The Western powers are moving
inexorably towards Internet censorship, thereby facilitating the dissemination
of propaganda and war indoctrination in their countries. In this context, an
extremely violent tension is tearing apart the international scene. Aware of
the increasing risk of general confrontation, Moscow is attempting to find
credible interlocutors in the UNO and the United States. What is happening at the moment has
seen no equivalent since 1938, and could degenerate in the same way.
During
a Press conference in Moscow, on 20 August, the Russian Minister for Foreign
Affairs, Sergey Lavrov, denounced the instructions issued by the General
Secretariat of the UNO to all their agencies, forbidding them to participate in
any manner whatsoever in the reconstruction of Syria.
He was referring to a document
entitled Parameters and Principles of UN Assistance, drawn up in
October 2017 by the Director of Political Affairs and number 2 of UNO at the
time, Jeffrey Feltman.
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We
can read the specific instructions – « The UN will be ready to assist in the
reconstruction of Syria only when a comprehensive, genuine and inclusive
political transition, negotiated by the Syrian parties in the conflict, is
firmly under way ».
This
text is contrary to the objectives of the United Nations, but defended by its
General Secretariat. None of the member states of the UNO were ever involved in
its composition, nor even informed of its existence. It corresponds to the
point of view of the governments of the United Kingdom and France, but not that
of the United States.
Mr.
Lavrov declared he had asked the General Secretary, Portuguese Socialist
António Guterres, for explanations.
As far as I know, this is the
first time that a member state of the Security Council has ever questioned an
internal political document of the General Secretariat. Yet the problem is not
new. At the end of 2015,
Russia learned about a group of internal UN documents known as the « Feltman
Plan for Syria » [1]. This concerned a detailed project for the
total and unconditional capitulation of the Syrian Arab Republic, even more
drastic than the plan imposed on Japan by General McArthur [2].
Moscow then found itself in a very delicate
situation. If it made these documents public, the credibility of the UNO in the
service of peace would have been destroyed, and Russia would have had to
propose new intergovernmental institutions to replace it. Vladimir Putin
prudently decided to keep it secret, and to negotiate with Barack Obama to save
the UNO.
However, in practice, nothing had changed –
Feltman was removed from his functions by Guterres and then produced another
document intended to sabotage peace. Today he has been replaced by his US
compatriot, Rosemary DiCarlo, who has not invalidated his instructions.
This
time, Russia will not accept excuses and delaying tactics. But is Guterres
DiCarlo’s effective superior, or is there a double hierarchy within the UNO,
one of them public and favourable to peace, and the other hidden and pushing for
war?
At the beginning of the Cold War, the United States thought about how they would be able to survive a Soviet atomic attack which would have killed their President and parliamentarians outright. President Eisenhower therefore nominated a phantom government tasked with ensuring continuity in case such an attack should occur. This secret entity was renewed periodically by his successors and still exists today.
At the beginning of the Cold War, the United States thought about how they would be able to survive a Soviet atomic attack which would have killed their President and parliamentarians outright. President Eisenhower therefore nominated a phantom government tasked with ensuring continuity in case such an attack should occur. This secret entity was renewed periodically by his successors and still exists today.
For eighteen years, I have been
defending the thesis according to which the United States are no longer
governed by their President and Congress, but by this replacement entity.
Basing my work on official US documents, I interpreted the attacks of 11
September 2001 as a coup d’etat operated by this unelected authority. Fearing
that I am contesting the democratic ideal, my critics have rejected my work in
its entirety, without really discussing it nor even reading it.
We
may believe that after George Bush Junior’s second mandate and that of Barack
Obama, this debate has become obsolete. And yet, during his electoral
campaign, Donald Trump denounced the existence of this « deep state » which,
according to him, no longer serves the interests of the people, but those of
transnational Finance.
Of course, no foreign state
has ever taken a public stand about a question which concerns the interior
politics and the sovereignty of the United States. Except that last week,
President Vladimir Putin took steps in this direction. On 22 August – in other
words two days after the public intervention of his Minister for Foreign
Affairs against the UNO – while commenting Washington’s sanctions against his
country, he declared – « And it is not only the position of the President of
the United States which counts. It’s the position of the institution which
pretends to be the state, the ruling class in the wider sense of the term. I
hope that the realisation that this policy has no future will one day become
clear to our partners, and that we will then be able to cooperate in a normal
fashion » [3].
Yes, you have read that correctly. President Putin is
stating that the United States are governed not by one Power, but two. The
first is composed of the elected members of Congress and the Presidency, the
second is illegitimate and sometimes more powerful.
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In the space of two days, the
Federation of Russia called into question the coherence of the United Nations
and that of the United States.
Unfortunately, those people who have
still not analysed the events of 9/11, nor drawn any conclusions about the wars
which followed, are still stuck with the official vulgate. They will probably
interpret the Russian position as a machination aimed at destabilising the
Western democracies.
From Moscow’s point of view, the war of
aggression – by the intervention of jihadist proxies – against Syria must
cease, and the unilateral sanctions by the US, Canada and the European Union against
Russia must be lifted. The problem that we must all now face is not the defence
of democracy, but the danger of war.
Void of any legitimacy, a parallel
hierarchy in New York and Washington intends to plunge the world into a
generalised conflict.
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[1] “Draft Geneva Communique Implementation
Framework”, “Confidence Building Measures”, “Essential Principles”,
“Representativness and Inclusivity”, “The Preparatory Phase”, “The Transitional
Governing Body”, “The Joint Military Council and Ceasefire Bodies”, “The
Invitation to the International Community to Help Combat Terrorist
Organizations”, “The Syrian National Council and Legislative Powers during the
Trasition”, “Transitional Justice”, “Local Governance”, “Preservation and
Reform of State Institutions”, “Explanatory Memorandum”, “Key Principles
revealed during Consultations with Syrian Stake-holders”, “Thematic Groups”.
[2] “Germany
and the UNO against Syria”, by Thierry Meyssan, Translation Pete
Kimberley, Al-Watan (Syria) , Voltaire Network, 28 January 2016.
[3] «И дело не только в позиции Президента
Соединённых Штатов, дело в позиции так называемого истеблишмента – правящего
класса в широком смысле этого слова. Надеюсь, что осознание того, что эта
политика не имеет перспектив, всё-таки когда-нибудь придёт к нашим американским
партнёрам, и мы начнём сотрудничать в нормальном режиме».
French
intellectual, founder and chairman of Voltaire Network and the Axis for Peace
Conference. His columns specializing in international relations feature in
daily newspapers and weekly magazines in Arabic, Spanish and Russian. His last
two books published in English : 9/11 the Big Lie and Pentagate.
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