Over
the last 20 odd years, the neocon agenda has been clear. Complete
hegemony over the ME with partners Israel and Saudi Arabia. To date,
two countries are now in the bag: Iraq and Libya. The counties left:
Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, and the grand prize – Iran. In the
last three years, Yemen has been included in the mix, and the US and
the Saudi's are nearing success. Since the neocon's neocon, John
Bolton, was hired by Trump, the swords have been rattling and the
lies flagrant and forthcoming, through the corporate owned MSM. Iran
is not a threat to the US or its citizens. The US is a threat to Iran
who have over 100 military bases surrounding the country. This is not
about freeing the Iran people from an oppressive theocratic regime.
Its entirely about oil and dominance. If Iran falls to the west,
dominance is assured. But at what price?
In
1954, Iran elected a progressive president. He wanted to free its oil
reserves from the United Kingdom, who had been profiting from it
since WW1. The US and the UK could not let this happen. So, the CIA
assassinated the democratically elected president and replaced him
with the Shaw, a puppet of the west. Thus Iran's oil came back under
western ownership. In the seventies Iran had a clerical revolution,
and Iran's far right religious party took over the government. The
precious oil went back to Iran, and the US and UK have been
clamouring to get it back at any cost. Over the last 50years, every
effort, both covert and overt, has failed miserably. Now, the
American Military Industrial Complex has lost all patents, and are
ready to take Iran by force. Remember, it's not about humanitarian
goals, this is not about democracy, this is about stealing a
sovereign nations natural resources, and nothing else. The price of
war with Iran is evident: trillions of dollars and the certain death
of millions of military lives and innocent lives. Desiring to go to
war with Iran, is the goal of madmen. Money means everything, human
life means absolutely nothing.
To
be anti war in the second decade of the 21st
century is to be in the minority. In the United States, in their two
party system, there was always a party against going to war. In
history, this was usually the Democrats. Because the Democratic party
is funded by the weapon manufactures, they have given cart blanch to
Trump, to basically run foreign policy. Recently, Trump sold billions
of dollars worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia. According to the US
Constitution, this sale required congressional approval. Congress
never voted, allowing Trump to make the sale. (So much for Trump
being a foreign agent for Russia). The US's current government is
hell bent for war.
Where
are the checks and balances? Where the people hitting the streets,
protesting these war crimes? It is my belief, that some people are
too worried about their own survival, merely living; then there are
those who have been so thoroughly brainwashed, that there are enemies
everywhere, and the US must defend “democracy”. A case in point,
is the Russia-gate propaganda and down-right hysteria over said
country meddling in the 2016 election. It is now proven that Russia
attempted to hack certain electoral states, and failed. As far as
their propaganda efforts on social media, was simply laughable. It
was the DNC's corruption, revealed through Wikileaks, and the
machinations of Comey and the FBI that lost the election for
Clinton., not the Russians. This Russia hysteria was created by the
MSM to reveal Russia as America's true enemy. And the dumb public
fell for it. To keep the war machine rolling, the US must always have
an enemy. Now there are enemies at every turn, according to those
manufacturing consent for war. This brings me to Julian Assange.
The
MSM and its driving force, the CIA, has made the American people hate
Julian Assange for all the wrong reasons. There manipulations has
worked so well, that rather than hating the corrupt DNC for giving us
Trump, they hate Assange, the messenger. On face value, this is
absurd. Add to the false accusations, coupled with the Russia
hysteria over the last 2 years, and suddenly Assange works for the
Kremlin. When asked several times about the source of the Podesta
emails, all Assange could say, without revealing his source, that it
was not a State source. Meaning, the source was an individual. What I
find obvious and disappointing, is how easy it is to plant a seed of
deception, guide this deception through credible media, and it
suddenly becomes a fact. People bought this BS hook line and sinker.
However, this becomes even more diabolical, when you ask where these
lies are all leading.
Julian
Assange, last week, has been charged under the Espionage Act. If
found guilty, he could spend up to 170 years behind bars. Despite the
fact that he is an Australian citizen; despite the fact he published
the material outside of the United States; despite the fact he is a
publisher and not an agent of an “enemy” of the US, he is still
being indicted. If you delve deep into those in the US who have been
convicted under the Espionage Act, will see a pattern that is
disturbing.
Over
half of those convicted since the Acts inception, have been political
activists: Socialists, anti-war pundits, trade union managers; Social
Democrats running for congress; broadcasters and journalists. In sum,
anyone challenging the establishment. Those who desire an alternative
government; those fighting for the rights of workers, and those
against war. These people were not spies, these people did not sell
technology to a hostile nation, but merely challenged the status quo,
and were antiwar. Where is this nauseating pattern heading?
Trump
has declared war on the media, claiming that 80% of all media outlets
are enemies of the people. Suddenly, now that Assange has been
accused of the Espionage Act, the MSM are up in arms, when only
yesterday, they could not stop slandering him. These indictments
against Assange fly in the face of the First Amendment. If Assange is
convicted, who's next? The New York Times, The Washington Post, PBS?
Right
wing governments around the world are currently being voted into
office. I have written in previous BLOGS, why I believe this is so.
That said, when basic democratic rights of Freedom of the Press are
violated; convicting whistle-blowers who have revealed government war
crimes, any person expressing their views against the establishment
is not safe under such circumstances.
What
we are seeing is unadulterated fascism in motion, and gaining
momentum. What we are seeing is the foundations of democracy
destroyed for the benefit of the few.
As
a planet,we need a wake up call, before it's too late.