Wash Has Initiated Military Conflict with Russia

By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts  /  Paul Craig Roberts Institute for Political Economy

Russia has provided evidence that Washington is collaborating with ISIS in attacks on Russian forces. 

In one Washington-directed attack, ISIS tried to capture 29 Russian military policemen. However, Russian special forces entered the fray, and the result was spectacular losses for ISIS. 

In another Washington-directed attack, Russian General Valery Asapov and two Russian colonels were killed in an attack that violated agreements. 

Sooner or later it will dawn on the Russian government that Washington is not a rational government with which diplomacy can be practiced, peace pursued, and agreements reached. Sooner or later it will dawn on the Russian government that far from being rational, Washington is a criminally insane collection of psychopaths in thrall to the military/security complex which, in turn, is in thrawl to its massive profits.  

In other words, for the powerful interest groups that control the US government, war is a profit center. No amount of Russian diplomacy can do anything about this fact.

It is unfortunate that the Russian government did not realize what it was dealing with. If the Russian government had not projected its own rationality on Washington, the war in Syria would have been over a couple of years ago.  Instead, hoping for a settlement, the Russians were stop-go/stop-go, which gave Washington time to recover from the shock of Russian intervention and put in place plans to partition Syria in order to keep the conflict alive forever.  Having dallied in hopes of a settlement, the danger of which The Saker warns us is real.  

The protests by black pro-football players by refusing to stand for the national anthem has come at an unfortunate time.  It is playing into the hands of the military/security complex which is using President Trump’s loud voice challenging the “anti-americanism” to whip up patriotic fervor.  It is amazing how people fall for it every time.  The military/security complex and their presstitutes are creating public anger at those “attacking our country.”  This anger will be turned from black football players to Russia.

With the public in its pocket, the military/security complex will increase its reckless provocations of Russia until we are all dead.

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Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury and Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal, has held numerous university appointments. He is a frequent contributor to Global Research. Dr. Roberts can be reached at http://paulcraigroberts.org

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