Martin Berger
New Eastern Outlook
5 January 2018
New Eastern Outlook
5 January 2018
It seems that the US can be considered the only state currently redrawing
the entire map of the world for it to better suit the interests of its
own political, financial, and military cycles. In fact one can’t help
but to be amazed by the maniacal zeal with which the White House
advances its agenda upon the international stage. It was this zeal
behind the decision to drop nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in
1945, the stagings of war in Vietnam and on the Korean Peninsula, and
the launch of the Cold War against the USSR and the Warsaw Pact
countries. Those events were followed by countless wars across the
Middle East and North Africa: in Iraq, in Syria. Afghanistan, and Libya.
But special interests continue advancing their agenda regardless of the
consequences, now pitting the US against North Korea and Iran.
In
addition to repeated instances of armed aggression against any state
refusing to obey Washington’s dictates, the White House has been engaged
in the physical elimination of individual politicians that head
undesirable governments. It goes without saying that for a government to
fall into this category it’s enough for it to try to defend its own
national interests in a bid to ensure the well-being of its people.
Those politically motivated assassins have been examined in much detail
in a number of media publications, including those featured in the New
Eastern Outlook.
By
establishing an elaborate network of non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) in various countries of the world, sponsored through a number of
off-the-books operations of the CIA, the State Department has been
political conflicts in various countries of the world, while being
supported by a number of private foundations, including those founded
and financed by George Soros. This fact constitutes a gross violation of
all international norms, since a great many of these conflicts result
regime change often described by the popular euphemism of “color
revolutions”. There are several prime examples to consider.
Iran
Last
summer, in a letter submitted to the UN Secretary General, António
Guterres, Iran would accuse the United States of repeated attempts of
taking down the government of the Islamic Republic. This official appeal
to the UN appeared to be Tehran’s reaction to repeated attempts by
Washington to interfere in Iran’s sovereign political affairs, including
Rex Tillerson’s statement made last June at a hearing in the United
States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, in which he stated that
Washington’s approach to Iran can be summed up in its support of
anti-government elements inside Iran, which were aiming at taking power
in Tehran. Never before has such a high-profile diplomat officially
pledged his support to the staging of a so-called “peaceful internal
political transition”, which constitutes a flagrant violation of the
Algerian Accords of 1981, signed and ratified by both Iran and the
United States. After all, according to existing US-Iranian agreements,
Washington promised not to interfere, both directly or indirectly,
through the use of political or military force in the internal affairs
of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The
fact Washington was behind the recent demonstrations in Iran is evident
by the well-coordinated support that Washington has been providing to
the local opposition. The White House has already stated that in the
very near future it will allocate yet another billion dollars to support
Iran’s “freedom fighters”, while imposing sanctions against the key
political figures ruling Tehran. An attempt to make anti-government
rhetoric in Iran more popular has also been made by current US
president, Donald Trump himself. Using his Twitter account, Trump would
urge individual representatives of Iranian society to break away from
the “repressive” regime, while tagging his messages with the
#IranProtests hashtag.
Netherlands
On
the eve of the parliamentary elections in the Netherlands, which were
due to take place last March, local politicians would voice a concern
that the right-wing Party for Freedom was
receiving funds from the US. Among the foreign bodies involved in the
sponsoring of this party one can find such American conservative
organizations as the Gatestone Institute and Freedom Alliance. It is
noteworthy that the Freedom Alliance enjoys the support of Robert
Shillman, a prominent supporter of President Trump.
It’s been noted that America’s neoconsorvative David Horowitz
donated nearly 150,000 dollars to the Party for Freedom, making it the
largest individual official donation that year within the Dutch
political system, which may seem a modest contribution compared with
donations made in the US. It’s curious that by making this donation via a
fund overseen by David Horowitz, it violated existing US federal laws,
which prohibit such funds from sponsoring political parties.
Ronald van Raak, a
deputy of the Socialist Party of the Netherlands, on behalf of all Dutch
politicians expressed outrage over this instance of foreign
interference.
Armenia
The US Embassy in
Armenia has been engaged for years in consistent attempts to make the
representatives of the local opposition more combative in a bid to
prevent candidates that are sympathetic to Russia from coming to power
in upcoming presidential election next March. At the same time, the
sitting US ambassador to Yerevan, Richard Mills is known for pledging
all sorts of US support to the opposition at countless meetings he holds
with them.
Venezuela
In
recent years, there’s been a mounting number of well-founded
accusations against the CIA and the White House due to their attempts to
take down the current government of Venezuela. A Venezuelan-American
lawyer, Eva Golinger in her interview with teleSUR, shared a number of
details about Washington’s role in the staging of the attempted coup
d’etat in Venezuela back in 2002 and the possible murder of President
Hugo Chavez.
Recently, the
Venezuelan Commander-General, Jesús Chourio, announced that US-sponsored
mercenaries attempted to pull off yet another coup last year by
launching an attack against the military in the city of Valencia.
Earlier that year, according to Venezuelan authorities, a helicopter
that opened fire at the building of the Interior Ministry and the
Supreme Court of Venezuela was hijacked by a policeman suspected of
having links with the CIA.
In
order to force Venezuelan authorities into changing their policies to
satisfy American special interests, the United States introduced harsh
sanctions against Venezuela, while providing open support for opposition
forces.
Cambodia
Washington has recently
come forward with a direct ultimatum to Cambodia, aimed at discrediting
its authorities. This step was provoked by Phnom Penh’s decision to
dissolve the main opposition party – the Cambodian National Rescue
Party. In response, the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee
Sanders would be as bold as to announce (emphasis added)
As a first step, we will terminate support for the Cambodian National Election Committee and its administration of the upcoming 2018 national election. On current course next year’s election will not be legitimate, free or fair.
End Notes
And
list goes on and on, well beyond anybody’s ability to present all of
Washington’s sins in a single article. However, it should be added that
in a bid to hide from the international community the fact it’s been
interfering in elections worldwide on such a scale, Washington unleashed
a campaign accusing Russia of the very sort of interference Washington
itself has been plying for decades. However, realizing the groundless
nature of such allegations against Russia, a number American political
figures have come forward to dismiss the charges. Even the director of
the US Central Intelligence Agency, Michael Pompeo has recently been
forced to admit that he was in possession of no evidence of collusion
between Russia and Donald Trump’s election campaign members.
So
wouldn’t it be better for Washington, instead of voicing far-fetched
accusations against Russia, to admit its own destructive role in
influencing democratic procedures in other states?
Martin Berger is a freelance journalist and geopolitical analyst, exclusively for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook.”
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