Showing he’s more interested in ripping GOP nominee real estate tycoon Donald Trump, 55-year-old President Barack Obama showed he’s ready for retirement continuing his squabbles with Russia at the U.N. Tossing out 60 years of diplomacy with Russia, Obama showed he no longer has U.S. national security in mind, pitting the U.S. against Russian President Vladimir Putin. When 72-year-old John Kerry negotiated with 66-year-old Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov a ceasefire Sept. 10 for the Syrian War, hope raised to end the nearly six-year-old humanitarian disaster. With over 300,000 deaths, 12 million displaced to neighboring countries and Europe, the world hoped the temporary ceasefire would hold. Then the U.S.-led coalition bombed Syrian forces Sept. 17, sabotaging the fragile ceasefire. Instead of working to restore trust, the White House blamed Russia.
Pointing fingers at each other in the U.N. Security Council, U.N. Amb. Samantha Power showed why she’s not fit for duty, continuing the anti-Russia rhetoric. “Supposedly we all want the same goal. I’ve heard that again and again,” Kerry told the Security Council, clearly annoyed. “But we are proving woefully inadequate in . . .making this happen,” admitting he couldn’t reconcile his loyalty to the nearly six-year-old Saudi funded proxy war to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and finding a realistic end to the war. Obama and Kerry dug the U.S. in deep backing the Saudi’s Wahhabi onslaught on Damascus, not realizing the dangers of toppling another Mideast dictator. Democratic nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton fully backs the Saudi proxy war to oust al-Assad. Obama and Kerry have driven U.S.-Russian relations to the lowest point since the Cold War.
Instead of admitting its mistake of bombing Syrian troops violating the ceasefire, the White House continues bickering with Russia in the Security Council. “This is not a joke,” Kerry said, criticizing Russia and Syria for “word games” when “war and peace, life and death” are at stake. Kerry’s talk of “word games” suggests he’s over the deep end, continuing to blame Syria and Russia for the ongoing conflict. Kerry mentions nothing about the Saudi’s six-year-old proxy war that’s responsible for the death, destruction and terrorism in Syria. When the Saudi’s Arab Spring failed to topple al-Assad in 2011, the Saudis should have backed down, letting al-Assad regain sovereign control of Syria. Putin made clear to all parties he supports the Syria’s sovereign government, not the Saudi-Turkey-U.S.-backed so-called opposition groups seeking regime change in Damascus.
Tilting his hand, Kerry lamented about the state of affairs in Syria. Kerry talked of a “united, secular and democratic Syria,” something promoted by Saudi Arab Spring propaganda, the same message used to topple Tunisia’s Zine Al Abidine Bin Ali Jan 14, 2011, Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak Feb. 11, 2011, Libya’s Col. Muammar Gaddafi Aug. 24, 2011, and now trying to oust Syria’s al-Assad. Continuing to harp on democratizing Syria, Kerry showed he’s learned nothing from the Iraq War and mistakes toppling Mideast dictators. Kerry’s lack of restraint in the Security Council proves he’s no longer fit to run the State Department. Attacking Syrian forces Sept. 17, the U.S. clearly sabotaged Syria’s fragile ceasefire. Instead of blaming Russia or Syria, Kerry should stand on his head to make amends with Russia. Pushing more Saudi talking points only makes ending the war impossible.
Using the Security Council to vent against Russia and Syria, Kerry showed he’s no longer fit to manage the Syrian War. Talking about democratizing Syria shows just how far Kerry’s gone over the deep end. When you consider that cash paid by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the U.S. to Syrian rebel groups, Kerry got caught in the sticky wicket of fraternizing with various terror groups seeking to topple al-Assad. Obama and Kerry backed so-called moderate opposition groups that sought the same goal as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria [ISIS] and al-Qaeda’s Jabhat al-Nusra Front seeking to oust al-Assad. Putin told the U.N. General Assembly Aug. 28, 2015 that toppling al-Assad would create more death, destruction and terrorism in the region. Kerry hasn’t accepted that the Saudi’s six-year-old proxy war to topple al-Assad has failed, prompting a new U.S. policy.
Bickering with Russia in the U.S. Security Council shows how current State Department leadership now longer defends U.S. national security, or, for that matter, European Union security. With Britain bailing out the EU June 23, Kerry knows the six-year-old Saudi-Turkey-U.S. proxy war caused the refugee nightmare threatening the break up the EU. Instead of working with Russia to end the war, Obama and Kerry refuse to tell Saudi Arabia to stand down. “We are at a make-or-break moment,” said retiring U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, giving only platitudes of what’s really needed to stop the war. As long as Kerry does the Saudi’s bidding, there’s no end to the war. Lavrov urged a “period of silence,” to reset the ceasefire. Once the ceasefire resets, the White House must change its failed Syria policy, confront the Saudis and join Russia’s effort to end the war.
