The article, published by 7or.am earlier this week and since translated by foreign news translation service Whattheysayaboutusa.com, rips into President Obama's remarks at his final State of the Union address earlier this month.
"The president's address," the newspaper sardonically suggested, sounded "like one of the warn-out speeches given by Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev –a rambling jumble of formulaic utterances entirely divorced from reality."
"What we gathered from the president's speech is that Washington is officially worried by both Russia and China – particularly that these countries don't upset America's monopoly in the international arena, or overturn the New World Order – far more than any thoughts about the struggle against international terrorism. In its role as standard-bearer for democracy, free market and economy, and the sanctity of human rights, the USA strives to maintain a monopolistic position in world affairs which entirely contradicts the hierarchy of values for which it claims to fight."
Obama's address, the newspaper argues, was filled to the brim "with the rhetoric of confrontation, domination, intolerance and isolationism. The underlining thesis was that of American Exceptionalism, without the slightest concept of democracy – because democracy involves cooperation, tolerance, and fair competition."
"The world," the article continues, "would be a far safer place if only the US could learn to cooperate with Russia, China, the EU, Iran, and other world centers – instead of confronting them. Peace and stable development are only possible in a multi-polar world. The experience of the past 25 years shows what the results are, when one of the world's nations grabs a monopolistic position in international affairs."
"The more [US leaders] drone on about American Exceptionalism, the US's destiny of supremacy, and their confrontation with Russia, the more terrorism will flourish, and the more frequent will be the occurrence of atrocities that discredit the entire idea of American democracy. It's no coincidence that Soviet leaders, too, loved to talk about the unique role of the USSR and its leading role in the international arena. They too talked of Afghanistan as their 'international responsibility', and inveighed against the US in exactly the way the US now browbeats Russia."
"What Obama's speech really showed," the newspaper boldly argues, "is why Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump's popularity is advancing by leaps and bounds."
"Trump's high ratings," 7or.am contends, come down in part "to the fact that he sees ways to solve America's international relations with Russia and other nations – rather than ramping up the rhetoric against them."
"Average Americans figured out long ago that the Cold War standoff ended long ago, and what Washington is peddling these days is way past its expiration date. There are many, too, who understand that positive improvements in the world, and success in the battle against terrorist infestation ought to bring Russia and America together as partners, and not as foes. Trump is actively backing this way of thinking."
In any case, "one thing is clear: [the president] shouldn't emerge from the tiny number of America's elite political families. Since the end of the 1980s and until the advent of Barack Obama, the role of president has been overcrowded by members of the Bush and Clinton families. Today the list of candidates for the presidency sees those surnames writ large. One is the brother of a former president, while another is the wife of an ex-president. If Americans elect either of these two, it would be hard to distinguish the United States from a regressive republic led by a dynasty."
