Imperial Americas in Good Hands with Philip GordonStephen Lendman Hes moving on. More on that below. He serves US imperial interests. They include international security, NATO, coordinating with EU nations and regional organizations, counterterrorism, and nonproliferation. From the beginning of the Obama administration, he said, weve made a deliberate and conscious effort to strengthen our ties with Europe and to work with our most important allies around the world on global issues. Imperial ones are prioritized. He stopped short saying so. His new position includes them. Hes Washington man in an important part of the world. Hes Israels man at State. On March 2, the White House announced his appointment. Hell join Obamas National Security Staff. Hell do so on March 11. Hes his new Special Assistant. Hes also White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and Gulf Region. National Security Advisor Tom Donilon said: Phil has been a key member of President Obamas foreign policy team for the past four years, and his work with our European Allies and partners has been indispensable in helping us to formulate policy and address issues around the globe, including Libya, Syria and Iran. So did Dennis Ross under Clinton, Bush and Obama. Committed Zionists alone are appointed. The more hardline, militant, and anti-Iranian, the more eligible. Gordons resume qualifies him. From 1999 2009, he was Brookings Institution senior fellow. Its a longtime imperial tool. Its reliably pro-Israeli. Its militantly anti-Iranian. It reports what Washington wants to hear. Its trustees, senior fellows and experts include a rogues gallery of extremists. They turn truth on its head. Theyre well paid to do so. Gordon did for a decade. He contributes to major scoundrel media publications. They welcome his views. They reflect power politics. He held teaching and lecturing positions at Londons International Institute for Strategic Studies. IISS calls itself a world-leading authority on global security, political risk and military conflict. He also taught and lectured at INSEAD (European Institute of Business Administration) and the German Council for Foreign Policy (DGAP). INSEAD calls itself The Business School for the World. Its allied with Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, and Northwesterns Kellogg School of Management. DGAP is an applied research think tank. It focuses on foreign policy political, economic, scientific and national security issues. During his 2008 campaign, Gordon was Obamas senior foreign policy advisor. In its September/October 2008 issue, The American Interest published his article headlined Obamas Foreign Policy Options. Are Americans better off then than earlier, he asked? Not at all, he said. (T)he world is more dangerous. Americas enemies are stronger and more numerous, and our international standing is vastly diminished. He disingenuously called democracy the centerpiece of Washingtons foreign policy. It stalled or reversed in the Middle East, Russia and Latin America, he claimed. At the same time, Americas popularity hit all-time lows. Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda leaders remain at large, and major terrorist attacks around the world proliferated. He turned truth on its head saying so. He called these unwelcome developments not entirely Bushs fault. Who then if not him? Events preceding his presidency contributed. Post-9/11, they accelerated. Obama advanced them further. Gordon perhaps knew he would if elected. Presidents prioritize advancing Americas imperium. Gordons job at State does the same thing. His tenure and positions showed he did what Washington expects. He moves on to do more. He wants Americas standing in the world improved. In 2008, he said he wanted allies inspired (to) work willingly with us, conduct tough but serious diplomacy with adversaries, (and) seek to build national unity and international legitimacy. He said Obama needs to defend traditional American interests forcefully while grappling with new issues and repairing the breach with an alienated world. He didnt say how. Its unknown then if he knew what he knows now. Obama exceeded the worst of Bush. Hes waging multiple direct and proxy wars. Hes got others in mind. Across North Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Eurasia, Americas more hated than ever. Its for good reason. Obamas waging war on humanity. Dont expect Gordon to explain. He said expect Obama to bring a new and distinctive approach to todays changed world. Hes not bound by Manichean, highly militarized thinking. He knows military force has a role to play in the world. He has called for a larger US military, advocated the deployment of at least two additional brigades to Afghanistan, and on many occasions said he would not hesitate to use force to protect US national interests. He knows other challenges have to be addressed. His international background also allows him to see the world in a usefully different way. Its not clear what experience he means. He taught constitutional law, was Illinois 13th District senator, and served less than four years as US senator before being elected president. What little he knew little about foreign policy came through his chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs. He assembled a war cabinet as president. It remains in place. New names and faces replaced old ones. Policies remain unchanged. He prioritizes national security. It means maintaining the strongest military on the planet, he said. He outspends all other countries combined. He has to given his priorities. War on the world defines them. Hes got lots of new targets in mind. Americas peace president loves war. He continues Bushs war on terror. Occupation, colonization, exploitation, and dominance follow. So do mass death, destruction, instability and human misery. Obama reinvented a Cold War with Russia. He challenges Chinas economic and military might. He prioritizes doing it militarily. Hes committed to might over right. Hell make tactical changes accordingly. Basic strategy remains unchanged. Gordon supports it. Its belligerent, hardline and dangerous. It threatens global war. Dont expect Gordon to explain. American foreign policy presents no easy options, he said. Obama and his team offer not just an opportunity for change, but for strategic intellectual coherence. Its hard imagining what he meant. Things didnt soften. They toughened. Americas more than ever belligerent. War on humanity is policy. Gordons job is supporting it. Expect him to take full advantage. Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.His new book is titled How Wall Street Fleeces America: Privatized Banking, Government Collusion and Class War.Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/the-progressive-news-hour/ 