Economic Crisis: Follow The Money: Why Russia Is Triggering The U.S. War Machine (Video)
Do you remember that one time the U.S. government worked hand-in-hand with the mainstream media to convince you that we needed to invade Iraq because Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.
Well, that was a lie, but what was true was that Iraq dropped the US dollar in 2000. The US then invaded the country and overthrew Hussein in 2003.
Then in 2009, Libya’s Gaddafi dropped the US Dollar in an attempt to create a gold-backed African currency to compete with the Western central banking system.
The US overthrew Gaddafi in 2011.
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad dropped the US dollar in 2006, which just happens to be the same year the U.S. and its allies began discussing plans to overthrow Assad.
While Assad is still in power today, we can’t say the U.S. hasn’t gone out of its way in an attempt to overthrow him. From arming so-called moderate rebels, to destroying the region with a barrage of airstrikes, the US may have been able to achieve its goal if it wasn’t for one super power standing in the way… which brings us back to Russia.
It’s no secret that the mainstream media is used as a tool to push propaganda for the US government. If you look at every foreign leader the US has overthrown in this century, you will see a correlation between military action and the negative media coverage used to justify it.
In 2017, Russia, China and Iran are the current offenders, i.e. countries that have realized the value of a gold-backed currency, and that are acting accordingly.
The United States’ foreign policy is much greater than just who is in office, and the best way to predict which country will feel the wrath of the U.S. war machine next, you just have to follow the money.
Debt Based System Running Out of Steam
Former Assistant Treasury Secretary in the Reagan Administration, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, sees trouble for the economy. Dr. Roberts explains, “This image of a strong stock market is based essentially on debt, borrowing and debt, money creation and debt. It’s a false signal that shows prosperity, and it’s not really there. . . . So, during a period of time when there has been no interest income on peoples’ savings in the form of bonds or CDs, there has also been no growth in Social Security income. So, the elderly, or the largest block of them, are hard pressed. The young come out of school with student debt and no good jobs. A large percentage can’t find sufficient employment to support an independent existence. They can’t possibly pay off the loans. So, wherever you look, you see a debt based system that’s running out of steam.”Dr. Roberts, who holds a PhD in economics, says this is why retail is getting killed. Dr. Roberts contends, “A lot of people blame this on internet shopping and that people don’t want to be bothered to go to a mall. The mall experience is old and outdated, and they would rather sit in front of a computer and order online. This is the explanation people give who don’t want to see a problem. An alternative explanation is that people have run out of any discretionary income with which to purchase things. When you consider mortgage payments, car payments, credit card payments and food, there’s no money left to drive consumer discretionary spending.”
Dr. Roberts says the Federal Reserve basically prints money and intervenes in all markets to prop them up or, as in the case of gold and silver, hold prices down. Dr. Roberts says, “It looks like the whole system is rigged. People don’t understand this, and you can’t find any discussion about this in the financial press or in the economic profession. . . . Since the Fed has unlimited amounts of money, it can create endless amounts of money by pushing a computer button. They don’t have to worry about losses. So, they can support or rig all markets.”
Dr. Roberts, formerly a top editor at the Wall Street Journal, says nuclear war is the most dire problem Americans face. This comes at a time when trust between Russia and America is at all-time lows. Dr. Roberts says, “The danger is both warning systems, ours and the Soviets (Russians). During the period of the cold war, there were many false alarms of incoming missiles. Both sides would see incoming missiles, and yet no one believed it, and the reason they didn’t believe it was that the governments were working together to defuse tensions. You had Kennedy with Khrushchev. You had Nixon who gave us SALT-1, an anti-ballistic missile treaty. You had Carter who gave us SALT-2. You had Reagan and Gorbachev who ended the cold war. So, all during these periods when false information of incoming missiles came in, no one believed it, but if you have distrust between the two powers as we now have, and Putin has said on a number of occasions we can no longer trust the Americans, if you can’t trust and you get incoming missile alerts, you are much more inclined to believe it. So, the prospect of nuclear war is more likely. Washington and the media . . . are creating distrust among their populations with Russia with this constant anti-Russian propaganda. With all this bogus and false allegations about Russia. . . . the chances of all this going poof are very high.”
Join Greg Hunter as he goes One-on-one with Dr. Paul Craig Roberts.
(There is much more in the video interview.)