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PressTV:
Joining us from Brussels for more analysis on this story is Mr. Gilbert Doctorow, independent international affairs journalist. Thank you very much Mister Doctorow as always for joining us during this hour top headlines.
Let’s go to start off with the situation with Colombia directly. Donald Trump even called the Colombian President a sick man along with his threat. What do you think according what we have seen so far, do you believe Donald Trump will make a move towards Colombia and how prepared do you believe [President] Petro is?
Gilbert Doctorow:
Oh, I think it’s entirely possible. But let’s keep in mind that what has happened this past weekend has changed international politics, has changed the outlook for peace in the world. We are now in the antechamber of World War III.
What Mister Trump has done is exactly what Hitler did after he signed with Chamberlain a ‘peace-in-our-time’ appeasement agreement. Mr. Trump is behaving like a world dictator.
And this is a message that is of great importance not just to viewers who are interested in following the latest small of developments in Latin America, but to others in Moscow, in Beijing, and also in Teheran.
The United States is a rogue state, and not by my accusation but by pride in that term. This was the term that one of the major thinkers of the NeoCon ideology, Robert Kagan, the husband of Victoria Nuland, put into his books and lectures, going back to 2008 when he was adviser to Mister John McCain.
This is warmongering, this is taking pride in destroying the sovereignty of a country.
So the message that came out of this weekend is a major one for those who value the sovereignty. Bolivia is a small case. Moscow, Beijing and Iran are big potential cases.
PressTV:
And Dr. Doctorow, I would have to ask you also about the protests we have seen in Venezuela; we have also seen leaders around the world who have been calling for President Maduro, for his wife to be released immediately, and the protesters on the ground in Caracas in other cities across Venezuela have promised that they will be getting their legitimate president back. What do you see as the fate of President Maduro at the moment?
Gilbert Doctorow:
I think his fate is miserable. His chance of being released is not much bigger than that of the President of Panama, Noriega, who was captured in a similar manner by George H. Bush, the father of the Bush [George W. or Bush 2] who invaded Iraq, in 1989.
These demonstrations can give heart and encourage well many people who are dismayed by what has happened. They will have no impact, whatsoever. The only thing that America understands is brutal force.
PressTV:
And Mr. Doctorow my last question is to the United States itself. You called it a rogue state. You talked about Donald Trump. When it comes to everything, specifically what you said over the weekend, over the last few years, I mean, just since specifically Donald Trump has taken his second term. There is no international law, we know this, nothing applies to the US. Is there any thing basically in the world that can stand up to this hegemony, this impunity being carried out by the US. And let’s not forget their Western allies.
Gilbert Doctorow:
Yes, there is of course. And that’s forces come together. The Chinese have been very reluctant to enter into a military allience with Russia. I hope they will reconsider that and understand that without a unified position – not just at the United Nations but off the shores of the United States – without a unified military positon each of them is subject to the same fate as Venezuela.
Let’s remember, one week ago there was a drone attack on the country-side residence of Vladimir Putin where his wife and three sons live, by the way. And Mr. Trump immediately said, ‘oh, terrible, terrible’. Yesterday Mr. Trump said: ‘It never happened’. And I think I know why. Because the CIA was part of the plot to kill Putin.
Let’s talk about that openly. I think you and Iran has faced this issue squarely. You know what I’m talking about. And it stands today as valid as it was two years ago when you lost your primeminister.
The United States is a rogue state. And the rest of the world will save itself not by demonstrations in the street but by showing military muscle and preparedness to use that muscle at the risk of entering World War III. Because World War III is coming whether we like it or not.
PressTV:
One more as always I like to thank you very much. Dr. Gilbert Doctorow, independent international affairs journalist joining us from Bussels.
Gilbert Doctorow 