EVENT: A very special and secret meeting
The leaders of the allied powers got together and reached a consensus:
"The war was very good for us, in terms of giving us the chance to exercise unquestioned and absolute power. The people were behind us all the way. Now that the war is over, our ability to exercise such power will be greatly reduced.What shall we do?"
One approach these leaders all agreed on: Some kind of threat was needed, which is why the specter of the UFO menace so dominated the news during the 50's and 60's. You don't hear so much about little green men plotting against planet earth these days. That's because even the "best" threats lose their power over time - especially if there's nothing behind them besides anxious governments trying to scare their populations.
I'm not saying, extraterrestrials don't exist. I'm saying, the allied governments did their level best to go into overdrive to convince us that ET's were an imminent threat to our security. And these efforts were made by more than just a handful of nations - a lot more.
Of course,.there were other agents of fear. For five years, the US was the only nation that had nuclear weapons. So a lot of countries in addition to the USSR had to worry about that. The US authorities found it useful to scare us by proclaiming, "There's a Communist under every bed."
Now we've become more sophisticated. The United States uses the War on Terror to nibble away at its citizens' liberties while expanding its ability to make war on just about any country it chooses, if it decides terrorists are being allowed to operate within its borders. Not to mention the prospect of hackers wreaking havoc on our financial system or draining our savings accounts.
I asked one veteran who was taking classes at the university of my employment, "What's the greatest threat to US security?" He said, "Losing the Global War on Terror." I countered with, "The two-party system" - though I should have added, "and the unconstitutional US Senate's filibuster."
Russia got tired of the war of attrition the US was engaging in, trying to marginalize Russia as a world power. So it decided to whip up nationalist sentiments and memories of ancient glory going back to its Czarist past. It looks like Vladimir Putin figured correctly that Barack Obama wouldn't intervene militarily in the Crimea (now annexed to Russia) and the separatists who are using heavy weapons trying to win independence for the eastern part of the Ukraine.
Obama's hesitancy, I'm sure, was inspired by the EU members that whispered restraint in his ear - notably Germany.
I'm sure Putin and a great majority of his fellow countrymen were deeply insulted when Tom Brokaw's book came out, declaring that the Greatest Generation lived in the US during World War II. I would agree with Putin and any other Russian nationalist that the Greatest Generation were the Soviets of that era who'd suffered so horribly when battling then Nazis.
The USSR lost 24 million people - 14.2% of its population, which is 42 times greater than US losses.
The US lost 420,000 or .32% (that is, less than one-third of one per cent.). Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties
These days, it's not national governments trying to control local populations that we have to fear. It's oligarchs who have forged alliances in order to cement their hold on power. Local governments fear the oligarchs so much, they won't lift a finger to act against them. If you doubt this, just look at the unwillingness of US regulatory agencies to even investigate allegations of financial wrongdoing. For instance, in the aftermath of the financial meltdown in 2008, not a single player - high level, low level, or anyone in between - ended up going to jail for his crimes.
The failure of the SEC to act against Bernie Madoff's $50B Ponzi scheme testifies to either the incompetence of those regulators or their willingness to look the other way. Of course, Barack Obama didn't sack anyone within that agency, probably figuring, "Hey, I've got to work with these people. And I don't want to create a chilling effect on investors, even those who are breaking the law since they contribute a great deal to our economy." Ah, ever the practical man is this Barack Obama, who had sworn to defend our laws as generated by the Constitution.
Regarding the downfall of Madoff, this is an excellent book tracing the author's efforts to air the truth when he realized Madoff was engaged in a scheme of epic proportions:
No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller, by Harry Markopolos.
I can't wait to see what new instruments of fear will be used against us. But I'm sure of this much, no matter which new boogeymen will arise, No One Will Listen when it comes to whistleblowers who try to unmask these guys..
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Steven Searle, just another member of the
Virtual Samgha of the Lotus and
Former Candidate for US President (2008 & 2012)
Contact me at bpa_cinc@yahoo.com
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