Called “Military Keynesianism,” political scientist and ex-CIA consultant Chalmers Johnson was among those who solidly nailed the long-term dangers and consequences of using war production to stimulate the economy.
It was clear that the MilitaryIndustrial Complex (MIC) required an enemy, a dastardly villain, as an excuse. They managed to create North Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and a few lesser excuses into that needed commodity but these all eventually fell short and fizzled out.
The Main-Stream Media (MSM) had completely failed to notice that the Russians had learned the hard way that socialism/communism “promised workers paradise but delivered the other place instead.” They’d also learned — the hard way — that voluntary market exchange kicks booty.
So, under the guidance of Vladmir Putin and his cronies, they’d been promoting trade with other folks in other countries, including selling massive amounts of natural gas to Europe through their twin billion-dollar under-sea pipelines, Nord Stream I and soon, II. They’d been promoting Sochi as a resort town and host to major international events. Etc.
The Russians were making money hand over fist and loving it. And Putin was regularly referring to “Our friends and partners in the West.” Meaning us.
But That Thing That Lives in Washington D.C. and its minions (the U.K. for example) needed that Essential Villain and guess who they chose?
The C.I.A. has a lot of experience assassinating folks, overturning governments, fomenting violence and revolution, that sort of thing. President Harry S. Truman, who created the C.I.A., described things this way – – –
“Now, as nearly as I can make out, those fellows in the CIA don’t just report on wars and the like, they go out and make their own, and there’s nobody to keep track of what they’re up to. They spend billions of dollars on stirring up trouble so they’ll have something to report on. They’ve become … it’s become a government all of its own and all secret. They don’t have to account to anybody.” –Pres. Harry S. Truman
And so they got to work, first by refurbishing the narrative.
Turkey’s president Erdogan and Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, both offered to negotiate peace, and initially Putin and Zelenskyy both agreed to talk. Until SOMEBODY got word to The Comedian that peace wasn’t the goal and he backed out.
And SOMEBODY blew up the Russian’s Nord Stream pipelines.
The Thing Living In D.C. is warning China not to supply Russia with “lethal weapons” because it will “prolong the war and cause more misery and death.” But, of course, the “lethal weapons” supplied by the U.S. will have no such effect. Right?
In an interview (Feb 19, 2023), General Mille, echoing the back-room consensus, observed that the Ukrainians aren’t likely to make anymore battlefield gains and it was time for them to move to the negotiating table. The MIC pulled strings somewhere and the negotiating table suggestion disappeared.
The MIC needs its essential villain. So, as the quip goes, “it’s determined to fight the Russians down to the last Ukranian.”
Putin and company have repeatedly warned that if Russia believes it faces an “existential threat,” they will use nukes.
Keeping in mind that when push came to shove, when nailed to the wall, Putin called his own Ukraine border bluff, what do you make of the 8 Russian fighter jets on Alaska’s border two days in a row?
US intercepts 8 Russian fighter jets near Alaska in 2 days
US Air Force fighter jets conduct back-to-back intercepts of Russian aircraft near Alaska
And prequels like this – – –
F-16s intercept Russian bombers flying near Alaska | Stars and Stripes
On Feb. 27, 2022, just three days after he pulled the Ukraine invasion trigger (Feb. 24) Russia’s Putin puts nuclear forces on high alert | Reuters
And more recently, directly out of “Games Theory” basic strategy, a Moscow foreign policy magazine suggested limited tactical nuclear strikes on Europe to convince “The West” Russia was nuclear serious.
In addition to recently placing tactical nukes on Belarusian territory – – –
Via a huge Wikileaks dump, we know the U.S. and NATO both knew Ukraine in NATO was Russia’s Bright Red Line. Even Biden specifically recognized that, just as in the Cuban Missile Crisis, this was Armageddon time – – –
Clearly they don’t need my tips, they’ve already aced How to Start the Final World War.
So the burning question: “Is That Thing Living in Washington D.C. suicidal?”
Prophecy indicates the ww3 will start in Syria.
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