Being 10 months into Israel’s war in Gaza have been eye-opening – even for the US ruling circles. On August 6, the Washington Post published an article titled “Netanyahu has managed to frustrate just about everyone”. It states: “President Biden is at his wits end. The Israeli military is exasperated. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis who regularly take to the streets suspect their leader of trying to prolong the war. And there are the international organisations, European powers, hostage families and members of the US Congress”.
According to the text, Netanyahu is annoying everybody; it is not only the Palestinians that are suffering, being subjected to genocide, but the entire Middle East is tense.
Meanwhile, Western elites are pretending that they do not realise what is happening, or ignore and turn a blind eye to obvious things without thinking about the consequences.
A lot has already been said about the decline in the level of competence and professionalism of the ruling circles of the Western powers. In this regard, I would like to recall the statement of our great classic, Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov, made exactly 200 years ago:
Such changes do occur, I will agree,
Changes in minds and morals, governments and rulers,
There are important people that were known to be fools,
I am afraid to mention them but you will agree:
Some weren’t successful in the army, some in poetry,
And others – everybody says –
Have grown much too clever in recent years.
The Turkish Daily Sabah wrote on August 7, 2024, that “superficial people are at the head of many Western administrations, which is one of the reasons for the West’s unconditional support for Israel”. They consent to all Israeli atrocities, violations of basic human rights, war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocidal attacks against the Palestinian people.
The countries of the Global South are beginning to look at the US differently; they see how many flaws there are in the US political system, which is especially clearly illustrated in the current election campaign.
In addition, the current government structures are first of all tending to their own selfish interests without paying due attention to ensuring US national interests.
For example, here is what Al Jazeera wrote on August 5: “In international relations, the generally accepted opinion is that the United States, as the world’s only superpower and the main sponsor of the Israeli army, has leverage over its much smaller ally. However, the last 10 months have demonstrated that the situation is different; it is Israel that has more influence over the US government, which has yielded to its dictates at almost every stage of the war in Gaza. The end result has been more and more embarrassment for the Biden administration, as some analysts have suggested that the US appears to be a ‘junior partner’ in US-Israeli relations”.
By allowing Israel to dictate the conditions of the Gaza war, the US has endangered its own interests
Current events show that the power structures of the main Western states are noticeably moving away from the population and that they do not enjoy the trust of their voters, which is why there are more and more questions as to their competence and professionalism.
Citizens of Western countries, primarily the US, France, UK, Germany and others, have many qualms with and complaints to their rulers, and hence the task of renewing the ruling circles is becoming more urgent and topical.
Vladimir Mashin, Candidate of Historical Sciences, political observer, exclusively for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook”
