Martin Berger
New Eastern Outlook
30 December 2017
New Eastern Outlook
30 December 2017
The recent chain of events in the UN General Assembly has clearly shown that the world is not just no longer willing to obey Washington’s
global dictate, it’s now fully aware of the decline in America’s moral
authority that allowed it to play a part in solving global challenges.
Yet, we witness the reluctance of the overwhelming majority of countries
to take into account Washington’s position on a number of global
issues.
Less than two weeks ago, the United
States and the Ukraine found themselves pretty much the only states that
chose to oppose the adoption of a resolution condemning glorification
of Nazism at the UN General Assembly, with a total of 133 states
choosing to support the resolution. Those speaking in front of the UN
General Assembly would express their deep concern over repeated attempts
made in certain states to make fascist forces in any shape and form
look heroic, along with the steps made by certain players to provide an
excuse to the members of the destroyed Waffen-SS by honoring their
memory through memorials. At the same time the resolution would
recognize repeated attempts to desecrate or even destroy those monuments
that were erected in memory of those who sacrificed their lives
fighting the German Nazi regime in Germany during the Second World War.
The document draws attention to the rise
of fascist groups and ultra-right parties that are getting an ever
increasing number of seats held in a number of national and local
parliaments, while openly expressing racist and even xenophobic views.
The UN General Assembly would urge all countries to take concrete steps
both in the legislative and educational spheres to prevent the revision
of the Second World War through the denial of those despicable crimes
against humanity committed by Nazi forces throughout the conflict. The
UN General Assembly vote and even the wording of the above mentioned
resolution demonstrates an ever-growing chasm in the approaches enjoyed
by the United States and the rest of the world, that is still determined
to uphold true human values. Against this background it’s no wonder
that Washington’s repeated attempts to isolate Russia have basically
failed.
It is noteworthy that on the same day
the above mentioned resolution was adopted the General Assembly would
vote on the issue of Crimea, the fact that Washington was planning to
abuse in its anti-Russian propaganda campaign aimed at isolating Moscow
through the consolidation of the so-called Russophobic coalition.
However, the vote on this issue left Washington in a pretty shameful
position, with a total of 76 abstaining from voting, with a total 25
countries openly supporting Russia’s position. But what is more curious
is that about a dozen delegations would choose not to honor the
discussion by their presence.
But there’s little doubt that the
decision of the White House to demand the recognition of Jerusalem as
the capital of Israel has put the final nail in the coffin of America’s
diplomatic standing. The outright armature foreign policy of the Trump
administration has been turned down by the UN General Assembly. It is
noteworthy that the UN GA voting was preceded by an emergency meeting of
the UN Security Council, where a total of 14 members of the Council
would vote against this step, leaving Washington on the ropes. With no
other option but to veto the UN Security Council vote, Washington was
forced to face a special session of the UN General Assembly that hasn’t
been assembled in many years. It’s curious that no state can exercise
veto during the UN General Assembly vote, thus Washington initiative to
recognize Jerusalem as Israeli territory was rejected by a majority vote
of 128 states. Moreover, it is very revealing that the resolution was
supported by the majority of EU states, which manifest the ever growing
alienation of Brussels.
Washington’s repeated attempts to avert
the PR disaster that the resolution condemning American recognition of
Jerusalem as Israeli capital has proven to be through intimidation that
was employed by President Trump himself and the sitting United States
Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley produced to no positive
result. Washington has made it very clear that the states supporting the
resolution in question won’t receive America’s assistance, marking the
most boldest attempt to blackmail UN members states in the history of
the UN. One cannot be so naive not to assume that this very assistance
has been used repeatedly to affect decisions made by foreign players,
but this has never been done so openly.
Due to these empty threats and the fact
that Trump has no authority at the international stage even the states
that can be described as Washington’s obedient satellites like Saudi
Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, along with the regional partners
and allies of those like Egypt, Afghanistan and Iraq would all vote
against America. It’s curious that Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan
would find the words to express the position of all those outraged by
this latest blackmail attempt noting that his country was not for sale.
As a result, the majority of state would condemn Washington’s decision
to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, while stressing that
this decision has no legal bearing whatsoever.
Of course, this grave blow will not
force the stubborn Trump administration to adjust its position, instead
it will get increasingly more critical of the United Nations. As for the
rest of the world, nations across the globe are awaking to the fact
that they’ve been consuming murderous American lies for decades, like
those about the nonexistent Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction; about
the horrors inflicted upon his people by Muammar Gaddafi (while, in
fact, he’s been providing them with free education, health care and high
salaries); the use of poisonous gas by Bashar al-Assad against the
Syrian people (which has been proven to be false-flags attacks a number
of times, including by the United Nations); about the danger presented
to the world by the Iranian nuclear weapons program (which does not
exist); the alleged Russian interference in Ukraine (as there’s been a
lot of American interference); about the NATO against ISIS (which was
created by Washington itself). So it’s clear that the world is fed up
with Washington’s murderous lies.
Martin Berger is a freelance journalist and geopolitical analyst, exclusively for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook.”
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