Well known to anyone watching, current affairs have not been of peace, as promised, but rather have embodied the same perpetual warfare that has defined America and Americans internationally. The explosion of fiat currency is nearly always accompanied by the onset of war—and the U.S. dollar standard is and will be no different.
In Obamas defense comes an unlikely voice, Jeffrey Tucker, editor and publisher of Laissez-Faire Books:
"Nor is it the case that any of the elected officials have the power to do serious damage to this system. This goes for the president, too. They can often influence the way the state grows, but they can’t actually fundamentally threaten the apparatus itself. The longer they are in office, the less personal power they realize that they have. The reason is simple. The system is not structured to permit them to dismantle it, even if they wanted to. They are temporary managers of a ruling class, and the members of this class mostly scoff at these people, treating them like actors on a stage that the class itself owns."
Our old Libyan friend, Muammar Gaddafi was killed and the country, bombed, just as they did in Iraq to their old friend, immediately installing central banks and finding success in liberating the oil.
Russia has a naval base in Syria on the Mediterranean, and has warned the U.S. against aggression there. So far, there have been no repercussions as the Nobel peace administration has been providing weapons to the opposition forces in Syria, just as they did in Libya before they commenced bombing there.
War in Pakistan has our drones striking civilians, while trying to pick off perceived individual threats, the 160+ Children that have been murdered must have been “either for us, or against us, harboring…”
The Pentagon finally Admitted that U.S. forces are now operating and fighting within Yemen. When were the American people asked if their blood and treasure should be spilled in yet another country?
Now with the new war in Iran cued up, James Miller of Miller'sGenuineDraft adds some color:
“The administration’s diplomatic approach of sanctioning is quite unfitting for a man once [accidentally] bestowed with the Nobel Peace Prize. Only in our world of Orwellian speak would sanctions, that is the barring of individuals to trade goods with other individuals in another country, not be considered an act of war. Starving a populace to induce change is no more humane than starving a dog so it will fight more aggressively when pitted head to head in a match with another canine. Sanctions are only exacerbating the pain of the Iranian people and “are turning into a form of collective punishment” [according to Hooman Majd writing in the New York Times.
History has shown that countries backed into an economic corner, such as Japan after Franklin Roosevelt’s Oil Embargo, often react in an aggressive fashion to the presumed perpetrators.”
Clearly the powers that be are picking a fight, hoping Iran makes a mistake that will excuse action sooner. Defense Secretary Panetta Said last January on CBS’s Face the Nation that Iran was not pursuing nuclear arms. Today, he has changed his tune, now they are pursuing:
“Panetta recently Spoke at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual conference and assured the audience that “we will keep all options – including military action – on the table to prevent (Iran) from obtaining a nuclear weapon.” You know you live in a kleptocracy when one of the heads of the federal government openly appeases perhaps the most influential and financially flush lobbying groups in the country.
It’s even more disingenuous that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and Christians United for Israel continue to lobby for war in lieu of Only 19% of Israelis supporting a military attack. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has no interest in the desire of the people he was elected to represent as he pushes for military assistance from the U.S.”
Netanyahu and Panetta are typical politicians described by Tucker, obsessed with legacy, as this, their image, is the only thing they actually have any real control over.
For advice on financial preparations prior to adding more and larger wars to the U.S. portfolio, see the excellent advice from Marc Faber and our piece on Iran Here.