The Grinch That Stole Peace, Life and Liberty

by Stephen Lendman

A state of forever war on humanity exists on Christmas eve and all other days of the year by the empire of lies and its NATO vassals.

At a time when dominant neocon hardliners from both wings of the US war party run things, their reckless aim to own planet earth and its resources may destroy it instead.

Glorifying US-installed puppet Zelensky at the White House and before a joint congressional session on Wednesday was reminiscent of Edward Said's response to Yasser Arafat's agreeing to a Palestinian Versailles on the White House lawn in September 1993, saying:

"The fashion-show vulgarities of the White House ceremony, the degrading spectacle of Yasser Arafat thanking everyone for the suspension of most of his people's rights, and the fatuous solemnity of Bill Clinton's performance, like a 20th-century Roman emperor shepherding two vassal kings through rituals of reconciliation and obeisance…obscure(d) the truly astonishing proportions of" reality on the ground.

And Zelensky's whirlwind Wednesday presence in the heart of the beast concealed the transformation of the former Ukrainian nation-state into ground zero for potential WW III.

Launched by the empire of lies, a state of war already exists by both wings of the US war party against nonthreatening Russia — because its sovereignty is not for sale to a higher power in Washington.

Commenting on the degrading spectacle of how US dark forces extolled puppet Zelensky, a detached from reality front man for his imperial master, Tucker Carlson ripped him as follows, saying:

Like mega-fraudsters SBF, Bernie Madoff and likeminded scammers, Zelensky came to "demand money so (he) can demand (even) more" of the same for him and his Nazi cronies to steal for greater self-enrichment than already.

As long as he serves US imperial interests, they'll keep throwing more billions of dollars at him until the made-in-the USA regime and its military collapse from attrition and exhaustion.

And big bucks spent by the empire of lies for unbridled militarism and forever wars are at the expense of vital homeland needs gone begging.

It's at a time when hard times for most Americans (and their European counterparts) keep getting harder — with no prospect of relief, when what happened so far most likely is prelude for the worst ahead.

Corporate layoffs most likely will explode much higher in the new year — at a time when nearly two-thirds of US workers live from paycheck to paycheck.

They're one or two missed ones away from potential homelessness, hunger and despair.

The American dream for millions of households is nightmarish, especially at a time of recession and high inflation, making essentials to health and well-being increasingly unaffordable — under a ruling regime indifferent toward the rights and needs of ordinary people at home and worldwide.

Reality during the holiday season and throughout the year is a nation of, by and for wealth, power and privileged interests at the expense of the great majority.

The world's richest one doesn't give a damn about its ordinary people, exploiting, not serving them.

Yet it spends trillions of dollars for militarism, war-making, corporate handouts and aid to Ukrainian Nazis for perpetual war on Russia.

When the fake Biden signs the wasteful House and Senate-passed $1.7 trillion, 4,155-page omnibus spending bill — what neither he or congressional members read to know what's in it — millions of Medicaid recipients enrolled since 2020 will lose coverage as of April 1 if states where they reside declare them no longer eligible for benefits.

A provision of the measure lets states drop federally mandated coverage from a public health emergency — what didn't exist after seasonal flu got a scary new name three years ago or now.

First declared by the Trump regime in January 2020, a nonexistent public emergency was renewed every 90 days during a nonexistent pandemic.

According to the Biden regime's Pharma-controlled HHS, about 15 million Medicaid recipients will lose coverage after April 1 in part or entirely.

But no spending limit exists for perpetual war on Russia with expendable Ukrainian foot soldiers — or for puppet Zelensky and his Nazi cronies to steal for self-enrichment.

The empire of lies and forever wars prioritizes what destroys lives, health and well-being over preserving and protecting what's too precious to lose.

The same reality applies throughout the holiday season and all other times of the year.

Then nation I grew up in long ago is profoundly unsafe and unfit to live in.

At war on humanity at home and worldwide, it's a grinch exceeding the worst of others in history because of unparalleled harm it caused to more people over a longer duration with no end to its wicked ways in prospect.