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Was the invasion of Iraq stupid, or brilliantly successful?
As I've said before, there are two theories of history, either of which can explain anything: conspiracy, and stupidity.
For a long time, the liberal media have presented the actions of the USA as merely stupid: supporting tyrants, eliminating centrist politicians and movements, etc. I believed that too: at the time of the Vietnam War, I supported what I believed were the intentions of the USA, while opposing most of its actions as extremely unlikely to have the "desired" consequences.
I no longer believe it. I believe that the war in Iraq, and indeed the 9/11 disaster, were specifically planned to have all the results that have taken place: the utter destruction of the US Army, the isolation of the USA from the remaining members of the free world, the appallingly dangerous reliance of the economy on China's forbearance...
Here's someone who agrees with me: [http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/november2005/291105frogcooked.htm]
The police state in the USA is itself, I believe, just a means to an end: the destruction of the USA's economy and civil structure. Creating a torture-based army and a police state are intended to destroy the army and eliminate popular support for Congress. Hurricane Katrina was just an excuse to have foreign troops pointing guns at US citizens on US soil: it won't be the last time.
The same website as above has an article on the interesting 1980s movie "Red Dawn", in which the Soviets and Cubans (not I think Mexicans as the article suggests) invade part of the USA. The article stresses the analogy between the US resistance in the movie and the Iraqi resistance to the US today. I think the relevance of the movie to current events will soon beccome much more acute. [http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/november2005/281105reddawn.htm]
But *wny* does the USA's elite *want* to destroy the USA? I see it as another version of the Depression. In the Depression, the Federal Reserve encouraged banks to make unsafe loans, and then abruptly cut off the money supply. The result was that the American middle class, which had been watching its investments grow predictably, was suddenly faced with unemployment, and needed to cash in its investments when eveyrbody else was doing the same thing. The super-rich, easily able to ride out the storm, were able to buy up investments for pennies on the dollar. And the middle class – not to mention the ravaged, starving working class – were chastened by poverty and war, and were easily led away from their real enemy.
The same thing is going to happen, but it may well be that the super-rich have simply made some sort of deal with the Red Chinese (not so damned red any more), and there will just be a net transfer of all of the USA's wealth to Peking. (Then Thaksin's strategy of turning Thailand into a vacation resort area of China may pay off too.)
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