June 18, 2026

World

Is Venezuela About to Invade Guyana?

A potential regional war is brewing in South America as Brazil moves troops towards its border with Venezuela in response to the fascist left country’s alleged looming invasion of neighboring state Guyana. Venezuela appears prepared to invade Guyana with the hope of annexing the country into its own territory.

Venezuela is claiming ownership rights of a huge swathe of Guyana called the Essequibo region. The rubber-stamp parliament passed a resolution initiated by dictator Nicolas Maduro to “allow” the Venezuelan voters to decide if they want to annex Guyana to gain control of the disputed region. Guyana has petitioned an international court to rule on this de facto move for annexation but has not received word back from the court.

The referendum is to be held Sunday, December 2, but skirmishes between Venezuelan and Guyanan troops are already being reported. Brazil has committed itself to defend Guyana should Venezuela choose to invade, which could lead to a regional war in South America.

China Might Own Your DNA

The NYTimes is citing two anonymous intelligence officials who are claiming an Abu Dhabi company called G42 that collects the DNA of millions of Americans has direct ties to the Chinese Communist Party. G42 is tied to the CCP through ByteDance, holding over $100 million in stocks to the CCP-controlled company, which also owns TikTok.

We already know ByteDance shares its internal data with the CCP, so it is not a great leap to rightly assume the CCP would require access to the data of G42 just to ALLOW them the “right” to own such a significant amount of stock in the CCP-controlled company.

G42 even has ties to OpenAI, with former and possibly future OpenAI CEO Sam Altman saying of their relationship with the CCP-contaminated company, “Leveraging G42’s industry expertise, we aim to empower businesses and communities with effective solutions that resonate with the nuances of the region. This collaboration lays the foundation for equitable advancements in generative AI across the globe.”

When water mixes with mud, it becomes muddy water. When freedom mixes with tyranny, it becomes tyranny disguised as freedom.

Israel Had Ample Warning?

It appears the Israeli military had ample warning of the October 7 Al Aqsa Flood terror assault launched by Hamas that led to the slaughtering of 1300 Israeli citizens, allegedly. Two anonymous sources that claim they were present during the presentation of a report to a high-ranking military intelligence officer said the report was dismissed by the official as being an “imaginary scenario.”

To be sure, this claim being made by anonymous sources lowers the validity of the claim, but the claim seems to have some merit to it. According to the sources, the report was sent through a secure communications system, which included specific details such as Hamas’ plan to attack multiple border posts, then spread into surrounding kibbutzim with the intent to kill as many civilians as possible.

From ft.com:

The lower-ranking soldiers also warned their analysis of several videos showed Hamas was rehearsing taking hostages, and that they felt an attack was imminent, the person said. The memo was triggered by the sighting of a high-ranking Hamas military commander overseeing the training, who was identified by the sentries against a database of faces and identities maintained by Unit 8200, a part of the Israeli intelligence corps.

Be Careful Of Your Sources

 

 

 



In the last week or so, many people have been sharing images of what they feel are alarming amounts of military air traffic culled from various online tracking websites, purporting to show a “highly unusual” increase in air traffic throughout the Middle East and the eastern Mediterranean (a.k.a., “The Levant”).

For those who are exploring a new landscape on the internet, such as aircraft and ship tracking websites, these images can, in fact, look incredible. Most of the online maps are indeed very cluttered, to such an extent that many computers have a hard time keeping up with the running updates, unless a user “drills down” to a very narrow region.

And to be fair, given the recent events within the region, with terrorist massacres in Israel, leading to brutal counterattacks by Israel, and the hysterical responses from throughout not just the region, but the threat of this new “Yom Kippur War” expanding to include most of the region – something that the few sane leaders of the world ‘body politic’ is desperate to prevent – is certainly making many people terrified of anything new and strange, that is presented with either incomplete, or flat-out wrong context, deliberately or otherwise.

The short answer to the “unusual increase” in aircraft activity in the Middle East is that it is a giant “nothingburger.” The long answer is far more mundane…but not so the reason behind it.

The fact is that Israel has severely neglected its defenses, both internal and external, for at least twenty years. Externally, Israel fell into the complacency trap of “Victory Disease” (the laziness and complacency resulting from too many victories), in that it felt that its “Iron Dome” missile defense system was mostly unbeatable, while its more conventional forces could easily handle anything that “Iron Dome” could not.

Internally, this dangerous complacency was compounded by Israel’s disastrous moves, beginning in 2012, to restrict the ability of Israeli citizens not on military or police duty, to owning or possessing military style firearms.

And on October 7, 2023, Israel and its citizens were given a stark wake up call as to why you should never beat your swords into plowshares before the right time.

As a result, Israel suddenly found itself in a desperate, grueling and bloody war against an implacable and bloodthirsty enemy at one end of its country, while facing another potential – and much more dangerous – foe to their north. While this is certainly not an unusual circumstance for Israel, Israel the state, as well as Israeli citizens, now finds itself being rudely forced to reorient its mental perspective on reality.

All-out war, as should be clear to anyone who has read an article on the Russo-Ukrainian War in the last almost two years, consumes people, ammunition, vehicles and supplies at a ferocious rate. While the scale and pace of the war in Israel may not currently be at the same overall scale as what is happening in Ukraine, when adjusted for scale, Israel is not much better off than Ukrainians.

In answer, the United States – long Israel’s only truly reliable ally – has doubled down on US support to Israel in the current conflict, complete with sending two complete carrier battle groups to the region, potentially committing US forces to direct combat in the conflict.

And fears of a widening of the conflict have already been realized, as the USS Carney, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, has shot down multiple missiles launched by Houthi insurgents from their base areas in Yemen.

Obviously, no matter the Reader’s feelings – one way or another – about the current conflict, the United States has to supply Israel with weapons, ammunition and much else, exactly as it has for Ukraine. Normally, such supplies are sent by ship, and then by rail or road. The reason is simple: it is vastly more efficient than air transport.

Sometimes, however, speed is essential. Relatively small and light supplies, like ammunition and medical supplies, can be rushed to a conflict zone relatively quickly, as these are always the most critical supplies that would be needed early on in a conflict. In the case of any sudden uptick of military air traffic, however, there is currently another factor:

Volcanoes.

In 2010, a series of volcanic eruptions from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland in April of that year completely shut down all air traffic in Europe outside of Spain and a tiny portion of France. That was, obviously, a very annoying situation for many travelers, as it up-ended flights throughout the world.

Now, however, another Icelandic volcano threatens to erupt: the Blue Lagoon thermal spa, long a popular tourist destination, is threatening to erupt.

Military planners, already struggling to juggle the delivery of supplies to multiple active and potential combat areas, now have no choice but add the potential of a natural disaster shutting down European airspace for an unknown period. The only real option is to start drawing supplies from existing bases in the region, and sending those to Israel…by air.

At the same time, however, those supply bases will need to be restocked, and fast, given the potential for regional escalation. This problem can be solved via a surge in sending war materials and equipment to those bases via conventional shipping…that seems to be happening.

The Ready Reserve Force ship MV Cape Orlando is currently underway from Tacoma, WA, crossing the Pacific Ocean. The Cape Orlando, originally berthed in Oakland, was actually boarded by pro-Palestinian protesters on November 4th, delaying its departure for Tacoma. (The protestors were not charged.)

While the MV Orlando is certainly the most public of the ships potentially carrying supplies to the combat area, it is also certainly not the only one.

What is happening is clear: a giant “shell game” is underway, with supplies being shuffled as quickly as possible, to cover as many holes as have been left open by shockingly poor military policies by the West and its allies over the preceding c.30 years…But such circumstances cannot endure forever.

 

Sun Tzu, Author of Art of War. Photo: Gary Todd, 2008. Public Domain.

 

Because, as the Chinese general Sun Tzu wrote some 2,500 years ago, if you try to defend every point equally, every point will be weak.

 

 

 

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MSM Journalists Knew of Looming Hamas Terror Assault, They Filmed It Anyway

The death cult known as Hamas (which, in Hebrew, appropriately means violence) has the Mainstream media not only as its content market machine, but also as its co-conspirator in crime. Journalists embedded with Hamas during the October 7 terror assault that resulted in women, children, and infants being slaughtered knew what was going to happen and did nothing to inform the Israelis their citizens were about to be murdered.

From Honest Reporting:

On October 7, Hamas terrorists were not the only ones who documented the war crimes they had committed during their deadly rampage across southern Israel. Some of their atrocities were captured by Gaza-based photojournalists working for the Associated Press and Reuters news agencies whose early morning presence at the breached border area raises serious ethical questions. 

What were they doing there so early on what would ordinarily have been a quiet Saturday morning? Was it coordinated with Hamas? Did the respectable wire services, which published their photos, approve of their presence inside enemy territory, together with the terrorist infiltrators? Did the photojournalists who freelance for other media, like CNN and The New York Times, notify these outlets? Judging from the pictures of lynching, kidnapping and storming of an Israeli kibbutz, it seems like the border has been breached not only physically, but also journalistically. 

Four names appear on AP’s photo credits from the Israel-Gaza border area on October 7: Hassan Eslaiah, Yousef Masoud, Ali Mahmud, and Hatem Ali. 

Eslaiah, a freelancer who also works for CNN, crossed into Israel, took photos of a burning Israeli tank, and then captured infiltrators entering Kibbutz Kfar Azza. 

Let’s be clear: News agencies may claim that these people were just doing their job. Documenting war crimes, unfortunately, may be part of it. But it’s not that simple.

It is now obvious that Hamas had planned its October 7 attack on Israel for a very long time: its scale, its brutal aims and its massive documentation have been prepared for months, if not years. Everything was taken into account — the deployments, the timing, as well as the use of bodycams and mobile phone videos for sharing the atrocities.

Is it conceivable to assume that “journalists” just happened to appear early in the morning at the border without prior coordination with the terrorists? Or were they part of the plan?

And why would Hamas want their atrocities documented other than for the same reason serial killers keep evidence of their crimes close to their hearts? It was for the trophies, it was for the bragging rights that those who slaughtered infants and children would gain from their fellow cultists, and the MSM journalists knew this, were complicit in this, and have now made themselves justified targets by Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad, for righteous retribution after participating in the murders themselves and failing to warn the innocents of the death that was coming their way.

Whatever Israel has done that is not just it in no way, shape, or form justifies what Hamas did on October 7 in the name of their pedophilic god, Allah, and it certainly doesn’t justify mainstream media’s willing participation in this slaughter.

Every day these same content marketing death machines assault the world with psychological terrorism that serves their pedophilic god, the rainbow-colorist god of the DNC-CCP, here, they just murdered people directly as opposed to indirectly, doing what they do best, spreading hate and fear into the hearts of their readers.

Hezbollah to Get Weapons Upgrade from Russia, Wagner Group

U.S. Intelligence is claiming the Assad regime of Syria has agreed to deliver weapons to Hezbollah from Russia, with Wagner Group assisting in teaching Hezbollah how to use the weapons systems. These systems include Russia’s SA-22 missile system, an air defense system that could threaten Israeli jets. The U.S. has warned Russia, Iran, and anyone who cares to listen, they will intervene on behalf of Israel should these nations choose to attack Israel while it deals with Hamas.

This could bring about a dramatic escalation of the conflict and threaten to bring the U.S more directly into the fight, however, the U.S. asserts Iran, which is becoming a proxy for Russia and China, is not interested in having this fight escalate to a wider regional war, rather they are interested in manipulating their proxies to destabilize Irael while it fights Hamas.

From cnn.com: The US intelligence community believes – for now – that Iran and its proxies are calibrating their response to Israel’s military intervention in Gaza to avoid direct conflict with Israel or the US while still exacting costs on its adversaries.

But the US is also keenly aware that Iran does not maintain perfect control of its umbrella of proxies – in particular over Lebanese Hezbollah, the largest and most capable of the various groups. Hezbollah is an ally of Hamas, the group that attacked Israel on October 7, and has long positioned itself as fighting against Israel. US officials are deeply concerned that the group’s internal politics may cause Hezbollah to escalate simmering tensions.

The US also does not always have perfect visibility into the communications between Iran and its various proxies, according to sources familiar with US intelligence in the region.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, did not deliver the decisive declaration of war against Irael the Palestinians were hoping for.

From Newsweek: Nasrallah touted Hezbollah’s current involvement in the conflict, saying his group had joined the war on October 8. He largely renewed warnings to the United States and Israel that the group’s lower-level leaders had already made. He also called for a ceasefire in Gaza and reiterated Hezbollah’s support for Hamas and the Palestinian people.

“The depth of the disappointment for those who want Hezbollah to do more against Israel is a reflection of the height of anticipation leading up to Nasrallah’s speech. For them, Nasrallah’s speech failed to deliver,” said Firas Maksad, a senior fellow and director of outreach at the Middle East Institute.

Maksad told Newsweek that Nasrallah simply outlined what the group was already doing to divert Israel’s military resources away from Gaza and toward Lebanon. The Lebanese group’s leader also said that Hezbollah and Iran had no role in planning or foreknowledge of Hamas’ attack on Israel, as Iran and lower-level Hezbollah leaders have previously said.

Still, the moment an Israeli jet is shot down by a Russian air defense system, the risk of escalation is very real, whether anyone wants it or not.

Spain Inches Towards Forming Self-Destruct Leftist Government

The Spanish Election this year produced uncertainty as the party that won the most votes, the conservatives, have little to no chance to form a majority government while the ruling Socialist party just needs to appease to Catalan separatists to seal the deal. The Socialists have formed a coalition with the leftwing alliance in an effort to encourage the Catalan separatists to join. What remains to be seen is if they can get that support without granting amnesty to the Catalan separatists in jail and in exile.

Pedro Sanchez, the incumbent and acting Prime Minister, formed an alliance with the leftwing Sumar alliance, and has announced plans to form a government that will concentrate on worker reform and equality. In his speech celebrating the new alliance, he made no mention of the amnesty demands of the Catalan faction. The two parties do not have enough seats to form a government. They need the Catalan faction in order to gain the majority required to form that new government.

The leftists, both the Socialists represented by Sanchez, and the Sumar alliance, seem hellbent on driving their economy further into the ground, promising to lean hard into the man-made climate change hoax, to reduce the workweek, force higher wages, and “focus on equality.” All of these things sound good to a child with a child’s understanding of the world, but to an adult, we understand that forcing wage prices, that sacrificing the poor for the planet, that forcing “equality” on people will only lead to unintentional, dire consequences the left seems too immature to ever understand.

Yolanda Díaz, the head of the far-left coalition now partnering with the socialists, said this of the deal, “It’s an agreement for the people and a commitment to our country. We’re going to gain time for living, that’s what politics is for. This legislature will become a legislature that’s about having time to live, to look after ourselves and to be happy. We’ll reduce the working week without reducing wages.”

The Spanish people voted for the further undoing of their state by delusional fantasy dreamers who don’t believe money costs anything or that actions, in general, controlled from a central authority, won’t become inherently corrupt as power corrupts and absolute power (the kind of power leftist systems ALWAYS creates) corrupts absolutely.

Perhaps the Catalan separatists should consider taking the deal, even without the amnesty, even without being granted more powers of self-rule, as this leftist government forming is sure to destroy Madrid’s power to govern over the land at all, leaving more than just Catalans with the option to self-rule in the very near future.

America Is Being Pulled into Israel-Hamas War

As news continues to filter out about the nature of assaults on U.S. airbases by Iranian drones, Netanyahu battles with his own military about when the Gaza ground invasion should begin. America draws more troops into the region in anticipation of the potential for a wider war with American troops serving on the front lines of that broadening war.

Biden hints at supporting a ceasefire, but only after Hamas releases all of its hostages. The Russia-China axis is looking for an opportunity to inject itself into the conflict, with Russia and China both calling for an immediate ceasefire and China sending warships into the region to counter the American presence.

The war appears primed to expand beyond the borders of Israel and Gaza beyond the skirmishes, such as the attacks on U.S. bases by Iranian drones or the firefights, rocket attacks and artillery attacks on the Israel-Lebanon border. It appears, to this writer, to be fundamentally about the globalists of the west securing their India-Israel-Europe Trade Corridor versus the globalists of the East sustaining their Central Asia-Turkey-Europe Trade Corridor, with Israel and the Palestinians being the de facto pawns in that global struggle. Here is more in our link report below:

U.S. Military Base Attacked In Syria; Iran-Backed Militants Launch Drones Amid War In Gaza – www.hindustantimes.com

Israeli army pushing Netanyahu to green light Gaza ground … – Middle East Monitor – www.middleeastmonitor.com

Biden says that Hamas should release hostages before any ceasefire – www.the-independent.com

Thousands of U.S. Troops Told to Prepare for Deployment › American Greatness – amgreatness.com

Blinken says US is ‘ready’ to get involved in Israel-Hamas war if line is crossed: ‘We won’t hesitate’ – www.foxnews.com

US sends military officers to Israel to advise on operations in Gaza – thehill.com

Gallant: Israel preparing Gaza op from air, land, and sea – www.jpost.com

‘Gaza hospital explosion was likely caused by a missile launched from within Gaza towards Israel’ – theglobalherald.com

Gaza hospital blast caused by militants’ rocket, UK agencies believe | Israel-Hamas war – amp.theguardian.com

US says Iran assisting base attacks, confirms advisors in Israel – www.france24.com

Netanyahu’s office stresses unity with military, dismisses ‘false reports’ – thehill.com

Officials Close to Netanyahu Call for Delay of Gaza Ground Op, Anonymous Social Media Campaign Follows Suit – Israel News – www.haaretz.com

Hamas releases two new hostages as ‘deal imminent’ for 50 more – www.dailytelegraph.com.au

Death Toll Rises in Gaza, Officials Say; Hamas Release Two More Hostages – www.wsj.com

American troops at risk across Middle East, US warns – www.ft.com

Israel releases unedited video of Oct 7 Hamas attack to counter ‘Holocaust denial-like phenomenon’ – www.foxnews.com

Hamas terror leader lives in London council house among UK’s biggest Jewish population | UK | News – www.express.co.uk

The Telegraph: Israel abandons precision bombing in favour of ‘damage and destruction’ – moderndiplomacy.eu

Ben Gvir demands Netanyahu add another minister to war cabinet to broaden opinions – www.timesofisrael.com

Netanyahu says if Hezbollah launches a war against Israel and invades, ‘it will make the mistake of its life’ – www.foxnews.com

China urges Israel to abide by international laws – www.cnbc.com

Israel-Hamas war LIVE updates: Third aid convoy headed to Gaza from Egypt: Report – www.indiatoday.in

EU faces risk of new influx of migrants amid Gaza conflict – Greek minister – www.reuters.com

Trump blasts Biden on Israel, vows to prevent ‘World War Three’ – www.bostonglobe.com

Rainbow Fascists and Islamo-Fascists Clash on the Streets of London

It seems the child-murder, groomer, rapist gang, the rainbow fascists, might not be so welcome by the other death cult these reprobate minds embrace, the Islamo-fascists, who they cheer on every time they “rally” in support of Hamas.

A march supporting the child-murdering, raping death cult of Hamas in London has revealed the rift between the rainbow fascists and the Islamo-fascists marching “side by side.” Rainbow flags flying in support of Hamas are not something Hamas and its debased supporters endorse, as was evidenced by the taking down of the flags and the flag bearers by Muslims dressed in black during the march.

The march happened October 21, 2023, on the streets of London. It revealed the murderous nature of everyone involved, the rainbow fascists pushing a lifestyle that, if society prefers it (as they want seem to want to force society to do so) will lead to the death of humanity, and the Islamists, who embrace a religion that calls on its devotees to murder the unbeliever, especially the Jew, to bring the end of the world and the ushering in of their version of paradise (where 72 virgins are forced to have sex with one devotee who murdered his way to sexual paradise).

From Express UK: “… a video widely shared on social media appears to show uneasiness and lack of unity among some of the factions attending the event.

The clip, filmed in Trafalgar Square where the “March For Palestine” ended, initially shows a Progressive Pride Flag being waved.

Shortly after, the flag representing the LGBTQ+ community can be seen falling to the ground.

As people surrounded the flag bearer, it isn’t clear whether the person waving it was attacked or if someone grabbed the symbol of inclusivity to tear it down.

Then, two men dressed in black and with their face covered can be seen running away from Nelson’s column.

Shortly before the video ends, a skirmish breaks out between the men and another protester, who appears to be holding a sign.”

ED.NOTE: Not all homosexuals are rainbow fascists, and the majority of rainbow fascists are not gay.

The New Pulse of the Neo-Con Forever War

 

 

 

 



What follows is an “estimate of the situation”, concerning what may well become known as the “Guns of October”. This is a strategic assessment of the current situation in the Levant, and what the deeper plan[s] may be. Nothing in this article is based on “classified information” or “anonymous sources”, but sober estimates based on training, experience, intuition and “informed speculation”.

Around the world, October 7th stunned many people. Even after over twenty years of continuous warfare, the scenes of slaughter coming out of Israel were stunning, both in their daring, but even moreso for their brutality and savagery. Inevitably, perhaps, some people have began to promote an idea that the Israeli High Command was operating in full knowledge of what Hamas was going to do, because there was “no way” that the vaunted Israeli intelligence agencies could have missed Hamas’ preparations.

The fact is, people are always people, and people make mistakes – often, those mistakes boggle the imagination with their stupidity. There is no real evidence of anything like an intentional conspiracy on the part of the Israeli High Command’s part happening.

In this case, however, there are parties throughout the world, who have been desperate for a crisis like Yom Kippur 2.0 to restore their flagging efforts. This group has been pushing an endless series of wars since the 1990’s, and while their influence is, indeed great, they are masters of the notion espoused by one-time White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s quip, “… you never want a serious crisis to go to waste…

The people in power, or hanging on to the tailings of power, who espouse such ideas, are known as “neo-cons”…But – what is a “neo-con”?

Foreign Policy Magazine accurately describes neo-cons as “liberal imperialists on steroids”. They are firm believers in the notion of a highly totalitarian vision of the so-called “Pax Americana”, a series of policies that have produced a national debt in excess of an eye-watering $33 trillion, as of 10/18/2023. These beliefs – and the people behind them – also led to the roiling disasters in Israel, Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and most of the rest of the Middle East.

Another key descriptor of the neo-cons is that they have no political party, beyond that which is most expedient for them at the moment. Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928 – 2017), one-time National Security Advisor to Democrat party President Jimmy Carter, laid out the neo-con strategy and thought in his 1997 book, “The Grand Chessboard”. His criticisms of Republican President George W. Bush’s handling of the post-9/11 wars were not one of actual opposition, but complaining about their mis-handling.

Neo-Con thinking is also at the core of the Russo-Ukrainian War that began in February of 2022. No matter what side of that conflict the Reader may fall on, the fact is that – like Japan attacking Pearl Harbor in 1941 – the West, led by the United States, goaded Russia into its attempt to dismember the Ukrainian state. Why? Because the neo-cons desperately wanted to initiate Cold War 2.0, because Islamic jihadi’s were simply not working as an existential threat to Western society that justified obscenely massive military spending; terrorists are annoying, but they will never seriously threaten the Western social order.

Russia and China, on the other hand…

In early-to-mid 2022, there was a point where the world held its breath, as it seemed that the major powers of the world might actually enter into direct, large-scale combat with each other, something that has not been seen since 1945. While that danger still looms, the important takeaway, is that these situations have sparked increasingly strident calls to revamp western military establishments, to something resembling “the old days”.

But – how does this relate to the “Guns of October”?

In the aftermath of the seeming failure of neo-con ambitions as the “Global War On Terror” sputtered out in the mid-20-teens, despite the flare-up provided by the so-called “Arab Spring”, the neo-con movement became increasingly desperate for something to revive their plans to continue their series of planned wars, the exhaustion and disgust of the people’s of the West – and Russia – over the never-ending series of wars at the dawn of what should have been a “golden century” for humanity.

The clearest example of the desperation of the neo-cons, including their abject hatred of US President Donald Trump, came when Trump rejected their plans to strike three targets in Iran in response to the 2019 downing of an unmanned US drone. Trump canceled the retaliatory attacks when he was informed that the attacks were expected to kill at least 150 Iranians; Trump did not feel that level of retaliation to be a “proportionate” response to shooting down an unmanned drone.

But now, with a reimposition of sanctions against Russia in April of 2021, leading to a near-war with that state, the neo-cons within Washington DC and allies in several European governments have been awaiting a crisis of an appropriate scale to move the world back into the realm of “forever wars”.

Enter October 7th, of 2023.

With increasing calls in the West to end the open and naked barbarity of Hamas – barbarity that organization happily live-streamed, until it realized how bad the optics were – coupled to the deranged bleatings of the Communist mullahs in control of Iran – handed the neo-cons the golden crisis they have desperately needed to galvanize Western governments into continuing the wars: the United States – even under an “anti-Israel” establishment – cannot oppose Israel in assaulting Gaza, nor in hammering the Iranian-back Hezbollah organization in southern Lebanon, especially in the face of Hamas’ barbarity, without suffering catastrophic political consequences. Similarly, the Western European “street” is fed up with their government’s policies of accommodation and appeasement of “refugees” who spare no expense to tell the world how much they hate their “hosts”, who spared little expense to give them shelter and sanctuary.

Caught in the middle, are the Muslim governments of the region, none of whom want anything to do with this war, but who have enough internal problems that they cannot be seen by their populations to be completely abandoning the Palestinians. But, with more and more US Navy warships being deployed to the region at speed, the possibility of an “incident” occurring that “required” a military response against Iran – one that would make the Iraq war look like a training exercise – is an increasingly likely possibility.

Why is this important? Put simply, the United States does not have the manpower to fight the wars the neo-cons want the West to fight. As has been pointed out previously at the Freedomist, two decades of no-victory wars – as well as policies to insult and demean the US military’s primary recruiting pool – have turned a generation of potential recruits firmly against military service…so much so, that there has been a quietly increasing spate of military officers “speaking truth to power”, pointing out that the current world strategic will eventually force the United States to return to conscription, the dreaded “D-word”, that has been anathema to both the political and military spheres alike, for fifty years, since peacetime conscription was ended in the US by President Richard M. Nixon in 1973.

The neo-cons have painted themselves into a corner: They have relentlessly pursued aggressive policies that have burned off most of any good will built up by the United States over the past four decades, in pursuit of a strategy of continual conflict that requires a level of military recruitment that is a pale memory. At the same time, their actions have severely damaged the US economy, because markets not under a regimen of centralized planning respond poorly to toxic cycles of borrowing money, then borrowing more money to simply pay the interest, all while expanding the pool of currency by running the printing presses at high speed.

Likewise, the manufacture of basic war materials has been so neglected the West is finding it difficult to supply a single large war, much less multiple wars.

With much of the potential military recruit-base firmly rejecting staggering enlistment bonuses of over $50,000, there will come a point where the United States will be forced to attempt to revive the Draft for 18-to-30 year-olds…and there has been legislation language already draft, that was repeatedly submitted for some thirteen years.

By Democrat Party apparatchiks.

Needless to say, a Democrat administration reviving the Draft for 18-to-30 year-olds will be “interesting”, to say the least.

The bottom line?

Be careful what you wish for – especially if you have children.

 

 

 

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