Trade wars and military action will never restore America.

 AMERICAS DECLINE IS ROOTED IN DEBT AND LOSS OF MANUFACTURING CAPACITY

THREATS AND FORCE ARE NOT THE REMEDY

While the country is in the verge of war, again, in the middle east, with a country that is not a real threat to the United States, but will cost the country billions in resources, no matter the outcome. Winning will not make us safer or more prosperous, but just add to the debt and loss of credibility in the world. 

For many years the United States has engaged in war, economic and military in an effort to sustain its global dominance. That dominance was earned post WW2 when the country was the number 1 producer of goods, the greatest manufacturing country and a dollar that was considered "As good as Gold" Sadly that is no longer the case. Its seems the policy for the last few decades is, that if we can contain, hamper or limit the success of our competitors we can sustain our dominance. It is a delusional and destined to fail policy.

While the  unrestrained rush to globalism has contributed to the problem, it cannot be remedied by attempting to limit others by denying them access either to the U.S. market or U.S. products. One example is that while China has become a dominant producer in certain areas it was willing to buy products from the U.S. that they did not have to expend resources to develop and it helped to limit the growing balance of trade deficit for the U.S., one was computer chips and also grain. Our genius policy makers decided that we should limit our sales to China of products that would assist in their development, the very products that helped us stay competitive at least in some areas. The most obvious was computer chips, which was a massive export by us to China, so we limited those sales in an effort to slow China down and they responded by establishing their own chip manufacturing and out produced and out sold our businesses, which then had less resources to keep up their dominance in that field. Our answer was for the government to subsidize those business's to keep them competitive.  More debt and dependence on government will most likely not keep them competitive. This will also add to the lose of our manufacturing base. Grain sales were replaced by other countries not engaged in containment policies.

China has the financial resources to focus and become competitive and even dominate in any field that they desire. The U.S. has near $39 trillion in resources tied up in debt that has financed prior spending. Until this situation is addressed, the U.S. will continue on a path of decline.

Then there is another group of geniuses who believe we can intimidate the rest of world to submit to our mandates, accept out debased currency, due to deficit spending, as payment, all under the threat of sanctions and military force. While we may have the most advanced and powerful military in the world, we should be seeing that it may be a hollow giant. How is it that insignificant Russia, "a gas station posing as a county" has been able to sustain and even out produce the whole of NATO in conventional weapons. Yet, we see the Defense budget increased and now hoping to increase it by 50% , without anyone asking the question, where is all the money going? A huge expenditure for a sector now considered "too big to Audit", sounds like a very similar excuse for excusing corruption.

U.S. stockpiles are admitted to be very depleted due to massive outlays of ordinance and equipment to Ukraine and Israel. While all this assistance may help the defense sector to be prosperous, will help most Americans? How dependent are we for vital material from the same countries we are trying to contain? Can the U.S. sustain a prolonged conflict without running out of ordinance?  A conflict that endures for months or years rather days? Can we replace ships and expensive equipment? I suspect that real military analysts are asking those questions, but are they being drowned out by donor paid for politicians.

I suspect that many of these questions will be answered in the near future.

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We can expect confrontation on the high seas.

 DO U.S. ORDERS TRANSLATE INTO INTERNATIONAL LAW?

LOOKING FOR THE DEFINNG MOMENT FOR WW3

One must wonder were the limits are to the U.S. control of the commerce of the world?   We all understand that the U.S. has the right to refuse to do business with anyone they don't approve. We understand that tariffs can be placed on anyone that the U.S. feels it wants to punish. Now it seems if countries just find other customers or trading partners we believe we can also damage their trading partners through tariff's and other economic warfare, that is possible, but should expect economic retaliation. 

Now since the use of an embargo or blockade of Venezuela and Cuba,  of course under the pretext of obeying international law, that now seems to be manufactured unilaterally by the U.S., we are seeing an attempt to expand the use of blockades and embargos around the world. No one questions that he U.S. has the most powerful Navy in the world. So far, no one has challenged this Navy since WW2. If the U.S believes that it can blockade advanced powers on the world stage without pushback, it has indeed gone down the path of delusional overreach.

It appears that the only nation that is willing to go down the path of WW3 is the United States. We will undoubtedly see either armed commercial vessels that will challenge being taken control of or escorted vessels in the near future. It is very likely that there will very well be an organized effort to preserve the right of navigation around the world. If this attempt to control commerce around the world continues there will be a confrontation in the near future. A confrontation that may be impetus to finally move this economic warfare to the real deal. 

The danger is growing by the day and when you put others in a existential threatening position, war will soon follow.

 Unbited /states.

There will be war, Just a question of who will start it.

 UNREALISTIC NEGOTIATIONS AND OIL EMBARGOS 

ACTS OF WAR, NOW EVERYDAY OCCURANCE

The most likely beginning of the next war is Iran. Indications are that Iran is willing to insure against obtaining nuclear weapons, but Israel has demanded that they must give up all nuclear energy enrichment and also their missile deterrent. While Trump at one time had an agreement with Iran on Nuclear weapons, that was rejected by Israel. It is reported that Trump was told by Netanyahu that either Trump destroys Iran's missile program or they will do it, and that the U.S. will then be forced by public opinion to join in. Under those conditions war is inevitable, Iran can never agree to disarm, especially at the instance of Israel. 

At the same time we have the increasing situation of the U.S. deciding to interfere in oil shipment worldwide. Besides the embargo on Venezuela oil, only to be sold to those approved by the U.S., they have begun to attempt to interfere with oil shipment out of Iran. This is likely to hamper Iran's monetary situation and also put pressure on China economically. These are now all act of WAR, which will inevitably lead to catastrophic results. Not only war with Iran, but China may also feel that interfering with their oil supplies is intolerable. There have also been attacks on Russian oil shipments in many places, some contend that it is a CIA operation.

Objectively, one must wonder why Iran has not yet initiated this war as it now seems inevitable and time is allowing more resources to become available against them, unless they feel time is on their side to prepare for this conflict and world public opinion will be unfavorable to the initiator.

At the same time, one must wonder how long Russia and China will allow interference of their vital commerce in international waters, both have substantial and effective submarine fleets capable of causing significant damage.

Some speculate that taking of Venezuela oil was a first step in preparation for a wide-ranging middle east war that will replace oil from that region. A wide-ranging middle east war will likely spread to a world war, with Russia and China realizing there is no plan for co-existence, only submission. It could be expected that every power in the middle east would quickly need to take sides and be involved, It would be a very unpredictable gamble as to where they would ally. 

It appears that he next few weeks may be a time of decision. Only a backdown by someone can now stop the rush to war. A backdown that is impossible for some and will have severe consequences for others.

The Epstein affair, reinforcing belief in deep state.

 BANKS TOO BIG TO FAIL, ELITE TOO BIG TO BE EXPOSED

The message is clear, there is a two tier system, where the elite movers and shakers are beyond the same rules as the average peasant.  I suppose that is one reason why all these important people flocked to the likes of Jeffery Epstein, so that they could qualify for this insulated status and set them on the road to prosperity and success. Lets face it, these people who willfully entangled themselves with Epstein are not victims, they are collaborators.

How Epstein amassed this power, or who he represented, may never be revealed, but it is clear that the "conspiracy theory" of a deep state has been clearly been revealed to be true.  

It explains why every president, regardless of party, adopts the same foreign policy of death destruction and chaos voiced by Epstein in some emails. Trump has been the only presidential candidate that voiced the policy of changing that direction, yet we witness daily the pressure and attempts to insure he does not stray from policies of the past. Policies that have set the country on a path of economic and political destruction. One must suspect that either he has been compromised or he will be eliminated if he doesn't produce the results envisioned by those who really run this country. I suspect that many of these coconspirators with Epstein are still active and powerfully moving their agenda. 

Some still have hope, that all this is still slowly being revealed and ultimately it will all come to light. Some still believe that a change of political parties in power will set the country on the road to renewal. Both parties, ultimately are controlled by those same people or organizations.   It seems they play a tag team with domestic policy, but in big issues they all are identical.

Nothing will change until this power structure is destroyed and leaders truly represent the citizens, rather than powers in high places.

 

Time for U.S. to focus on the Homeland.

 A STRONG AND UNITED HOME, CRITICAL FOR SUCCESS

POLICING THE WORLD, WHILE THE HOUSE BURNS DOWN

It has been a pattern for U.S. presidents that they invariably get bogged down in interventions and entanglements in many diverse places, while the domestic situation disintegrates. For decades this country has allowed its manufacturing base to deteriorate, its fiscal situation become unsustainable and has continued to focus on managing the rest of the world. A world, for the most part that seems to be managing itself more successfully, often in spite of U.S. interventions. 

With a debt near $39 trillion, often as result of these interventions and meddling, a manufacturing sector that is now only 10% of GDP, 750 military bases around the world and a proposed increase in the military budget of 50% to $1.5 trillion. A deficit that is 26% of the 2026 budget. That translates that over 1/4 of the spending this year will be financed by borrowing. Yet if you listen to the debates in congress it is mostly about how much more money we need to spend to protect the U.S. from all those adversaries plotting our destruction. We do not need any adversaries, we are furthering out destruction very well on our own.

It seems some believe we can make our situation better by attempting to weaken or destroy our adversaries whether economic or political. Is prosperity now a relative thing, as long as others are worse off, we are better off. That mentality is not how America became a great nation. Do we need to break the leg of our opponents in the hope of winning the economic race. Everyone will end up poorer.

There was hope of focusing on the western hemisphere as a region of mutual prosperity, were all would cooperate in an effort for mutual betterment, that hope has morphed into some perverted effort at neo colonialism, were the U.S. will prosper at the expense of its neighbors by military force if necessary. A losing proposition, all will become poorer and will demonstrate to the rest of the world that doing business with China and others is more in their interest. Much of the rest of the world does have a vision of mutual prosperity, not, lets knock everyone else

down so we will look prosperous.

Then there is the effort to force the continued use of the dollar as the reserve currency. An insane effort, the dollar became the reserve currency because it was considered "as good as gold", which is no longer the case. Indications are, and the word takes notice, there is no effort in congress or the executive to resuscitate the dollar from it imminent death, just a lot of threats and innovative financial schemes.

It is becoming more obvious by the day that the country is torn in many directions by those who want to sow death, destruction and chaos in the hope of reaping  some perverted profit. Are we now focusing our manufacturing on producing arms in the hope that they can all ultimately go up in flames and require more of the same. Is that what this country has become?

If this country is to survive there needs to be national reevaluation, how can we get our house in order? How can we again be a example to the rest of the world? An example in a positive image, rather than what no one should want to become.

 

Peace negotiations will have no result.

THERE IS NO CREDIBILITY LEFT

ALL ABOUT HOPING FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE

We were all in anticipation that a new administration would have a point of view that could make for serious changes in U.S. foreign policy. After one year, we now see that no new policies are possible in U.S. foreign policy. What is possible is that U.S. foreign policy will only change when it can no longer function economically and even militarily. That time is coming and it is understood by those on the other side of these negotiations, better than the American people.

U.S. foreign policy has not changed in any way, it is till the belief that the U.S. is the center of world and everything needs to revolve around its interests. Negotiations are only used when it is hoped to either deceive the other party or gain time to pursue other paths to supremacy. 

The latest is the ongoing negotiations between Iran and the United States. Only a agreement that would end the sovereignty of Iran and allow them to be disarmed would be acceptable. What is desired is what has been know as the Libyan or Ghadaffy plan. Promise that all one has to do to be an acceptable member of world society is give up your weapons and all will be well, then proceed to destroy the country and leave it in a state of chaos and destruction. It seems the world is now wise to this scheme and no longer bites at this ruse. Much of the world has already understood that western non government agencies, all mostly CIA fronts, intent on creating division and chaos from the inside. The only reason war has not begun is that Iran has acquired enough defensive missiles to make war very costly both to the United States and Israel. If those missiles are eliminated or easily protected from, war would ensue quickly. It has also become a practice in negotiations with the U.S. that one can expect attempts at assassinations of negotiators and leaders while negotiations are on going. That has happened in both negotiations with Iran and Russia. The world has witnessed these practices and now understand the situation.

Middle east countries many who have been allies of the United States now understand that if Iran falls they may be next on the menu. Concerns are now being floated that Saudi Arabia may have nuclear weapons and that Turkey could be a threat to Israel. It is reported that talks are beginning between these countries of a unified defensive origination, similar to NATO. A natural result of the endless conflict in the region.

While I expect that most Americans believe that all is fair in war and conflict, it will in the long run fully destroy any trust that is the basis for any meaningful negotiations, whether political or economic.

While many in Washington believe that they can prevail in global relations, the other side understands that they do not have to defeat the U.S. militarily, they just need to run out the clock and the country will continue to self destruct economically, and eventually militarily. The U.S. has expended itself on attempting to rule the world and will continue to do so until it no longer can. 

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Lots of Epstein dialogue, but no revelations.

 NOT ONE INSIDER HAS DARED TO SPILL THE BEANS

IT APPEARS THE POWER BEHIND EPSTEIN IS STILL POWERFUL

We continuously hear debates and email snippets about what was going on with Epstein's empire of global elite leaders. We understand that most all the leaders in politics, science and finance had connections with Epstein. Most of the scrutiny is focused on young women and sex, but little is focused on what was this empire and what was its purpose?. Many assume blackmail, but not one person, in all these years has admitted to being compromised by Epstein. While we hear of accusations of rape etc., it seems that the victims consented to what was going on. While we hear much about under age, I have yet to see a list of the ages of these victims, of course without their identities. 

There are strong indications that Epstein and Maxwell had connections to numerous intelligence organizations, mostly Mossad and Mi6, it can only be assumed that the CIA and FBI knew what was going on with Epstein.

What is becoming obvious is that all the participants were willing and enthusiastic participants and not one has ever yet conveyed their personnel experiences and interactions with this elite Club. What did they gain by this networking? Why were they there? We are being distracted by the allegations that all this was about sex, I suspect that the powers behind Epstein still retain that power and most likely the networking is still going on, but much more descreatly.

We have yet to hear from the technicians who operated all the video and audio equipment.  It seems the only testimony is by women who were used as entertainment for these meetings. No one, as far as I have heard, has revealed what  these meetings were about and of course who financed all this.  Then we hear the feeble attempt to claim it was financed by Russian intelligence, another weak attempt at discraction. 

I suspect that we are being entertained by a dog and pony show about sex, always something that will captivate the interest of the masses. I doubt that there any serious attempts, even by those who claim to be the maverick investigators, to ever reveal what was and still is the workings of this elite club of global leaders.