How
Donald Trump, Single-Handedly, Saved Iran's Islamic Revolution
[How
Donald Trump Saved The Islamic Republic Of Iran's Theocracy From Being
Overthrown and Gave It A Renewed Sense Of Purpose and Direction]
The
assassination of General Soleimani came at a unique time in the
history of Iran and Iraq.
The
Iraqi people were fearful for the political future of their country
with some extremist Shia groups conducting
reigns of terror against their Sunni counterparts to enforce
political compliance.
Indiscriminate
arrests, imprisonments, and the indiscriminate assassination of
journalists and protesters opposed to Iran's involvement in Iraq's
political landscape were all in full swing. The
assassination of General Soleimani was like a gift from Allah to an
Iranian-backed establishment desperately clinging to power. It did
two things Soleimani had attempted but failed to achieve up to the
time of his assassination: The first thing was that it united the
majority of Iraqis and Iranians against the United States. Secondly
it gave the Iranian regime, in a state of disarray and internal
factional divisions caused by internal popular unrest, discontent at
runaway prices,oppressive taxation affecting the poor and
middle-class and decades of economic stagnation, a remarkable
opportunity to reinvent itself through a nationwide propaganda
campaign centred on the Revolution's new martyr, General Soleimani.
Because
mainstream western media is controlled by big business, which has
little time for (and is highly scornful of) insightful analysis (as
is President Donald Trump in the United States) this rebirth of the
Iranian revolution has gone largely unnoticed in mainstream Western
media.
There
is however another reason. Many publication moguls are frightened of
voicing anything which in any way might contradict the new 'Nero',
the new 'Caligula' of the superpower world and what he wants to see
evocated. All which displease him are met with swift retribution.
The
mainstream media has, in the main, with a few exceptions, succumbed
in subservience to power instead of speaking truth to it. This is
exemplified in all branches of analysis which should be giving
critical assessments rather than what the President wants to hear –
to satisfy his personal egotistical and demagoguery ideals.
This
assassination has reinvigorated the Iranian Revolution, now in it's
41st year, in a way little else could – and has given it
respite from itself being removed through a popular revolt.
(Don't
expect to hear this opinion coming from the career-frightened and
fearful halls of the Pentagon nor Capitol Hill. Everyone
intelligent, wise enough, or of significance are either preparing to
resign, have moved on or have already been fired by the President.
What are replacing them are ideologues and fanatics - the real 'deep
state' which will continue a regime of fear and terror long beyond
the reign of Trump. To leave America broken, hateful, fearful and divided –
that is the main objective of the Trump Presidency.)
All
tyrants and demagogues will always, eventually, part company. The
'understanding' between North Korea Kim and Donald, between Duterte
in the Philippines and Donald, Donald and Xi, not to forget Egypt's
new Pharaoh, al Sisi and, the sole one yet remaining, between Donald
and Vladimir.
Syria:
'Deja Vu'
You
know, it is strange, but I have come across this path before – in
Syria.
I
recall in 2008 or 2009 my friend Thomas from Germany traversed Syria
a few years before the Civil War. His accounts about liberalization
of the economy, politics, local environments, friendly communities,
were so profound, that I was certain that the whole region was on the
verge of a major political change – for the better.
How
wrong we were. We failed to appreciate that there were forces at work
which did not want a 'liberalized' 'democratic' 'representative'
'secular' Syria – but were actively conspiring to revert it as a
feudal theocratic tyranny simply to suit higher economic and
political agendas. We especially failed to fully appreciate the
political and economic demographics and the wealth from the Caspian
Sea which would be flowing through Syria and Turkey on their way to
Europe and, even more important,who (which superpower) was going to
control these new Silk Road 'gateways' to Europe, as client states of
the East or the West or even of China.
The
unanimous support (until fairly recently) of Christian politicians
across Europe and the United States for ISIS and ISIS-linked groups,
the tearing up of all war crimes protocols introduced since the
Nuremberg Trials, the silence of the International Criminal Court to
War Crimes in it's own backyard – in Syria and Iraq and political
support in favor of such barbarities committed by Salafist and Wahabbi extremists (Takfiris) instead of
a secular leader in Syria (Assad) - even if he was a bad unifier -
and another tyrant - were all rude awakenings to the fact that we had
got it terribly terribly wrong.
We
really didn't understand the world of big politics. But I am sure
that we were not the only ones.
I
am sure the people of Syria never imagined the sophisticated
democratic Christian West, The European Union and The United States –
would support such butchery and mayhem as the Caliphate has inflicted
on the Syrian people - Christians, Muslims, Kurds and other minority
ethnic groups - since the start of the Syrian Civil War.
And
after all this butchery, President Trump now says America (The U.S.)
will be more selective, that it no longer supports general democracy
nor human rights worldwide but is more interested in which
like-minded demagogues can be temporarily co-opted into the new
'America First' vision.
So
below the references to this blog you will find in illustrated form,
what saved a dying Iranian regime from total collapse at most,
radical reform at the very least, and what is motivating the
radicalization of a new generation of Iranians (many born after the
Revolution – of which Iran and Iranians have just celebrated the 41st
Anniversary) and some Iraqis in unity against the interests of the
United States – and all of which has been brought about by the
decision of President Donald Trump to assassinate one individual and
change the course of Iranian history – by saving a dying Islamic
Shia regime now arising as a phoenix with renewed revolutionary
vigour and motivation.
©Patrick
Emek, February 2020
Trump
to Arab Protesters: I Stand With Your Rulers, Not You
As
demonstrations erupt from Iraq to Lebanon to Egypt, the United States
is sending strong signals that it no longer has any
stomach
for democracy promotion. BY
COLUM
LYNCH NOVEMBER
1, 2019, 3:42 PM
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/01/trump-arab-protests-lebanon-egypt-iraq/
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/01/trump-arab-protests-lebanon-egypt-iraq/
https://apnews.com/9c5b1005f064474f9a0825ab84a16e91/Trump-administration-pulls-US-out-of-UN-human-rights-council
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/philippines-duterte-deals-blow-to-us-by-terminating-troop-pact/ar-BBZROVd?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=mailsignout
