Establishment Right and Left in Lock-Step Behind Clinton to Usher In an Unprecedented New Era of WarBy Justin Gardner The silver lining in this absurd election is that WikiLeaks has revolutionized our understanding of those who seek to run government. It has exposed Hillary Clinton as a willing and eager establishment-corporatist shill, colluding with media to drive the narrative. The subservience to Wall St. is exactly the kind of continuation that Washington seeks. As such, the military-industrial complex will be served well under Hillary Clinton, as they have been for many presidents before. As the public grows tired of Afghanistan and Iraq, a fresh anxiety must be created in the American populace all under the umbrella of a never-ending war on terror. Syria has long been on the regime change list, so the U.S. began nurturing the Salafist fundamentalist sect in Syria, which became a major part of ISIS. The situation in Syria has also allowed the U.S. to escalate tensions with nuclear-armed Russia, hearkening to the Cold War days which were so profitable for the military-industrial complex. Robert Parry, who broke the Iran-Contra scandal wide open in the 1980s, describes how the right and left establishment are in lock-step like never before, preparing for a Clinton presidency that promises more profitable conflict. What is perhaps most alarming about this new group think is that there doesnt appear to be any significant resistance to the expectation that President Hillary Clinton will unleash these neocon/liberal-hawk forces of intervention that President Barack Obama has somewhat restrained. While Obama certainly did his share to advance death and destruction continuing the Iraq and Afghanistan occupations, ramping up the drone war, adding three countries to the list of bombing campaigns, deploying Special Ops to 70% of the entire world, and assassinating a U.S. citizen the Washington foreign policy elite are giddy about returning to the Bush-Cheney flavor of war-making. As Parry notes: Virtually the entire mainstream U.S. media (and much of the progressive media) are onboard for a U.S. regime change operation in Syria and for getting tough with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Combine this with the the most skilled propagandists in the world operating from Washingtons think-tanks who almost universally support Clinton because she has signaled a return to neocon/liberal-hawk strategies and the challenge to antiwar dissenters is monumental. Previous administration figures such as Madeline Albright, now busy creating propaganda at the Atlantic Council think-tank, are calling for more American actionin terms of the military aspect. She works alongside notorious neocon Stephen Hadley. One of Albrights partners on the Atlantic Councils report, Bushs last National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley, added that if Assad continues to bomb civilians, the United States should strongly consider using standoff weapons, like cruise missiles, to neutralize his air force so that he cannot fly. The plans call for safe zones where Syrian rebels can base themselves behind U.S. military protection, allowing them to strike Syrian government forces but preventing the Syrian government from striking back. Little attention is paid to the fact that the so-called moderate rebels have refused to separate themselves from Al Qaedas forces who are in command of the rebel movement in east Aleppo and other urban areas. Theres the familiar story of American hegemony creating terrorism in the Mideast, and then theres the potential for much bigger conflict due to the presence of Russian forces invited into Syria by Assad. The Obama administration has already begun provoking Russia, and this is sure to continue and likely increase under Clinton. Clinton recently claimed that any no-fly zone would be negotiated with Syria and Russia, in the interest of helping innocent civilians as the U.S. purportedly battles ISIS. Of course, such a deal is highly unlikely, as the Syrians and Russians know it would amount to inviting the U.S. or NATO military to establish a beachhead inside Syria from which rebels, terrorists and other insurgents could operate beyond the reach of military retaliation. Parry laments that no antiwar opposition exists like it did in the run-up to the Iraq invasion. Obama has done a masterful job at co-opting what was left of the antiwar sentiment in the Democratic party into the foreign policy establishment war machine. But it is not just the Republican neocons and old Democratic hawks who are determined to whip the American people into line behind more war. As [Greg] Jaffe wrote, A similar sentiment animates the left-leaning Center for American Progresss report, which calls for more military action to counter Iranian aggression, more dialogue with the United States Arab allies and more support for economic and human rights reform in the region. These liberal hawks are enthused that now almost the entire foreign policy elite of Official Washington is singing from the same sheet of martial music. There is none of the discord that surrounded Bushs war in Iraq last decade. As the war-hungry establishment gets ready to put its newest figurehead in place, it comes at a time when civil liberties have been dismantled to the point where a former Army major says everythings in place for antiwar dissenters to be rounded up for military detention. The 2016 election may turn out to be the clearest indicator yet that democracy provides no check on governments abuse of power. Justin Gardner writes for TheFreeThoughtProject.com, where this article first appeared. The deliberate polarization of people around the world is at an all time high! Refugees pouring into western nations by the millions leading to chaos pitting nationalist vs globalism camps against each otherparalleling Trump vs. Hillary and Brexit pro and con. As populism rises in Europe, UN officials call it racism. Record arms sales from Russia to both Pakistan and India, as India goes on a frenzied nationalist bent beating war drums. China walking a social engineering tightrope heavily promoting a resurgence of Maoism and nationalism while lauding the glory of globalism and Rockefeller world govt, paralleling a rise of Russian govt sponsored Stalin reverence and a reconstitution of the old KGB apparatus while implementing G20/UN edicts as Bill Gates and the Clintons aid the rise of Skolkovo. All the while the diabolical banksters sit and smile pulling their strings. Another mushroom cloud? No thanks. All MSM is bought and paid for, as well as the so called poles. Rigged polls lead to a rigged election. Its as plain as day. I hope there is a landslide for Trump since this is the only way to overcome the cheating. 