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Ford Madox Brown King Lear and Cordelia c1851

 

 

An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes. – Sun Tzu

Après moi, le déluge – Louis XV

What I think we see happening in the past few years, and you can go back as far back as you like and look for the signs, is that the American elites, plus their UK brethren (the EU are just followers), have shifted towards an attitude of “if we can’t control the world, we will set it on fire”. That’s the light in which I think you need to see Ukraine and Gaza, as well as their upcoming move vs China. Ukraine is vs Russia, Gaza is vs Iran, the fight vs China might be Taiwan. That’s their three main goals, and they may well be intent on tackling them all at once. After all, what do you have to lose if you want to set the world on fire?

There are no American losses in all this, just some old equipment “sold” to countries, paid for by American and European taxpayers. No American soldiers or civilians are lost, well, at least officially, only Ukrainians and Palestinians (and soon, Taiwanese?). Even if there are 500,000 of them, the US doesn’t care. The term “collateral damage“ was invented for just this occasion. And they intend to cause much more of it. Already, we see Boeing expanding its arms production facilities. Raytheon and General Dynamics et al are sure to follow suit, soon. That is money. That is our future. We’re gearing up for war. They’re going to burn it all down for profit.

Ukraine, since 2014 (or before, if you will) has been the first test case. Gaza is the second. They lost Ukraine in humiliating fashion. So bad, in fact, that they still won’t admit defeat. Instead, they have people in Kiev saying the conflict will take another 5 years. As there are hardly 5 weeks of cannon-fodder soldiers left there, and their average age is 45. Did the US miscalculate the strength of the Russian army or did they just not care?

I’d go for both. The situation there, they can blame Zelensky and other Ukrainians for the losses. Anyone but DC. “They don’t understand the “sophisticated” US armory, they don’t understand the “sophisticated” US/NATO battle plans, they just die. We had no idea. We thought they were as smart as us, or something.” They will get rid of Zelensky, send him either to Monaco or Elysium, and bring in probably Zaluzhny. Though why would he want the job? To be painted a loser?

 

In the middle East, they have Netanyahu doing their bidding. And while they’re prodding him for more corpses, they tell you they’re trying to stop, or pause, Bibi, but “he’s gone berserk”. Well, the US cares as much about Palestinians as they do about Ukrainians. And they’d care exactly as much about Americans if there were no homefront or no elections. Which they’re pretty close to cancelling as well.

Bibi’s been dreaming about the position he’s in today for 50 years. He doesn’t care about people, or bloodshed, or dead children, he’s seeing his life long dream come true: get rid of all Palestinians. Create the promised land. This is not the world of the 1970’s, however. But Bibi doesn’t see that. He only sees his old dream. And the US elites are more than happy to help him try to achieve it. Because it means profits. And sure, also because there’s a large, and very powerful Jewish lobby in US politics. Who are as blind to today’s world as he is.

It suits the guys behind the curtain very well, thank you, that everyone blames Bibi for the atrocities in Gaza, and they never get mentioned. But he’s a puppet the same way Zelensky is, Want to kill -young- people? Here’s your tools. Our taxpayers already paid the bill.

In the US, UK, EU, the idea is that if you have enough firepower, you can do anything. What they missed, is that they no longer have that kind of firepower. Or, rather, they do, but the other side, Russia,Iran etc., has five times as much by now.

Meanwhile, the US elites have set Europe on a road to perdition. Helped along by agents such as von der Leyen, Michel and Borrell, they managed to completely destroy the continent’s future. In just 2-3 years. Remarkable. Europe could still be part of a multipolar world, but they don’t make their own decisions. Europe buys American LNG at 3-4 times what it would cost on the world market, and they refuse to say a single word about the US blowing up the vital Nordstream pipelines. No future.

So what future does the rest of the world have? Well, with the US dead-set on setting it on fire if they can’t control it, that is not an easy question. In any “conversation” where one of the parties is suicidal, odds are off. Should we move to Russia?

 

 

 

 

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    Ford Madox Brown King Lear and Cordelia c1851     An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes. – Sun Tzu Après
    [See the full post at: Set The World On Fire]

    #146752
    Bam_Man
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    “To be an enemy of the United States can be dangerous. To be its friend is fatal.”
    — Henry Kissinger

    Zelensky is about to get the “Ngo Dinh Diem” treatment and then Zaluzhny steps in ala “Big Minh.
    History rhyming…

    #146753
    John Day
    Participant

    Good essay, Ilargi and yes on Bam_Man’s comments, too.

    I’ll note that pop-up ads are giving me Obama-Family, Obama-Family, Obama-Family wherever I look.
    Does this mean Michelle gets parachuted-in to the Democratic nomination next June?

    #146755
    kultsommer
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    We’re gearing up for war. They’re going to burn it all down for profit.

    And the US elites are more than happy to help him try to achieve it. Because it means profits.

    jb-hb and Dr D come to my office!

    #146757
    Bam_Man
    Participant

    Re: John Day’s comment about Michelle Obama –

    “She” does check just about all of the DEI boxes, right?

    #146760
    zerosum
    Participant

    “if we can’t control the world, we will set it on fire”.
    That’s the light in which I think you need to see Ukraine and Gaza,
    Ukraine:
    Full of explosive pot holes, rubble, destroyed infrastructures, not livable, industrial capacity destroyed. Cost/money of rebuild not available. Debt/loans incurred for the demolition must be paid back.
    Gaza:
    Housing leveled, streets dug up to find tunnels. Not fit for any human habitation.
    Cost/money for rebuild not available

    #146765
    Dr. D
    Participant

    Yes, the Barbie movie was product placing Michelle Obama. Pretty subtly though. I remember when I first realized this on The Simpsons, (Lisa become President, and others) then later with “Parks and Rec”. (Good woman goes to DC, also gushing over Joe Biden, John McCain, all the “right” players in 2014(?))

    And everyone now knows the Trump Simpsons, but they don’t remember it was in year 2000, 15 years early.

    Anyway, I don’t think they have committed to her wholly, but they are opening the door. Maybe it’s good they’re not fully certain?

    #146768
    Veracious Poet
    Participant

    Might Makes Right The Dominant *Fiction*.

    2 + 2 = 4 5

    Do you think that’s *Truth* you’re “thinking” now?

    Astra inclinant, sed non obligant.

    #146769
    Celticbiker
    Participant

    When you bust into a house, steal everything valuable, rape then murder the inhabitants…you burn it down to hide any evidence. Scale that scenario up to global size and here we are. Millions of people are just beginning to understand their governments just poisoned them, on purpose. They need a WW3, quick before they meet the fate of Mussolini.

    #146770
    Veracious Poet
    Participant

    When you bust into a house, steal everything valuable, rape then murder the inhabitants…

    Millions of people are just beginning to understand…

    Carthago Trump delenda est.

    #146775
    Mr. House
    Participant

    Maybe the pyschos will have a change of heart about setting the world on fire 😉

    Oh and awhile back i asked raul about an article from about a decade ago, found it:

    Collapse Is Humanity Adapting To Its Own Presence

    #146776
    Dr D Rich
    Participant

    “Submitted comments have been licensed to [________] and may be republished elsewhere at the sole discretion of the latter” <illusion of free commentary>

    Plagiarism or outright theft of labor, ideas and thoughts. And the latter is just an example from the world of ophthalmology.

    https://juniperpublishers.com/jhnss/JHNSS.MS.ID.555599.php

    “…[The] host doesn’t seem particularly interested and doesn’t ask clarifying questions, so the analogy is remains poorly developed.”

    “Outgroups are to be harnessed and put into perpetual debts and conflict as they are mere goyim.”

    “In 2018, she married Rael Braverman,[143] a manager of the Mercedes-Benz Group, whom she described as a “very proud member of the Jewish community”

    “Suella Braverman told The Jewish Chronicle that she has “close family members who serve in the IDF”.”

    “[Husband] Rael Braverman, who moved to the UK as a teenager from South Africa, formerly lived in Israel.”

    There’s a pattern in there less subtle than Dr D’s deft use of ‘joos’.

    Any questions about that neglected “elective blepharoplasty” disaster and whose name is missing from that publicly found “academic publication”, then fire away

    #146788
    EoinW
    Participant

    Good advice. I’ve been telling young people that if they want a better future then move to Russia. Any sales? Of course not! We’ve had 4-5 generations of Russian demonizing. People can’t overcome that kind of brainwashing. Heck! in Canada the fear is deepest of all because of 1972. They nearly beat us at hockey! Actually they would have, if we hadn’t cheated.

    Oh well, can’t complain when we get a front row seat for this live history show. I always wondered what it must have been like to live in the Hittite Empire at the end.

    #146791
    SeaBirds
    Participant

    Thanks Raul.
    ‘Should we move to Russia?’
    We’ve been thinking about this for some time now. If anyone has any thoughts, tips or advice on the matter, we would like to hear it. Definitely not brainwashed against Russia, or the leadership we’ve followed closely for the past 23 odd years.

    John Day, we read your post re the Obama family with foreboding. The thought of Obama, – any Obama in the White House for another eight years is not one to cherish. Nor is the idea of the Labour Party with Blair in the background taking power in the UK. The EU governance is unbelievable. It all makes us continue to look upon Putin (and co) with keen interest.

    #146795
    jb-hb
    Participant

    We’re gearing up for war. They’re going to burn it all down for profit.

    And the US elites are more than happy to help him try to achieve it. Because it means profits.

    jb-hb and Dr D come to my office!

    The “just one drop of profits” rule, I am guessing? If profits happen anywhere at all, your goals are not achieved and when you look out the window, you don’t see what you want to see, declaring “(aw) it’s not happening”

    #147979
    ossifiedprime
    Participant

    t’s far more exciting to travel and speak to a small group of devoted followers, especially on a tight budget, than it is to laboriously work at home on the internet and possibly reach snake io millions of people.

    I personally accomplished it in a different setting, realizing that I could travel the world, attend trade shows and seminars, and have fun instead of managing a dull, home-based business!

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