The election: America’s garden of insanity

Donald Trump is under attack for a series, seemingly endless, of tasteless comments and admissions of what may be legally defined as serial sexual assaults, perhaps numbering in the hundreds. Yet millions of American voters are choosing to overlook these behaviors. There is a reason for this and Trump, in his own clumsy way, is trying to communicate it to the world.

This, we believe, is where Trump really should go, not after Bill Clinton, but after George W. Bush, who has judged Trump as unfit. The double standard has long ruled America, where crude sexual practices, open corruption and blatant disregard for public duty is as common place as rain in the jungle. Washington is the home of endless sex scandals, they are going to pull out one, perhaps to get Trump off the hook. What really needs to exist is context, not just to judge Trump but to recognize American hypocrisy. In a world of false flag terrorism manipulated wars that kill 100,000 per year on average since 2001, that the focus never lands on the hard questions is, in itself, worse than criminal.

If the tawdry and obscure are the only fit subjects for public scrutiny, then so bit it. Let’s get some background on the most disgusting political race in American history and a few surprises, for some anyway, along the way. The second presidential debate wasn’t just an attack on reason itself, as most pundits agree, it laid bare America for what it is, a nation in decline. Trump stopped short of naming the US as the founder and supporter of ISIS, but we knew he came close. Problem is, Trump, in what may have seemed a moment of clarity, simply didn’t mean it. In the end, Trump was drawn to “fear porn” websites and “shock jocks,” favoring numbers and impact over substance. Who know, he may have been right, but we don’t think so. Much more frightening is Hillary Clinton. Her emails, including those recently released by Wikileaks, reveal something more startling. The Washington double-speak of the mainstream media, recognized around the world as “controlled media” is actually Clinton’s real world view. She really believes Russia is planning world conquest as well as a series of fabricated allegations against the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

One might assume that an American Secretary of State would actually get honest briefing material and be given the opportunity to make up lies, knowing the truth and simply not caring. Instead, Clinton seems to actually believe the irrational and insane things she says, things that defy facts and reason. What kind of stupid is this?

That answer is easy. There is an aspect of “dumb” in Washington that few would believe. Yes, moral relativism is also an issue, the concept that any act is justified if done for the greater good. In Washington and around American politics at every level, the “greater good” is simply getting into office, no matter what is sacrificed, what special interest is given control, no matter how much America is hurt, how much the American people suffer.

We've heard it so many times, this promise that on some magical day in a future that never comes, all suddenly develop a moral compass and turn into place for high wages, safe work places, clean water, trade protections and cuts in military spending, and of taxing the rich, though it is always spoken of.

Ignoring the sex scandals is wrong. First we have to look at Trump but also place what he has done and said in context, not one context but several. In recent weeks, more than 20 editors and contestants recalled Trump making lewd or sexually suggestive remarks about women on the hit show that made him a media star. When this was made public, Trump knew no apology would be enough. Instead he went after Bill Clinton, and in the process permanently alienated any undecided voters looking for signs of character. Whatever the Clinton scandals, there is more than enough evidence of Bush misdeeds of a different type.

Why is Trump ignoring these, considering it has been Bush that has organized the real move to undermine the Trump candidacy? Bush has something in his own closet a hundred times more serious than Hillary emails or Trump antics. All but one of the dozens of links to the Wikipedia article Bush are now removed from the internet though most are from major news agencies.

As pointed out above, stupidity is a bigger enemy. Trump, even when he gets it right, has no idea of what he got right and why it matters. He is right about McCain’s military record, he is right on trade, he may well be right on immigration and even jobs, but few believe him. They say anything and mean nothing. How much of the political meltdown is being pushed from behind the scenes? Is there something orchestrated about all of this?

Let's put aside the general standpoint on the election coverage and the issue of immoral acts in general and go deep into the matter on the most important today's ground realities. The presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump took place in New York, with themes "America's Direction," "Achieving Prosperity," and "Securing America".

On foreign policy, there was little in the debate that accurately reflected reality in Syria and elsewhere throughout the Middle East. On ISIS, for instance, Trump blamed President Obama and former Secretary of State Clinton for creating the terrorist group after the US pulled out its troops from Iraq, leaving “a vacuum the way they got out of” the country.

Trump, however, did not reveal his plan for defeating ISIS, with Clinton saying, he had no plan at all. Clinton said, "Well, at least I have a plan to fight ISIS,” noting the US needs to intensify airstrikes against ISIS in Syria and work with Turkish and Kurdish forces to fight the terrorists. Here, the would-be presidents would like us to believe that when they escalate the US war on Syria, it will be legal as it is all about protecting civilians from what they like to name “evil” government forces, alleging that they “bomb their own people”. They would also like us to believe that the US and its cohorts are the 'saviors' of Syria when it comes to fighting terror and defeating ISIS.
It never occurred to them that the war to destroy Syria had been planned for years – even though top officials like Joe Biden revealed this years ago. Or that the War Party already has many dogs in the fight in Syria; the dirty war is carried out to eliminate Israel’s enemies; to keep Muslims busy killing each other; and to help Saudi Arabia spread its Wahhabite fanaticism. No, the would-be presidents will never talk about these historic facts and realities.

Instead, they assured Tel Aviv that they would veto any UN actions against Israel, expressing support for President Obama’s $38 billion military aid deal, the largest in history. They promised to recognize Bait al-Moqaddas, or Jerusalem, as the capital of Israel, and spend well beyond the $38 billion already in place. They even said they are “committed” to fighting against the boycott movement and other attempts to delegitimize the usurper regime internationally. And for this to happen, they said they are prepared for the second phase of government change war on Syria.

Finally, the debate between Trump and Clinton suggests a wholesale lack of substance in American foreign policy. With regard to Trump, the Republicans have always contributed to America’s foreign wars. On Clinton’s side, much probably most of her time in office as foreign secretary was spent attacking Muslim nations, rather than laying out a positive vision for progressive change, regional dialog, and global peace and security.

Under these circumstances, it is hard for the world community to take comfort in the media promises that the next president of the United States will be a peace president. Unfortunately, this conventional narrative is contradicted by much of the available evidence. As the presidential debate itself demonstrated, little is likely to change regarding America’s warmongering foreign policy, particularly its ongoing war on Syria. By the way, let's not forget again the story of a series, seemingly endless, of tasteless comments and admissions of what may be legally defined as serial sexual assaults in the way for the White House!

What you heard was from an article by Gordon Duff, a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War that has worked on veterans and POW issues for decades. He’s a senior editor and chairman of the board of Veterans Today. Of course, the article is coupled with a review of presidential debate in the United States and how the final competitors for the White House see different, developing issues around.

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