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| 2017-01-06 |
| [Zero Hedge] The rising hysteria about Russia is best understood as fulfilling two needs for Official Washington: the Military Industrial Complex’s transitioning from the "war on terror" to a more lucrative "new cold war" ‐ and blunting the threat that a President Trump poses to the neoconservative/liberal-interventionist foreign-policy establishment. By hyping the Russian "threat," the neocons and their liberal-hawk sidekicks, who include much of the mainstream U.S. news media, can guarantee bigger military budgets from Congress. The hype also sets in motion a blocking maneuver to impinge on any significant change in direction for U.S. foreign policy under Trump. ‐ From the post: Who Benefits from War with Russia? The following will probably be one of the most important articles I’ve ever written. After spending some time watching the recently concluded intelligence briefing to the U.S. Senate, I’ve concluded it to be one of the most disturbing and ominous things I can remember. I have several takeaways from what I saw, and none of them are good. Before I get started, I want to remind you of something I wrote last summer in the piece, Japanese Government Shifts Further Toward Authoritarianism and Militarism. One of the most discomforting aspects of Neil Howe and William Strauss’ seminal work on generational cycles, The Fourth Turning (1997), is the fact that as far as American history is concerned, they all climax and end with massive wars. To be more specific, the first "fourth turning" in American history culminated with the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), the second culminated with the Civil War (1861-1865), while the third ended with the bloodiest war in world history, World War II (1939-1945). The number of years between the end of the Revolutionary War and the start of the Civil War was 78 years, and the number of years between the end of the Civil War and the start of World War II was 74 years (76 years if you use America’s entry into the war as your starting date). Therefore, if Howe & Strauss’ theory holds any water, and I think it does, we’re due for a major conflict somewhere around 75 years from the end of World War II. That brings us to 2020. The more I look around, the more signs appear everywhere that the world is headed into another major conflict. From an unnecessary resurgence of a Cold War with Russia, to increased tensions in the South China Sea and complete chaos and destruction in the Middle East, the world is a gigantic tinderbox. All it will take to transform these already existing conflict zones into a major conflagration is another severe global economic downturn, something I fully expect to happen within the next 1-2 years. Frighteningly, this puts on a perfect collision course with the 2020 area. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 Zero Hedge is fine, it's every fifth post (like this one) that gives it a bad name. I just skip over shit like this one and go to the next post. |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-01-06 13:03 |
| #7 An effective facilitator uses lots of butcher paper and permits the audience to sort out the facts. History might indicate the common man, soldier, or village priest is seldom responsible for starting wars. That leaves only a few others who might ultimately be held to account. Past performance matters. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-01-06 09:44 |
| #6 ..or classical critical thinking with academic (re:Marxist) 'critical thinking'. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-01-06 09:37 |
| #5 Conspiracy theorists are thinkers, which is good. Please do not confuse imagination with critical thinking. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-01-06 09:07 |
| #4 Talk about cherry picking to support your thesis. Did they just kind of miss that little kefuffle called WW I? Sound like someone has been hitting on the bong-water. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-01-06 07:46 |
| #3 Conspiracy theorists are thinkers, which is good. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-01-06 04:59 |
| #2 There is some good stuff on ZH, but they are fond of wacky conspiracies. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2017-01-06 04:54 |
| #1 Zero Hedge, usually full of excrement. |
| Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 2017-01-06 00:33 |