It’s the Epstein files, nothing else!

In 1992, while devising election campaign strategies for Bill Clinton’s successful election campaign, James Carville, Clinton’s political strategist, coined this famous political catch- phrase, which is now applied to almost all core political issues like healthcare, budget deficits etc.

While much ink has been spent on Venezuela debacle and its wider ramifications, the “Why now” question of the Venezuela debacle has begun to get traction – both inside US and internationally.

It has become clear that the Venezuela strike has nothing to do about drugs but is all about oil, regime change, but mostly something else.

        

By attacking Venezuela without any legal authorization and trampling on all international laws and norms, the USA has become a bandit nation, invading sovereign states and grabbing their resources, just like Somali pirates.

The only difference is that Somali pirates are a loose group while the US pirates are a nation, trying to maintain its dying hegemony.

But the Venezuela strike has made few facts clear:

The USA can charge any leader who dares to cross its path, or does not do its bidding, on bogus charges, while at the same time can also pardon real drug traffickers – when it suits them - like ex-president of Honduras, who was sentenced to 45 years in prison for pushing tons of narcotics to US.

The Venezuela strike has also brought into clear focus that the United Nations is 21st century version of “League of Nations” and has become utterly useless. Time to stop asking for reforming this bloated and toothless organization, including expansion of security council.

The gun-boat diplomacy has demonstrated clearly to other nations that in order to protect themselves, they must arm themselves with nuclear weapons. (SIPRI is going to cry rivers of tears about such prospects, thanks to lawless nation, USA.)

Given the impotence of UN, new alliances and grouping are bound to come up, further fracturing the world order.

There will be many more ugly ramifications of this naked aggression impacting world order and the rule of law – both in the US and internationally. Threats, now being directed at Greenland, have prompted European countries to express support for Greenland.

In response to threats directed at Colombia, Colombian President, Gustavo Petro, has mobilized his army. Cuba, with its 50,000 men army has offered Venezuela, in defending itself from the US aggression.

These insane streams of threats of more chaos, bloodshed, trampling of international laws and norms etc, have prompted many to ask the question: “Why now”?

Several theories are being floated:

1. Could it be a desire to re-assert America’s diminishing dominance over world order – a unipolar world order that it has unjustly ascribed to itself and grown used to it? 
2. Could it be because of “genuine concern” for ‘democracy’ and ‘freedom’ and ‘human lives’? or 
3. Could it be because of the 800-pound Gorilla in the room - “The Epstein Files”?

Theory no. 1 is a fait accompli. Given the impotence of UN, new grouping like BRICS is becoming more attractive to nations around the world as it provides freedom from the shackles of dollar dominance. But that still does not shrike as the compelling reason for the insane threats directed at many countries.

We can safely strike out theory no. 2 as US applies terms like “Freedom” and “democracy” selectively when it suits its interests. So is the case with human rights. A mere tut-tut about the killings of the Hindus in Bangladesh but enthusiastic embrace of dictators like Asim Munir, is prime example.

That leaves us with theory no.3 as the only logical one.

Saturday, January 3rd was the day AG Pam Bondi was required to submit report to congress explaining about the redactions made to the Epstein files.

So far, less that 1% of the files have been released and all sorts of excuses have been made for the delay in releasing the entire files despite the unanimously passed law – “Epstein Files Transparency Act” – by both congress and senate, mandating so. Now, if AG Pam Bondi had submitted the report, the news cycles, surely, would have blasted the details of that report all over the world giving a strong boost to the feeling of a massive cover-up to protect rich pedophiles.

Given the dismal job market, rising health costs, and rising inflation, the report would have driven Trump’s ratings further down.

Many voices – politicians, legal luminaries etc. – have now begun to raise this rationale as the prime reason for the Venezuela strike.

               

Colombia’s President, Gustavo Petro, has openly voiced Epstein’s files as the reason for the strike on Venezuela.

AG Pam Bondi, who has vociferously shouted from the rooftops about bringing the full force of law against President Nicolas Maduro – indicted on false charges, is herself facing inherent contempt of congress charges which are being considered against her by Rep. Thomas Massie (R) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D). 

Both congress members have also hinted at the legal action against AG Pam Bondi and DoJ for the delay in release of the Epstein files.

Truly a bizarre nation.

As the congressional and public’s clamor for the Epstein files grow louder, so will be the tantrums, threats directed at different nations by the lawless President in whose dictionary the word “Law” does not apply to him, but applies only to his opponents.

• Trump is hurling threats at Colombia, whose president is openly raging at Donald Trump. 
• European Union has strongly sided with Greenland over Trump’s threats. 
• Pentagon’s spy plane, Poseidon P-8, is circling Mexico. 
• Rubio is threatening Cuba and 
• Trump is also hurling insane threats at Iran.

The man, Donald Trump, seems hell-bent on setting the world on fire by creating more crises, just to keep the exploding Epstein files scandal out of new cycles and the desire to protect the rich and powerful pedophiles.

At some point, there is going to come a time when nations are going to say “enough” and retaliate against the lawless nation. It could mean diplomatic and economic breakup, or it could mean armies fighting against the rogue nation, as Colombian president has hinted and actively preparing his armed forces to fight against threats from the out of control Donald Trump.

And that would mean start of World War III.

Whatever happens – given the frenzied pace of threats, the menacing military maneuvers, etc. – it all comes down to one simple reason: “It’s the Epstein Files, nothing else!