Monday, January 15, 2018

The Sucker that keeps on sucking

Just as it is natural for water to flow from upstream to downstream; it is natural for generosity to flow from those that have much to those that have little.

This is what happened right after the Second World War when America was seen to have surpluses in just about everything at a time when the rest of the world had deficiencies in just about everything. Thus, aid flowed from America to the rest of the world, especially the European countries that were devastated by the war.

And while Europe and the world were rebuilding, two trends – one political and one economic – were taking roots. They expanded with time and integrated solidly in today's infrastructure. But they continue to evolve even now, and the signs are here that their changing composition will have a major impact on how world affairs will unfold as time moves on.

On the political front, the United States was deputized as policeman of the world by the Brits, then the French and then the Jews, all of whom pulled off masterful self-serving tricks that enriched them in good times, and saved their hides in dire times while costing American lives and vast amounts of wasted wealth. In time, what started as policeman became the beast of burden that could no longer carry the burden.

It is that the weight of political responsibility brought with it the need to reshape the financial order of the world. This necessitated the creation of new financial institutions, and ultimately the use of the dollar as the world reserve currency. And so, while America reduced its military interventions around the world, it relied increasingly on the use of its dominant position in the world financial institutions to impose economic sanctions on the nations that violated so-called American values, and more importantly on those that refused to toe Israel's line.

However, with trade and commerce becoming increasingly more globalized, what happened in one jurisdiction began to affect all other jurisdictions. As well, America became promiscuous in its use of sanctions against Israel's chosen targets. That combination caused the world to become so annoyed with America's capricious behavior; it lined-up behind a China that began to develop alternatives to the World Bank (WB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT).

The full force of this development will take time before it is felt, but when it happens, the dollar will be the first to suffer. This is certain to happen because the current value of the dollar is inflated by virtue of it being the world's reserve currency. But when this privilege will be gone, only America's GDP will back it. However, that GDP has already shrunk relative to the rest of the world, and will shrink further with time. The value of the dollar will reflect this reality, and the practical effect will be a drop in its purchasing power. The consequences both economically and politically at home and abroad will hit America in a serious way, and no one at this time can predict what will happen as a result.

With this in mind, you should now go over two articles that appeared on the website of the Washington Institute. The first came under the title: “Sorting out U.S. and European Differences over Iran,” written by Jay Solomon and published on January 8, 2018. The second came under the title: “On Iran, Trump Should Be Like Reagan,” written by Richard Goldberg and Dennis Ross, and published on January 9, 2018.

You'll see three Jewish authors goad America to continue practicing the capricious behavior that has annoyed the world no end. You'll discern no logic in what they seek except that now is play time, and they must win this round no matter the long term consequences for America, the world and even Israel.

You know what this reminds me of, my friend? It reminds me of a lottery commercial that used to goad people to participate because “if you don't play, you cannot win.” Well, it can be argued that this presentation made sense because you could gamble as little as a dollar and stand to win millions. But suppose the game was not a lottery but a call to participate in a duel where one of the two players is certain to die. Here, life is gambled with one chance in two that it will be lost. Would someone sane participate?

This said, is there a deal worse than that? There should not be, but believe it or not, the Jews have managed to cook up such deals and make them work in America. They work because whatever the occasion, the Jews find a reason why America must participate. When this happens – whether America wins or loses the battle – Israel always collects the spoils, and America always pays the price.

The best example to mention is that of Israel getting rid of a potential rival in Iraq, and America losing standing in the world. America lost, say the Jewish propaganda, not because the Jews invented fake stories about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction that did not exist, but because America failed to execute the Jewish plans exactly right.

And the Jews are trying again to pull off another trick of the same kind in America. What a nation of suckers!