Here is an edited transcript of
the speech given by Barack Obama, aka POTUS, at the United Nations in New York
on 24 September 2014. He is revered throughout the world for his shameless appeal to
humanitarian, democratic values, and we were so impressed by the manner in which
his speech obscured what was really going on that, at great expense, we have
commissioned a translation into plain English:
"Fellow citizens of the
world, one that we had previously controlled with little problem, I am greatly
concerned that recent events have exposed the shortcomings of our former
strategy. I would now ask for your cooperation so that this becomes less
embarrassing.
"It is your decision, but you can
either join what I will call, after my illustrious predecessor, a 'coalition of
the willing' to intervene against ISIL, or I will consider you to be a traitor
to the cause. If such a gambit is beyond your abilities, and is only supported
by our friends in the Gulf, so be it. But, even so, you will be called upon
next year, maybe, to explain what you are doing to help us out. The least you
can do is to arrest a couple of jihadi crazies when they come back home and
explain to them that their madness has nothing to do with us. Whatever,
Guantanamo is full up, so you must sort it out yourselves.
"On another pressing topic, I
know for some of you that it will be difficult to accept that president
al-Assad is now not such a bad guy. The news media has understood this, but let
me explain further in case there is any misunderstanding. We still do not like
him all that much, and it pains me deeply to think that we are now bombing the
opposition to his regime that only a few weeks ago we were arming and training.
But my latest perspective is based upon fundamental principles: facts change,
people are gullible and hardly anyone that counts will be bothered by this new
position.
"As an example, I have arranged
that more extensive discussions will now take place between Iran, with whom we
will have no dealings whatever, and our closest ally, the UK. In this respect,
I would like to thank Donald Trump for his efforts in securing the continued
unity of this sceptred isle. You never know when you need your friends,
although, personally, I have not been so confident about the value of the Brits.
"I will not mention, and neither
will you, that financial support for ISIL came not only from us, but also from
our Gulf allies who are joining this intervention. Let there at least be a consensus
on that issue. We can build on this for the good of all. The funding of ISIL must
stop, so we ask our friends in the Gulf not to do it any more. Regime change in
Syria looked like a good idea at the time. But can we really risk undermining
the wider range of imperial borders when this can only start a war over
resources and influence - not only between different Middle East groups, Kurds,
Sunnis, Shia, etc, but also between the major powers that have run the system
in their own interests?
"I am pleased that Russia has
been polite enough not to laugh in our faces about the shit we have caused in
the Middle East. This is especially polite, because today I will continue to
insult them further about Ukraine. I count on your press corps not to mention
too often that we provoked the turmoil in that country, with some help from the
Europeans who also do not understand politics.
"The assembly before me will
support my affirmation of human rights and dignity today. And I ask you not to
complicate matters by comparing my support of Israel's slaughter in Gaza with
my opposition to the beheading and murder of innocents. The world surely knows
that our provision of Israeli missiles and weapons to destroy residential
apartments and our support of the Israeli military sniping at civilians in Gaza cannot
be compared with Youtube videos of Americans being killed anywhere."
Translation by G Orwell, 25
September 2014
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