Undermining Trump-Bolton War Narrative, British General Says No Evidence of 'Increased Threat' From Iran
"Intelligence and military officials in Europe as well as in the United States said that over the past year, most aggressive moves have originated not in Tehran, but in Washington."
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Iran has been on the list for a long time. I'm not just talking about the 50s, but even a few years before the 9/11 era they have been on the list. A lot of people don't know about this stuff so they don't connect the dots with everything going on.
This is an excerpt from "Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil" by Michael Ruppert which quotes from the book "The Grand Chessboard" by Zbigniew Brzezinski (Former National Security Advisor) (Mika from MSNBC's show "Morning Joe" is his daughter). The Grand Chessboard was published in 1997:
It was in Russia’s backyard, the central Asian republics of the old Soviet Union,
where Brzezinski saw that the move would have to be made. The history of
mankind had always shown that controlling the heart of Eurasia was the key to
controlling the entire globe. Though motives had changed over 20 centuries, this
area’s strategic importance remained essentially the same. Brzezinski spelled out the
compelling issue driving American policy:
A power that dominates Eurasia would control two of the world’s
three most advanced and economically productive regions. A mere
glance at the map also suggests that control over Eurasia would almost
automatically entail Africa’s subordination, rendering the Western
Hemisphere and Oceania [Australia] geopolitically peripheral to the
world’s central continent. About 75 percent of the world’s people live
in Eurasia, and most of the world’s physical wealth is there as well,
both in its enterprises and underneath its soil. Eurasia accounts for 60
percent of the world’s GNP and about three-fourths of the world’s
known energy resources.7
The energy theme appeared again later.
The world’s energy consumption is bound to vastly increase over the
next two or three decades. Estimates by the US Department of Energy
84 crossing the rubicon
anticipate that world demand will rise by more than 50 percent
between 1993 and 2015, with the most significant increase in consumption
occurring in the Far East. The momentum of Asia’s
economic development is already generating massive pressures for the
exploration and exploitation of new sources of energy.8
With the Middle East safely but quietly included in his dissertation, Brzezinski
again stressed the energy importance of Eurasia, particularly for the critical goal of
diversification of energy supplies:
Moreover, they [the Central Asian Republics] are of importance from
the standpoint of security and historical ambitions to at least three of
their most immediate and more powerful neighbors, namely Russia,
Turkey, and Iran, with China also signaling an increasing political
interest in the region. But the Eurasian Balkans are infinitely more
important as a potential economic prize: an enormous concentration
of natural gas and oil reserves is located in the region, in addition to
important minerals, including gold.9
As for Russia, the imperative was clear:
Understandably, the immediate task has to be to reduce the probability
of political anarchy or a reversion to a hostile dictatorship in a
crumbling state still possessing a nuclear arsenal. But the long-range
task remains: how to encourage Russia’s democratic transformation
and economic recovery while avoiding the reemergence of a Eurasian
empire that could obstruct the American Geostrategic goal…10
But in the meantime, it is imperative that no Eurasian challenger
[i.e., Russia] emerges, capable of dominating Eurasia and thus of
also challenging America. The formulation of a comprehensive and
integrated Eurasian geostrategy is therefore the purpose of this
book.11
where Brzezinski saw that the move would have to be made. The history of
mankind had always shown that controlling the heart of Eurasia was the key to
controlling the entire globe. Though motives had changed over 20 centuries, this
area’s strategic importance remained essentially the same. Brzezinski spelled out the
compelling issue driving American policy:
A power that dominates Eurasia would control two of the world’s
three most advanced and economically productive regions. A mere
glance at the map also suggests that control over Eurasia would almost
automatically entail Africa’s subordination, rendering the Western
Hemisphere and Oceania [Australia] geopolitically peripheral to the
world’s central continent. About 75 percent of the world’s people live
in Eurasia, and most of the world’s physical wealth is there as well,
both in its enterprises and underneath its soil. Eurasia accounts for 60
percent of the world’s GNP and about three-fourths of the world’s
known energy resources.7
The energy theme appeared again later.
The world’s energy consumption is bound to vastly increase over the
next two or three decades. Estimates by the US Department of Energy
84 crossing the rubicon
anticipate that world demand will rise by more than 50 percent
between 1993 and 2015, with the most significant increase in consumption
occurring in the Far East. The momentum of Asia’s
economic development is already generating massive pressures for the
exploration and exploitation of new sources of energy.8
With the Middle East safely but quietly included in his dissertation, Brzezinski
again stressed the energy importance of Eurasia, particularly for the critical goal of
diversification of energy supplies:
Moreover, they [the Central Asian Republics] are of importance from
the standpoint of security and historical ambitions to at least three of
their most immediate and more powerful neighbors, namely Russia,
Turkey, and Iran, with China also signaling an increasing political
interest in the region. But the Eurasian Balkans are infinitely more
important as a potential economic prize: an enormous concentration
of natural gas and oil reserves is located in the region, in addition to
important minerals, including gold.9
As for Russia, the imperative was clear:
Understandably, the immediate task has to be to reduce the probability
of political anarchy or a reversion to a hostile dictatorship in a
crumbling state still possessing a nuclear arsenal. But the long-range
task remains: how to encourage Russia’s democratic transformation
and economic recovery while avoiding the reemergence of a Eurasian
empire that could obstruct the American Geostrategic goal…10
But in the meantime, it is imperative that no Eurasian challenger
[i.e., Russia] emerges, capable of dominating Eurasia and thus of
also challenging America. The formulation of a comprehensive and
integrated Eurasian geostrategy is therefore the purpose of this
book.11
If anyone here wants a copy of Crossing The Rubicon, I have the PDF. It also talks about the U.S.'s role in 9/11. It only deals with facts and no unprovable theories.
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America will likely stand alone if trump and bolton decide to invade Iran.
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