The US military-intelligence complex is engaged in systematic preparations for World War III. As far as the Pentagon is concerned, a military conflict with China and/or Russia is inevitable, and this prospect has become the driving force of its tactical and strategic planning.
Three congressional hearings Tuesday demonstrated this reality. In the morning, the Senate Armed Services Committee held a lengthy hearing on cyberwarfare. In the afternoon, a subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee discussed the present size and deployment of the US fleet of aircraft carriers, while another subcommittee of the same panel discussed the modernization of US nuclear weapons.
The World Socialist Web Site will provide a more detailed account of these hearings, which were attended by a WSWS reporter. But certain preliminary observations can be made.
None of the hearings discussed the broader implications of the US preparations for war, or what a major war between nuclear-armed powers would mean for the survival of the human race, and even of life on our planet. On the contrary, the hearings were examples of what might be called the routinization of World War III. A US war with China and/or Russia was taken as given, and the testimony of witnesses and questions from senators and representatives, Democrats and Republicans alike, concerned the best methods for prevailing in such a conflict.
h/t Zerohedge
can you imagine these clown preparing for world war 3 when it was them and there lunatic left wing policies that got us into this mess in the first place, all I want to know who the hell is going to jail out of the entire rotten bunch of apples in Washington dc
It is all happening according to plan. They know exactly what they want and have been working at it for a very long time.
“The US military-intelligence complex is engaged in systematic preparations for World War III. As far as the Pentagon is concerned, a military conflict with China and/or Russia is inevitable, and this prospect has become the driving force of its tactical and strategic planning.”
This is nothing new. It has been the case since it became known that the Soviet Union and Red China had developed nuclear weapons.
In military terms, threat refers not to intentions but to capabilities. For example, in the early 20th century the War Department — yes, we were more candid back then — focused its analysis of naval threats on Great Britain, at that time our largest trading partner and strongest ally. So there’s nothing out of the ordinary about assessing the two largest military powers other than the U.S. as “threats,” and planning how a war against either or both of them should be conducted.
The only way individuals can win is not to play the game. What if the end game is to reduce the population of the world to 500 million? War is coming.
There is little an individual can do to alter the outcome of this game at the macro level. A bumper sticker slogan captures the essence:
You have better odds improving the weather by farting than improving society by voting.
However, if the game of the oligarchs is a drastic reduction of the world population, then each individual can, at a micro level, ensure that the correct people die in their local area.
Focus your effort to break the cycle of Moochers electing Looters to steal from Producers.
I would say even do it at a larger level. It can be stopped, it is just a matter of doing it.
When the herd doesn’t want to be “thinned” …