The end of a superpower era

Many point to this as evidence that U.S. led NATO is in fact facing imminent military defeat in the war torn country.

Notions of any kind of negotiations with the Taliban till a little over a year ago were scoffed at until a little over a year ago.

There are currently a little over 100,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, a third of them were sent there as part of a 2009 ‘surge’ that has failed in its stated objective: defeating the Taliban in their stronghold of Helmand province.

The operations in Helmand began with great fanfare; the city of Marjah was targeted as a model of what a successful “counter-insurgency” would look like. Over a year later, there is no mention of the battle stricken town- this in itself is the biggest proof of the U.S.’ failure to use the small farming community as a launching pad for a push back against the Taliban. The Taliban, it turn out, were smarter than U.S. generals. Instead of staying and fighting a huge military machine to death they melted away, only to return and harass bewildered U.S. troops with classic guerrilla tactics.

The drawdown calls for an initial reduction of 5000 troops this year with another 5000 later in the year. A total of 30,000 troops are to be withdrawn by the end of 2012.

How U.S. policy planner missed the simple fact that no one from Alexander the Great to the Soviet Red Army has ever defeated the Afghans will probably be discussed at length in the history books for many years to come.

Meanwhile, U.S. generals were unusually candid in expressing their frustration at Obama’s announcement.

Outgoing Joint Chief of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen was not shy about his disagreements with the President during a House Armed Services committee hearing. He called Obama’s plan “more aggressive and incur more risk than I was originally prepared to accept.”

Obama’s decisions are no doubt spurred on by his own re-election worries. U.S. Presidents have had a hard time wining election when the economy has been in a down turn and Obama is no different. The last thing this incumbent needs is accusations of not keeping to his campaign promise to bring troops from Afghanistan and Iraq home.

The simple fact that “negotiations” with the Taliban is actually evidence of the once proud super power’s military defeat was not directly addressed or widely talked about.

This, of course is no surprise given the self-censoring nature of the American media and society at large-the American government loves to tout the fact that “freedom” reigns in the U.S. However, as people like Cynthia McKinney, a former congresswoman who was kicked out of the U.S. Congress due to her principled stance on the Zionist entity will tell you, freedom in the U.S. is not extended to moral political stances that do not align with the powerful pro-Israel and pro-big business lobbies.

As the U.S. economy falls further into a self-created ditch of greed, with a disappointing jobs performance for May and June and a rise in jobless claims, the reality is that the U.S. is no longer a credible military power. Sure, it still has the technology, fire power and military budget that far surpass other nations. But, its ability to strike fear into the hearts of its enemies is no longer possible. A laughing Gadhafi in Libya and a red faced NATO that is facing the prospect of defeat in both Afghanistan and Libya as well as Iran’s growing strength and influence are just some of the factors that point to the end of the West as a credible military and economic power.

Greece’s is in shambles, as is Ireland and a host of other European nations. America is ۱۴ trillion dollars in debt, with most of it owed to China.
The rise of China was amply demonstrated in its rebuke of the U.S. after the unilateral raid to “kill” Osama bin Laden. Any thoughts of the U.S. launching military raids of a larger size on Pakistan were put to rest with the Chinese threat that it would not tolerate any further violations of Pakistan’s sovereignty. An irate Hillary Clinton lashed out at China in a news conference the next day, saying that China was on a slippery slope to social unrest and that it could no longer sustain its dictatorship. It reminded one of a humiliated child throwing a temper tantrum after being admonished by an adult.

The neo-conservatives have failed at their attempts, in the words of Condoleezza Rice to give “birth” to a new Middle East.
The Zionist-entity is on the verge of collapse-Netanyahu’s petulant ranting’s at the supposed excesses of Obama are a clear example of how the “Jewish” state has become an ever more suffocating albatross around a country that has enough problems without having to deal with a proxy that has failed in furthering U.S. military or diplomatic clout; the humiliating 2006 defeat of Israel at the hands of Hizbollah put to rest any thought of the U.S. or Israel attacking Iran. After all, the reasoning went, if the fourth most powerful m military power (in terms of military assets) in the world (Israel) can’t defeat 3000 or so lightly armed mujahedeen in Lebanon, what chance in the world would they have against Iran?

Just as the decline of the Soviet Union was precipitated by its invasion of Afghanistan, so too is the end of the U.S. as a military and economic power a direct result of its invasion of a land that bought Alexander the Great to his knees.

Iraq, too, is an example of how grand U.S. plans have come to naught. Having signed an agreement with the Iraqi government that it will withdraw all forces by the end of December of this year, it is clear that an increasingly desperate U.S. has badly miscalculated. The U.S. had apparently been expecting the Iraqi government to formally “ask” for an extension of the deadline and the staying on of troops beyond the December deadline. It is fast becoming clear that the Nouri Al-Maliki lead Iraqi government may not do that. Moqtada Al-Sadr’s political party has strong representation in the present Iraqi government. In fact, Al-Sadr and politicians representing his group were a crucial factor in enabling Maliki to form a governing coalition.

Al-Sadr has made it clear that he will not abide an extension of U.S. presence in Iraq. Attacks on American forces have suddenly increased in the past month or so as various Iraqi groups flex their muscles and send the U.S. an unmistakable signal: don’t even think about an open ended commitment of U.S. troops in Iraq. Sixteen U.S. troops have been killed in hostile action for the month of June, the highest number in three years. This has caused the newly minted Secretary of Defense to threaten “unilateral” action in Iraq against “Shia militias.” It is a sign of how unafraid the rest of the world is of a once might super power that no one in Iraq has really paid any attention to the shrill threats emanating from Washington.

From a U.S. policy planner’s perspective, Iraq has turned out to be a farce. The neo-con architects of the invasion of Iraq such as avid Zionist Paul Wolfowitz had made the case for the invasion of Iraq on the presumption that the Shia of Iraq would serve as a reliable counterbalance to the influence of Shia Iran. This opinion was formulated on the backs of corrupt Shias living in the U.S. who managed to convince him and others that this was the case. Ayatollah Sistani (h.a.) has deeply disappointed such neo-cons and pro-Israeli “Shia” living in the U.S. The Iraqi government has made clear its extremely close and brotherly ties with Iran and Iranian leadership. The U.S. basically faces the prospect of having lost almost 5000 soldiers and spending countless billions to in fact remove Iran’s regional foe Saddam, all the while strengthening Iranian influence and leverage in the region.

All of these factor point to a dramatic decrease in American military and diplomatic clout in the Middle East and around the world. When it is all said and done, historians will most probably identify the Zionist entity, not Muslims as the biggest threat to the U.S. Zionist influence within the American political establishment is all pervasive and well documented. The invasion of Iraq, the expansionist post Sept-11 U.S policies have all taken place at hands of Zionist U.S. government officials and pro-Israel lobbyists. The fact of the matter is that a large part of the reason why the U.S. is a has-been superpower is its domestic political establishment’s enslavement at the hands of Zionists.

As the two hundred year period of Western power and influence comes to an end ancient super powers such as China and Iran are once again taking their respective places as dominant regional and global powers. The U.S. was, in its time, the zenith of Western influence and power. Its gradual decline and almost inevitable collapse will be the final act in a blip on the radar of world history that was Western influence and power.
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