In his lengthy and tedious remarks delivered at the UN General Assembly, President Obama, bold as brass, tried to portray Washington as peace-loving and war-hating. But its record clearly shows the contrary: it is a hegemon of war and intervention.

He repeated several times "peace is hard." Why is peace so hard? Primarily because of the U.S. policy of war and intervention. The country has waged hundreds of wars and intervened in very corner of planet earth since its founding. Is Obama trying to change course?

He said that the U.S. is drawing down in Iraq and Afghanistan. But it is doing so not just "to build our nation at home," but also to rebalance to the Asia/Pacific region to contain China. And it is still energetically intervening in the Middle East. He brazenly declared: "The United States of America is prepared to use all elements of our power, including military force, to secure our core interests in the region….We will ensure the free flow of energy from the region to the world." As Jeremy Scahill pointed out: "He basically came out and said the United States is an imperialist nation and we are going to do whatever we need to conquer areas to take resources from the world."

It is incredible that when he talked about the Arab Spring and said "Ben Ali and Mubarak are no longer in power," he did not mention the fact that it was the United States who propped those dictators up for so many years. And Washington is still supporting the Egyptian military junta.

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