Understanding Americans: Why Did The Americans Secretly Arm Israel With Nuclear Weapons?
25 December 2017By Dr. Haider Mehdi
If you wish to understand Donald Trump, the US President, you will have to
understand the collective consciousness of the common American populous in the
context of an overall national psyche. There are two fundamentals to the
American psyche, that is, of the majority of Americans, barring a few of them
invaded by multi-culturalism and a global wave of wider and expansive
universal political awareness. But, this is a rare commodity in America and,
by and large, the entire nation is "one-dimensional," sharing rigid and
determined social and political attitudes that have remained untiredly
unchanged over the decades of American existence as a nation, specifically in
the aftermath of the Second World War and the emergence of the US as the
dominant global military and economic power.
The first fundamental of the overall American national psyche is that the
majority of Americans are overly obsessed by the idea of "appearance," and
this is of a psychological-political dimension: Americans wish to be seen as
generous, kind and charitable, democratic and tolerant, politically correct
and global in their political-cultural outlook. Hence, America has a culture
of social-cultural conformity that is unshakably voluntary - nearly everyone
shares the same views and attitudes over almost every social and political
norm: "We're Number One!" There are hardly any diametrically opposed opinions
on most political or social issues.
The second national psyche element is the unmitigated desire for "power."
Americans on an individual level are fiercely egotistical and uncompromisingly
"individualistic". This, in fact, reinforces the culture of conformity. These
two factors are intertwined because one supports the other making it
impossible to have simple compromises on any social or political issues. There
is rigidity in the overall American individual and collective behavior which
is uniquely American in character and one that is impossible to understand by
outsiders.
Thus, the resultant national geo-political perspective on world affairs is
that the US must be the dominant economic military power in the world. There
are no two opinions about it. If attaining this global dominance requires war,
covert interventions, propaganda and psychological warfare, political and
economic destabilization of other countries, or regime changes, so be it!
There are no compromises on this fundamental. American citizens stand behind
their successive American governments to do their duty for "American
democracy", capitalism, and in the service of white nations and
neo-imperialism.
That brings us to the understanding of Donald Trump as the beholder of the
promise to his nation: "Make America Great Again." Restore lost American
prestige in the changing world of the 21st century. Demonize Islam and
destabilize Muslim countries wherever the Trump Administration can. For
others, use tactical strategies to pressure them into compliance with American
goals. Contain China and Russia. Sabotage the Palestinians by political
deception and supporting brutal aggression. Raise Narendra Modi to the level
of political sainthood irrespective of the Indian genocide of Kashmiri Muslims
--so that India can be used to contain China and help America steal Afghan
natural resources. Bribe the Middle Eastern and Egyptian leaderships. Bomb
Africa. Keep promoting military conflicts in Asia, Africa, the Middle East,
and Latin America so the US can sell more arms and get richer and continue to
be the dominant power in control of international political and economic
institutions.
Hence, we can understand why Donald Trump is all charged up over North Korea:
to assure his troubled countrymen and women that their president is a tough
military commander-in-chief. The President will destroy a dictator who dares
to challenge American hegemony. The President will restore American dominance
even if it entails killing a million people and wiping a nation off the face
of the earth. The President knows what the American people want and will
surely "Make America Great Again." (Just remember to vote Donald Trump into
the White House again in 2020.)
This is another uniquely American phenomenon: Hardly a year in office and
preparations are already underway to win the next presidential election. Again
and again, the world suffers the consequences of the American democratic
system wholly focused on raising political campaign funds from wealthy donors
who expect political favors, often impacting government policy.
And then there are the other policy decisions made to placate the "base" so
that they vote favorably once more. There is a Donald Trump on every street of
America, all bent on "Making America Great Again" at the cost of violence
against global humanity, one way or another. This silent majority does not
wish to come out vocally in favor of Trump's blatant policies, fearful of the
appearance of being racists, reactionaries or ultra-right wing political
activists.
Imagine the rationality of Donald Trump's assumed threat of the North Korean
nuclear threshold of a few warheads against American military might and
massive nuclear power. It is so simple to conceptualize that the North Korean
leadership's drive for nuclear capability is only meant to insure their
country's territorial safety, security and existence. The concept is called
"Mutual Deterrence." The logical question is: Would the US have invaded Iraq,
Afghanistan, Libya and Syria if all of these countries had acquired a nuclear
threshold and weapons of mass destruction? Indeed, Pakistan has been spared
the same fate at the hands of the US because it acquired a nuclear threshold
at an appropriate time.
And a question directly to the incumbent US President: What about Israel? Why
did the Americans secretly arm Israel with nuclear weapons? So by the same
token, why can't North Korea and Iran equip themselves with the kind of
military and nuclear power that has proven to be a military deterrent? Peace
at an affordable cost, isn't it so?
In view of this discussion, consider the enormity of the military power and
the massive nuclear arsenal at the disposal of the US President. Among its
fleet, the US Navy has 10 Nimitz class aircraft carriers (nuclear-powered)
with 50-year life spans. Each can sustain 20 years of operation without the
need of refueling. Consequently, these aircraft carriers are operational
24-hours a day around the world, giving them the military capability of
destroying the entire world 17 times over. Each of these aircraft carriers has
approximately 3140 military personnel and 2800 aircrew. There are up to 90
state-of-the-art aircrafts on each of them.
Not only that. The 2017 Estimated Nuclear Warhead Inventory indicates that the
US has a stockpile of 4018 nuclear warheads. Out of them, 1393 are deployed.
Imagine that the US has nearly 800 military installations in more than 70
countries and territories abroad. In addition, there are more than 200 army,
air force, marine and naval bases in the United States itself.
Ironically, the US military-industrial complex also sells more arms around the
world than the entire world together. Obviously, this has direct
military-political repercussions vis-à-vis the American role in interstate
conflicts and their resolution. Global peace has been subjected to US economic
and business interests since the emergence of the US military-industrial
complex and its world-wide reach.
Make no mistake: Donald Trump is in the driver's seat with his eyes on the
next presidential election in 2020. The American President is fully cognizant
of the psyche of the American people. He is aware that his slogan "Make
America Great Again" rings a bell in the hearts and minds of the majority of
Americans. Donald Trump is playing the cards of hidden racism implicit in the
American psyche and demonstrating a muscular military approach against its
fabricated adversaries to show that US global military political dominance is
at the core of his political career consistent with the nation's emotional
domain.
Expect no mercy. Humanity is in for another rough era. The Jerusalem move is
just an indication of what is to come. Wait to see the coming fate of the
Palestinians, Afghans, Libyans, Iraqis, Syrians, and the people of Africa and
Latin America.
The American President, Donald Trump, is all out to "Make America Great Again"
in his own particular way: full of hatred, aggression and bullying dominance
directed at will against all at home and abroad --
Unless the world is prepared to do what the Pakistani Air Force Chief recently
said he would order: If a US drone flies over Pakistan, we will shoot it down.
Donald Trump does not need allies. He deserves nemeses - for his political
behavioral reform and discipline.
Dr. Haider Mehdi
https://drhaidermehdi.wordpress.com
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