Is the Planet going as Crazy as I think?

Over the past 35 years, this time of year, Easter, has always been a period of deep self-reflection and emotional depression. One of the main reasons for this turn of attitude, is during the month of April, many family members have passed, including close friends. Depending upon which hemisphere I reside in at the time, either Spring or Fall, this dark cloud descends, and life becomes a burden. I know this is unproductive, and certainly not conducive to living a meaning existence, however, the feeling remains.

Since about 2008, my interest in geopolitics had become intense. This was due to George Bush winning a second term, and the lies about the middle east proliferated, pushing for more war. The “war on terror” amplified world wide, assassinating so called terrorists across the globe. Since the Wikileaks revelations, we have come to discover that most of these wars have been launched, based on blatant state propaganda. The invasion of Afghanistan was supposed to bring down Osman Bin Laden. This never happened. But yet the US and it's allies are still fighting the Taliban, 19 years later, the longest war in US history. If one reads geopolitics, knows that Afghanistan is crucial to hegemony over Africa and the Middle East. This is a game of empire,(Google: The Great Game.) and the acquisition of natural resources such as oil, minerals, and drugs. Money and hegemony is at the centre of the whole game. These wars are certainly not about freedom and democracy, but American Military Imperialism.

During Barrack Obama's tenure as President, in terms of America's “War on Terror” only intensified. Only under Obama less soldiers were killed because of the drone program. This seemingly elegant and intelligent man created a “kill list”, even murdering an American teenager, the son of another “terrorist.” We do not know the amount of civilian casualties from these massive drone strikes, (thousands, perhaps more) because it's a “matter of national security”. Meaning the government is committing war crimes that the public should not be aware of...bad for business. This goes against everything the US once stood for, but these warmongers are getting away with it in plain sight. And no one seems to care? Why?

The propaganda created by the CIA and other agencies has been in action since 1945. A CIA program, called *Project Mockingbird*, went into full swing starting in the 1950's, during the Korean War. This project plants their own agents into every media outlet around the world. In particular the main stream outlets: The Washington Post, The New York Times, all mainstream television and cable outlets, for the sole purpose of what Noam Chomsky called, “Manufacturing Consent”. In basic terms, controlling the narrative, to ensure public opinion moves in their direction, namely, war.

This has really, in no uncertain terms, worked.

Libya and Syria are prime examples of public manipulation through propaganda to justify regime change. Qaddafi and Assad were painted as ruthless dictators, punishing their own people. Assad was accused of gassing his own people, which turned out to be false. In Libya, Clinton and her henchman (CIA) paid terrorists millions of dollars, to overthrow his government. Britain and France were doing the same, in air support and training. Libya fell to the terrorists, and it is now a failed state where actual slave trading is occurring on the streets. The US and its allies attained access to all the resources, while the people suffer in poverty and state violence is wide spread. This caused a major refugee crises, and you know what these animals feel about refugees.

The Pentagon and the CIA attempted to do the same in Syria. But the Syrian Army along with Russia's help, prevented another Libya. These warmonger have not stopped there. Next regime change project: *Venezuela*.

Rather than go into the specifics of this blatant “grab-for-oil” effort, (see my BLOG) my point is the warmongers have tried to manufacture consent in similar ways they did with other countries. But some people have woken up to their game. And it's turning out not to be as easy. Economic sanctions and freezing central accounts; blocking countries doing business with Venezuela, have contributed to their economic woes...not Socialism, as the propaganda states.

The last straw for me was the illegal apprehension of Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy. People have been so brain washed about Julian Assauge, that they have missed the central issue: The first Amendment of the US: Freedom of the Press. The only reason big brother are attacking and jailing the man, is he revealed their war crimes and political corruption. Period. “Well, I don't like the man, because he's a rapist.” These charges were dropped, and even the woman making the charge said she was coerced to do so. Is the fact you don't want to know the corruption of your government? Would you rather not know about your political parties corruption? The purpose of the press is to keep power in check. Now our governments want to silence a real publisher, so you will be kept in the dark. Thus the government can do whatever they want, in your names.

Racism rising.

The US government has literally gotten away with murder, have lied to the world, and want to continue to do so, Jailing Julian Assange is silencing the one voice who is willing to expose the evil of Empire. And you have consented to the power's propaganda, painting Julian as some sort of pervert. Shame on you for falling to CIA slander operations to silence a voice of truth.

Granted, my attitude is quite negative this time of year. But considering the awful racism from president Trump, and his war on refugees and support of Yemen and the genocide of the Palestinians, can there be any light at the end of the tunnel?

Only when people start to consider as a stable point, that all governments lie; that war is not waged for noble ideals but money and power, and begin to feel a little compassion for their fellow humans, nothing will change.

For me, the world is going more crazy, and it's that time of year.