SHEEPDOG SYNDROME: Sanders Edges Toward Clinton Endorsement & What Russia Should Tell America

Sanders at the pulpit, selling empty promises. Photo by amseaman … Attribution-NoDerivs License

The same scenario repeats each electoral cycle. Party faithful rally behind presidential nominees, losing aspirants among them. Sanders/Clinton rapprochement is virtually certain. His phony rationale will likely be to keep Trump from succeeding Obama. He’ll choose his time and place to make a formal announcement – maybe in days.
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Thursday he’ll meet with Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D. NV) in Washington. According to Politico, he’ll “likely (begin) the party’s internal healing process.” His sole Democrat Senate supporter, Oregon’s Jeff Merkley, said “I do believe that we now have our nominee. Our nominee is (Mrs.) Clinton.”
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Don’t expect Sanders to disagree. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D. MI) said “there’s no way in the world he wants to in any way do anything that would help Donald Trump become president.”

The Wall Street Journal highlighted pressure building on Sanders “to rally behind presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton” – unity steps taken “with prominent…Sanders supporters conceding he had lost the race, and saying they would rally behind…Clinton.”

The Washington Post expects “enthusiastic” party unity backing her, Sanders sure to come on board, much like how Clinton conceded to Obama in 2008.

He has no chance to persuade unelected party insider super-delegates to switch allegiance from Clinton to him. He’ll likely be offered and willingly accept a high-level position in her administration, maybe as running mate.

The New York Times cited unnamed Obama aides, saying he “intends to nudge Mr. Sanders toward embracing (Clinton), stressing (he) can further his policy agenda while unifying the party to defeat Mr. Trump in November.”

The president will formally endorse her in days, followed by actively campaigning on her behalf. 

Sanders notoriously caves when pushed. Endorsing Clinton will strip the mask off his hollow populist rhetoric, rendering it empty, meaningless.

He’s a longtime Democrat party loyalist, an independent socialist in name only, a phony progressive, a self-serving dirty business as usual politician.

Endorsing Clinton will betray millions of loyal supporters, showing he backs what he campaigned against, making him complicit in her high crimes. World peace hangs in the balance.

Dispatch No. 2

What Russia Should Tell America
Doing the right thing is its own reward. It may also save humanity from the scourge of global war. The longer Russia delays, the greater the risk

Lavrov with unindicted war criminal Hillary Clinton.  Time for talk should be over. Photo by usembassylondon

Sergey Lavrov is Moscow’s foreign policy point man. It’s time for him to discard diplomatic niceties and tell John Kerry negotiating with him wastes time. It won’t continue. He should say henceforth on Syria and other geopolitical issues, Russia intends acting unilaterally, in good faith, supporting its allies forthrightly, defending its interests responsibly, acting in full compliance with international law – not breaching it the way Washington does consistently.
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Ceasefire in Syria was ill-conceived, a trap to let US-supported anti-Assad terrorists regroup, rearm and replenish their ranks. Lavrov should unequivocally say Moscow no longer intends going along with the myth of moderate rebels. None exist. He should stress all armed anti-government forces not complying with ceasefire terms henceforth will be attacked nationwide, targeted for elimination.
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He should explain Russia is rebuilding its strike force, a more formidable one than before, intending an all-out effort to smash all terrorist groups in Syria – offering Iraq, Libya and other regional countries Moscow’s help on request against the scourge of US-supported terrorism threatening them.
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Putin is on the right side of history, Obama an unindicted war criminal multiple times over. The huge danger of Clinton succeeding him should mobilize Russia to act now forcefully.
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The longer it delays, the tougher things will get later on. Lavrov needs to spell it out to his counterpart in no uncertain terms. The time for diplomacy was earlier, not now, action vitally needed without delay. Doing the right thing is its own reward. It may also save humanity from the scourge of global war. The longer Russia delays, the greater the risk