Monday, March 26, 2018

Return of a Schizophrenia as old as Time itself

Whereas the paradigm governing America's conduct in the past had been to root for people around the globe that wish to govern themselves and do business as they please; it is no longer the case even if the claim persists that the paradigm has not changed.

The truth, however, is that America has adopted a more complex paradigm. It is one that seeks to project the glowing image of olden days while pursuing an agenda that is little different from the goals of colonial empires in a bygone era. This reality is detected in the fact that America engages in two discourses at the same time. What's more; the discourses often run against each other, at times even negate each other.

And so, it happens that when speaking in the abstract about the things that America stands for, the past is recalled and the values that were pursued then are claimed to apply today. But when concrete actions are described – whether they are ongoing or they are contemplated – the dreadful reality of what America has become is revealed for all to see.

This performance unmasks America as being gripped by schizophrenia, which is the reality of the current situation. In fact, America's dual profile consists of the old-time “nativists” who wish to “take back the country” and return it to the glory days of the past. It also consists of the much louder group of Jewish infiltrators who now command a good part of the levers of governance. They seek to take the country back – not to the glorious past of America – but the inglorious past of yesterday's colonial powers.

One such voice is Rachel Avraham who wrote: “Why America must help the Kurds in Syria,” an article that was published on March 21, 2018 in The Washington Times. When reading the article, if you think of Rachel Avraham as the Jew that's promoting the Israeli agenda, you'll detect the usual Jewish badmouthing of the people whom the Jews have designated enemies of the day. But if you think of Rachel Avraham as an American, you'll be struck by the depth of her schizophrenia.

Here is a sampling of what she says as a Jew that's speaking about the enemy:

Turkey and its Syrian allies have committed atrocities against the Kurdish people. Turkey has bombed schools, hospitals, bakeries and water stations. Most of the victims of Turkey's assault are innocent Kurdish women and children … They committed human rights abuses in Afrin. They looted civilian homes and stolen cars”.

And here is a sampling of what she says as a Jewish-American that's gripped by schizophrenia:

Turkey's Islamist allies are poised to ethnically cleanse the Kurds, and in the process, eliminate America's foothold in Syria. Although Russia, Turkey, ISIS and Iran disagree on many things, they all agree on booting America out of the region. This reality represents danger to the United States, its Middle Eastern allies, Europe and the world at large. They also seek to prevent the creation of an independent Kurdistan, thus killing off the Kurds' dreams and aspirations. The Kurdistan National Assembly of Syria is an umbrella organization of Kurdish organizations that are pro-American. America should use its influence in order to pressure Mr. Erdogan to hand over Afrin to the Kurdistan National Assembly of Syria. America has a moral obligation to help the Kurds”.

It is clear that one of Avraham's schizophrenic sides motivates her to warn that Turkey has joined Russia, ISIS and Iran in the effort to boot America out of the region, claiming that this will endanger not only America but also its allies and the world. As to her other schizophrenic side; it motivates her to push for the creation of a Kurdistan that would be a clone of Israel and allied with it. A feat such as this would go a long way toward the breaking of the Arab world into cantons; a cherished Judeo-Israeli dream.

To reconcile the wishes of her Jewish side and the pretense of being loyal to America, Rachel Avraham has managed to pull off a contrived denouement of the kind used by drama writers to give a piece that's too heavy on drama the semblance of a happy ending … or at least the suggestion that things aren't as bad as they seem. Here is what Avraham did:

“ISIS will never be eradicated from Syria without boots on the ground and if America does not want to provide those boots, then they need to help those who have been acting as America's boots on the ground in order to maintain the gains that they have won”.

In saying this, the writer has artificially forced convergence between Israel's need to see the Arab world weakened by internal divisions, and America's need to stay out of trouble from the places where it has no vital interests.