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“Whatever may be the case during election after election Americans consistently vote for less war and each time around they get more wars.” ~ The Saker, “Living with ZOG (Zionist Occupation Government) :-)”
“Not only did the US military complex (MIC) bloat beyond any reasonable size, it also cloaked itself in so many layers of secrecy that massive corruption became inevitable. And when I speak of “massive corruption, I am not talking about millions but billions or even trillions. How? Simple – the Pentagon claimed it did not have the accounting tools needed to properly account for the missing money and that money was therefore not really “missing.” Another trick – no bid contracts. Or contracts which cover all the private contractor’s costs, no matter how high or ridiculous. Desert Storm was a bonanza for the MIC, as was 911 and the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). Billions of dollars got printed out of thin air, distributed (mostly under the cover of national security), hidden (secrecy) and stolen (by everybody in this entire food chain).” ~ The Saker, “The Empire Should be Placed on Suicide Watch”
By Catherine Austin Fitts
This week on The Solari Report, The Saker joins me on our quarterly Emerging Multipolar World to discuss his new book The Essential Saker II: Civilizational Choices and Geopolitics: The Russian challenge to the Hegemony of the AngloZionist Empire.
We have a long list of topics to discuss:
Domestic:
I. Growing power of the Neocons and their relationship to the Israeli and war lobbies.
II. FISA Memo distraction and the inability of the Washington establishment to find any evidence that the Russians interfered with the US elections.
III. Purges in Hollywood and the media: are the US elites fighting each other and, if yes, why?Global:
I. New national defense strategies published by President Trump and Secretary Mattis – and what they mean to the balance of power between the US, Russia, China and, in President Trump’s words in the State of the Union, ” anyone else.” The impact of proposed increases in the defense budget – in the State of the Union President Trump embraced a $1.5 trillion upgrade of the nuclear arsenal and Secretary Mattis proposed a $50 billion increase in his subsequent speech at the Greenbriar retreat on top of the $59 billion increase in the current defense authorization.
II. The war lobby makes money persuading nations to prepare for war. Can anyone really benefit from a war?
III. What’s ahead for US relations with Iran, North Korea and Russia.Middle East:
I. Collapse of the US ‘plan D’ in the Syrian Kurdistan as a sign of a weakened Empire
II. Attacks on Russians in Syria and the downed SU-25: is Russia in trouble in Syria?Russia:
I. Political impact on the proposed latest US sanctions against Russian corporations and individuals
II. Presidential election in Russia – does it matter and why?
III. Risks of a fullscale Ukrainian attack on the Donbass this Spring/Summer
In Money & Markets this week I will discuss the latest in financial and geopolitical news. Email or post your questions for Ask Catherine.
In Let’s Go to the Movies, I will review The Americans, the long-standing TV series about two KGB spies living in Nothern Virginia across from an FBI counterintelligence agent..
Talk to you Thursday!
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Dear Catherine,
You say that the US military is immensely overstretched as it aims to take control of the entire planet, and you also say that what really counts in boots on the ground.
Although this sounds quite true, how does such a policy reconcile with the US having abolished the draft and optied for an all-volunteer military instead?
CA: Easier to maintain both political support and high stock prices if you use corporate contractors and volunteers – and drones and robots.
Under the circumstances, you’d think that the military would like to get as many able (and even not so able) bodied people in their ranks – the more the better – so instituting a volunteer army seems a bit of an odd move to me.
CAF:They were working on proposed draft last year. Don’t know what happened to it. Appears to me that family debt and student loans have been one of the primary recruiting vehicles. I assume debt traps and forgiveness were cheaper politically then a draft – simply buy people with their own money.
What do you think was behind this?
Could it be, as you indicated in your book review of “The Modern Mercenary” by Sean McFate, that the private military industry is also going domestic and that as a result conscripts might have difficulties dealing with that?
CAF: There is no doubt that DOD has spent a fortune using more and more corporate personnel in systems, accounting, overseas war support, black budget, on and on
Could it be that placing significant capacity into private hands (mercenaries) could create a lack of transparency and accountability which might be desirable for a variety of reasons?
CAF:`This appears to be one of the reasons. McFate does a good job of covering the issues.
Could it be that the nature of warfare has changed (eg 4th and 5th generation warfare) so that boots on the ground are not really that essential?
CAF: No – still requires boots on the ground. However, question is whether it can all be automated with drones and robotics. I believe the leadership thinks it can.
Could it be that having conscripts also risks having dissenters who could destabilise the military as happened during the Viet Nam War?
CAF: Increases political volatility and risk
Or could it be some other ideas that I haven’t thought of?
CAF: I am sure there are. With 1 in 36 children autistic and poor nutrition, vaccines etc, it is not clear to me where DOD thinks it will get an army other than robotics.
Andrew
Great Solari report, as usual…
…BUT, it seems in “Audio Chapters” that the file for “Let’s go to the Movies” isn’t there, or doesn’t work.
Crazy biz challenges have kept me really busy… so appreciate the “audio chapters” for those times when there’s “so much to do… so little time”.
Keep up the fabulous work, Catherine!
Apologies, Dave – will fix!
No worries, milady… at your leisure and convenience! 🙂
I appreciate the resources that were dedicated to producing the three Special Solari Reports on understanding the constitutional and statutory framework of federal accounts. This is the kind of nitty gritty research we need.
Terrence:
Appreciate you saying so. I felt it would help serious reporters and researches covering the story as well as help those finding a pathway for citizens reporting. At the same time, it will not be a hit getter until the general population runs out of money.
Catherine
I will renew this month. I agree the web site is not user friendly. I’ll look forward to improvements coming soon. Your discussions are a breath of fresh air. When will Adam Shiff get caught in his connections to pedogate?
Looks like Washington is only telling people to quietly resign. I assume Shiff has air cover from CIA/FBI/DOJ – so the question goes back to who is in control.
It is truly delightful and inspiring to listen to two great minds (Saker and CAF) discuss the need for a spiritual solution to
the Western system that we currently are stuck with. I pray for God’s intervention to wake up the Western nations and transcend
this debt-based/military mindset…to connect with each other through Him.
🙂 – I would love to do a discussion with Saker where we focus on the spiritual and cultural aspects.
Good to hear about improved web site Thanks
I have never seen a website that is more difficult to use than your site. I love your content but it is really hard to find what I want to read or listen to. Sorry, but I have actually tried to join your site before, and finally gave up. It is really a mess. Richard Woodall
Richard:
I agree with you that the website needs significant improvement.
We have been working on a new site for several years and hope to launch in March, with several months to fully build out the earlier content. We believe it will address most of the requests we get from subscribers for an improved subscription and website experience. And we are now set up with the internal team to evolve and improve at much higher speeds.
Catherine
Good to hear! I have to agree with Richard, and look forward to your improved website!
I also agree. the integrity and insightfulness of this content deserves to be showcased correctly. this website looks like it is from the early 2000s
I shall use these comments at our Monday round up to inspire our team to stay on schedule. Appreciate the feedback and your patience!
Curious about: The Memo, Q-anon posts, presidential coups, Congressional train wrecks … Um, I confused!!
What the heck IS going on? Is this just bait taking our attention away from something truly important? Or is this worth looking at?
Can’t WAIT for this week’s interview with The Saker!
Looking forward …. 🙂
Real Caitlan Johnson on the memo – posted at Consortium News and linked from Solari.
Plenty of serious factionalism in Washington.
QAnon is disinfo with some juicy predictive nuggest – goal is to get you to be passive, let them keep the money cause you are happy the good guys are fighting and winning.
If the garbage truck crash was real, someone is reminding Congress to do what they are told – like making the black budget provision in the stopgap funding permanent. Black budget would go legally full out out of control.
Goal – deep state increasing in power, factions fighting as dollars shrink. Same as Joseph and I said in January – reengineering to next phase after financial coup. No change.
Oh yeah … THAT $50+ TRILLION! Funny how Q-anon hasn’t mentioned that.
Guess that I’m always hopeful that these dominoes will lead to some meaningful changes ….Who exactly ARE the Good Guys, anyway? 😉
Thank you, Catherine.