Gott, Zorn und Zähne ausschlagen

Illustration: Mike Lukovich

(Kommentar) Wie die USA Religion, Demokratie und Kapitalismus in eine gefährliche Farce verwandeln – Illustration: Mike Lukovich

Washington, 27. März 2026 – Es ist schon makaber-komisch, wie die USA alles, was sie anfassen, nicht nur missverstehen, sondern in eine groteske, oft gefährliche Karikatur verwandeln. Ob Kapitalismus, Demokratie oder Christentum – was anderswo als zivilisatorischer Fortschritt gilt, wird dort zu einer Mischung aus Slapstick, Rambo-Mentalität und religiösem Fanatismus.

Das jüngste Beispiel: Pete Hegseth, Kriegsminister und Fox-News-Kommentator, der in einem „Gottesdienst“ im Pentagon dafür betete, Gott möge seinen „Zorn ausgießen“, den „Gottlosen die Zähne einschlagen“ und „überwältigende Gewalt“ über jene bringen, „die keine Gnade verdienen“.

Die USA wirken manchmal wie ein zynisches Labor-Experiment, das beweisen soll, was die Menschheit am schnellsten in den Abgrund reißt:

  • Kapitalismus? Hier wird er zur Mafia-Version – ein System, in dem Gier als Tugend gilt und soziale Ungleichheit als „Erfolg“ gefeiert wird.
  • Demokratie? Eine Slapstick-Posse, in der Wahlen von Gerichtsentscheidungen abhängen, Politiker Fakten leugnen und die Hälfte der Bevölkerung glaubt, die andere Hälfte sei „vom tiefen Staat manipuliert“.
  • Christentum? Eine Rambo-Version, in der Gebete um Gewalt nicht als Widerspruch, sondern als „göttlicher Auftrag“ gelten. „Gott segne Amerika“ wird so zur Kriegsparole – während gleichzeitig Obdachlose ignoriert und Krankenversicherung als ‚Sozialismus‘ verdammt wird.

Die fünfköpfige Herde: Die aktuelle politische Elite der USA wirkt wie eine Truppe überforderter Nichtskönner – mit den Egos von Neandertalern, den Anzügen von Woolworth und der strategischen Weitsicht einer Stubenfliege. Statt Lösungen zu entwickeln, wird in Apokalypse-Rhetorik geschwelgt, werden Feinde erfunden und Gewalt verherrlicht. „Gott mit uns“ klingt dann schnell wie „Gott gegen den Rest der Welt“.

Die USA sind längst kein „Leuchturm der Demokratie“ mehr, sondern ein Selbstversuch, wie lange eine Supermacht Inkompetenz, Fanatismus und Selbstzerstörung überleben kann. Hegseths Gebet ist nur die Spitze des Eisbergs – ein Land, das Religion als Waffe, Wirtschaft als Kasino und Politik als Reality-Show missversteht, hat längst aufgehört, Vorbild zu sein. „Make America Great Again“? Eher: „Make America Grotesque Again“.

James Vargas


Conflit au Moyen-Orient: La Suisse refuse deux survols militaires américains

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

Le Conseil fédéral a examiné plusieurs demandes américaines de survol. Deux vols liés au conflit avec l’Iran ont été refusés, tandis que trois autres ont été autorisés.

La Suisse a pour la première fois depuis le début du conflit au Moyen-Orient annoncé samedi avoir rejeté deux demandes des États-Unis de survol de son territoire, faisant valoir son «droit à la neutralité».

Les Américains ont déposé plusieurs demandes en ce sens, notamment pour des aéronefs militaires, a déclaré le gouvernement suisse dans un communiqué. «Au total, deux demandes en lien avec la guerre en Iran ont été rejetées», a-t-il dit, précisant avoir traité samedi l’ensemble des requêtes déposées par Washington …

Depuis 1815, la Suisse est reconnue officiellement comme étant un pays neutre par la communauté internationale. Sa neutralité est permanente, armée et librement choisie.

SOURCE: L’essentiel.lu

Photo: Boeing C-17 Globemaster III –McDonnell Douglas / Boeing
Military strategic/tactical airlifter
over G-D of Luxembourg (15 mars 2026)


“Board of Peace” replace the United Nations ?

D.Trump has invited dozens of countries to join the board that seeks to resolve global conflicts, but its remit has alarmed several US allies, as has the US leader’s comment that it “might” replace the United Nations.

The board, indefinitely chaired by Trump, was originally conceived as a limited body tasked with overseeing the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, which was devastated by Israel’s two-year war. However, its purpose has since expanded to tackle conflicts the world over, and the charter draft, which was sent along with the invitations to join, does not even reference Gaza.

According to the White House, the Board of Peace has an appointed “founding Executive Board” comprised of:

  • US D.Trump, who will chair the board
  • US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
  • US special envoy Steve Witkoff
  • US National security adviser Robert Gabriel
  • US President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner
  • US Billionaire financier Marc Rowan
  • US Bank World Group president Ajay Banga
  • UK Former Prime Minister Tony Blair

    A number of countries, however, refused to join, arguing that the board’s broad scope would come into conflict with the mandate of the UN.

Epstein’s friends: The US attacks Venezuela and kidnaps its president.

The baseless military action by the United States against Venezuela is a blatant violation of international law and sovereignty. This inevitably brings to mind a series of interventionist actions, such as NATO’s bombing of Yugoslavia, the invasion of Iraq, and interventions in Libya and Syria. The U.S. remains silent on the issue of genocide in Gaza while wreaking havoc on countries that do not submit to its demands. Such double standards are shocking. From “weapons of mass destruction” to “terrorism,” the United States frequently wages war under false pretexts, bringing endless suffering to the world. These lies and deceit have deepened suspicions about the intentions of the United States and its allies. Against this backdrop, it is not difficult to understand why countries like North Korea persist in developing nuclear weapons to safeguard their own security. They have witnessed the tragic fate of those nations that have abandoned their self-defense capabilities. The international community must be vigilant against such hegemonic actions and strive to build a more just and peaceful world.

Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine, proposed by U.S. President James Monroe in 1823, is a foreign policy with the core principle that "America is for Americans." It asserts that European powers must not colonize the Americas or interfere in their affairs, while the United States would not intervene in European disputes. Initially intended to prevent European interference in Latin American independence movements, the policy later evolved into a tool for U.S. expansion in the region. During his presidency, Trump revived the Monroe Doctrine as a basis for curbing Chinese and Russian influence in Latin America, and the 2026 arrest of Venezuelan President Maduro was seen as a practical implementation of this new Monroe Doctrine. Historically, the U.S. had launched multiple military interventions in Latin America based on this doctrine, but in 2013, the U.S. government officially declared the policy's era to be over.
Media report: At least 100 people, including security forces and some civilians, have been killed in the US military’s kidnapping operation against Maduro.

Cofee Canadiano / Origine du filet canadien “américain” : De la Belgique aux préjugés sur la cuisine américaine

US Wars since 2020

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  • 2020: Response to attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. The U.S. embassy in Baghdad came under siege on December 31, 2019, following U.S. retaliation for an attack by the pro-Iranian Kata’ib Hezbollah in which four service members were wounded and one civilian contractor was killed. In response, Marines and aircraft were immediately dispatched from Kuwait for defense of the embassy and overwatch. On January 2, 2020, the U.S. launched an airstrike on a convoy, killing Iranian Quds Force Major-General Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. An additional 4,000 U.S. troops were mobilized to the region, including some 750 from the 82nd Airborne Division. In an annual report released by the Pentagon on May 6, 2020, it cited that approximately 132 civilians have been killed in 2019 as part of US military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria. The Department of Defense (DoD) added that no civilian casualties were reported under the US military operations in Libya and Yemen civil wars respectively.
  • 2021: February 2021 United States airstrike in Syria: On February 25, 2021, the United States military carried out an airstrike on a site believed to have been occupied by Iranian-backed Iraqi militias operating from across the border in eastern Syria in response to recent attacks against US and coalition forces in Iraq.
  • 2021: June 27, 2021, the U.S. military conducted airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias on both sides of the Iraq–Syria border in response to drone attacks on U.S. forces and facilities in the region.
  • 2021: American military intervention in Somalia (2007–present): July 20, 2021, U.S. military airstrikes were conducted on al-Shabab militants in Somalia, the first of its kind since US troops withdrew and President Joe Biden took office in January 2021.On July 22, 2021, further airstrikes were conducted by the U.S. Air Force against al-Shabab militants.
  • 2021: 2021 Kabul airlift: as part of an ongoing, multi-national effort by NATO partner countries to extract citizens and Afghan partners from the country following the 2021 fall of Kabul to the Taliban. The U.S. deployed 6,000 troops to seize control of Hamid Karzai International Airport to serve as a base of operations for the evacuation effort. The DOD confirmed on August 16 that General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., Commander, United States Central Command, had met Taliban leaders in Qatar to secure an agreement. The Taliban reportedly agreed to allow American evacuation flights at Kabul Airport to proceed without hindrance. International airlifts of evacuees had resumed by August 17 following a temporary halt to clear the runway of civilians as the DOD confirmed the airport was open for all military flights and limited commercial flights.[53] Pentagon officials added that evacuation efforts were expected to speed up and were scheduled to continue until August 31.[54] On the evening of August 22, Lloyd Austin, United States Secretary of Defense, ordered the activation of the American Civil Reserve Air Fleet to aid in the evacuations, only the third time in history that the fleet had been activated.[55] On August 26, 2021, two suicide attacks occurred outside the gates of the Kabul airport, killing at least 170 people including 13 U.S. military personnel (11 Marines, one soldier, and one Navy corpsman), along with over 150 wounded. On August 27, 2021, U.S. military forces conducted a drone strike in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan on a presumed “planner” for the ISIS-K militant organization in response to the Kabul airport attack that occurred on August 26, 2021. On September 6, 2021, the United States evacuated four American citizens (specifically, an Amarillo, Texas woman and her three children) from Afghanistan via an overland route, marking the first overland evacuation facilitated by the US Department of State since the military withdrawal. The Taliban was aware of the evacuation and did not make any effort to stop it.[59][60] On September 17, 2021, the U.S. CENTCOM commander, General Frank MacKenzie, announced that an investigation by the U.S. military of the aforementioned drone strike found that it killed 10 civilians (including 7 children and a U.S. aid worker), and that the vehicle targeted was likely not a threat associated with ISIS-K. In December 2021, in response to the errant August strike, the Pentagon stated that no U.S. military personnel involved would be disciplined. As of November 2021, the U.S. State Department believes as many as 14,000 U.S. legal permanent residents remain in Afghanistan.
  • 2021: On October 22, 2021, a U.S. airstrike in northwestern Syria killed senior al-Qaeda leader Abdul Hamid al-Matar as part of ongoing anti-terrorism operations in the region.
  • 2022: On July 31, 2022 al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in Afghanistan in an American drone strike
  • 2023: Operation Prosperity Guardian: On 18 December 2023 United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the formation of an international maritime security force under “Operation Prosperity Guardian,” which aims to counter threats by Houthi forces against international maritime commerce following weeks of attacks against commercial vessels.
  • 2024: Operation Poseiden Archer: Between 12 January 2024 and 6 May 2025 the United States and the United Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, launched a series of cruise missile and airstrikes against the Houthi movement in Yemen in response to Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea. The Houthis had previously declared that their attacks were in support of Palestinians during the Gaza war; Houthi attacks on shipping were condemned by the United Nations Security Council the day before the initial strike.
  • 2025: Operation Rough Rider: In March 2025, the United States launched a large campaign of air and naval strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. Codenamed Operation Rough Rider, it has been the largest U.S. military operation in the Middle East of President Donald Trump’s second term. The strikes began on March 15, targeting radar systems, air defenses, and ballistic and drone launch sites used by the Houthis to attack commercial ships and naval vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
  • 2025: Operation Midnight Hammer: On June 22, 2025, the United States Air Force and Navy attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran as part of the Iran–Israel war, under the code name Operation Midnight Hammer. Seven B-2 strategic bombers striked multiple Iranian nuclear facilities. This was the only US offensive action during the Iran-Israel War.
  • 2025: Operation Southern Spear: A United States military and surveillance campaign aimed at “detecting, disrupting, and degrading transnational criminal and illicit maritime networks”.
  • 2025: Operation Hawkeye Strike: A retaliatory military action by the United States against the Islamic State, following the December 2025 Palmyra attack.
  • 2026: Operation Absolute Resolve: On 3 January 2026, the United States launched airstrikes on multiple locations across northern Venezuela, including the capital city of Caracas. President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were captured by U.S. forces and removed from the country.