THE BLINDNESS OF US FOREIGN POLICY

The Arab world is in turmoil, the traditional US allies, corrupt and authoritarian regimes, are falling, the key country the US were relying upon for keeping some peace in the Middle East, Egypt, will go its own way. The entire castle, built over the years and that everybody knew was fragile, is collapsing.


Certainly Obama was fast in adapting to the Egyptian crisis (but the entire army is US trained, armed and financed!), has more difficulties in dealing with Libya and has no clue as to how to deal with Bahrain.

What is clear to all, and should be to the Obama's government, is that the Middle East will no longer be the same and relationships with the Arab world will be totally different. And as a consequence, the Israeli-Palestinian problem needs to be looked at in a different perspective.
Clear and simple. But not for the US and the blind Ms. Clinton whose electorate comprises the powerful Jewish community of New York State. So, yesterday, the US opposed a veto to a resolution condemning the Israeli settlements in occupied territories, which goes against previously voted Security Council resolutions.

The statements made by the US ambassador after the vetos do not change the facts: the US had a golden opportunity to show that it had understood that the Middle East is no longer the same. They had the opportunity to show to the Arab masses that they had understood and that the illegal and scandalous policy of Israel had lost the US support.

They missed everything and this will not help a settlement in the area. The masses, mad at their "leaders" (or better at the dictators that reign), will win, sooner than later. And then they will revolt against the US. A crisis nobody can imagine as yet.

It's Foreign Policy, idiot, get rid of Ms Clinton and be real. We are fed up of paying for the errors of the US blinded foreign policy.

A FOREIGN MINISTER FOR "AFFAIRS"

There is a an Italian minister,Franco Frattini, with a suave voice, who used to be an extreme left militant, writing on the daily Il Manifesto (left of the Communist Party), and who is now one of the strongest supporters of his boss, Mr. Berlusconi. He is a catholic activist (never missing a Holy Mass in Parliament). He has two medals: one from an little known Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio whose purpose is the honouring of the Crucifix, the expansion of the Catholic faith and the defense of the Church; the other one from the Vatican itself for "special services provided to the Pope".

He spent some time as EU commissary but, when he left to join Berlusconi again, nobody cried.

He recently stated, with his suave voice, that the "affairs" of his boss are a matter of concern of some Italians only. Never, during his trips, his colleagues mantion anything about the so called affairs to him. Either he has not yet understood the language and hypocritical traditions of diplomacy or he is dumd or he is a liar, or all of them at the same time.

A few days after his declaration, his boss himself complained with some of his advisors that his colleagues in Europe seem to avoid him. And just today we read what US ambassadors to Italy wrote about him (thanks Fod we have Wikileaks) ;

«His frequent blunders and poor choice of words has offended practically every category of Italian citizens and many European leaders... He has damaged the image of the country in Europe and brought ridicule to Italy's reputation in many sectors of the American government". Berlussconi "has become the symbol of the incapacity and ineffectiveness of Italian governments to meet the country's chronic problems: a noncompetitive economic system, decaying infrastructure, growing debt, endemic corruption". (both quitations are from Ambassador Spogli. In many cables from the US Embassy in Rome, Ambassadors quote a militant who had said "Berlusconi tends to make blunders and is a bit of a clown".

But Mr. Frattini ignores all this and tries to convince us that all is OK thanks to Mr. Berlusconi.

He is a real Foreign Minister for Berlusconi's "affairs". Poor Italy

Picture: L'Unione Sarda

WIKILEAKS : what's new ?

The only new thing is that we discover that US diplomats are not as dull as they seem, maintain their independence and inform the US government correctly. But what we learn is nothing new.

What is the surprise in learning that they consider Putin a mafioso ? or Berlusconi an idiot ? or Ban Ali another mafioso ? all known stuff.

And what is the fuss about what the US diplòomats say when we all know about the fact that the US access emails, sms and phone conversations all aroundthe world ?

Hypocrits