It’s not as if I recommend you spend the time on this long video of Tucker Carlson interviewing John Kiriakou. They wade through a lot of history that most people never knew, while too many others who did know have forgotten. I want to point out that this kind of in-depth back and forth provoked a lot of my own memories of things I experienced first hand in the military in close proximity to strategic operations.
I’m not saying that my associates in uniform leaked secrets, but half of my friends and acquaintances had very high clearances simply because that’s what kind of people we had where I was stationed. The things they were allowed to talk about still gave tremendous clues to someone who had been to college back in those days, as I had been.
For example, very few average Americans are aware that most of the governments in the Middle East have very short histories. Their citizenry are not real nations, just mixed tribes that were caught in artificially drawn borders. Iran stands out as being quite the opposite, with a history that goes back three millennia. The current government arose from the people; it was not imposed by outsiders. The Iranian feminist on the street in Tehran who last year protested the conservative policies of the mullahs? Today she voluntarily rallies in support of her government against US/Israel.
If there is one government in that region that will stand against all odds, it’s the government of Iran. Wipe out the entire bureaucracy of government and it will be replaced with more of the same. They were Islamic a full millennia before the white people colonized North America. (Largely the same could be said of Turkey, but almost no other country in that region.)
I’ve said quite often here that I’m not a fan of Western Civilization. It’s not an activist hatred, but a passive displeasure over something I know I cannot change. The anti-biblical nature of American culture is very unfortunate; in due time, this culture will pass because God has no vested interest. Human cultures and civilizations come and go. However, the truth of the Bible stands eternally.
But what can we make of the video linked above? Granted, I’m not a big fan of Carlson, but Kiriakou has proven himself reliable and honest over the years. I believe the interview provides evidence that Trump is willingly participating in destroying the West. If you look at all the things he’s done, you can only conclude that it’s quite intentional. I’m not saying it’s his personal plan, but that he is playing along with something that is so acidic and destructive that it will be finished before we know it. Indeed, when it’s all done, the vast majority of people won’t even understand what happened.
Some of Trump’s ideas are quite good. A border fence is a great thing. Mass deportation is a really good idea; it will benefit the American citizens in the long run. The tactics of ICE are not the right way to do it. You could not help but conclude it’s a wanton provocation intentionally designed to develop so much resistance that it stops deportations. Obama did a better job of it. How could anyone not know the current actions would provoke resistance? A good thing is being perverted into the nastiest abuse.
Let’s be clear: People who know more than I do about the way deportations are handled are saying this. They suggest that the best way is to clear out the jails of illegal immigrants first. Take full advantage of federal jurisdictional superiority; get it done quickly. Then, simply target people for arrest here and there, passing them into the same system, to enable a quiet deportation. It’s the big “show of force” actions that generate resistance.
Meanwhile, the same loud-n-proud handling of trade issues is clobbering our historic alliances. We have made enemies of everyone who helped to make this country rich, the English-speaking countries in particular. I agree they are all going down the tubes with their hideous woke oppression of their own people, but that’s none of our business. If their internal policies resulted in breaking off trade and security agreements, let it be their move first. Trump has driven them away with open hostility. Friendship with Israel is not going to make up for the huge losses to our economy.
The linked interview points to several other forms of national suicide our government is pursuing. The people advocating for these things are American citizens, but nobody is doing anything about it. Trump is working with them instead of prosecuting them. Destroying the US is now official government policy.
Trump’s actions in the Persian Gulf have already shut down fuel for most of Europe and many Asian countries. That spells a recession. Because of the petro-dollar, the petroleum market is global. That is, a price rise in one place is a price rise everywhere. The same goes for every product that is directly sourced from petroleum, such as fertilizer. Yes, the US has plenty of petroleum, but that doesn’t keep the prices from rising here when they rise elsewhere. It’s all tied to the dollar itself, which happens to be the primary currency of trade in all other goods, as well.
There’s no escape. If the supply shrinks, as it has with the war on Iran, then the price in US dollars rises — the dollar buys less. If something happens to break that link, the value of the dollar falls substantially more. It won’t be as useful and valuable in other countries. If the link does not break, that recession in other countries using the dollar will follow the dollar home to America, since our economy rests too heavily on imports.
It’s already broken. If the US simply walks away from Iran right now, it will be a year or more for the petroleum-based trade to recover. The whole world will be in recession that whole time. Some trade simply will not recover. If this stand-off continues, the global recession will be deeper and longer. If you think China is a problem now, wait until her economy goes bust and we lose the majority of what we import from her. It’s fragile right now.
The European economy is also tanking. Indeed, Russia will be the biggest winner of all simply by virtue of not having to suffer as much as everyone else.
Certainly, I could be wrong on some of this, but I’m echoing people who know more than I. The only analysis I have contributed to this picture is recognizing by conviction who seems to have a good grip on what’s happening.
