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“Whatever may be the case during election after election Americans consistently vote for less war and each time around they get more wars.” ~ The Saker, “Living with ZOG (Zionist Occupation Government) :-)”
“Not only did the US military complex (MIC) bloat beyond any reasonable size, it also cloaked itself in so many layers of secrecy that massive corruption became inevitable. And when I speak of “massive corruption, I am not talking about millions but billions or even trillions. How? Simple – the Pentagon claimed it did not have the accounting tools needed to properly account for the missing money and that money was therefore not really “missing.” Another trick – no bid contracts. Or contracts which cover all the private contractor’s costs, no matter how high or ridiculous. Desert Storm was a bonanza for the MIC, as was 911 and the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). Billions of dollars got printed out of thin air, distributed (mostly under the cover of national security), hidden (secrecy) and stolen (by everybody in this entire food chain).” ~ The Saker, “The Empire Should be Placed on Suicide Watch”
By Catherine Austin Fitts
This week on The Solari Report, The Saker joins me on our quarterly Emerging Multipolar World to discuss his new book The Essential Saker II: Civilizational Choices and Geopolitics: The Russian challenge to the Hegemony of the AngloZionist Empire.
We have a long list of topics to discuss:
Domestic:
I. Growing power of the Neocons and their relationship to the Israeli and war lobbies.
II. FISA Memo distraction and the inability of the Washington establishment to find any evidence that the Russians interfered with the US elections.
III. Purges in Hollywood and the media: are the US elites fighting each other and, if yes, why?Global:
I. New national defense strategies published by President Trump and Secretary Mattis – and what they mean to the balance of power between the US, Russia, China and, in President Trump’s words in the State of the Union, ” anyone else.” The impact of proposed increases in the defense budget – in the State of the Union President Trump embraced a $1.5 trillion upgrade of the nuclear arsenal and Secretary Mattis proposed a $50 billion increase in his subsequent speech at the Greenbriar retreat on top of the $59 billion increase in the current defense authorization.
II. The war lobby makes money persuading nations to prepare for war. Can anyone really benefit from a war?
III. What’s ahead for US relations with Iran, North Korea and Russia.Middle East:
I. Collapse of the US ‘plan D’ in the Syrian Kurdistan as a sign of a weakened Empire
II. Attacks on Russians in Syria and the downed SU-25: is Russia in trouble in Syria?Russia:
I. Political impact on the proposed latest US sanctions against Russian corporations and individuals
II. Presidential election in Russia – does it matter and why?
III. Risks of a fullscale Ukrainian attack on the Donbass this Spring/Summer
In Money & Markets this week I will discuss the latest in financial and geopolitical news. Email or post your questions for Ask Catherine.
In Let’s Go to the Movies, I will review The Americans, the long-standing TV series about two KGB spies living in Nothern Virginia across from an FBI counterintelligence agent..
Talk to you Thursday!
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Dear Catherine,
You say that the US military is immensely overstretched as it aims to take control of the entire planet, and you also say that what really counts in boots on the ground.
Although this sounds quite true, how does such a policy reconcile with the US having abolished the draft and optied for an all-volunteer military instead?
CA: Easier to maintain both political support and high stock prices if you use corporate contractors and volunteers – and drones and robots.
Under the circumstances, you’d think that the military would like to get as many able (and even not so able) bodied people in their ranks – the more the better – so instituting a volunteer army seems a bit of an odd move to me.
CAF:They were working on proposed draft last year. Don’t know what happened to it. Appears to me that family debt and student loans have been one of the primary recruiting vehicles. I assume debt traps and forgiveness were cheaper politically then a draft – simply buy people with their own money.
What do you think was behind this?
Could it be, as you indicated in your book review of “The Modern Mercenary” by Sean McFate, that the private military industry is also going domestic and that as a result conscripts might have difficulties dealing with that?
CAF: There is no doubt that DOD has spent a fortune using more and more corporate personnel in systems, accounting, overseas war support, black budget, on and on
Could it be that placing significant capacity into private hands (mercenaries) could create a lack of transparency and accountability which might be desirable for a variety of reasons?
CAF:`This appears to be one of the reasons. McFate does a good job of covering the issues.
Could it be that the nature of warfare has changed (eg 4th and 5th generation warfare) so that boots on the ground are not really that essential?
CAF: No – still requires boots on the ground. However, question is whether it can all be automated with drones and robotics. I believe the leadership thinks it can.
Could it be that having conscripts also risks having dissenters who could destabilise the military as happened during the Viet Nam War?
CAF: Increases political volatility and risk
Or could it be some other ideas that I haven’t thought of?
CAF: I am sure there are. With 1 in 36 children autistic and poor nutrition, vaccines etc, it is not clear to me where DOD thinks it will get an army other than robotics.
Andrew