tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post2166892199381176778..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: US Calls it Quits in the Global War on Terrorbionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-13259451475600456762014-05-01T11:27:13.259-07:002014-05-01T11:27:13.259-07:00I think the best lens of analyzing the foreign-pol...I think the best lens of analyzing the foreign-policy decisions of the US and its allies is that of the "dollar hegemony" (i.e. the US dollar's status as the global reserve currency). This hegemony was established by the Bretton Woods Agreement and was originally maintained by the system constructed by that agreement. In the aftermath of the US government unilaterally abolishing that system, the dollar hegemony has been maintained solely by the influence of the US and its allies. Ultimately, as with all other hegemony, this influence relies on military power.<br /><br />Even the Cold War can be analyzed using this lens. Indeed, if one analyzes the Cold War in terms of the dollar hegemony, one will find that it's the actual reason that the Cold War occurred at all. More specifically, one will find that the Soviets never ratified the Bretton Woods Agreement. As a result, a huge part of the world wasn't hooked into the dollar hegemony for almost 50 years. The entire policy of "containment" that was characteristic of the US and its allies during the Cold War seems to have been aimed at preventing any more of the world from breaking away from the dollar hegemony.<br /><br />Since the end of the Cold War, the policy of "containment" has persisted, but given different rationales. The "Global War on Terror(ism)" seems to be in response to various countries in the Middle East (Iraq, Iran, and Libya, at least) threatening to pull away from the dollar hegemony. Now the Middle East appears largely pacified - on the surface. In the meantime, however, the dollar hegemony is starting to crack all over the place. The military forces of the US and its allies may soon be faced with a <i>real</i> "asymmetric war", i.e. a <i>global</i> rebellion against the dollar hegemony. Whether this rebellion will be described publicly as "terrorism" or something else remains to be seen, but it won't make a difference to those who know what's really going on.Autolykosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-19839070631725466482014-04-14T20:45:29.512-07:002014-04-14T20:45:29.512-07:00I am not so sure about a new global war - at least...I am not so sure about a new global war - at least not in the conventional meaning of war. It is my sense that the elite believe this too dangerous for their own well being.<br /><br />But I would agree that the end of the war on terror will not result in the pullback of the surveillance state.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-63822610467103064982014-04-14T20:43:23.256-07:002014-04-14T20:43:23.256-07:00Japan? Because growth will not be found in the US;...Japan? Because growth will not be found in the US; it will be found in Asia.<br /><br />Australia? It is a big hole in the ground, and they will need to sell to someone able to buy.<br /><br />As I wrote... it is speculation. And the further I get from Germany / Russia / China, the more speculative it becomes.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-13559473632239401182014-04-14T16:19:06.609-07:002014-04-14T16:19:06.609-07:00The ongoing increase of the police/surveillance st...The ongoing increase of the police/surveillance state along with the continual theft of individuals' rights & freedoms, will not halt until the introduction for a globalist NWO comes to a head via Russia + China teaming to go to world war with 'our' Anglo-American empire some time next decade...likely through North Korea as the final catalyst.Biffhttp://suckitcsec.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-70686100013145869952014-04-14T14:29:42.863-07:002014-04-14T14:29:42.863-07:00Its kind pof hard to fight terrorism when you are ...Its kind pof hard to fight terrorism when you are the terrorists. The criminals in Washington would have to fight themselves.TODDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10033444500058551898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-92020444480042179872014-04-14T14:29:09.080-07:002014-04-14T14:29:09.080-07:00Its kind pof hard to fight terrorism when you are ...Its kind pof hard to fight terrorism when you are the terrorists. The criminals in Washington would have to fight themselves.TODDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10033444500058551898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-21813507797535273482014-04-14T12:41:23.805-07:002014-04-14T12:41:23.805-07:00@Bionic Mosquito, you should have a look at this e...@Bionic Mosquito, you should have a look at this essay by FW Engdahl from 2006. It shows the Anglo-American strategy very clearly<br /><br />[quote]NATO encirclement of Russia, Color Revolutions across Eurasia, and the war in Iraq, were all one and the same American geopolitical strategy, part of a grand strategy to ultimately de -construct Russia once and for all as a potential rival to a sole US Superpower hegemony. Russia - not Iraq and not Iran - was the primary target of that strategy. [/quote]<br />http://www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net/Geopolitics___Eurasia/Russian_Giant/russian_giant.htmlCommenter No. 1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-45202347406327765062014-04-14T07:41:55.882-07:002014-04-14T07:41:55.882-07:00What about our increased interest in Africa? Ther...What about our increased interest in Africa? There is some blood left to be wrung from the terrorism stone. The center of things is moving I agree. I can't believe power will shift to places where we are obviously financing things. Japan, Korea...don't think so. Australia! Where did that come from? How about China or SE Asia quite possibly with an Islam flavor to it. It could well come from the opposite of where the administration is looking.Martin C. Foxhttp://www.mcviewpoint.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-6678405643382969452014-04-14T06:21:19.575-07:002014-04-14T06:21:19.575-07:00Thank you, Bill. Thank you, Bill. bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-86013476163186432272014-04-14T04:30:06.964-07:002014-04-14T04:30:06.964-07:00It's not over for Anglo-America-Israel. They...It's not over for Anglo-America-Israel. They know the key to control of the world is control of Eurasia, following the theory of Halford Mackinder. That's why there is mayhem in Syria, war threats against Iran, and regime change in Ukraine. It's all directed against Russia. Anglo-America must gain military control to the oil and gas fields of the Caspian and central Asia. If they do that, then the power of Russia will be broken and they will have their hands on the throat of China for the foreseeable futureCommenter No. 1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-63021131574377620022014-04-14T02:30:15.571-07:002014-04-14T02:30:15.571-07:00Dear Bionic: your alertness to this shift is help...Dear Bionic: your alertness to this shift is helpful to many who attempt to understand the chess playing on a world scale. Someone once said if a country is not at war, about a third of its workers will be unemployed. Even with the contrived wars and anti-terrorist efforts, unemployment is ~22% in the USA (source: ShadowStats). The recent Clive Bundy/Nevada cattle ranch standoff with the Bureau of Land Management shows how militarized a government bureau is when it shouldn't be. The railroads have security forces. The airports are full of redundant and ineffective security. The FBI is nosing in areas where it shouldn't. The CIA is active on-shore when it is supposed to be an overseas operation. It's all about jobs. When the first cold war vanished with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall, the FBI was left with no agenda to chase down imagined Soviet spies on shore. So it has been given investigative authority overseas. It is all about jobs, many redundant and worthless jobs. Every once in a while they have to contrive up some bombing like what occurred in Boston which was actually a reality drill complete with actors and stage makeup (fake blood). Government doesn't know how to drum up jobs, at least not real jobs. Solyndra is its shining effort -- complete with political pay offs under the guise of government-backed private enterprise. Keep up the good work.Bill Sardihttp://www.shadownews.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-37172486672061607662014-04-13T12:08:49.082-07:002014-04-13T12:08:49.082-07:00A further speculation, on my part would be that th...A further speculation, on my part would be that the US gov. has armed itself against their own people, because they know, that soon, convincing us of a credible enemy will no longer be possible, and that will convince many not to co-operate at all.<br />Germany will go with Russia, because of oil, anything else would be foolish. And Japan may do the same, the added bonus being a counter to China.<br />taxesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com