Imperialists Run The Same Tired Old Script Day After Fucking Day
By Caitlin Johnstone
Imperialist pundit and Obama administration cold warrior Michael McFaul recently tweeted the following:
“Belarusians, inside and outside of the country, have reached out to me this week to ask why the West is so indifferent to their courageous fight for democracy. I can’t explain. Can you?”
I am not highlighting this tweet because it is remarkable (except for the extremely dubious claim that anyone ever reaches out to Michael McFaul). I am highlighting it because it is completely unremarkable.
Two months ago Moon of Alabama published an article titled “Belarus – A U.S. Sponsored Color Revolution Is Underway” documenting all the telltale signs that the Moscow-aligned nation would soon be overrun with protests in opposition to its Soviet-style government. Here’s an excerpt from that June 16th article:
On August 9 Belarus will hold presidential elections. Lukashenko will do his best to win again.
Color revolutions are usually launched over controversial elections. The results are publicly put into doubt even before the election begins. When the results finally arrive western media will claim that they diverge from the expectation it created and therefore must have been faked. People will be pushed into the streets to protest. To increase the chaos some sharp shooters may be put to work to fire at the police and at protesters like it was done in Ukraine. The revolt ends when it is flogged down or when the U.S. favorite candidate is put into place.
Last year the U.S. National Endowment for Democracy financed at least 34 projects and organizations in Belarus. The U.S. does not do that out of charity but to put its finger on the scale.
All the usual imperial narrative management operations were in place in the lead-up to the nation’s election this month, and now we’re seeing CIA cutouts like Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the National Endowment for Democracy cheering on the protests and condemning the Belarusian government in sync with the US State Department.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaking to RFE/RL in Prague, said Washington has been watching the violence in Belarus, with “peaceful protesters being treated in ways that are inconsistent with how they should be treated.” https://www.rferl.org/a/breaking-pompeo-wants-good-outcome-for-belarusian-people-/30780259.html …
Pompeo Wants ‘Good Outcome For Belarusian People’
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says that “we want [a] good outcome for the Belarusian people, and we’ll take actions consistent with that.”
rferl.org
So it’s all unfolding according to the same old patterns. A formula that is so tired and repetitive that those with an ear to the ground can predict them before they happen.
Again, I am not highlighting McFaul’s tweet because it is unusual. I am highlighting it because, in our insane world that is dominated by a The Blob-reminiscent empire which constantly works to absorb or destroy all nations which are not aligned with it, it is completely normal and mundane. It’s one of nearly infinite tweets, articles and TV clips I could have chosen from as an example of the way establishment narrative managers consistently twist the story of what’s happening in our world in favor of the US-centralized empire and against governments which have resisted absorption into its gelatinous folds.
In fact, let’s simplify things by translating McFaul’s post into its original generic template format:
There. That’s a bit more honest.
I love my job. Really, I do. But in some ways writing commentary about the shenanigans of western imperialism is the most boring and repetitive task you can possibly imagine.
There’s really never anything new. It’s the exact same formula with the exact same depraved imperialists spouting the exact same script about nations which rotate in and out of their crosshairs from day to day. And what makes it even more tedious is the fact that everyone’s expected to treat each new “OMG this unabsorbed government must be opposed!” narrative cycle like it’s something new and different.
It isn’t new, and it isn’t different. It’s gotten to the point where it’s the exact same international political news story every single day, and that news story reads as follows:
“US-centralized empire tries to grow larger by absorbing a nation which is fighting to maintain its military, financial, economic and/or resource sovereignty.”
That’s it. That’s all the international politics news you’ll ever see, in its entirety. The rest is just frills laid overtop it so you don’t realize you’re being fed the same exact bullshit every motherfucking day […]
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True. The ukraine, now has a coalition of Neo-nazi, Maiden creeps and proisrael, zionists in power. Strange bedfellows.
Belarus has been in sad shape for a long time. Trying to pull themswlves up from the bootstraps, of previous, washington neoliberal abominations, post the soviet disintegration.
The washington neo-conservative vultures, are circling. The smell of blood and booty is strong.
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Thanks for commenting, Caron. I like your analysis of an extremely complex (and mostly hidden) political reality. You have a way with words.
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Reblogged this on Alexanders' Blog.
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