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As soon as I read the OP, that is EXACTLY what came to mind.
Coyote believes in the Deep State narrative about the JFK deal and 9/11. If you have been gas-lit to believe lies about deep events, then you can never get to the root of what is behind the reality of what is really moving events.
She needs to go back and read her non-partisan, non-stake holder books on the subject, so that bullshit propaganda about, "conspiracy theory," doesn't cloud her thinking.
History and branches
See political realism for branches and antecedents more relevant to contemporary diplomacy and the particular modern, international relations paradigm.- Sun Tzu, a Chinese military strategist who wrote The Art of War that foreshadowed elements of Realpolitik developed later.
- Thucydides, a Greek historian who wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War and is also cited as an intellectual forebearer of Realpolitik.
- Chanakya (or Kautilya), an early Indian statesman and writer on the Arthashastra.
- Ibn Khaldun, an Arab historiographer, historian and one of the founding fathers of modern historiography, author of Muqaddimah, a universal history of time.
- Han Fei, a Chinese scholar who theorised Legalism (or Legism) and who served in the court of the King of Qin—later unifier of China ending the Warring States period. His theory centres on the Two Handles (about penalty and rewards as tools of governance). He theorised about a neutral, manipulative ruler who would act as head of state while secretly controlling the executive through his ministers—the ones to take real responsibility for any policy.
- Niccolò Machiavelli, an Italian political philosopher who wrote Il Principe (The Prince) in which he held that the sole aim of a prince (politician) was to seek power, regardless of religious or ethical considerations. However, there is scholarly debate about the nature and morality of his advice.
- Cardinal Richelieu, a French statesman who destroyed domestic factionalism and guided France to a position of dominance in foreign affairs.
- Thomas Hobbes, an English philosopher who wrote Leviathan in which he stated the state of nature was prone to a "war of all against all".
- Frederick the Great, a Prussian monarch who transformed Prussia into a great European power through warfare and diplomacy.
- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, a French diplomat who guided France and Europe through a variety of political systems.
- Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, a Koblenz-born Austrian statesman opposed to political revolution.
- Carl von Clausewitz, an 18–19th century Prussian general and military strategist who wrote On War (Vom Kriege).
- Camillo Benso of Cavour, an Italian statesman who diplomatically managed to maneuver the Kingdom of Sardinia to become a new great power in Europe, controlling a nearly united Italy that was five times as large as the Kingdom of Sardinia had been before he came to power.
- Otto von Bismarck, a Prussian statesman who coined the term balance of power. Balancing power means keeping the peace and careful Realpolitik practitioners try to avoid arms races.
- 20th century proponents of political realism include Hans Morgenthau, Henry Kissinger, George F. Kennan, and Charles de Gaulle.
- Mao Zedong's Three Worlds Theory is described as Realpolitik by his critics, including Enver Hoxha, who argue that it was not based on a strong ideological grounding and used only to justify rapport with the West.
Realpolitik - Wikipedia
Some of it stretches back a millennia, and it is REALITY about how humans will do anything to control events.
Any "independent," commission will not comment on the role of the ISI, or even the discussions in the CFR or the Bilderburg meetings, those are covered by Chatham House rules. IOW? Secrecy about these events is, of course, the order of the day amongst the global ruling elites, and there is no "commission," that would ever reveal the "truth."
