Don’t Look at the Flash!
So we know from previous sources that – – –
With National Security Council Report 68 (NSC-68), signed by president Harry S Truman on September 30, 1950, That Thing That Lives in Washington D.C. decided to continue using the manufacture of military materials to pump-up the economy. That’s called “military keynesiansm.“
– – – that ten years later, President and Five-star General Dwight Eisenhower caught a glimpse of the result and warned us like this – – –
“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial-congressional complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
“We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.” –Dwight D. Eisenhower, Farewell Address 1961, Public Papers of the Presidents, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1960, p. 1035- 1040
– – – and that as President Harry S. Truman, who created the CIA confessed – – –
“Now, as nearly as I can make out, those fellows in the CIA don’t just report on wars and the like, they go out and make their own, and there’s nobody to keep track of what they’re up to. They spend billions of dollars on stirring up trouble so they’ll have something to report on.” –Pres. Harry S. Truman
So in its insatiable craving for conflict, somewhere in the deepest darkest recesses of its profit-hungry self-serving memetic existence, the Military-Industrial-CIA part of what’s now called the Deep State, realized a Dastardly Villain was essential to con the public into being taxed to pay for its murderous habits.
So the CIA branch got busy creating villains — and, as Mr. Truman pointed out, making their own wars too. Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq — you get the idea. As General Wesley Clark revealed, they were even hatching plans to take down seven countries in five years – – –
And so, as a result, as PhD and CIA operative Chalmers Johnson managed to point out — in a foreign publication — as long ago as 2008, Military Keynesianism directly and indirectly, supported approximately 40% of the U.S. economy. Just for example, Boeing (bombers, military choppers etc.), Lockheed-Martin (fighters, choppers, missiles, etc.), Raytheon (Cruise missiles etc.) even GM (tanks, etc.) counted on their military sales to survive.
So much for President Eisenhower’s warning.
To heck with it. We need a goddam villain!
And so when push came to shove, those fellows fixated on the low hanging fruit. That would be Russia. They were figuring with all the 1960s free Hollywood hype and propaganda– James Bond for example — “we” would fail to make the distinction between the former communist Soviet Union and modern capitalist Russia. Were they right?
Those fellows also conveniently “forgot” Russia had learned the hard way that voluntary exchange in open markets beats heck out of communism. And furth
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