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Sept. 23 (EIRNS)-The center of gravity of world affairs is in Manhattan this week and next, as world leaders arrive for the United Nations General Assembly, and President Obama intends to use the occasion to push for war. On Monday, Sept. 28, Obama, Russian President Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Hollande, and Iranian President Rouhani will all be addressing the UN General Assembly. Unlike most recent UNGA sessions, this year's events will be historic, as issues of war and peace will be on the table.

Russian President Putin has presented Obama with a fait accompli, with the intense Russian military deployments to Syria. The Russian deployment has preempted Obama's plans to ally with Turkey and Saudi Arabia in establishing a nofly zone for jihadists in northern Syria, aimed at the overthrow of the Assadgovernment and the creation of a Salafist haven on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean. That is now off the table, as the result of Putin's bold and timely actions. In addition to the deployment of at least two squadrons of Russian MiG fighters to the Latakia area, Russian engineers have now arrived at the naval port of intelligence sources report that Russian surveillance drones are already operating over Syrian territory where the U.S. has also been active. Some limited degree of "deconfliction" contact has already been established at the ground level, and some sane U.S. military circles are pushing for Russian-American intelligence sharing and eventual coordinated operations against the Islamic State and other jihadists.

Obama, however, will never accept such a sane policy. He is hell-bent on confrontation with Russia, and it can be expected that he will take some kind of irrational action in New York City (a Russian proposal for a face-to-face Obama- Putin summit has not yet been answered by the White House) to escalate the confrontation, rather than embrace the Russian offers of genuine counter-terrorist cooperation.

Lyndon LaRouche emphasized this week that the greatest danger in the present situation is that leading officials in Washington, including leading members of the U.S. Senate, have blocked out the reality of Obama's narcissism and hatred for Putin. They failto see the imminent danger of an insane Obama provocation against Russia, even though the signs are all there.



Obama has approved the deployment of a new generation of nuclear weapons to Europe. The B61-12 is nominally a tactical nuclear weapon, but the upgrades give it greater accuracy, and they can be launched from stealth bombers that can reach Russian borders. Germany's national TV network has aired a documentary, showing that the Obama policy blurs the lines between conventional and nuclear warfare and greatly increase the danger of a war of annihilation with Russia. Germany is scheduled to receive 20 of the new B61-12 nuclear weapons, and later this year, German Luftwaffe combat planes will begin to be refitted to deploy those nuclear warheads-under U.S. orders.

General David Petraeus, now a military advisor to Obama, appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee early this week, to promote the idea of the U.S. launching a bombing campaign against the Syrian Air Force. He has recently called for an open U.S. alliance with the Nusra Front, the official al-Qaeda franchise in Syria.

In anticipation of his White House summit meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Obama dispatched his Commerce Secretary, Penny Pritzker, to Seattle, to bully American business leaders, meeting with the Chinese President, into attacking China for unfair business practices. Pritzker has been sitting in on the private talks between Xi and the American businessmen-to make sure that the Americans tow the Obama hardline. This kind of madness on the part of President Obama is nothing new. As early as April 11, 2009, LaRouche had warned an international webcast audience about Obama's severe narcissism, and several months later, called for the invoking of the 25th Amendment to remove him from office before he blew up the world. Six years later, the accuracy of those warnings cannot be disputed.

What is different now, however, is that the world is on the brink of a general war and a total disintegration of the trans-Atlantic financial system. Either of these events could occur at any moment, and the only sane course of prevention is to remove Obama from office.

The New York City events over the next week pose a challenge to American and world leaders alike. So long as Obama remains in office, the danger to mankind remains.

German Television, Kremlin Address Threat from Nuclear Rearmament in Europe

Sept. 23 (EIRNS)-A report in "Frontal21," a TV news magazine on the German second TV channel (ZDF), yesterday raised the issue of the new tactical nuclear weapons to be stationed in Germany. It is the first time that a prime-time broadcast has addressed the issue of the danger posed by the U.S. policy of nuclear rearmament in Europe. The broadcast has already prompted a statement by the Kremlin and might mobilize public opinion in Germany.

"Frontal21" sounded the alarm: In an official Pentagon paper, it is reported that German Tornado aircraft at the Büchel air base will begin to be "integrated" with the new B61 guided nuclear bombs in the third quarter of 2015. The new bombs will replace the old B61 bombs which are still there, but they represent a new capability or tactical nuclear weapons. That is, nuclear rearmament has already started. "Integration" does not mean that bombs are mounted on the planes: It means that planes are being adapted to be equipped with the new bombs. "Does the government support nuclear earmament here in Germany?"

Merkel: "We will talk with the U.S.A. about it. Maybe the Defense Ministry has already started, I don't know. I will inform myself and at the appropriate time we will give you the information."

ZDF also asked Merkel why she broke the government coalition agreement in 2009, when the CDU and the FDP had agreed to force the withdrawal of U.S. nuclear weapons from the Büchel base.

Merkel: "My position in the 2009 coalition agreement was always such, that we should consider the consequences. We must see that if nuclear weapons are stationed in other places and there are none in Germany, then one should ask: Does this better serve security and balance?"

"Frontal21" described the new B61 accurately as new weapons. This is therefore a breach of the Non-Proliferation Treaty. They interviewed a spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, who said: "We are worried that states which do not possess nuclear weapons, train for the use of such weapons, and this in the framework of the NATO practice of so-called Nuclear Sharing. This is a violation of Articles 1 and 2 of the Non-Proliferation Treaty."

Today, Russia's response came in remarks by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, as Sputnik reported: "This is yet another step and, unfortunately, a very serious step toward antagonizing the tenseness on the European continent. Unfortunately, if these plans come to light, taking into consideration [the German] Bundestag's decision and so forth, one could say that they are steadfastly heading to establishing this. Of course, this may lead to a strategic imbalance in Europe and, therefore, naturally this will accordingly, make Russia take steps and countermeasures to establish parity, because, naturally, this is not a step toward boosting stability, increasing trust, or providing security in Europe," Peskov told journalists.

"These are steps that the Russian Federation needs to take for the provision of national security," Peskov added.

The full German ZDF script is available online.

Is General Petraeus Angling for John Allen's Job?

Sept. 23 (EIRNS)-Is retired General David Petraeus angling to get a new job in Washington, perhaps the one currently occupied by John Allen? As Petraeus was testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday, rumors began circulating in the news media that Allen has decided to step down from his position at the State Department as President Obama's special envoy for the anti-ISIS war coalition. Josh Rogin and Eli Lake reported in an article in Bloomberg News yesterday, that they were told this by four different administration officials, though the State Department isn't yet ready to make a formal announcement.

"U.S. officials familiar with Allen's decision say he has been frustrated with White House micromanagement of the war and its failure to provide adequate resources to the fight," Rogin and Lake report.

In his testimony yesterday, Petraeus called for expanding the war in Syria against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as if he were unaware of the Russian military deployment there. He called on the U.S. to threaten to destroy the Syrian Air Force if it doesn't stop using barrel bombs in its campaign against the Syrian opposition. He backed up just a tiny bit, however, warning against toppling Assad without knowing who would fill the resulting political vacuum in the country. He expressed support for setting up enclaves protected by coalition air power where moderate Sunnis could be supported, civilians could find refuge and additional forces could be trained.

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