By JC

I’m one of those folks who believe that U.S. foreign policy (as an extension of plutocrats’ will), is probably the single most important issue facing us as individuals, as families, and as a community. In that light, when I read the writing on the wall, I find that it is time to dig in:

US To Suspend Syria Diplomacy With Russia, Prepares “Military Options”

In the most dramatic diplomatic escalation involving the Syrian conflict in the past years, yesterday John Kerry issued an ultimatum to Russia, in which he warned his colleague Lavrov to stop bombing Aleppo or else the US would suspend all cooperation and diplomacy with Russia.

24 hours later, this appears to be precisely what is about to take place, leading to an even greater geopolitical shock in Syria. According to Reuters, the United States is expected to tell Russia on Thursday it is suspending their diplomatic engagement on Syria following the Russian-backed Syrian government’s intense attacks on Aleppo, U.S. officials said on condition of anonymity.

Why now and what happens next? According to US officials, the Obama administration is now considering tougher responses to the Russian-backed Syrian government assault on Aleppo, including military options. According to Reuters, the new discussions were being held at “staff level,” and have yet to produce any recommendations to President Barack Obama, who has resisted ordering military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the country’s multi-sided civil war.

However, now that diplomacy with Russia is set to end, this will give the greenlight for Obama to send in US troops in Syria, with Putin certain to respond appropriately, in what will be the biggest military escalation in the Syrian proxy war in its five and a half year history.

Our cold and hybrid war with Russia is about to heat up quickly. And given that the economy has been in the tank for the last 8 years, and going nowhere but down, it isn’t hard to imagine that history is about to repeat itself. It feels like 1939 all over again, and WWIII is the neocon/neolib wet dream to reset the world order, clean the ledgers, and reassemble new power structures.

And that is the choice our upcoming presidential election is all about: what sort of voice do we want to lead us into the new war? A predictable liberal voice for U.S. exceptionalism imperialism? Or a loose cannon that will narrate the war, like a half drunk good ole boy hanging on the end of the bar?