'The American Empire in (Ultimate?) Crisis
The Decline and Fall of It All?'

By Alfred W. McCoy

'During an August 1991 visit, President George H.W. Bush told Ukrainian Prime Minister Leonid Kravchuk that he could not support Ukraine’s future independence and gave what became known as his “chicken Kiev” speech, saying:

“Americans will not support those who seek independence in order to replace a far-off tyranny with a local despotism. They will not aid those who promote a suicidal nationalism based upon ethnic hatred.”

He would, however, soon recognize Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia as independent states since they didn’t have nuclear weapons.'

Meanwhile — and this should sound familiar today — Russian President Boris Yeltsin raged against Washington’s plans to expand NATO further, accusing President Bill Clinton of moving from a Cold War to a “cold peace.” Right after that conference, Defense Secretary William Perry warned Clinton, point blank, that “a wounded Moscow would lash out in response to NATO expansion.”

https://tomdispatch.com/the-american-empire-in-ultimate-crisis/

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WHAT WAS THE REAL REASON NATO EXPANDED EASTWARDS DESPITE ASSURANCES TO GORBACHEV IT WOULD NOT?

"ARMS CONTRACTORS SPEND TO PROMOTE AN EXPANDED NATO" New York Times, 1998
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"American arms manufacturers, who stand to gain billions of dollars in sales of weapons, communication systems and other military equipment if the Senate approves NATO expansion, have made enormous investments in lobbyists and campaign contributions to promote their cause in Washington.

The end of the cold war has shrunk the arms industry and forced it to diversify.

But expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- first to Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, then possibly to more than a dozen other countries -- would offer arms makers a new and hugely lucrative market.
America's six biggest military contractors have spent $51 million on lobbying in the last two years, according to an analysis prepared for The New York Times by the Campaign Study Group, a research company in Springfield, Va.

If lobbying costs were included from all companies that perform military-related activities, like computer and technology firms, they would dwarf the lobbying effort of any other industry.

''Like any other American manufacturer, they are looking for markets abroad,'' said Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a New York Democrat who opposes the proposed NATO expansion. ''Most every other customer they can think of, we have forbidden them to sell anything to.''

Under NATO rules, new members are required to upgrade their militaries and make them compatible with those of the Western military alliance, which oversees the most sophisticated -- and expensive -- weapons and communication systems in the world. The companies that win the contracts to provide that ''inter-operability'' to the aging Soviet-made systems in Eastern Europe will benefit enormously from NATO's eastward expansion.
Thus the sums spent on lobbying and for campaign contributions are relatively small compared with the potential benefits in the new markets provided by a larger NATO, particularly from the sale of big-ticket items like fighter aircraft.

No one contends that NATO is being expanded for the benefit of military contractors. 

The top individual giver to the Democratic Party last year was Bernard L. Schwartz, chairman of Loral Space and Communications, which is partly owned by Lockheed."

https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/30/world/arms-contractors-spend-to-promote-an-expanded-nato.html

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THE LAW OF ACTION AND REACTION

Putin says he will re-deploy troops along Finland border in response to NATO accession

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday he would re-deploy military forces along the border with Finland in response to the country becoming a member of the NATO alliance in April.

"We generally had ideal relations with Finland. Simply perfect. We did not have a single claim against each other, especially territorial, not to mention other areas. We didn't even have troops; we removed all the troops from there, from the Russian-Finnish border," he said.
"However, it is up to them to decide. That's what they decided. But we didn't have troops there, now we will."

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/03/13/Putin-threatens-Finland-border-troop-redeployment/2751710329197/

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🎥 During an interview with LBC’s Tom Swarbrick on Thursday, UK communities secretary Michael Gove was seen struggling to answer whether he and the UK government consider Gaza to be occupied by Israel before eventually conceding that it is.

🔴 Live updates: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live/israel-palestine-gaza-hamas-war-ceasefire?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social_traffic

JUST IN - Major internet disruption has been reported in various countries across Africa.

https://www.disclose.tv/id/zn7u7thp0w/

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#CyberPolygonCometh: Citizens are unable to access the basic internet as well as social media across the vast majority of the country. International bank transfers are also reported to be affected while there are limited international voice calls. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68569022

⚡🚨 "A MAJOR CYBERATTACK"

We interrupt our regular programme for an important announcement from Herr Schwab.

CYBERPANDEMIC
CYBERPOLYGON

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ANDREW BRIDGEN MP:

"Last week, I was invited to meet with His Excellency Andrey Kelin, the Russian Federation’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Embassy in London. @Russian_Embassy

I found the meeting incredibly productive and was pleased to hear that Russia is open to peace talks over the situation in Ukraine. Enough lives have been needlessly lost on both sides of this conflict and we need to find a peaceful resolution to this tragedy.

At the weekend, the Pope even said, “The strongest one is the one who looks at the situation, thinks about the people and has the courage of the white flag, and negotiates. When you see that you are defeated, that things are not going well, you have to have the courage to negotiate.” which I would agree with. Now is the time for negotiation, not more bloodshed.

We don’t want a war with Russia, we don’t want war with anyone, for war has no winners on either side, only losers.

The ordinary people won’t profit from it on either side. We are being pushed into a war with a nuclear power, over attempts to push NATO nearer to Moscow. It’s not in the British people's interest to fight a war which has very little effect on our country, after all, the people are not the investors who get the profits. The only people who want this war are those profiting from the military-industrial complex.

It is now time to end the pointless bloodshed. It is a time for cool heads and negotiations, not a time to further escalate the crisis."

Andrew Bridgen

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BREAKING:

⚡ 🇨🇵 Macron has declared that France is at war with Russia?

French President Macron, in an address to his nation:

"French intervention in Ukraine cannot be ruled out, and France will do everything to make sure Russia doesn't win.

There is not a risk of war', there is war. A Russian victory in the Ukraine war is an existential threat to Europe and France.

People who are against French troops being sent to Ukraine are against our sovereignity and are in favor of defeat"

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This cartoon is about the Vietnam war in 1975. History repeats. As Hemingway put it:

"The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists."

Ernest Hemingway

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Dr. David Martin: Tedros is just a puppet with a “giant stick up his *ss… but who’s moving the stick for the puppet?”

The answer is The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board:
• Bill Gates
• The Wellcome Trust
• The Rockefeller Foundation

“By 2023, which is kind of where we are right now, Gates represents 88% of the donations to the World Health Organization from donor organizations and agencies. By any definition, that’s a controlling interest.”

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Large revision up in Jan/Feb 2024 Cancer Treatment Expenditures.

Those people who are telling you that cancer did not increase post-Vaccine, are lying to you.

$33.3 B in extra revenue for 2024 - for those who CAUSED this.

Riding in a Mercedes, paid for by dead loved-ones.

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The next pandemic-Dr. Heiko Schoning: "The new contract with the WHO and the IHR has a bacterial narrative embedded in it. They are preparing for a new situation. The man who prepared the contracts is Lawrence Gostin. The same man is responsible for the anthrax case in the USA. All the same team of international criminals".
🙏Treat us with a coffee☕️ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/slobodnipo And the author of the book with which he announced the previous pandemic back in 2018 announces the next pandemic with a new book. They will challenge it with bacteria that destroy the microbiome, and they already have a few of them in preparation. The solution they will offer will be an antibiotic which, like in the case of vaccination, will do the exact opposite of what they promise. The books and opus of Dr. You can find Schoning here https://eticamedia.eu/das-mutige/
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American Airlines Boeing 777 makes emergency landing at Los Angeles Airport due to ‘mechanical issue’.
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The Boeing whistleblower who supposedly killed himself reportedly told a close family friend not to believe it if it was announced he had committed suicide.

https://modernity.news/2024/03/15/boeing-whistleblower-if-anything-happens-to-me-its-not-suicide/

FAA Audit Finds Dozens Of Boeing 737 Max Production Issues, NYT Reports

"The Federal Aviation Administration's six-week audit of the clowns running Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems has found dozens of problems in the 737 Max manufacturing process, according to The New York Times, citing an FAA presentation.
During Boeing's audit, the FAA conducted 89 product reviews, which evaluated the manufacturing process. Of the 89 audits, the planemaker passed 56 but did not meet specific standards in 33, resulting in 97 alleged noncompliance. 
The presentation comes two months after a door plug ripped off a 737 Max 9 during an Alaska Airlines flight. Since then, Boeing has come under intense scrutiny over its manufacturing process. The latest findings should concern airlines operating fleets of these planes and passengers"

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/faa-audit-finds-dozens-boeing-737-max-production-issues-nyt

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Dedicated to Macron, Scholz, Biden, Johnson & Sunak:

"The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists."

Ernest Hemingway

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🚨 Israel Prepares Rafah Invasion: What Comes Next?

In this week's episode of the New Rules podcast, we hosted a long-time friend of the show, University of Tehran professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi, to discuss the situation in Gaza. Netanyahu’s plan to attack Rafah will not only lead to a humanitarian catastrophe, but also backfire against Israel itself, says Professor.

"Netanyahu is not fighting for the interests of the regime. Netanyahu is fighting to preserve himself. And by doing so, he is leading the Israeli regime to a greater and a more catastrophic defeat, but also leading the collective West to a greater and catastrophic defeat," Mohammad Marandi told the New Rules podcast.

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