Earlier today in a comment I quoted Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, sarcastically but very cleverly smacking down the notion of an “international rules based order.” We all know that all that amounts to is the US saying to the rest of the world: Heads we win, tails you lose. So, Zakharova first exposes the hypocrisy of the collective West, then adds, in effect: We can play that game, too.
Macron: “Allowing Russia to win means exposing yourself to the risk that the established rules of the international order will no longer be respected.”
Maria Zakharova: “If Macron has a copy of the “rules” mentioned, please share.
"As for victory, it does not depend on the “permission” of Macron or anyone else - Russia will do what it said.”
Danny Davis, in six minutes addresses the perilous situation in which the Neocons’ rules based order has place the American Empire. It’s time, he says, for America to look out for its own interests, and not be led by Israel. This comes a day after Iran’s assertion—by demonstration of its missile prowess—that it will not be bullied by the likes of this goofy and corrupt coot. Davis explains exactly how our bluff is being called in the Middle East. We’re in a no-win position that will almost certainly get worse unless we tell Israel who’s boss and start talking to nations like Iran. Because military force will not transform our no-win position.
Then, Davis continues with a 21 minute monologue about Russia. It is in this monologue that he plays video of Putin the other day—telling the collective West to take its nuclear arms control proposals and shove them (around the 17:21 point in the video). Davis is being a bit unfair to Putin, in his following remarks. Before you condemn Putin, understand this. It was the United States that arrogantly and unilaterally terminated existing arms control agreements with Russia—Russia favored maintaining those agreements. Further, Putin explicitly reaffirms Russia’s nuclear doctrine: Russia will only use nukes in the face of a threat to its very existence. It was the United States that arrogantly and very foolishly revised its nuclear doctrine to a stance that amounts to: We’ll use nukes when it suits us, when we think it’s in our interests. If you think that’s an oversimplification, reflect on the way in which the US has regularly changed its stance unilaterally over the years. The result is that there is no reason for Russia to trust the US—that’s on us, not on Russia. And so there’s no reason for Russia to take arms control proposals from the West—which has been engaged in a nearly two year war to destroy Russia as a sovereign nation—seriously. This is where the rules based order of the Neocons has landed the us. It’s a very bad place:
Not the rule of the World Court. Nor the UN and the ICJ. Just the rules of Whatever the USA Wants.
‘Rules based order’ is an interesting term.
Ken Johnson has done a wealth of work on the history of the Essenes and their relationship to the Pharisees. Presumably the Essenes disappeared from history because they became Christians.
According to Ken it all boiled down to the Essenes following cannon and laws while the Pharisees innovated new ‘rules’.
It can be said ‘rules based order’ is quasi Phariseeism.