The
bipartisan support Mueller’s appointment received is even more
telling given that he is the definition of a Washington insider. The
power elites across the political spectrum seemed to trust him to,
above all, protect their position at the head of the table.
by
Whitney Webb
Part
5 - Protecting the status quo
Given
the more subtle and troubling implications of the Mueller indictment,
there is sufficient evidence to suggest that the Mueller probe has
less to do with “protecting” American democracy, as is often
claimed by its most fierce proponents, and more to do with protecting
the status quo.
For
instance — though initially tasked with investigating the
relationship between the DNC and Podesta leaks, the Trump campaign,
and Russia — the Mueller investigation has yet to investigate the
DNC servers or Seth Rich’s computer and has failed to interview key
witnesses like Julian Assange. The leaks that ostensibly began
Mueller’s investigation were not included in last Friday’s
indictment.
Furthermore,
the fact that “neither Republicans nor Democrats opposed the
naming of Mueller as special counsel,” as McAdams pointed out,
is very telling. The bipartisan support his appointment received is
even more telling given that Mueller is the definition of a
Washington insider who, during his time as head of the FBI, presided
over the botched investigation into the anthrax scare and the
baseless accusations of “weapons of mass destruction” in Iraq’s
possession, which led to the disastrous invasion of that country and
killed over half a million innocent Iraqis.
In
protecting the status quo, Mueller’s goal is not to protect or
strengthen U.S. democracy. Instead, it has shown itself to be a
Trojan horse intent on restricting meaningful criticism or discourse
related to the status quo, preserving the power structure of the
political elites.
Trump
and Bernie Sanders were not popular due to alleged Russian
intervention. They gained popularity because they spoke against the
status quo while, for many Americans, Clinton embodied its
continuation. Mueller’s probe is proving itself to be the political
establishment’s last-ditch attempt to keep things as they are, to
prevent any meaningful change – no matter how strongly supported by
the American electorate such change may be – by seeking to silence
critics of U.S. “status quo” foreign and domestic policy.
However,
as history shows, status quo domestic policy in the U.S. leads to the
widening of the gap between rich and poor and the enrichment of
corrupt corporations at the expense of the majority, while the
foreign policy of the status quo always leads to war. With prominent
politicians and U.S. intelligence officials now claiming that the
U.S. is “under attack” and that the Russians are “already
attempting” to target the upcoming midterm elections in November,
the Mueller probe’s promotion of dangerous brinkmanship and its
chilling effect on dissent is the real threat to the American people.
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