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Thanks Keith,
It has been an incredibly long stay in office for this guy. Considering the
sums of money his administration is spending/losing, I'm surprised that the
Treasury Dept. hasn't yet adopted the Emergency Economic Collapse Protocols that
Al Martin (author of "The Conspirators: Secrets of an Iran Contra Insider", and
general government fraud and corruption whistleblower--so he claims) has
mentioned as the great state secret on his website www.almartinraw.com .
He says there would first be partial repudiation of US debt, after which
everything would just fall. The US would then resort to a gold-backed currency
from their own 11 billion ounces and possibly another billion ounces from
industrial salvaging, and create a limited series of US money to circulate only
in the US. Federal reserve notes would be history, all US banknotes outside the
country would be demonetized and illegal to possess. Supposedly two-thirds of US
currency is abroad. I guess this happened in 1862, the first issue of a national
US currency, but that would have been the different States individual banking
systems collapsing, would it not?
I'm certain that recent events will greatly diminish the chances of the
president's re-election, and therefore the odds that his spending sprees will be
carried out to the devastating effects of potential. But what a
possibility, the new BUSHMARKS!
Keep up the fine reports,
Natalia
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 4:42
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Subject: Re: [Futurework] Jessica Lynch
-- American Dreamer
Hi Natalia,
Thank you for your excellent
account of the interview with Jessica Lynch. It may have been shown over here
but, if so, I missed it -- only some brief, and tantalising glimpses of
it.
It is personal accounts like Jessica Lynch's and those quoted in
the article from the Washingon Post which Karen posted here the other day
which gradually percolate through the barrage of spin and finally make up the
mind of the public.
By the time Bush returns from seeing the
queen -- only arranged for his electioneering purposes (as was his trip
to Asia and his last year's trip to Europe) to show his international
statesman-like stature -- I suspect that American opinion will be moving quite
strongly against him by then. In the last few days, it is increasingly clear
that the attempts of American troops to find Saddam and other terrorists (and
their pathetic macho missile launch yesterday) have become so desperate that
it is inevitable that some particularly outrageous My Lai-type incident will
be caught by some cameraman and then that will be the end for Bush's policy
and, likely, the moment for his total disgrace.
Keith
16:32 16/11/2003 -0800, you wrote:
I don't know if any of you caught
the Diane Sawyer interview with Jessica Lynch. Her honesty prevailed despite
the overt manipulation on the part of Sawyer and Uncle Sam.
Her
story is one which in many ways mirrors the misled ego-mind of the typical
American soldier; astonishingly sad and very telling of the purpose the U.S.
military currently serves. The purpose today is vastly different from wars
of even a decade ago. The function of defending or overtaking the
ever-escalating wealth of a few is evidenced by the dramatic increment in
Defense spending. Internationally, its presence is supposed to symbolize
democratic liberty
Jessica is portrayed as a very naive young
woman who had never even set foot in a mall till her late teens, raised in
an isolated rural community ironically named Palestine. Her chances of
finding a job were negligible as a highschool dropout, and the $1100/mth
offered by Uncle Sam was her best chance of seeing the world while
performing an honour and duty for her country. She was proud of her job, as
was her brother who had also been recruited. She had but brief training when
orders came for her to ship out to Iraq.
Upon her arrival, the
supply convoy for which she was driving truck experienced chronic halts due
to stormy desert conditions, and a relatively easy ambush of the troops
transpired, their defense weapons rendered useless by the pervasive sand.
Jessica later became sole survivor of what she still considers an uncalled
for attack, during which she was originally reported to have fought bravely,
firing at every Iraqi in sight, while in fact she had dropped to her knees
to pray to God for her life. (After the truth was revealed by Jessica
herself, the propaganda department felt it best not to diminish her
contributions by relating the real account.) She passed out from sustained
fractures to limbs and spine, to which she awakened most painfully in an
Iraqi hospital. She pleaded with the staff not to hurt her, and refused to
ingest food that was not pre-packaged and opened in her presence, dropping
to an alleged 70 lbs.during her stay. It should have been apparent that the
staff was trying to help her, yet this sick frightened child had heard such
awful tales of these foreigners, so she persisted with a vigilance that
would have been sure death had she not been rescued by Uncle Sam.
Today, Jessica is learning how to walk again, and may be
permanently in pain and handicapped. She still considers herself a proud
soldier. Despite the agony of knowing that their daughter had been injured
and captured, her parents still support the "war" on terrorism, or Saddam,
or whatever they think the real reason for the invasion was.
Odd that Uncle Sam seeks to recruit such naive youngsters to
allegedly win a war. Peculiar that given the conditions of "Desert Storm" no
one in the military remembered that sand and vehicles don't get along, and
that weapons used in ground efforts would get all clogged up from dust. No
one thought to issue them appropriate plastic bags for their personal guns.
The urgency to strike revenge upon Iraq was so pressing that they couldn't
wait for better weather either. Are the military incredibly incompetent, or
did things unfold in this way to burn up more military dollars to ensure
future purchases in military supply companies that Bush & Co own or in
which they have investments? Another $401 billion has just been approved by
a spineless Congress (who dare not ask where the missing 3.3 trillion have
gone) for Defense spending, most to go towards new aircraft. Oh, I think I
recall that at the very least, the Bush family has a sizable investment in
aircraft companies too. Bush has guts enough to ensure a handsome retirement
gift in the face of an imminent demise, yet is too spineless to attend a
single soldier's funeral, like previous Presidents have
done.
Jessica had no clue as to what war was about, and still
doesn't. The military pumped her full of military pride, and led her to
believe that the U.S. was just and invincible. The Press, her parents, peers
or teachers taught her that Iraqis were barbaric, and that she must judge
them all by the same book that lent support to the President's insane
decisions.
Soon America will be drafting new soldiers, no
doubt with the same savvy that resulted in Lynch's hiring. Recruiting
officers working on the bonus system have been known to sign up
serious criminals and drug addicts, in one incident I watched some years
back by tipping them off on an effective natural blood cleanser called
Golden Seal so they could pass the blood test. Commanding officers know full
well the calibre of their fresh cannon fodder. Modern day wars are not
fought on the ground, but once the aerial attacks are sufficiently
effective, the ground troops move in to establish order. Most of these
recruits have serious issues to start with which are compounded by military
training, battle shock and stress. They are the last ones that should be in
charge of keeping the peace. Unless, I guess, that peace is not the real
objective anyway. In addition to a show of force and numbers, it seems to be
to maintain high military spending, and as an aside, to perpetuate sympathy
for the U.S. by way of casualties.
Jessica Lynch is a product
of poorer U.S. education, insular community upbringing, and the U.S. army.
The U.S. military is a puppet for big money, who preys upon fears of
children, then ensures that nightmares become reality. It was strategically
important for this young woman and her country to be informed that, despite
the lack of support for the claim by her Iraqi doctor, she may have been the
victim of rape when she was unconscious during the ambush. Though Jessica
said she had no such recollection, the military made sure that she would
have an imaginary and faceless lifelong enemy. But she is not ever likely to
ask the right questions, nor to search out the truth about her role in the
pursuit of wealth for a handful of criminals.
The way I
perceived it,
Natalia
Keith Hudson, Bath,
England, <www.evolutionary-economics.org>
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