Is America world’s No. 1 terrorist state?
By Drago Bosnic | February 15, 2023
The United States legislature is one of the few in the world using the controversial designation of “state sponsor of terrorism”, colloquially often used in its shortened form, the terrorist state. At present, the State Department lists four countries as “state sponsors of terrorism”: Syria (1979), Iran (1984), North Korea (2017) and Cuba (2021). Countries that have been removed from the list are Iraq, Libya, former South Yemen and Sudan. The evidence that the US government usually gives to support claims that a country has indeed “repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism” is quite scant, to say the least. And yet, Washington DC has (ab)used the designation as a basis to attack all of the aforementioned countries, in addition to dozens of other states around the globe.
Unfortunately, the belligerent thalassocracy usually doesn’t suffer the consequences of its extremely aggressive foreign policy. After the brutal invasion of Iraq, the US claim that the unfortunate Middle Eastern country allegedly had WMDs (weapons of mass destruction) proved to be an unadulterated lie. Still, nobody in the political West suffered any consequences for this, despite their own admission that the accusations against Baghdad were based on “flawed intelligence”. The same people also claimed that the evidence was “rock solid” prior to the truly unprovoked NATO aggression on Iraq. The war didn’t just destroy the Middle Eastern country, directly causing at least one million deaths, but has also resulted in over two decades of (still ongoing) instability.
This also includes the rise of monstrosities such as ISIS/ISIL and numerous other terrorist groups that have killed hundreds of thousands of people across the Middle East and beyond, particularly affecting not just the neighboring Syria, but also Libya and a number of African countries, many of which have already confirmed that US-made weapons have ended up in the hands of terrorist groups attacking their security forces. Needless to say, the vast majority (if not virtually all) of such terrorist groups have been financed, trained and even directly supported by the US. Rather ironic, given the aforementioned US legislation designating other countries as so-called “state sponsors of terrorism”.
Still, perhaps the most dangerous consequence of this US foreign policy framework is that the belligerent thalassocracy has already tried using the designation for Russia, which is even more ironic, as the Eurasian giant has been fighting actual (as previously mentioned mostly US-backed) international terrorism, including in Syria, another country the US considers a “terrorist state”. Despite all of this, Washington DC is constantly escalating the magnitude of its hypocrisy, especially in recent months. The best example of this is the terrorist attack that destroyed portions of the Nord Stream pipelines. As several senior Biden administration officials effectively admitted that Washington DC was behind this, including the infamous Victoria Nuland, the US is openly engaging in what can only be called state terrorism.
This is yet another term describing terrorist activities directly supported or even carried out by an intentionally recognized state actor. And it is precisely this that the latest report by a prizewinning US journalist Seymour Hersh confirms. The detailed account of how exactly the US sabotaged the strategically important natural gas pipelines is a clear indicator that the belligerent thalassocracy has upped the ante and is now ready to do virtually anything to prevent normal economic activities of its geopolitical rivals (and not just rivals, as this terrorist act essentially destroyed Europe’s energy security). Hersh’s report also reveals that US vassals (in this case Norway) also took part in the terrorist attack on Russia-built pipelines. Oslo also had a vested interest in seeing the Nord Stream fail, as it has a competing pipeline connecting it to northwestern areas of Europe.
Brazilian journalist Pepe Escobar, a giant in global geopolitical analytics, thinks that the report is effectively a leak from Hersh’s Deep State insider, but that it essentially boils down to a futile attempt to hide (or at least trivialize) the decisive role of the CIA and other US intelligence services. He adds that the overfocus on Norway’s role is used as a scapegoat to divert attention from other participants in this terrorist act. Escobar also blasts the European Union, particularly “cowardly Berlin”, for not reacting to what is, in essence, economic warfare against the bloc. However, as he correctly notes, the Norwegian Navy doesn’t have any operational P-8 “Poseidon” (unlike the US) and this maritime patrol aircraft was key in conducting the attack.
While Moscow is still exercising remarkable restraint despite all this, it’s certainly making it clear that it now sees the US as waging a total hybrid war against Russia. Its Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already excluded the idea of negotiations on strategic nuclear weapons with the US, stating that any proposed gestures of goodwill are “unjustified, untimely and uncalled for.” The world is also following suit, as China has also called for Washington DC to “explain itself” regarding the terrorist attack on the pipelines.
Naturally, countries around the globe are aware that the belligerent thalassocracy has essentially opened the Pandora’s Box by directly attacking Russian infrastructure and are certainly worried this could become yet another illegal mainstay of US foreign policy. And indeed, if Washington DC is unconcerned with direct attacks on a country with the most powerful thermonuclear arsenal on the planet, who else can feel safe when having to deal with what Escobar described as the “Rogue Superpower”?
Drago Bosnic is an independent geopolitical and military analyst.
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This poses a question and answers its question. The United States may be the number one terrorist state, but Israel’s 75 years of existence is laden with terrorism, from beginning to the present. This comment will not list them, since to do so is unnecessary, given how that is extant, no matter how Israel attempts to censor, to skew, to deny and to justify its terrorism, perpetrated upon its “ally” the United States, as well as its other “allies”, as well as its neighbors, its non-citizen ‘citizens’ and even jews who Israel has deemed to be punished, murdered, imprisoned or any other acts of “terrorism”.
Israel is the number one terrorist state. That is why, Israel is not an ally to America. It is the opposite.
And, secondly for this comment, a question: Will Israel drag America into, or maneuver or by way of a ‘false flag’, have America engage in another war in the middle east, all for its benefit? Either by way of deception or by way of generated convincing of its gullible ‘allies’, to the next war…
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Comment by michael | February 15, 2023 |
“Is America world’s No. 1 terrorist state?”. Does the Pope say prayers? Does a bear shit in the woods? Of course I will still respect you in the morning.
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Comment by PJ London | February 15, 2023 |
“Is America world’s No. 1 terrorist state?”
Yes, without any shadow of doubt. Just look at its record since 1945.
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Comment by brianharryaustralia | February 15, 2023 |
I forgot to say, Just go back and have a look at archival video’s of what the USA did to Vietnam in the “60’s and ’70’s. A horrendous record of brutality by the World’s largest Military against a 3rd World country full of peasants.
It was trully disgusting.
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Comment by brianharryaustralia | February 15, 2023 |
Why would anyone ask this question when it should be exclaimed loudly, yes, America is the world’s number one terrorist state, along with Britain, and Israel.
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Comment by papasha408 | February 15, 2023 |
And the common denominator is, Israel has a very powerful presence withing the Governments of Britain and the USA, and Israel’s influence is huge.
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Comment by brianharryaustralia | February 15, 2023 |
Israel’s influence got from blackmail and extortion is very big indeed.
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