Guest Post by Antonius Aquinas
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The tensions between the West and Russia over the Ukraine have escalated over the past few months with an almost daily occurrence of provocations and belligerent talk mostly from members of NATO. In response, Russia sent a naval contingent to the Caribbean in a show of force. Some of the Western provocations include:
- Polish President Andrzej Duda’s willingness to place U.S. nuclear weapons on Polish soil;
- German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius’ s call for reinstitution of a draft;
- A hand-delivered check by Biden to Volodymyr Zelensky as part of the $95 billion U.S. “defense” package for Ukraine
- A request by Zelensky for Westerners to train troops on Ukrainian soil; and
- US and NATO okaying Ukraine to fire long-range American weapons as much as 12 miles into Russian territory
It is apparent that, until Russian President Vladimir Putin capitulates to Western demands in regard to Ukraine, NATO will continue to push the envelop. In hindsight, analysts such as Paul Craig Roberts have, from the start, urged Putin to swiftly finish off Ukraine militarily and replace the Zelensky regime with one favorable to Russia. A protracted struggle, Roberts warned, would give the West more time to supplement Ukraine: “The conflict dragged on, because having declared the intervention limited, the Kremlin left Kiev to continue the war, thus playing into Western hands as the West gradually widened the war.” *
Unfortunately for Russia, Paul Craig Roberts’s prognostication is now coming to fruition.
The counter argument to a more aggressive Russia is that Putin realizes that the West is run by a pack of sociopaths who would have no qualms launching WWIII, which would include the use of nuclear weapons, or ignite a major military conflagration in the area. The Russian president sees that the West holds a decisive military advantage over Russia even if it allied with China. The U.S. alone spends more than the combined expenditures of the top nine militaries in the world.
The United States has thus the ability and means to operate and intervene in almost any sector of the world. It is able to do so because it has had, for the longest time, an economy which was able to not only produce goods for the domestic market and also for its foreign adventures. It takes wealth to be able to arm, transport, deploy, and maintain men in distant lands.
Because of America’s relatively free economy, it could produce a seemingly endless supply of military hardware for itself, but also to buy off client states and fund proxy wars. In contrast, the Soviet Union could never export communism in any significant way after World War II because it lacked the means to do so. Its economy was a basket case that could barely feed its citizens.
While the U.S. may have the military capability to be the world’s policeman, its actions in the Ukraine are ultimately controlled by ideology. And, for the longest time, U.S. foreign policy has been one of interventionism and war with the ultimate goal of the establishment of a one-world state. Its proxy war in Ukraine is designed to cripple Russia, which stands as a roadblock to this long-desired goal.
Since it is apparent that the principles guiding U.S. foreign policy are not going to change anytime soon, the nation will continue on its bellicose course until it no longer has the means to do so. This would mean a financial crisis, most likely in the form of a dollar collapse, which would ground the economy to a halt.
In such a scenario, the United States would be following the course that Great Britain took after World War II, when its empire could no longer be sustained since the country insanely exhausted itself in the conduct of fighting two world wars.
A similar, earlier historical example was the Western Roman empire, which, through currency debasement, heavy taxation and government largesse, ruined its economy and then could no longer maintain its empire.
The ideology of Great Britain and Rome did not change, however, they simply no longer had the means to sustain and expand their empires.
Despite massive deficits, record-setting inflation, and a recent bank crisis in March, 2023, a financial crisis does not appear to be on the horizon. Although things can change quickly, for the foreseeable future, the U.S. empire is in no danger from internal collapse.
While an economic collapse would mean misery for millions of Americans, it would be, in a sense, retribution for the nation’s murderous and costly foreign policy, which has brought, and still is bringing, untold death and destruction to millions of people.
*Paul Craig Roberts, “Normalizing War with Russia,” PaulCraigRoberts.org, 6 June 2016, https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2024/06/06/normalizing-war-with-russia/
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“The United States has thus the ability and means to operate and intervene in almost any sector of the world. It is able to do so because it has had, for the longest time, an economy which was able to not only produce goods for the domestic market and also for its foreign adventures. ”
The United States HAD thus the ability and means. Not any more. And we can’t manufacture it on top of that… Chip
Shifting to a war economy would fix that. But, to what end. Ultimately, Asia is home to some 5.5 billion people, people including russians who are nor keen on foreign rule, including by the US or the EU. War production leads to more wars. Forever wars. Should we burn up this country, attempting to rule over the rest of the world, which is the apparent ambition of some of these govt. types and their industrial buddies and investor pals, or is it time to update the rules of the game or maybe play a different one.
“Shifting to a war economy would fix that.”
You’re not going to train a cadre of engineers and fabricators, retool for war production, and institute a draft for a war.
There aren’t enough people capable of doing those things, as a direct consequence of 50 years of DEI, replacement migration, and de facto Fuck Whitey policies.
The government would need to adopt a eugenic breeding program for Whites, probably for two or three generations, before WWIII is legitimately even possible for them.
You beat me to it remarking that we HAD the ability at one time but no more.
Imagine if we just accepted Putin’s most recent offer for a ceasefire, told Israel we’re done sending arms and toldTaiwan to work things out with the rest of China.
Would Iran stop equipping Hamas and Hezbollah as well?
Pull your head out of the sand and look around sometime.
You’re advocating the destruction of a nation. I think that demands an explanation…based upon more than your feelz.
ITS WELL “KNOWN” BY THE “INFORMED” THAT ITS ISRA-HELL WHO FUNDS ALL THESE FACTIONS AS AN EXCUSE TO COMMIT “GENOCIDE”…AWAKEN!!!
sounds like feelz to me.
“Would Iran stop equipping Hamas and Hezbollah as well?”
Why should we care? Not our problem.
It became your moral problem since the day the guys you voted for got you into this shit.
Our choices always being AIPAC puppet A vs AIPAC puppet B?
Nope. Not our problem.
Which sitting president has part of a previous administration which supplied weapons grade uranium to both Russian and Iran? Only latter to pick a fight which can only lead to destroying the West first. Soon to be followed by fulfilling the rest of the Abrahamic prophecies of Armageddon and one world government. The same tribe who created those prophecies also created Communism. The vehicle of central banking is careening down a dead end road with all of us onboard. Yet many still trust that their doomsday pseudo religious script to end times holds a Messiah in store.
You should make the case for the USA every so often, just to mix things up.
Please… step away from the John Lennon record…
Good one. Too bad it went over the heads of most.
Such a resourceful action in progress require leaders who can first cull child pornographers in one sweep.
Infants, children and youths have near zero protection from the public and elected leadership from the major crisis of child pornography. Too many adults are too busy relying upon the same weak, ineffective leaders to protect their interests and other nations’ interests.
Child pornography is the number one threat to U.S. National Security. Cull child pornography in the US and watch the MIC turn to ashes and dust.
But when the people in charge are all on Mossad-cam hidden video, molesting children, what do you do?
Who is going to do that? Putin is under sway of central banking too. Putin has as much an issue with White Nationalism as Biden. It is White Nationalist on both sides dying in Ukraine. Suiting Zelensky, Biden, and Putin alike.
Politicians would go broke, so that is not going to happen.
That would work if it were not for the fact that Putin is in cahoots in destroying the West as much as Biden.
It didn’t prevent WW II…or WW I for that matter. Granted – the world has moved on since then, but Man himself has not changed at all. He’s the same fallen creation he always was. So I’m left wondering what makes you think this time will end any differently. It’s the same dance. Only the name tags have been changed.
Unfortunately, The Powers That Be are trying to SAVE the world from economic collapse by FOMENTING WW3!!! They’re hoping it will spur the world economy and bury their parts in creating the looming economic disaster in the first place!
They’ve enjoyed great success with that strategy in the past. What’s one more trip to the well amongst friends, right? They’ve even got us carrying their buckets.
In my opinion, to take the position that Putin is not a player on the same team as any of the “leaders” mentioned in this article is naive and myopic. To divide and conquer is a well known expression yet is sadly little comprehended.
ryan,
Check this out buddy…I have posted Trumps self admitted Kabbalah training in his 2003 book ‘TRUMP ON THE WAY TO THE TOP’ many times. Many Trumpers down vote it (I suspect most are clueless on what that means), I have never seen Trump asked about it.
We are frigg’in surrounded by Globalist Fake Jew, Commie, Satanist/Luciferian/Kabbala, Masonic (I could go on and on) Bankster controlled opposition and my Jaded jade jade is so jaded it is 1 to the 10th power jacked up jaded!
SEPT 3 – PUTIN IS A CABALIST, JUST LIKE TUCKER
September 3, 2023
ladimir Putin, Russia’s president, left, shakes hands with Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Greece’s president, at the presidential palace in Athens, Greece, May 27, 2016.
The red string worn around the wrist is the most recognizable sign of the satanic Kabbalah movement. It’s often worn on the left wrist and is said to ward off any “evil and misfortune” that could be “caused by the evil eye.”
I suspect all political leaders are Cabalists (Freemasons, Satanists.) This may be why Yvegeny Prighohzin rebelled and had to be killed. He sensed there was something wrong with the Russian war effort which may have been designed to kill the maximum number of non-Jews.
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You got it, Mark.
Thanks buddy…
Bingo, and thank you.
You reside in a fool’s paradise.
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM “PSCHOPATHIC-SUICIDAL-MANIAC’S” FOLKS???
THEY START WARS TO “HIDE WHAT THEY REALLY ARE”….HOPING THE PUBLIC SLAVES WILL RUN AND DIE FOR THEM…AS USUAL!
NOT GOING TO WORK FOR THEM THIS TIME…BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO “AWAKEN” TO EVERYTHING THEY DO.
Hi Kennyboy
Blar blar blar roman empire blar blar. The ukraine army is just about shot and pouring more money on the problem isn’t going to help matters. NATO is cold war leftovers and probably should have been sunsetted when the cold war ended. The EU, similarly. Russia has ‘right now’ warmaking capabilities that the west does not, and they do not want a NATO missile base in their front yard. If europe has to burn in order for russia to remain free of the western political amoeba…this isn’t about democracy, because zelensky has been de facto dictator of ukraine. The EU is a top-down plutocratic apparatus. Germany is a top-down apparatus with a neo-STASI running things. France is a plutocracy This is about money and power and reportedly 12 trillion in minerals in ukranian soil. This is about control of the Caucuses. This is about people like Hillary Clinton and NGO’s screwing around playing influence games in eastern europe. This is about clearing the air and preventing entities like blackrock from doing to eastern european countries like what they have done to americans in the US. When you get enough money power and authority wrapped up in a small group of people like the WEF, its not democracy anymore, and you can take your ballot and…westernization isn’t so benevolent, upon closer examination, and russia studies the west carefully to protect their citizens from the latest shenanigans in Brussels, Berlin, DC, and elsewhere. And no one gives a damn what happens to the ukranian people, the civilian populace. When the big boots start to walk, little people get turned into goo. Run like hell, and don’t get trod underfoot.
Just headline dragging, but WWIII is getting started to cover up the economic collapse that is occurring, allowing repudiation of debts and massive revisions to the so called social contract.
If we all ‘laid flat’ we could bring about the economic collapse quickly enough to stop the commencement of the main festivities but we won’t.
Are we there, yet?
https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1806330087991656874
Flash, Donnie said he will stop all of the collapse and WW3 problems. O’ Ye of little faith.
Well at least Donnie would try, unlike Biden that caused the collapse and will try to start WW3, well at least his Administration.
Economic collapse is just as likely to start WW3 as to prevent it. That is the dilemma.
Remember wars are a last ditch effort by failing dictators to get their nation behind them.
The author has written a very thoughtful article yet makes one assumption that is questionable. That assumption is that because the United States spends so much money on it’s military that military is stronger than it’s adversaries. This is not valid. Russia has retained a substantial manufacturing base. The United States has not. As a result the ability to supply armaments to it’s armed forces takes the United States an inordinate amount of time. This is not the case with Russia, or China. In a conventional war with either of those nations, or definitely with both, the United States and NATO would come out second best. Therefore they would likely resort to nuclear war to address their military shortcomings.
Fake tensions.