1952: Why Russia was never really into U.S. Still sounds familiar. cia.gov/readingroom/do… 
February 2007: "Putin stood in Munich’s Bayerischer Hof for 30 minutes and accused the United States of creating a unipolar world “in which there is one master, one sovereign.” He added, “at the end of the day this is pernicious.” politico.com/news/magazine/…
The enemies of democracy are not just in Russia. "State-sponsored repression has resulted in the UAE now having one of the highest rates of political prisoners per capita anywhere in the world." Arab Spring scared the petro tribes too.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-ua…
An alliance between Frenemies allows petro dictators to work together and against each other to shift the poles of power. As long as they can retain control over oil income. PR plans ensures that they are labeled 'reformers" while killing dissidents. timesofisrael.com/mbs-hard-charg…
The old Western dominated systems don't work for them anymore so why not seize this globally precarious post covid moment to smash them? China and India think it's a great idea to remove the U.S. from control of markets and expansion. wilsoncenter.org/article/saudi-…
It's complicated. MBz runs the kill team for MBS and wants to carve KSA into five parts. MBS wants America to protect it from Iran. Israel wants to sell the weapons for World War III and Biden needs somebody, anybody to stop fucking with the price of gas before Trump returns.
The #1922Plan is a coalition between petrofascists to strike hard fast and weaken the US and European economies until a more pliable ruler can be reinstalled in DC. Trump gave them everything they wanted.
Never let the wolf inside the house. Your "favorite dictators" are just one coup away from being former dictators. Our counter terrorism skills transfer now has become a counter dissident program. Americans were involved in overthrowing nations that displeased them. it gets worse
The #1922Plan is about control and chaos in over 40 nations. From Ukraine to Yemen. Soft and hard power. Back both sides, pull one lever if the other doesn't work. Remove or control political parties. Stop the evolution of inclusive politics and the move away from petroaddiciton
A terrible James Bond script? No it is a pragmatic plan in a world where American support is fickle and feckless. Created by Western consultants and carried out by political operatives. The alliance will survive as long as they keep the aggression hidden and Vlad takes the heat.
Hey..give us some good news. The #1922Plan once exposed will confirm a reoccurring problem for which there are simple solutions. Remove petro fascists from the political equation. Manage the transition of state control over a single resource to a wider healthier outcome. Fantasy?
Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty established the "British Royal Commission on Fuel and Engines" on July 31, 1912 to manage means of supply and storage of Liquid Fuel in peace and war, and its application to warship engines" Back then oil was critical to world peace.
In 1922 (get it?) the Trucial Sheikhs aka UAE etc, agreed that they would not sign contracts for oil concessions with any company without the consent of the British Government. They hadn't even discovered oil yet but Britain knew the importance of access to oil..worldwide.
Trivia: Cousteau helped find the oil in the region. Soon illiterate Shakbut bin Al Nahyan then ruler of Abu Dhabi was lectured by the British to spend the oil riches on his people. Why? he answered. They would only want more. He kept some of it under his bed.
Exasperated, the British finally turfed Shakhbut on August 6 1966. The British-supplied mercenaries in the Trucial Oman Scouts did the job quite efficiently and cleanly. The UAE was on their way to be the powerhouse they are today. A million people sitting on 100 million barrels
It is every nation's right to ensure survival. Up until now the petro tribalists relied on America to protect them from democratization or destructive forces (see Gulf War One) they handle our messes in (see Afghanistan Pt 1) and we make sure the family business thrives. No more.
This existential threat to America's hegemony is the conversation we must have. Trump's fuckery makes perfect sense, our fragile democracy makes sense, our addiction to cheap fuel and foreign adventuring makes sense as does our grim future if we don't priss our right to survival.
"seize" dammit. The bad news: Where in this vast nation is a man or woman who has the international vision, sophisticated skills and energetic agenda to fight on all fronts..including the home front... to shift us out of this nightmare? Or do we accept that all empires fade?
The key to empire is unity, focus, maximizing strength, projecting force or ideology and knowing the limits of control. America is a bipolar, deliberately divided nation that spends more energy on arguing hot button items than projecting our strong points. How bad is it? Bad.
America has had it's collective dick knocked in the dirt. The poll numbers are frightening. We don't like our leader, we don't like ourselves and we don't like the direction America is going in. Do we blame ourselves or outsiders? Both. nytimes.com/2022/07/11/us/…
Dictators tend to poll high (humor) but Vlad is killing it compared to Biden's 33%. MBS numbers "dropped from 94.4 percent to 92 percent when Saudis are asked whether he is the godfather of reform." MBz don't need no stinking approval ratings. levada.ru/en/ratings/
Should we just accept that people are happier under dictators? That politics are messy and divisive? Should America accept that we are a democratic anachronism in rapidly expanding autocratic world? These are actual decisions we may have to make. nytimes.com/2020/01/09/mag…
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