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During a short interview with Germany's
DW News last Monday, former US National Security Adviser and Trilateral Commission co-founder Zbigniew Brzezinski commented on the growing inefficiency of war
due to the increased political knowledge of the public.
"Given the contemporary reality of what I have called in my writings 'Global Political Awakening,' a policy of force based primarily on Western and in some cases former colonial powers does not seem to me a very promising avenue to an eventual solution to the regional problem,"
said Brzezinski, referring to the situation in Syria.
Despite Brzezinski's
noted long-term relationship with Obama which included
a top foreign policy adviser position, Brzezinski denied any specific knowledge of his plans regarding Syria, saying that if the administration has a strategy, it's a "very well-kept secret."
Obama's Middle Eastern strategy has been a mere continuation of the policies seen under Bush, exemplified by former four star general and NATO commander
Wesley Clark's admission of the Bush-era Pentagon plan to overthrow several countries including Libya and Syria.
Although Brzezinski at times attempts to appear opposed to military interventionism, President Obama's actions in Syria,
which include the support of admitted Al Qaeda fighters, closely mirrors several of Brzezinski's previous policies, most notably the opposition to the Soviet Union in 1979, where
decisions made by Brzezinski led to the creation of Al Qaeda through the CIA funding of the Afghan Mujaheddin.Brzezinski's call of warning to the "global political awakening" has only intensified in recent years. Last year
during a speech in Poland, Brzezinski noted that it has become
"increasingly difficult to suppress" and control the "persistent and highly motivated populist resistance of politically awakened and historically resentful peoples." Brzezinski
also blamed the accessibility of "radio, television and the Internet" for the "universal awakening of mass political consciousness."
"[The] major world powers, new and old, also face a novel reality: while the lethality of their military might is greater than ever, their capacity to impose control over the politically awakened masses of the world is at a historic low.
To put it bluntly: in earlier times, it was easier to control one million people than to physically kill one million people; today, it is infinitely easier to kill one million people than to control one million people," said Brzezinski
during a 2010 Council on Foreign Relations speech in Montreal.
Despite attempts by both the Republican and Democratic leadership to gain support for a war in Syria, a new Reuters poll revealed that only
9 percent of Americans support military intervention in Syria. If the United States intervenes, it will be the least popular war in American history.
The massive and growing evidence forced out by the
alternative media, which points to a US backed chemical attack by
Al Qaeda led rebel forces to be blamed on Assad, has only accelerated the inevitable downfall of the corporate press that is now only trusted by
23 percent of the public.
Reader Comments
He positions himself along the left axis and has done so since before his Carter years of public thought manipulation. The 'leftist' or 'liberal' use of rational thought just like the 'best and the brightest' did in Indochina, ah what a lovely mess that turned out to be, and so similar to the mess in the Middle East this time. Seems like the dirt didn't get washed out of the clothes, so we have been left in for another cycle or two and as a 'reward' we get further conversational dronetalk by Mr. B. How lovely is it not? He's much better than the tone death dronetalk by Mr. K, as in KissMeKate Kissinger, who never seems to have left the morgue when he talks with his 'rational' explanations. Perhaps Mr. B learned his craft from Mr K? They do seem like playmates to me.
And in closing, Mr B explains that since the PTB can't seem to control the masses of millions on the cheap through chitchat, then they will have to resort to the usual mass murder of millions methodology. Time honored traditional way of maintaining control in hard times. Thanks, Mr. B for your words of wisdom, laced with lies minus truth which is a potent punch indeed!
If they take the internet
People will have to vent on the streets instead