quadriga
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Wed Mar-12-08 09:11 AM
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Bankrupting America is part of the Neocon plan |
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It strikes me that, were the United States to be subjected to a prolonged economic recession the neoconservatives will be able to achieve their unfinished wish list. Namely, Iran and China. China being the big goal. Jobless, hungry people won't question economic and foreign policy, heck, nobody questions policy today anyway. New warfare initiatives will be the incentive to throw even more stimulus into the defense industry, shore up the number of active duty troops, revitalize the wartime economic infrastructure of the homeland and start a real world war. Look for propaganda vilifying China in the coming years. This scenario will play out and we are powerless to stop it.
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Wed Mar-12-08 09:14 AM
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1. I would say they are a smashing success. |
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It appears we are close to that point.
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Wed Mar-12-08 09:28 AM
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2. It's not about the war(s): It's about privatization |
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Bankrupt the country and rich investors can buy everything up, including public properties, utilities, etc. for pennies. The fall of the dollar is making everything cheap for the global elite.
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Wed Mar-12-08 10:09 AM
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11. Privatization, de-regulation, consolidation, centralization of power = private tyrannies |
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Wed Mar-12-08 11:23 AM
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Wed Mar-12-08 09:29 AM
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3. Wait til the bonus army shows up in DC. |
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Behind the ghost of Smedley Butler, no longer well inclined toward the status quo.
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Wed Mar-12-08 09:44 AM
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4. Where'd China come from? |
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Last I heard, it was "Most Favored Nation" status. Insert North Korea instead.
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quadriga
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Wed Mar-12-08 09:51 AM
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7. I wrote this, then saw this |
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Wed Mar-12-08 09:46 AM
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5. I keep asking MrMadinMo why it is to the administration's advantage |
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to bankrupt the country and he can't answer me. This is a good theory. If we are in perpetual war, and the masses are downtrodden, then nobody will question the authorities. ACK. It is truly sickening.
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Wed Mar-12-08 09:49 AM
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Why declare war on a country which produces most of the goods sold in the USA?
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quadriga
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Wed Mar-12-08 09:56 AM
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9. Because it's the only viable target for a prolonged war |
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left on the planet. The Neocons have stated that China is one of their objectives. Soon, I doubt that many Americans will be able to afford even the pitiful manufactured goods China ships to the U.S.
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Angela Shelley
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Wed Mar-12-08 10:02 AM
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10. Well, it will definitely be interesting, |
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since China has a highly developed military and about a billion more people than the US, who are willing to work for a living instead of preying on their fellow man to feed their families. There´s nothing like being able to have 300 million devoted soldiers equipped within 24 hours.
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Wed Mar-12-08 09:55 AM
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8. oh this war serves so many purposes - myself I think it has more to do |
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with doing away with Social Security, as we know it, the public schools and any form of non-profit medical care (medicade/medicare).
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