Richard Haass, who served as Director of Policy Planning at the US State Department, US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland, and was the President of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) for 20 years, wrote in an article published in Project Syndicate in 2018, “The liberal world order is neither liberal, nor worldwide, nor an order”. In fact, Haass summarized the past and present of Western imperialism in a single sentence...
Now, in this imperialist aggression, Donald Trump and the MAGAs (Make America Great Again) are returning to factory settings. Unlike the American liberals, the conservatives of the American new right, instead of the lie of ‘exporting democracy’, attribute the occupation and exploitation to the US's noble interests. Take one or the other, both are enemies of humanity!...
“I'm the Only Squire of My Backyard!”
This change can be seen in the US National Security Strategy Document. It reads: “After years of neglect, the United States will reassert and implement the Monroe Doctrine to restore American supremacy in the Western Hemisphere and protect our homeland and access to key geographies in the region. We will deny non-hemispheric adversaries the ability to deploy forces or other threatening capabilities, or to seize or control strategically vital assets.”.
Once we shake American hypocrisy, the Monroe Doctrine, in a nutshell, means “the United States alone rules in the Americas”. And as of January 3, they announced to the world that they were going to put Latin America back into a nightmare. This operation against Venezuela, targeting Nicolás Maduro, is in fact an attack on the legacy of Simón Bolivar's struggle for Latin American independence... Most likely some traitors are involved... We will soon find out who these traitors are.
Both Zionists and Nazi remnants are happy with the attack!
Now let's look at the reactions to this operation that Trump and his gang carried out without even seeking the approval of Congress... Zionist Binyamin Netenyahu, the Zionist who razed Gaza to the ground and massacred the Palestinians, is cheering. He is on good terms with the traitor Maria Corina Machado, who was awarded the infamous Nobel Peace Prize... Another cheer comes from the President of the European Commission, the hereditary Nazi, warmonger Ursula von der Leyen...
Is his deputy, Estonian Kaja Kallas, any better? She comes from a political culture that was able to erect a statue of Adolf Hitler in a park in her country! So the US and Israel are rejoicing, and so are the EU technocrats in Brussels... However, the people of Europe do not think so.
If you are looking for an upright stance, look at Mamdani, Pedro, Fico
Fortunately, there are still honorable politicians in this decaying and degenerating Old Continent. The prime minister of EU member Slovakia, Robert Fico, who was assassinated and almost killed for opposing war with Russia, said he was looking forward to seeing how the EU would react to this ‘reprehensible attack“ and added: ”Either the EU will condemn the US use of military force in Venezuela and be at least somewhat consistent with its position on the war in Ukraine, or it will remain as hypocritical as ever.
Zohran Mamdani, the mayor of New York, the largest city in the United States, described the events in Venezuela as an ‘act of war’. “An attack on a sovereign nation is an act of war and an attack at the federal and international level,” Mamdani said.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro, threatened by the thug Trump to “cover your ass”, is already giving the White House a piece of his mind... Before this operation, he said the following: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To prevent Epstein's list from coming to light, they send warships to kill fishermen and threaten to invade our neighbor for its oil resources.”
One of them was tried to be murdered, one is the mayor of a municipality in the US that the MAGAs and neo-cons hate and want to destroy, the other is a president targeted by imperialism... All of them have backbone and courage and stand firmly against this disgrace...
CNNTürk, what have you done!
Naturally, the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation condemned the operation, though perhaps not as strongly as some of us expected. What about the Republic of Turkey? It is safe to say nothing! While flipping through the channels, I stumbled upon the KJ of that broadcasting disgrace CNNTürk. It was a KJ like ‘What will President Erdoğan say about the US operation in Venezuela?.
They were connected to a meeting organized by the Turkish Exporters Assembly. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan talked about the successes in exports, at one point mentioned Gaza and then praised the successes in exports again. The reji, who woke up late to the fact that Venezuela would not be mentioned, quickly removed the KJ.
Another example of the media's addictiveness... Akit TV was connected to an obscure character living in Venezuela, Muharrem Hayta, who kept talking exactly like the traitor Machado. He was so happy about the US operation, don't ask! The reason why I say “unknown” is that he was a hustler who left the police force and supposedly worked as a diplomat for a while... The impression he left on me was that he might be a FETÖ member... Let's understand Akit TV, but the fact that Halk TV connected to the same guy is another absurdity! Then I realized that he had appeared in many media outlets! That's how ridiculous we are!
Wimpy statements and the ‘hero’ who writes and erases!
Let's turn to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; such a bland statement is rare! “Turkey attaches importance to the stability of Venezuela and the peace and well-being of the Venezuelan people. We call on all parties to exercise restraint to ensure that the current situation does not have negative consequences for regional and international security”. That's all!... They put the attacked and the attacker on the same level and advise ‘restraint’! This is the courage of those who call themselves ‘game changer’, ‘game breaker’, ‘regional power’, ‘global power’! What a helplessness... I thought we were a lion and a tiger!
I said to myself, “Let's wait and see; maybe they are in shock, maybe they will recover”. I waited in vain, just a few pathetic sentences with nothing in them again... Here is the Foreign Ministry's statement: “We are closely following the developments in Venezuela. Turkey attaches importance to the stability of Venezuela and the peace and well-being of the Venezuelan people. We call on all parties to exercise restraint to avoid negative consequences for regional and international security. We are ready to offer any constructive contribution to the resolution of the crisis in Venezuela within the framework of international law. In this process, our Embassy in Caracas maintains uninterrupted communication and necessary coordination with our citizens in the country.” Here is a document of historical shame!... They don't even dare to condemn the US thuggery, let alone to mention the US in the text! I think we know more or less what their reasons might be!
And then there are those who are funny and pathetic! For example, Cemil Ertem, Chief Advisor to the President... He must not have been able to read the new tendencies in the AK Party very well, because he posted an ‘anti-imperialist’ post on X, which was full of enthusiasm: “The genocidal US continues its imperial banditry in the Middle East with murderous Israel by attacking Venezuela. We stand with the Venezuelan people and President Maduro! This banditry must not go unpunished!” He also added a Turkish flag and a red heart. And after a while he deleted it, the epitome of part-time juggernaut!... That's how much backbone they have!
The Only True and Proper Sharing Came from a Counselor
The AK Party's lackluster behavior is significant. MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli linked it to July 15 and watered it down as usual. Only one presidential advisor saved the situation... Mehmet Uçum, Senior Advisor to the President and Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Legal Policy Council, posted the following on X.
I'm sharing from beginning to end:
“Crime against Maduro!
1- The Maduro affair is one of the brutal examples that shows that imperialist aggression can also be carried out through rogue state methods.
2- The Maduro affair is a criminal act that once again reveals the complete nullification of international law, international institutions and the UN. In other words, it is once again understood that the apparent international system has been completely liquidated by imperialist crimes.
3- The Maduro case is a striking example of the fact that today there is no reality other than naked power struggles, that there are no rules and institutions to limit the aggressive powers, that there is no other option but the struggle based on force against imperialist aggression.
4- The Maduro incident has once again demonstrated to the whole world that there is no other way of existence in today's world other than limiting power with power and resisting power with power, regardless of the medium.
5- The Maduro incident has once again proved that the whole purpose of imperialist aggression is to dominate all the resources of the world, especially energy. There is an inhuman imperialist mentality that legitimizes all kinds of lawlessness, unscrupulousness and immorality to achieve this goal. Still, evaluating all these imperialist aggressions with the pretense of rights and freedom is nothing but being an ideological servant of imperialism.
6- National states are under ontological threat from many angles. With the Maduro incident, the threat of an ‘imperialist rogue state’ has been visibly added to these. Today, more than ever, it is necessary to raise the anti-imperialist struggle and strengthen the anti-imperialist cooperation of national states. There is no other option left”.
Most, if not all, of them could be signed, but it seems that the current Foreign Ministry and the President of the Republic, for whom it serves as an advisor, have no such ambition. I wish they did, because the world is going to hell in a handbasket! Especially for emerging economies like Turkey, positioning in line with national interests in foreign policy is more crucial than ever... And if this senior advisor is really sincere, he should resign from his post soon. Or he should fight for Turkey's active participation in the BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which aim to unite the Global South. Because the alliance between the AK Party, which has returned to the factory settings of the Ikhwan in Syria and has become a subcontractor of imperialism, and an ultra-nationalist party already established by the US, can never be anti-imperialist by its very nature!
Promises on World Affairs Are Now Much More Important
These developments may be an opportunity for the opposition parties to review their foreign policy programs, which they have been neglecting. Especially for the CHP, it is an important opportunity... Maybe it is time to give up the foreign policy statements that have been reeking of EU and NATO admiration for many years and expose the so-called ultra-nationalists and political Islamists who have always been the pawns of US imperialism in this country for what they are.
What is the first thing to be done for this, if not a return to factory settings by the founding party of the first country to wage a national liberation war against imperialism? The restructuring should start from the CHP's Deputy Chairmanship in charge of Foreign Policy... Isn't it true that they have put texts consisting of nonsensical analyses into the hands of the general chairs, causing them to be ridiculed many times?.
Weren't they the ones responsible for Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's rant against Russian President Vladimir Putin before the presidential election?
Again, didn't they also turn their noses up at Turkey's initiatives, especially in Africa, and make comments like “What are we doing there, what are we doing here?”?
If the CHP's Foreign Policy Approach could be Based on Founding Values...
Today, one of the CHP's soft underbellies is foreign policy... Isn't it time to stop chasing the EU, which is rotting from within, and criticize the pro-war stances of Europe's so-called social democratic parties? It must not have been the time, because the document instructing NATO on aggression can be signed by a CHP deputy. Once again, the facetiousness continues.
Isn't it sad, for example, that the party's presidential candidate sent a congratulatory message to the notorious fascist Maria Corina Machado, the American puppet who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and then had to explain “I didn't know her like that”?
Still, there are promising developments. For example, Imamoğlu's recent statement... Imamoğlu said, “Those who govern our country with unprincipled policies and personal engagements have no words to say at such global breaking moments; Turkey's voice has been weak. The US intervention in Venezuela is a clear violation of international law. Every step taken in this direction is the beginning of a dangerous period of instability and chaos on a global scale. We know by heart the cost of military interventions carried out by great powers claiming to be ‘justified’ and seeking to divide the world into spheres of influence. Therefore, the solution does not lie in the use of force, but in international law, the UN Charter and the will of the Venezuelan people for self-determination”. This is it...
In fact, don't the founding values of the CHP make it very clear how to take a stance in international relations? You will be anti-imperialist no matter what, you will stand by the oppressed peoples. Is it very difficult? No, as long as one can get rid of liberal rhetoric and admiration for the West!