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While we were being distracted by the ongoing Russia/Ukraine war – and Washington’s increasing involvement in the war – tremendous developments in the Middle East have all but ended decades of US meddling in the region. Peace is breaking out in the Middle East and Washington is not at all happy about it!

Take, for example, the recent mending of relations between Saudi Arabia and formerly bitter adversaries Iran and Syria. A China-brokered deal between the Saudis and Iran has them re-establishing full diplomatic relations, with the foreign ministers of both countries meeting in Beijing last week. It is the highest level meeting between the two countries in seven years.

Additionally, Riyadh is expected to invite Syria back into the Arab League and Syrian president Assad may attend the next Arab League summit. Syria was suspended from the Arab League 12 years ago when then-US allies in the Middle East signed on to Washington’s “Assad must go” policy that wreaked havoc across the region.

And the nearly decade-long war in Yemen, which has devastated that population, appears to finally be ending, as Saudi Arabia is expected to announce an end to its US-backed war on that country. Troops from the United Arab Emirates are leaving Yemen and a Saudi delegation is arriving to negotiate a peace deal.

To normal people the idea of peace breaking out in the Middle East is a wonderful thing. But Washington is anything but normal. President Biden dispatched his CIA Director, William Burns, to Saudi Arabia in a surprise visit last week. According to press reports, Burns was sent to express Washington’s surprise and frustration over the peace deals going through. Biden’s foreign policy team “has felt blindsided” by Saudi Arabia’s sudden move to get along with its neighbors.

Washington is angry that Saudi Arabia will start trading with Syria and Iran because those two countries are still under “crippling” US sanctions. One by one, as these countries begin ignoring US-demanded sanctions, the entirety of US foreign policy is being exposed as a paper tiger – just bluster and threats.

Middle East developments have revealed a dirty secret about US foreign policy. Washington has for a long time used a “divide and conquer” strategy to keep countries in the Middle East – and elsewhere – at each other’s throats. Sanctions, covert operations, and color revolutions have all been used to make sure that these countries do not get along with each other and that DC controls who runs the show.

As unlikely as it may seem to some, China has moved into the region with a different policy. China seeks business partners, not to manipulate the internal politics of the Middle East. They may be ruthless in their own way, but it is suddenly clear that the countries of this region are tired of US meddling and are looking for new partners.

We non-interventionists are often attacked as “isolationists,” but as I have always said, it is the neocons and interventionists in Washington who are really isolating us from the rest of the world. Nowhere is that more evident these days in the Middle East. It didn’t have to be this way, but if this is the end of US meddling in Middle East affairs then ultimately it is a good thing for the American people…and for peace.

(Republished from The Ron Paul Institute by permission of author or representative)
 
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  1. JVC says:

    Ron speaks the truth –as always

  2. lavoisier says: • Website

    Ron would be more honest if this was the title of his essay: Peace Is Breaking Out in the Middle East and neocon controlled Washington and Israel Are Not Happy!

  3. Peace breaking out in the ME?

    The neocons must be having heart attacks!

  4. Middle East developments have revealed a dirty secret about US foreign policy. Washington has for a long time used a “divide and conquer” strategy to keep countries in the Middle East – and elsewhere – at each other’s throats.

    Same as domestic policy. Lets you and him fight. It’s the only thing they know.

  5. Durruti says:

    As unlikely as it may seem to some, China has moved into the region with a different policy. China seeks business partners, not to manipulate the internal politics of the Middle East. They may be ruthless in their own way,

    1. Our greatest Statesman, still finds it necessary to cover his rear posterior. He speaks of the Chinese leadership, and considers it necessary to add, “They (the Chinese Leaders), may be ruthless in their own way,” “but” but but but.

    I suppose the leaders of Uruguay “may be ruthless in their own way.”

    2. Ron Paul, as he comments on events occurring in the Middle East, as with most commentators who discuss events occurring in the Middle East, OMITS the Greatest Actor, the Greatest Trigger (since the days of the Murder of Jesus Christ), the Greatest Criminals, from his comments.

    It is one thing to correctly criticize the leadership of one’s own country for their IMPERIALIST actions in a given area (in this case, the Middle East), but it is another, to avoid mention of the Greatest Actors, the GREATEST AUTHORS of the wars and oppression in the area.

    3. This Auto-Censorship by our best, our Ron Paul, and others, from Jimmy Dore, to Tulsi Gabbard, and others, renders the work of the Zionist Money Changers, all but complete. The best, the remnants of our Alternate Leadership, our best hope for our Alternate Shadow Government, the gradual path toward the Reconstruction of our Republic, have already surrendered on the most important issue.

    They have conceded the issue of identifying those who assassinate our best leaders, and handily control us. Who murdered the Kennedys, ML King, Malcolm X, John Lennon, those on the Liberty, those on 9/11, those who died later in Iraq, and Libya, & Serbia, and Lebanon, & everyday in Palestine? We must not say, or write the Rothschild’s MOSSAD, and the junior agencies of CIA, and MI6.

    Who has killed our Honor, our Pride, stolen our Sovereignty, and given us Pedafiles (and a culture of Pedafilia), in exchange? We were gifted Bill in a blue dress, the Cackler, Casino Trump, the Bushes, President Shumer, MSNBC, CNN, FOX, NAFTA, the Patriot Act, and so much more. We lost in the exchange.

    Our last Constitutional President died as he resisted the Zionist Oligarchs. When you talk to an American, you talk to Fear, Fear itself, unmanning Fear, Terror, Terrorized humans. George Orwell described this FEAR in great detail. When I lectured on Orwell‘s greatest Novel, 1984, I did not sufficiently stress this (Orwell’s) most important point. He was describing FEAR, unmitigated, FEAR. Fear is the chain that imprisons Humans, and deprives us of our LIBERTY.

    4. We cannot defeat our enemies, if we may not identify them.

    Dr. Peter J. Antonsen – nom de guerre, Durruti

  6. Tony says:

    Yo Pauly, say it man, its the weakness of the Biden administation that’s making the world lose respect for us. The USA is becoming second rate and China is moving in to fill the void. Strength brings peace, weakness brings war.

  7. Want America to be a normal country that just minds its own business and you are an “isolationist”.

  8. Levtraro says:

    Washington is angry that Saudi Arabia will start trading with Syria and Iran because those two countries are still under “crippling” US sanctions.

    Recall that that ‘luminary’ running the State Dept said that every time he contacted the Saudies he mentioned the absolute duty of the Saudies ‘to open themselves’ to homosexuality: “invariably, in every conversation”. No matter what was the business of the call, he brought up the subject of sex between men. Imagine that. “Before you hang up let me tell you about …”. So there is also tiredness with all that faggotry and general cultural garbage and disrespect of national cultures coming from the USA.

  9. Durruti says:

    If just half this is true!


    Video Link

    • Thanks: Truth Vigilante
    • Replies: @Jokem
    , @Greta Handel
  10. Jokem says:
    @Durruti

    I think the most popular president was Ronald Reagan.
    Barry Goldwater said Nixon was the most dishonest man he had ever met.

  11. @Durruti

    If just half this is true!

    Or just half the truth? Mr. Carlson’s pedigree is as intriguing as Mr. Woodward’s.

    The take on the “classified documents” shtick is spot on. But why hasn’t it been deployed against him?

    • Replies: @Durruti
  12. Durruti says:
    @Greta Handel

    Mr. Carlson’s pedigree is as intriguing as Mr. Woodward’s.

    The take on the “classified documents” shtick is spot on. But why hasn’t it been deployed against him?

    Thanks for your response. Your point is well taken:

    1. Carlson does NOT identify the Elephant in the room, (the Zionist Money Changers – who control all).

    2. On cue, Carlson (as with his fellow Republicant gang), attacks China, (as the Democrap gang specializes on attacking Russia).

    3. This OBVIOUS political specialization of the Gangs is never recognized/noticed by the ‘brilliant’ Carlson.

    4. Carlson’s welcoming of several anti-war & and pro Libertarian individuals on his MAINSTREAM show, (Jimmy Dore, Tulsi Gabbard, are two examples), functions as a Self Legitimizing tool. He is increasingly trusted as a source of reliable information and reliable political analysis.

    It is sad that the Human urge to like, and trust (at least one) newsman, (at least one) mainstream news source, (at least one) human, is utilized, – abused, by the powers who control ALL. WE attempt to glean what information we can – from them.

    • Replies: @Truth Vigilante
  13. @Durruti

    I think you’re being too tough on Tucker Carlson.

    It’s a miracle he’s allowed to tell as much truth as he does. Has it occurred to you that the there’s a quid pro quo of sorts between Carlson and FOX management, whereby Carlson says what he wants to say, is allowed to bring truth tellers like Jimmy Dore and Peter Schiff onto his show, but in return Carlson reads from the Fox management dictated script that demonises China ?

    As for the ‘elephant in the room’ of not mentioning the Zionist Money Changers, I’ll turn it around and ask you: ‘Does anyone with a high profile (ie: journalist/politician/celebrity) mention the Zionist Money Changers’ ?

    Does anyone high profile mention the Zio orchestration of the 9/11 False Flag ?

    The fact is, as good as Ron Paul has been been on exposing the evils of the Federal Reserve, even he does not mention that it is owned by a private cartel of avaricious bankers (let alone saying that they’re of the Talmudic persuasion).

    The reason Ron Paul, Glenn Greenwald, Seymour Hersh, Julian Assange (in the days before his incarceration) never mention Zio orchestration of 9/11 or Zio exploitation of the masses by the Federal Reserve (even though they ALL most assuredly know who is behind it), is because if they ever did so, they would instantly be smeared from pillar to post by the usual culprits as being anti-Semitic, as being unhinged conspiracy kooks, and thereafter removed from any venue (Ron Paul still has his You Tube channel), that enabled them to educate the masses – or worse (they’d probably end up dead).

    Ron Paul since his retirement, has made a conscious decision not to state these things publicly because he felt he’d do more good by being allowed to keep broadcasting his Ron Paul Liberty Report show/speaking out at conference etc, and spreading the message of Liberty and Federal Reserve malfeasance.

    I believe Ron Paul made the right decision. Because he has enlightened and reached countless individuals with his message in the interim, something he would’ve been prevented from doing had ZOG killed him.

    • Replies: @Durruti
  14. Durruti says:
    @Truth Vigilante

    I think you’re being too tough on Tucker Carlson.

    I quote from comment #5-above. A comment from the finest commentator – raised on E. 28st Brooklyn.

    “1. Our greatest Statesman, still finds it necessary to cover his rear posterior. He speaks of the Chinese leadership, and considers it necessary to add, “They (the Chinese Leaders), may be ruthless in their own way,” “but” but but but.

    I suppose the leaders of Uruguay “may be ruthless in their own way.”

    2. Ron Paul, as he comments on events occurring in the Middle East, as with most commentators who discuss events occurring in the Middle East, OMITS the Greatest Actor, the Greatest Trigger (since the days of the Murder of Jesus Christ), the Greatest Criminals, from his comments.

    It is one thing to correctly criticize the leadership of one’s own country for their IMPERIALIST actions in a given area (in this case, the Middle East), but it is another, to avoid mention of the Greatest Actors, the GREATEST AUTHORS of the wars and oppression in the area.

    3. This Auto-Censorship by our best, our Ron Paul, and others, from Jimmy Dore, to Tulsi Gabbard, and others, renders the work of the Zionist Money Changers, all but complete. The best, the remnants of our Alternate Leadership, our best hope for our Alternate Shadow Government, the gradual path toward the Reconstruction of our Republic, have already surrendered on the most important issue.

    They have conceded the issue of identifying those who assassinate our best leaders, and handily control us. Who murdered the Kennedys, ML King, Malcolm X, John Lennon, those on the Liberty, those on 9/11, those who died later in Iraq, and Libya, & Serbia, and Lebanon, & everyday in Palestine? We must not say, or write the Rothschild’s MOSSAD, and the junior agencies of CIA, and MI6.

    Who has killed our Honor, our Pride, stolen our Sovereignty, and given us Pedafiles (and a culture of Pedafilia), in exchange? We were gifted Bill in a blue dress, the Cackler, Casino Trump, the Bushes, President Shumer, MSNBC, CNN, FOX, NAFTA, the Patriot Act, and so much more. We lost in the exchange.

    Our last Constitutional President died as he resisted the Zionist Oligarchs. When you talk to an American, you talk to Fear, Fear itself, unmanning Fear, Terror, Terrorized humans. George Orwell described this FEAR in great detail. When I lectured on Orwell‘s greatest Novel, 1984, I did not sufficiently stress this (Orwell’s) most important point. He was describing FEAR, unmitigated, FEAR. Fear is the chain that imprisons Humans, and deprives us of our LIBERTY.

    4. We cannot defeat our enemies, if we may not identify them.

    Comment #4 is the crux of my argument. As an analogy, in a Boxing match, if we do not throw punches at the/our opponent (usually located somewhere in front of us), we are DEFINITELY going to lose.

    We cannot defeat our enemies, if we may not identify them. It is not possible. Cannot be done. Es impossible. No se puede. We do not have a choice. Either we clarify who the enemy is, or we lose.

    And we have been losing, steadily losing, since, at least, 1914. On November 22, 1963, we lost our Republic, and our last Constitutional President, John F. Kennedy. Shortly later, we lost his brother, Robert Kennedy, (also assassinated). We sat on our brains, and our courage, and did nothing. That enabled the assassins to murder, to control, at will, whenever they felt the necessity to do so.

    Amazing reverses of History occasionally happen.

    The Russian Oligarchs screwed the Zionist Oligarchs in 2015, when they rescued Syria. The Russian MILITARY intervention badly upset the Zionist apple cart. The zionist money changers have yet to recover from this blocking of their goal for their eretz israel. The current Russian defense of their people in East Europe would be impossible if they had not first checked/blocked the Zionists and their American puppets in Syria (and by doing so, stabilized the Middle East, and safeguarded the independence of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Iran).

    The conditions U Tube demands for our continued use of their web, render all we have to say, all we are allowed to say, useless. They pull our teeth, without the aid of a dentist. We speak under their rules. rules that mirror the rules of the rest of the Mainstream Media. What we say cannot be understood, except as the self-censored speech of those who enter the boxing arena with both hands tied behind their backs. We teach fear, rather than courageous resistance, to all we speak to.

    On Unz, we may say/write a bit more of the truth. Jimmy Dore reads a list of what he is not allowed to say on U Tube, and thus cleverly reveals the issues of Palestine, and of the Planneddemic. Dore utilizes Guerrilla warfare; he engages the enemy.

    Our America is not a Sovereign Nation. We Americans are Slaves. They NAFTA us and Patriot Act us when they wish. They spend huge quantities of our wealth$$ abroad with our/their gauleiter Congress’s all but unanimous support. Our/THEIR Congress cheers the piano playing or demented presidential puppet of the year. Millions live in the streets, our infrastructure decays.

    Only if we identify our Enemies, only if we name the Zionist SAURON, only if we show no fear, may we attack and win.

    • Replies: @Truth Vigilante
  15. @Durruti

    What you say is fair enough.

    If everyone came out as a collective and named the (((culprit))) behind all the misery, that might do the trick.
    The Talmudists can’t kill all of us.

    • Replies: @Durruti
  16. Durruti says:
    @Truth Vigilante

    The Talmudists can’t kill all of us.

    The bullets of 11/22/1963, All their bullets, must be returned.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3NQmgnp-EM

    Some begin to identify a portion of the enemy. Read their demands.

  17. Durruti says:

    I place this here for your perusal.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSd4RcRk0GA

    The information is mind bogling & her quickness & brilliance is obvious. Dore is no slow coach himself.

    I have one KEY difference with her analysis. You will not guess it. Ask, & I will tell.

    *Guess. You might get lucky. Ron Unz-care to participate?

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