Monday, July 28, 2008

Hadrian Exhibition in London Connection with the "Project for the New American Century" - Ratifies Obama Mid East Position

The ANNOTICO Report

 

The journalist of this article, Martin Kettle is a day late and a dollar short, and talking to the wrong candidate.

 

Kettle cites the Hadrian Exhibition as a lesson to be learned by Obama, which actually Obama has Long been advocating, and was opposed to the Trumped Up/ Phony  Invasion of Iraq from the Begiining, and apparently the author doesn't realize that Obama is running against John McCain NOT Geo Bush, although it LOOKS like a Bush Third Term.

 

[Note: Hadrian was emperor of Rome from 117 to 138 AD, and was a builder, philospher, humanist, and extraordinary consolidator  and administrator of the Empire.  Hadrian was the third of the Five Good Emperors, or the second of the recently proposed ulpio-aelian dynasty]

Kettle says: "You see, senator, Hadrian's predecessor Trajan had staked everything on conquering Mesopotamia, which of course is the modern Iraq. At first Trajan successfully persuaded Romans that the war was going well, but in fact the mission was overstretched and gradually his campaign was undermined by a widespread local insurgency. So when Hadrian became emperor of Rome in 117 AD, just about the first thing he did after his inauguration was to withdraw the Roman legions from Mesopotamia, Assyria and Greater Armenia. All this came as a shock to the Roman psyche, which had been nurtured on endless tales of triumph, but in the end it made much better sense to bring the boys home. It meant Hadrian was able to consolidate Rome's boundaries and concentrate on the military campaigns that truly threatened Rome's security.

Kettle does fail to mention the other important similarities, Trajan's goal was Roman World Domination, as was the Geo Bush Neo Cons, all who were members of the PNAC ( Project for the New American Century,) whose goal of American World Domination, was couched in Neo Imperialism and Colonialism. PNAC  policies, that have so miserably failed, and so evilly conceived to benefit US Corporation Oligarchies, is now largely dormant,  BUT its individual members who where so galactically WRONG, are still busy posing as Experts, with their "war mongering" in Op-Ed pieces and spouting on Right Wing Rant TV Talk Shows. doing their "spinning" to convince us that down is up.

 

Please scroll down to the bottom to see who the illustrious members were. Remember them well!!!!!!!

 

What Hadrian Can Teach Obama

Senator, a trip to the British Museum's exhibition will be of far more benefit than hanging out with gloomy Gordon Brown

Martin Kettle

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

As you know, senator, there are two main objects of your day in London. One is to gladhand some of those big campaign donors who are allowed to live in the UK tax-free and so still have serious money in the bank to offer you. The second, of course, is to be seen by Americans in a setting that tells them you are already a leader on the world stage.

Unfortunately, no one Stateside can recognise this new gloomy Gordon Brown guy or that preppy David Cameron fellow who is lining up to succeed him. That's why we've fixed the session with Tony Blair, since most Americans think he's still the man in charge there anyway. And it's why we want you to do that press availability in front of the No 10 door as well. That should send all the right messages for the weekend talkshows.

However, senator, we also now advise a late change to your London schedule. The truth is that you have a lot more to offer the UK politicians than they have to offer you. So we propose cutting back your facetime with Brown and the rest in favour of something much more photogenic that we think would benefit you more. That something is a visit to the British Museum's brand new exhibition about the Emperor Hadrian. This may seem a bit left-field but here's the reason why it couldn't be more relevant to you today.

You see, senator, Hadrian's predecessor Trajan had staked everything on conquering Mesopotamia, which of course is the modern Iraq. At first Trajan successfully persuaded Romans that the war was going well, but in fact the mission was overstretched and gradually his campaign was undermined by a widespread local insurgency. So when Hadrian became emperor of Rome in 117 AD, just about the first thing he did after his inauguration was to withdraw the Roman legions from Mesopotamia, Assyria and Greater Armenia. All this came as a shock to the Roman psyche, which had been nurtured on endless tales of triumph, but in the end it made much better sense to bring the boys home. It meant Hadrian was able to consolidate Rome's boundaries and concentrate on the military campaigns that truly threatened Rome's security.

Senator, you should know that not everything about Hadrian was as inspired and successful as the withdrawal from Mesopotamia. There are some sections of the British Museum exhibition that you should definitely avoid visiting until after election day. In particular there is a searing section which describes how he was responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of  (Terrorist /Insurgent )Jews during a revolt against Roman ( Proper Authority) rule starting in 132 AD. So be certain to say very publicly that Hadrian offers eternal lessons both for good and for evil. Apart from that, the Hadrian visit will be all gain. It will show you understand the world better than President Bush. And in the end, that's what this campaign is all about anyway, senator.

 

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