AMERICA FIRST -- RIP: It's Empire First...

[Dschrute3]

Empires don't usually end well. They always fall. The US shouldn't be an exception.


Very interesting article by David Stockman

When the Cold War officially ended in 1991, Washington could have pivoted back to the pre-1914 status quo ante. That is, to a national security policy of America First because there was literally no significant military threat left on the planet.

Post-Soviet Russia was an economic basket case that couldn't even meet its military payroll and was melting down and selling the Red Army's tanks and artillery for scrap. China was just emerging from the Great Helmsman's economic, political and cultural depredations and had embraced Deng Xiaoping proclamation that "to get rich is glorious."

The implications of the Red Army's fiscal demise and China's electing the path of export mercantilism and Red Capitalism were profound.

Russia couldn't invade the American homeland in a million years and China chose the route of flooding America with shoes, sheets, shirts, toys and electronics. So doing, it made the rule of the communist elites in Beijing dependent upon keeping the custom of 4,000 Wal-Marts in America, not bombing them out of existence.

In a word, god's original gift to America -- the great moats of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans -- had again become the essence of its national security...

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[Tom Horn]

Empires don't usually end well. They always fall. The US shouldn't be an exception.


Very interesting article by David Stockman

When the Cold War officially ended in 1991, Washington could have pivoted back to the pre-1914 status quo ante. That is, to a national security policy of America First because there was literally no significant military threat left on the planet.

Post-Soviet Russia was an economic basket case that couldn't even meet its military payroll and was melting down and selling the Red Army's tanks and artillery for scrap. China was just emerging from the Great Helmsman's economic, political and cultural depredations and had embraced Deng Xiaoping proclamation that "to get rich is glorious."

The implications of the Red Army's fiscal demise and China's electing the path of export mercantilism and Red Capitalism were profound.

Russia couldn't invade the American homeland in a million years and China chose the route of flooding America with shoes, sheets, shirts, toys and electronics. So doing, it made the rule of the communist elites in Beijing dependent upon keeping the custom of 4,000 Wal-Marts in America, not bombing them out of existence.

In a word, god's original gift to America -- the great moats of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans -- had again become the essence of its national security...

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America First -- RIP

Russia still had thousands of nuclear-tipped ICBMs, and thanks to Willy Clinton, so did China. Stockman should remember what it took to bankrupt the soviets and how Bush41, Kissinger, Haig, and the rest of their ilk "opened" China to be our new enemy while enriching themselves in the process.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Too much hysteria

 

[Mr Natural]

Russia still had thousands of nuclear-tipped ICBMs, and thanks to Willy Clinton, so did China. Stockman should remember what it took to bankrupt the soviets and how Bush41, Kissinger, Haig, and the rest of their ilk "opened" China to be our new enemy while enriching themselves in the process.

What has China done to become our "new enemy"?

 

[Doc1]

Russia still had thousands of nuclear-tipped ICBMs, and thanks to Willy Clinton, so did China. Stockman should remember what it took to bankrupt the soviets and how Bush41, Kissinger, Haig, and the rest of their ilk "opened" China to be our new enemy while enriching themselves in the process.

What has China done to become our "new enemy"?

Why...nothing. They never STOPPED being our enemy.

 

[BlindBoo]

Empires don't usually end well. They always fall. The US shouldn't be an exception.


Very interesting article by David Stockman

When the Cold War officially ended in 1991, Washington could have pivoted back to the pre-1914 status quo ante. That is, to a national security policy of America First because there was literally no significant military threat left on the planet.

Post-Soviet Russia was an economic basket case that couldn't even meet its military payroll and was melting down and selling the Red Army's tanks and artillery for scrap. China was just emerging from the Great Helmsman's economic, political and cultural depredations and had embraced Deng Xiaoping proclamation that "to get rich is glorious."

The implications of the Red Army's fiscal demise and China's electing the path of export mercantilism and Red Capitalism were profound.

Russia couldn't invade the American homeland in a million years and China chose the route of flooding America with shoes, sheets, shirts, toys and electronics. So doing, it made the rule of the communist elites in Beijing dependent upon keeping the custom of 4,000 Wal-Marts in America, not bombing them out of existence.

In a word, god's original gift to America -- the great moats of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans -- had again become the essence of its national security...

Read More:
America First -- RIP

Russia still had thousands of nuclear-tipped ICBMs, and thanks to Willy Clinton, so did China. Stockman should remember what it took to bankrupt the soviets and how Bush41, Kissinger, Haig, and the rest of their ilk "opened" China to be our new enemy while enriching themselves in the process.

This was written 5 years ago.

Here's a remarkable fact: For the past two decades, 10 percent of all the electricity consumed in the United States has come from Russian nuclear warheads.

It was all part of a deal struck at the end of the Cold War. That deal wraps up today, when the final shipment of fuel arrives at a U.S. facility.

Megatons To Megawatts: Russian Warheads Fuel U.S. Power Plants

"Russia is a totally different place today than it was twenty years ago," Bunn says. "As the Russian government is fond of saying, they're 'no longer on their knees.' "

Still Bunn says this deal will go down in history as one of the greatest diplomatic achievements ever.

"I mean, think about it – 20,000 bombs' worth of nuclear material, destroyed forever," he says. "[Bombs that] will never threaten anybody ever again."

 

[Mr Natural]

Why...nothing. They never STOPPED being our enemy.

They buy our debt and provide our corporations with cheap labor.

How is that an enemy?

 

[Tom Horn]

What has China done to become our "new enemy"?

Hacked every tech company we have, stolen the plans for our most advanced weapons systems, stolen thousands of trade secrets as a requirement to have goods produced there, attempted to take over the S. China Sea by dumping cement on top of atolls and building military bases on them and then restricting our access to trading partners by intimidation. Providing N.Korea most of the materials they used to create a nuclear weapons industry and then violating sanctions the agreed to by sailing 3rd nation ships with contraband into NK harbors. Is the picture getting a little clearer now, skinhead?

 

[Mr Natural]

Hacked every tech company we have, stolen the plans for our most advanced weapons systems, stolen thousands of trade secrets as a requirement to have goods produced there, attempted to take over the S. China Sea by dumping cement on top of atolls and building military bases on them and then restricting our access to trading partners by intimidation. Providing N.Korea most of the materials they used to create a nuclear weapons industry and then violating sanctions the agreed to by sailing 3rd nation ships with contraband into NK harbors. Is the picture getting a little clearer now, skinhead?

A small price to pay for cheap labor.

 

[Tom Horn]

A small price to pay for cheap labor.

I knew you were a waste of time....welcome to ignore.

 

[Mr Natural]

A small price to pay for cheap labor.

I knew you were a waste of time....welcome to ignore.

Mission Accomplished!

 

[Dschrute3]

Empires don't usually end well. They always fall. The US shouldn't be an exception.


Very interesting article by David Stockman

When the Cold War officially ended in 1991, Washington could have pivoted back to the pre-1914 status quo ante. That is, to a national security policy of America First because there was literally no significant military threat left on the planet.

Post-Soviet Russia was an economic basket case that couldn't even meet its military payroll and was melting down and selling the Red Army's tanks and artillery for scrap. China was just emerging from the Great Helmsman's economic, political and cultural depredations and had embraced Deng Xiaoping proclamation that "to get rich is glorious."

The implications of the Red Army's fiscal demise and China's electing the path of export mercantilism and Red Capitalism were profound.

Russia couldn't invade the American homeland in a million years and China chose the route of flooding America with shoes, sheets, shirts, toys and electronics. So doing, it made the rule of the communist elites in Beijing dependent upon keeping the custom of 4,000 Wal-Marts in America, not bombing them out of existence.

In a word, god's original gift to America -- the great moats of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans -- had again become the essence of its national security...

Read More:
America First -- RIP

Russia still had thousands of nuclear-tipped ICBMs, and thanks to Willy Clinton, so did China. Stockman should remember what it took to bankrupt the soviets and how Bush41, Kissinger, Haig, and the rest of their ilk "opened" China to be our new enemy while enriching themselves in the process.

This was written 5 years ago.

Here's a remarkable fact: For the past two decades, 10 percent of all the electricity consumed in the United States has come from Russian nuclear warheads.

It was all part of a deal struck at the end of the Cold War. That deal wraps up today, when the final shipment of fuel arrives at a U.S. facility.

Megatons To Megawatts: Russian Warheads Fuel U.S. Power Plants

"Russia is a totally different place today than it was twenty years ago," Bunn says. "As the Russian government is fond of saying, they're 'no longer on their knees.' "

Still Bunn says this deal will go down in history as one of the greatest diplomatic achievements ever.

"I mean, think about it – 20,000 bombs' worth of nuclear material, destroyed forever," he says. "[Bombs that] will never threaten anybody ever again."

It's Empire. And all Empires fall. We're headed for disaster. We're already $21 Trillion in Debt and spread too thin around the world. It's at the point where you have to ask, what country 'aren't' we in? Our Founding Fathers warned against it. They knew very well all Empires fall.