defend Israel.
And this is another proof that America is governed, not like a free nation, but like a Jewish banana plantation.