By Michael Collins Piper

.You may recall that many patriots were sure Bill Clinton would usher America into a communist police state and the end of the United States as we knew it. But that didn’t happen. However — after Clinton — when conservative Republican George W. Bush came into office, the U.S. did get dragged into two needless foreign wars, in which we’re still embroiled, and — most notably —the GOP-controlled Congress enacted police-state measures, such as the infamous “Patriot” Act, precisely of the type we were warned would befall America under President Clinton.
And the truth is that, during the past four years, many Republican leaders — conservatives — told Americans that Clinton had really been a dandy president after all: He cut welfare, boosted the economy, brought jobs to U.S. workers, cracked down on crime — you name it.
Yet, during the eight-year misrule of Dubya Bush — though the GOP didn’t say this — those Clinton accomplishments fell by the wayside.
During the 2012 election, the GOP wanted voters to forget that, when he came to the presidency, Barack Obama inherited much of the Bush-era economic disruption, resulting from those budget-busting foreign wars that spiraled our debt.
The point is this: Despite what you may think of Obama, he is just one man and it’s highly unlikely — despite scare stories spread by fearmongers — that Obama will be able to “transform” America during the next four years into a “European-style socialist welfare state.” The Republicans still control the House of Representatives — and thus the national purse-strings — and they can and will curtail any wild spending Obama might propose.
But don’t cheer too much for the GOP. As Ron Paul repeatedly pointed out, the Republican leadership is unswervingly committed to rampant internationalism, eager to build up the “defense” budget — really an “offense” budget — in order to enforce a global imperium that has nothing whatsoever to do with traditional American nationalism.
Paul contends that we could cut the military budget as much as 50 percent and that the U.S. would still have the toughest military in the world, bar none. And Paul is no communist, nor is he anti-American.We must heed Paul’s warnings and combat efforts — largely from the GOP — to force America into another expensive and foolish foreign war, this time against Iran.
To his credit, Obama has thus far resisted pressure for war. Despite threats against him by supporters of Israel, Obama stood firm. And now that he no longer faces the pressure of seeking reelection, Obama has the opportunity to stand up to Israel once and for all. The New York Times is reporting widespread fear Obama will do just that.
During the past four years, a former Israeli, one Orly Taitz, was largely responsible for stirring controversy with claims Obama was born in Kenya. If true, Obama should have never been in the White House in the first place.
But the bottom line is that Obama remains president. Forcing him from office would elevate Joe Biden to the presidency. A big-spending liberal and a shameless advocate for Israel, Biden would be no improvement.
The job of every real patriot is to stand behind Obama when he’s right, and to speak out when he’s wrong. But it would be a drastic mistake to get distracted with issues that are not going to be resolved and fail to focus on the big picture.
Right now we need to support Obama and the generals and admirals allied with him who are resisting pressure for war. Such a war would not be in America’s interests — and it could bring an end to America as we know it.

 

. . ..Michael Collins Piper is the author of Final Judgment, the controversial “underground bestseller” documenting the collaboration of Israeli intelligence in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He is also the author of The New Babylon, The High Priests of War, The New Jerusalem: Zionist Power in America , The Judas Goats: The Enemy Within, Dirty Secrets: Crime, Conspiracy & Cover-Up in the 20th Century, The GOLEM: Israel's Hell Bomb, and Target: Traficant. These works can be found at America First Books and FIRST AMENDMENT BOOKS: 1-888-699-NEWS. He has lectured on suppressed topics in places as diverse as Malaysia, Japan, Canada, Russia and Abu Dhabi.

 

(Issue Number 49/50, December 3 & 10, 2012, AMERICAN FREE PRESS)