NEOCONSERVATIVES AND PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY DOMINATE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

The early presidential debate organized by CNN showed the world and the uninformed and apathetic American electorate, that the elites of that country can elect presidential candidates, in the two major political parties of the United States, as dysfunctional and unfit to govern, as Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

Donald Trump has not changed his rhetoric since 2015, when he began his run for president, blaming all of America’s ills on illegal migrants, anti-U. S. powers and even its allies, whom he accuses of taking advantage of Washington’s goodwill. And of course, he accuses Democrats of allowing all of that to happen.

It is a facile speech, which the masses of the Midwest, South, and Southwest can understand, and which strips them of responsibility for the many problems that American society has, blaming others for what happens, and instead extolling the average American as hardworking, law-abiding, and patriotic.

Likewise, Trump maintains his subordination to the pro-Israel lobby, supporting the genocide committed by the Netanyahu government against the Palestinians, mainly because Zionist oligarchs in the United States are funding his campaign, and demanding unconditional support for Israel from Trump.

For his part, Biden showed in the debate that his senile dementia not only incapacitates him to be a presidential candidate, but even to continue in the presidency. But there are so many economic and political interests around Biden that it looks like they could not back down in their support for the current president.

In addition, Biden has pursued a policy of near-total support for the Israeli genocide in Gaza, providing a guarantee to the pro-Israel lobby that Washington will not abandon the Netanyahu government even if the conflict in the Middle East expands to Lebanon and even achieves the old Zionist goal of throwing the West into war with Iran.

What is beyond doubt is that the military-industrial-security complex, the pro-Israel lobby, and the cabal of neoconservatives that continue to dominate U. S. military, foreign, and economic policies are well covered when it comes to presidential candidates, as both Trump and Biden will follow the dictates of these power groups.

Even if Biden were to be replaced in the presidential race by Vice President Kamala Harris, it would constitute another net gain for neoconservatives, as Harris has been an instrument of them and the pro-Israel lobby for many years, so her possible candidacy would be a reaffirmation of neoconservative and pro-Israel interests in the presidential race.