US Establishment

Published in Liberte
(Algeria) on 10 November 2016
by Editorial (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Lottie Valks. Edited by Alexandra Mullin.
The American election and Trump's admittedly unexpected victory are not going to change the relationship between the U.S. and countries like Algeria, a relationship that is based first and foremost on the Algerian expertise in the fight against terrorism. As proof of this, the previous Washington administrations have always, with some small differences, had the same approach to Algeria, often preferring the neighboring countries, which are more permeable to American requests. The fact also remains that all the presidents who have succeeded one another, including Barack Obama, have, despite campaign promises, quickly conformed to the mold of the U.S. administration and establishment, like very important case managers. As proof of this, the Palestine question is still unresolved, the decolonization of the western Sahara and the referendum that should follow have been dragging on for years. Yet, during these past years, there have been changes in power between the Democrats and the Republicans. So, whether Hillary Clinton or Trump, not much is going to change for the countries that the American administration hasn’t highlighted as a key country for their international policies. As for economic relationships, they come down to commercial operations based on the business as principal and the dollar as currency. The part concerning civil society and human rights will remain, where this country is involved, [the production of] regular reports that strongly denounce violations of human rights and liberties. The state department will still have the same structure for allotting the good points and a secretary to go around the world like the police officer they have always been. It is true that the new tenant of the White House is frightening for two fundamental reasons: On the one hand, he has never occupied an elected position and on the other, his religion remains the dollar leaning toward an egocentricity that comes close to communitarianism. Apart from that, there isn't much [difference] between them.


Establishment US
Pour des pays comme l’Algérie, l’élection américaine et la victoire, certes, inattendue de Trump, ne vont pas changer grand-chose dans les relations entre les deux pays, basées surtout sur l’expertise algérienne dans la lutte antiterroriste. Pour preuve, les administrations précédentes de Washington ont toujours, à peu de différences près, la même politique avec l’Algérie, lui préférant souvent les pays voisins plus perméables aux sollicitations américaines. Il reste aussi le fait que tous les présidents qui se sont succédé, y compris Barack Obama, ont, malgré les promesses de campagne, vite fait d’entrer dans le moule de l’administration et l’establishment US, véritables gestionnaires des grands dossiers. Pour preuve, la question palestinienne est toujours en suspens, la décolonisation du Sahara occidental et le référendum qui devait suivre traîne depuis des années. Pourtant, il y a eu ces dernières années des alternances dans la présidence américaine entre les démocrates et les républicains. Alors, Hillary Clinton ou Trump, ça ne va pas changer grand-chose pour les pays que l’administration américaine n’a pas érigés en pays pivot de leur politique internationale. Concernant les relations économiques, elles se résument à des opérations commerciales basées sur le business comme credo et le dollar comme monnaie. Il restera le volet concernant la société civile et les droits de l’Homme où ce pays s’implique par des rapports réguliers où sont dénoncées avec vigueur les atteintes aux droits humains et aux libertés. Le département d’État aura toujours la même structure pour distribuer les bons points et un(e) secrétaire pour faire le tour du monde comme ce gendarme qu’il a toujours été. C’est vrai que le nouveau locataire de la Maison- Blanche fait peur pour deux raisons essentielles : il n’a jamais occupé un poste électif, d’une part, et sa religion reste le dollar adossé à un égocentrisme qui frise le communautarisme, d’autre part. Le reste, c’est kif kif.
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