Stephen Cohen — US-Russian Deal: 'DoD Openly Saying It May or May Not Obey Obama'

Given the fact that US warplanes knew the Deir ez-Zor region very well and that the US Department of Defense (DOD) had openly expressed its skepticism regarding the US-Russian plan on Syria, it is "a little hard to believe" that the attack on the Syrian Arab Army was an "accident," Professor Cohen suggested.

He quoted the New York Times editorial, which read that "at the Pentagon, officials would not even agree that if a cessation of violence in Syria held for seven days — the initial part of the deal — the Defense Department would put in place its part of the agreement on the eighth day." The editorial also referred to Carter, "who has deep reservations about the plan for American and Russian forces to jointly target terrorist groups." "In other words," Cohen noted, "Pentagon officials refused to say whether they would obey President Obama." 

The US academic stressed that in a Constitutional democracy where the military is clearly subordinated to the civilian leadership that is extraordinary. "We've come to a point in this craziness, in this New Cold War with Russia where DOD is openly saying it may or may not obey President Obama. If DOD will say that publicly you can imagine the opposition in Washington against the Syrian deal, [US Secretary of State John] Kerry brokered with Russian Foreign Minister [Sergei] Lavrov," Professor Cohen highlighted. The professor remarked that the opposition comprises very influential figures from the Pentagon, the US State Department, both Democratic and Republican parties and the US' mainstream media.

If true, this is not only insubordination but subordination of the president of the United States to policy dictated by the deep state. Americans and the rest of the world should be concerned that the US has apparently gone rogue.

This also accounts for the about face of candidate Obama on becoming President Obama and switching from someone that received the Nobel Peace Prize — prematurely to be sure — to an ally of the neocons and liberal interventionists, only attempting to restrain extreme policy rather than to reverse it.

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US-Russian Deal: 'DoD Openly Saying It May or May Not Obey Obama'

Obama wants Paul Ryan as Speaker

In case you had any doubts that Obama was a fiscal hawk, a true fiscal conservative, who has done more to harm working people and the Middle Class than anyone before him (maybe with the exception of Bill Clinton, but he's close), then just look at who that backstabbing traitor in the White House wants as Speaker of the House. None other than Ayn Rand poster boy, Paul Ryan.

“The White House would like that idea,” Allen said during an interview with Laura Ingraham on her radio show today. “Because they would like one more win … what they’ve always told me is that they admire Paul Ryan for being a substantive, smart guy.

Yeah...right...a substantive, smart, guy. He thinks the government ran out of dollars.

Ryan, of course, is for cutting Social Security, ending Medicare and turning it into a voucher program and cutting taxes for the wealthy.

Obama never ceases to amaze how far to the right he can go and how deeply tied to the interests of the wealthy and big corporate he really is.

Zuckerberg calls the president because he can

We're now at the point where a 20 something year old kid can call the president and complain if he doesn't like something.

Why? Because he's a billionaire.

The rest of us can just suck it when it comes to our needs.

Breaking: U.S. tells China their currency is not rising fast enough

Jack Lew at Treasury has apparently been given orders from the White House to do something to create "manufacturing jobs," so now he's telling China that their currency is not rising fast enough.

This policy is not only incredibly ignorant, as it reduces America's real terms of trade, but it is spiteful, vindictive and shows the Obama Administration's utter contempt for working class and poor Americans.

The reason being, it is functionally a tax that hits middle and low income people the worst as it makes the cost of Chinese made goods--which were once highly affordable--more expensive.

And the cruel lie behind this policy is that it will not create any jobs.

Obama Administration = DUMB!!!