Why the sudden focus on Asia and the shocking announcement that our military will be cut by half a million soldiers? Is the war on terror over or are
we just about to wipe our hands clean and start the new year with a new focus? These surprise actions have me a little baffled and led me to look
back at the Obama Doctrine and the groups steering it.
It's no secret that Obama and his fresh new Obama Doctrine are being steered by the Responsiblity to Protect Group and the UN. We got a small taste
of it with our involvement in Libya. If you study the RTP group enough you will find their roots with another organization named the International
Crisis Group, whose motto is Working to Prevent Conflict Worldwide. These groups are also behind Obama's recent deployment of 100 US Spec. Ops
troops in Uganda. BTW Our current actions in Uganda were signed into law by Obama in May of 2010. Talk about calculated planning. (The Lord's
Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009 )
www.reuters.com...
With just a couple of quick trips to the host websites of these two organizations, it all begins makes sense. Obama is modeling his action plans
based on the focus of these groups based on their crisis maps and alert briefings. However, What caught my eye this morning on the ICG site is the
announcement of new Crisis Group Briefings on Asia coming up in Jakarta and Singapore Next Month. The timing with Obama's new plan to Focus on Asia
is highly suspect.
Join Crisis Group experts for Asia-focused briefings in Singapore and Jakarta on 21 and 23 February 2012. These high-level events will examine
urgent issues and solutions concerning major conflict flashpoints across the region.
This is the Framework for the Crisis Group through 2014
www.crisisgroup.org...
Agenda of the Asia Briefings
www.crisisgroup.org...
A little necessary background and documentation regarding Obama's international road map as Pulished on the R2P web site.
National Security Strategy written in 2010
International Order
“As President of the United States, I will work tirelessly to protect America’s security and to advance our interests. But no one nation can
meet the challenges of the 21st century on its own, nor dictate its terms to the world. That is why America seeks an international system that lets
nations pursue their interests peacefully, especially when those interests diverge; a system where the universal rights of human beings are respected,
and violations of those rights are opposed; a system where we hold ourselves to the same standards that we apply to other nations, with clear rights
and responsibilities for all.”
—President Barack Obama, Moscow, Russia, July 7, 2009
Those words from Obama echos the core focus of the R2P group that was founded in January 2009
1. The State carries the primary responsibility for the protection of populations from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic
cleansing.
2. The international community has a responsibility to assist States in fulfilling this responsibility.
3. The international community should use appropriate diplomatic, humanitarian and other peaceful means to protect populations from these crimes. If a
State fails to protect its populations or is in fact the perpetrator of crimes, the international community must be prepared to take stronger
measures, including the collective use of force through the UN Security Council.
www.responsibilitytoprotect.org...
Back to the Strategy and International Order ... Kind of sounds like NWO
The United States will protect its people and advance our prosperity irrespective of the actions of any other nation, but we have an interest in a
just and sustainable international order that can foster collective
action to confront common challenges. This international order will support our efforts to advance security, prosperity, and universal values, but it
is also an end that we seek in its own right. Because without such an international order, the forces of instability and disorder will undermine
global security.
And without effective mechanisms to forge international cooperation, challenges that recognize no borders—such as climate change, pandemic disease,
and transnational crime—will persist and potentially spread.
International institutions—most prominently NATO and the United Nations—have been at the center of our international order since the mid 20th
century. Yet, an international architecture that was largely forged in the wake of World War II is buckling under the weight of new threats, making us
less able to seize new opportunities. Even though many defining trends of the 21st century affect all nations and peoples, too often, the mutual
interests of nations and peoples are ignored in favor of suspicion and self-defeating competition.
What is needed, therefore, is a realignment of national actions and international institutions with shared interests. And when national interests do
collide—or countries prioritize their interests in different ways—those nations that defy international norms or fail to meet their sovereign
responsibilities will be denied the incentives that come with greater integration and collaboration with the international community.
No international order can be supported by international institutions alone. Our mutual interests must be underpinned by bilateral, multilateral, and
global strategies that address underlying sources of insecurity and build new spheres of cooperation.
Again this is from 2010 regarding Asia
Asian Allies: Our alliances with Japan, South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, and Thailand are the bedrock of security in Asia and a foundation
of prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region. We will continue to deepen and update these alliances to reflect the dynamism of the region and strategic
trends of the 21st century. Japan and South Korea are increasingly important leaders in addressing regional and global issues, as well as in embodying
and promoting our common democratic values. We are modernizing our security relationships with both countries to face evolving 21st century global
security challenges and to reflect the principle of equal partnership with the United States and to ensure a sustainable foundation
for the U.S. military presence there. We are working together with our allies to develop a positive security agenda for the region, focused on
regional security, combating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, climate change, international piracy, epidemics, and
cybersecurity, while achieving balanced growth and human rights.
In partnership with our allies, the United States is helping to offer a future of security and integration to all Asian nations and to uphold and
extend fundamental rights and dignity to all of its people. These alliances have preserved a hard-earned peace and strengthened the bridges of
understanding across the Pacific Ocean in the second half of the 20th century, and it is essential to U.S., Asian, and global security that they are
as dynamic and effective in the 21st century.
This next part is key because it correlates directly with how the US describes leaders in question and how we deal with them.
