THE IRRATIONAL GEOPOLITICAL EXUBERANCE OF THE LEFT

 

By

Doug Krieger

 

I really had a hard time coming up with the title of this piece—but after reading Information Clearing House’s Paul Craig Roberts’ tome entitled:  From superpower to Tinhorn Dictatorship – and the calamitous conjectures coming out of the Econo-Libertarians of Europe - the choice was so obvious that to contrive any other entitlement was ludicrous!

 

The American Left and the Econo-Libertarians of Europe – and, for certain, the English-speaking West (especially, the UK and Canadian Left) have exceeded the bounds of geo-political reality that once won them intellectual respect and admiration for courage under fire.  Unfortunately, an horrific disconnect has seized upon them.  The Left-Econo-Libertarians’ perceptions in surmising that Bush et al are somehow incapable of enhancing the underpinnings of the American Commercial Empire in light of Iran’s Euro-Oil-Bourse and the propping up of the dollar on a world-wide scale a la the IMF, the WTO, the World Bank and multiple “Free Trade Zones” is just plain wrong, bordering on intellectual dishonesty and economic distortions.  One ponders the thought—the Left Wing and Econo-Libertarians have an agenda that so skews the economic-political landscape, distorting the normal, clear-thinking and unprejudiced mind, that it may actually border on Michael Savage’s hyperbole:  Liberalism is a disease!

 

Who do the Left and Econo-Libertarians think they’re kidding:  Surely not the world’s foremost economic empire ever to countenance the globe?  What in the name of all rational thought do they who aspire to a more profound sense of intellect think they’re dealing with—some befuddled Texan who can’t pronounce “NUCLEAR?”  Incredible—they surmise that America, and for that matter, everyone else involved in the “dollar charade”—somehow possess the awful notion of letting this mirage, perpetrated upon the global economy, dissolve into obscurity. 

 

The American Left and the Econo-Libertarians are loosing their discernment when it comes to America’s ability to not only keep the status quo—but to enhance her global economic empire no matter what the Iranians, the North Koreans, Al Qaeda, the Russians, the Euro, Chavez-Fidel, or whoever-whatever else would dare frustrate the world’s only super power:  In sum:  The Left and Econo-Libertarians have lost their scruples when it comes to figuring out the hegemon’s dominance upon the world’s economy!

 

THE WISHFUL THINKING OF AMERICA’S LEFT:

 

Let’s take a look at the Left’s miscalculations:

 

“The collapsing power of the US hegemon is everywhere evident.  It is evident in the inability to successfully occupy Iraq or even Baghdad.  It is evident in the growing military cooperation between North and South Korea, and it is evident it (sic “in”) the revolt in the Indian government against Prime Minister Singh’s nuclear agreement with the US.  Indians say this agreement subjects India to US hegemony and represents America’ attempt to block India’s pioneering research on thorium as a nuclear fuel.  Opposition parties have told Singh that if he signs the agreement, they will bring down his government.

 

“The entire world now recognizes that America has lost its economic power and is dependent on the rest of the world to finance its budget and trade deficits.  The US no longer holds the cards.  American real incomes are falling, except for the rich.  Jobs for university graduates are scarce, and advanced technology products must be imported from China.  The US is a rapidly declining power and may soon end up as nothing but a tinhorn dictatorship.” (Paul Craig Roberts, ICH, 02/027/06—News You Won’t Find on CNN—and, again, I can see why!) (My emphasis.)

 

Dangerous—just plain dangerous—bordering on tragic misperception; these are the conclusions of the Left.  Briefly, as I speak, Bush is in India (March 1, 2006) celebrating trade between the two nations at $50B yearly by 2009!  American popularity in India is off the charts (Pew Poll @ 71% favorable rating—highest in the world!).  Furthermore, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and SAFTA (South Asian Free Trade Area)–spearheaded by American free traders is deeply entrenched in the economic psyche of the region (google scores of SAARC & SAFTA sites!).  Yet, the Left is determined to isolate America from the public square . . . this borders on the disingenuous . . .

 

“By invading Afghanistan and Iraq and by threatening Syria and Iran, Bush has taught Muslims everywhere that they owe their humiliation to the Western controlled secular governments that suppress their aspirations.  They are realizing that their power resides in Islam and that this power is suppressed by secular governments.  Busharraf (a.k.a., America’s Pakistani puppet, President Musharraf) is probably dead meat, and when he goes so does the US military adventure in Afghanistan.” (Ibid. Paul Craig Roberts)

 

ECONO-LIBERTARIANS—BUY GOLD NOW!

 

The “Newropeans” (Laboratoire européen d’Anticipation Politique Europe 2020 (LEAP/E2020)) solidify the analysis of the “Econo-Libertarians” by heightening our suspicions that “Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.”  Here’s how they enrage the enormity of the pending collapse of the dollar and ipso facto the Commercial Empire.

 

“(LEAP) now estimates (that) over 80% the probability that the week of March 20-26, 2006 will be the beginning of the most significant political crisis the world has known since the Fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 (i.e., the Iran Oil Bourse—dump the dollar for the Euro), together with an economic and financial crisis of a scope comparable with that of 1929.  This last week of March 2006 will be the turning-point of a number of critical developments, resulting in an acceleration of all the factors leading to a major crisis, disregard any American or Israeli military intervention against Iran.  In case such an intervention is conducted, the probability of a major crisis to start rises up to 100%, according to LEAP/E2020.” (Newropeans Magazine, LEAP/E2020, Saturday, 25 February 2006 – Iran-USA, beginning of a major world crisis).

 

Also, coupled with dumping the hegemonic dollar—the world addiction to the USA-fiat currency—“there is the decision of the American Federal Reserve to stop publishing M3 figures (the most reliable indicator on the amount of dollars circulating in the world) from March 23, 2006 onward.” (Ibid., LEAP/E2020, 25 Feb. 2006)

 

Oft times deception is shrouded in truth—likewise the decoded conclusions can be reached once faulty presuppositions are embraced—though they appear within the confines of rationality . . . the truth is, they aren’t:

 

“Iran’s opening of an Oil Bourse priced in Euros at the end of March 2006 will be the end of the monopoly of the Dollar on the global oil market.  The immediate result is likely to upset the international currency market as producing countries will be able to charge their production in Euros also.  In parallel, European countries in particular will be able to buy oil directly in their own currency without going through the Dollar.  Concretely speaking, in both cases this means that a lesser number of economic actors will need a lesser number of Dollars.  This double development will thus head to the same direction, i.e., a very significant reduction of the importance of the Dollar as the international reserve currency, and therefore a significant and sustainable weakening of the American currency, in particular compared to the Euro.  The most conservative evaluations give C1 to $1,30 US Dollar by the end of 2006. But if the crisis reaches the scope anticipated by LEAP/E2020, estimates of C1 for $1,70 in 2007 are no longer unrealistic.” (Ibid. LEAP/E2020, 25 Feb. 2006)

 

And, “decoding” the impact of the “End of publication of the M3 macro-economic indicator” the European Econo-Libertarians suggest:

 

“(It) will have as a consequence to lose transparency on the evolution of the amount of Dollars in circulation worldwide . . . For some months already, M3 has significantly increased (indicating that “money printing” has already speeded up in Washington), knowing that the new President of the US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, is a self-acknowledged fan of ‘money printing.’  Considering that strong fall of the Dollar would probably result in a massive sale of the US Treasury Bonds held in Asia, in Europe and in the oil-producing countries, LEAP/E2020 estimates that the American decision to stop publishing M3 aims at hiding as long as possible two US decisions, partly imposed by the political and economic choices made these last years.” (Ibid. LEAP/E2020, Feb. 25, 2006)

 

Now, let’s have Europe’s Econo-Libertarians “decode” “The military intervention against Iran” by the USA et al:

 

“Iran holds some significant geo-strategic assets in the current crisis, such as its ability to intervene easily and with a major impact on the oil provisioning of Asia and Europe (by blocking the Strait of Ormuz (i.e., “Hormuz”), on the conflicts in progress in Iraq and Afghanistan, not to mention the possible recourse to international terrorism.  But besides these aspects, the growing distrust towards Washington creates a particularly problematic situation.  Far from calming both Asian and European fears concerning the accession of Iran to the statute of nuclear power, a military intervention against Iran would result in an (sic, “a”) quasi-immediate dissociation of the European public opinions which, in a context where Washington has lost its credibility in handling properly this type of case since the invasion of Iraq, will prevent the European governments from making anything else than follow their public opinions.  In parallel, the rising cost of oil which would follow such an intervention will lead Asian countries, China first and foremost, to oppose this option, thus forcing the United States (or Israel) to intervene on their own, without UN guarantee, therefore adding a severe military and diplomatic crisis to the economic and financial crisis.” (Ibid.)

 

These surmisings simply cannot exonerate the fabrication of the impact regarding the dollar’s pending demise and its anticipated economic collapse upon the American hegemonic commercial empire:

 

“LEAP/E2020 (i.e., the French-American-British Libertarian Right) anticipates that these two non-official decisions will involve the United States and the world in a monetary, financial, and soon economic crisis without precedent on a planetary scale.  The ‘monetarization’ of the US debt is indeed a very technical term describing a catastrophically simple reality:  the United States undertake not to refund their debt, or more exactly to refund it in ‘monkey currency.’  LEAP/E2020 also anticipate that the process will accelerate at the end of March, in coincidence with the launching of the Iranian Oil Bourse, which can only precipitate the sales of US Treasury bonds by their non-American holders.” (Ibid.)

 

Now, the reason for all this aforementioned economic implosion:

 

“For private individuals, the choice is clear:  the US Dollar no longer is a ‘refuge’ currency.  The rising-cost of gold over the last year shows that many people have already anticipated this trend of the US currency . . . At this stage, only a direct and immediate action on the part of the US administration aimed at preventing a military confrontation with Iran on the one hand, and at giving up the idea to monetarize the US foreign debt on the other hand, could change the course of events.  For LEAP/E2020 it is obvious that not only such actions will not be initiated by the current leaders in Washington, but that on the contrary they have already chosen ‘to force the destiny’ by shirking their economic and financial problems at the expense of the rest of the world.  European governments in particular should draw very quickly all the conclusions from this fact” (i.e., BUY GOLD!) (Ibid.)

 

You bought the bridge; the Katrina landfall bayou; the California Adjustable Rate Mortgage home for $450,000 (sold to you the non-qualified buyer); and now this:  BUY GOLD! 

 

THAT WHICH YOU FEARED THE MOST HAS COME UPON YOU!

 

Listen, if for one minute you buy the line of the Left and their Buy-Gold Econo-Libertarian buds—then, after buying Gold Futures, I’ll sell you some Oil Futures! Let me humbly disabuse you of the following misrepresentations:  America’s military power is on the decline—America’s fiat currency is about to be dethroned as the choice of world currency—Iran has taken the initiative—Islam is unstoppable—America’s puppets are about to be sacked—Iran is about to block the Strait of Hormuz—America really cares how the Europeans feel about us—America cares how China and India feel about us (in the long or short run)—the “merchants of the earth” can’t wait to trade in Euros—buy gold and oil futures—America’s economic hegemony is on the decline—America is threatened by the likes of the tinhorn “populists” like Venezuela’s Chavez, North Korea’s Kim Jong II, and Iran’s new Hitler-Ayatollah, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

 

Frankly, Scarlet, America doesn’t give a hoot what the world public opinion thinks about us—NOT ONE WIT!  Furthermore, the Federal Reserve, World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) has absolutely no intention of allowing the ALMIGHTY DOLLAR to be sunk by the likes of Iran’s Oil Bourse (a word we scarcely know how to pronounce!); nor does the invincible military-industrial complex—nor the merchants of the “Free World” who get a free ride from her protection—countenance any such diminishing.

 

About the only thing that the Left-Econo-Libertarians have straight is the coming war against Iran—THAT’S A GIVEN!  Insofar as blocking the Straight of Hormuz:  FORGET IT!!  Likewise, if you think for one second that the American military—now outspending the entire planet (all nations combined) in military/security spending—is somehow going to still away in the Arabian night a la a Viet-Nam-resembling debacle—forget that one too!

 

You see, as much as the American-British-Canadian Left and their Econo-Libertarian buds hate these globalists—you know, the fat cats of the CORPTOCRACY (where the rich get richer and the poor just get mad, not even)—these same corporate hogs have no intention of sharing the marbles with another—NONE!  They’ve been made rich—exceedingly rich—from trading with Babylon—they have utterly no intention of acquiescing to a bunch of radical-medieval absolutists who, on a dime, blow themselves up, awakening to 70+ virgins in glory!

 

No, no, no—welcome to Michael Moore’s Jesus Land (where Red States stretch from shore to shore with a sliver of blue on her shining shores)—here, unbeknownst to the unsuspecting, rank globalism abounds.  It is here where the United Arab Emirates have been approved, by virtually the entire Presidential Cabinet.  You’re witnessing the take over of America’s ports as a quid pro quo for:  The Middle East Free Trade Area (MEFTA – or as we say out here on the Left Coast:  MIFFED—as when you’re ticked off . . . as in NAFTA, FTAA, SAFTA, ad nausea, ad infinitum)

 

“‘Leaders in the region speak of a new Arab charter that champions internal reform, greater political participation, economic openness, and free trade.’  President George W. Bush, American Enterprise Institute, February 27, 2003.” (Office of the United States Trade Representative, Feb., 2003)

 

You betcha’, the Almighty Dollar, buttressed by the Romanesque-US military, is predictably destined by the beclouded instincts of the American Left and their Econo-Libertarian buy-gold-future pundits, to precipitously cave—by allowing the Radical-Islamic steamroller to drive them out of business. Sad, a steady diet of Michael Moore and Nome Chomsky has made the Left infatuated with irrational geopolitical exuberance.  The world has NOT changed—it’s only gotten more disparate when it comes to wealth . . . that the Left can fathom!

 

“In May 2003, the President proposed a plan of graduated steps for Middle Eastern nations to increase trade and investment with the United States and others in the world economy. The first step is to work closely with peaceful nations that want to become members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in order to expedite their accession. As these countries implement domestic reform agendas, institute the rule of law, protect property rights (including intellectual property), and create a foundation for openness and economic growth, the United States will take a series of graduated steps with countries in the region tailored to their level of development.  The U.S. will expand and deepen economic ties through Trade and Investment Framework Agreements (TIFAs), Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs), and comprehensive Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), and will enhance the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program for eligible countries.” (Ibid. Office of the United States Trade Representative)

How far do you think this thing has gone—and how in the world do you think the likes of the Senator Charles Schumer et al types are ever going to stop the real juggernaut of American economic hegemony and the globalism of the WTO, World Bank, IMF from stopping this transaction?  Forget it—they’re all in bed with America’s military-industrial-globalistic-complex in the first place!

 

Watch how quickly America’s World Trade Organization (WTO) is bringing about “Accession” amongst MEFTA:

 

Working on accession to the World Trade Organization with:

·         Lebanon

·         Algeria

·         Yemen

Robust Trade and Investment Framework Action Plans (TIFAs)

 

TIFAs promote the establishment of legal protections for investors, improvements in intellectual property protection, more transparent and efficient customs procedures, and greater transparency in government and commercial regulations.  TIFAs in place:

 

·         Algeria

·         Egypt

·         Kuwait

·         Qatar

·         Saudi Arabia

·         Tunisia

·         Yemen

 

Free Trade Agreements

 

·         U.S.-Israel Free Trade Agreement (in force)

·         U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (in force)

·         U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (in force)

·         U.S.-Bahrain FTA:  signed September 2004, entry into force in 2006

·         U.S.-Oman FTA: negotiations concluded September 2005

·         U.S.-UAE FTA: launched negotiations March 2005

(Source:  Office of the United States Trade Representative, Feb. 2003—and that’s three years ago!)

 

ALL HAIL THE DOLLAR – PAX AMERICANA!

 

The prophetic proclamations of the America Left and Euro-Econo-Libertarians are about to be swept away into the trash bin of bogus historical conjecture.  You see, the whole earth has become addicted to the dollar—everyone, especially the Hollywood Left and the likes of George Soros and the hilarities of Air America et al—ALL OF WHOM DRINK AT THE TROUGH OF HER DELACACIES—simply and oft times hypocritically cast their pearls before this behemoth of a pig, as if their prognostications make any difference!

 

Iran is about to be CRUSHED!  The dollar is about to be exalted!  NO ONE CAN BUY NOR SELL WITHOUT THIS MARK!  The age has turned . . . the hoof beats of the Apocalypse can be heard for those who wish to hear . . . and for those who don’t get the picture, who still hold out hope for a planet careening out of control . . . remember, it is but for a time that this fulfillment will transcend this earthly clod—but WOE TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH (Revelation 12:12) . . . for . . .

 

 

“He shall enter the countries, overwhelm them, and pass through . . . he shall also enter the Glorious Land, and many countries shall be overthrown . . . he shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape . . . he shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow at his heels . . . but news from the east and the north shall trouble him; therefore he shall go out with great fury to destroy and annihilate many . . . so they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, ‘Who is like the beast?  Who is able to make war with him?’” (Daniel 11:40a-44; Revelation 13:4).

 

Lest we despair …

 

“Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing?  The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His Messiah, saying, ‘Let us break Their bonds in pieces and cast away Their cords from us.’  He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall hold them in derision.  Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, and distress them in His deep displeasure:  ‘Yet I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion.’ ‘I will declare the decree:  The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, today I have begotten You.  Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession.  You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.”  Now therefore, be wise, O kings; be instructed, you judges of the earth.  Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.  Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish in the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little.  Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him” (Psalm 2).