I see an economic diasater coming...

[the_big_m_in_ok]

Pepe Escobar agrees that 2016 may be very turbulent,
although China may be in much better shape than many
think.

The U.S., aka Exceptionalistan, may be near the end of its
rope.

We may indeed be presently in the calm before the storm.

The World has taken note:

SeaMonkey,
There's a local S.F. weekly newspaper that printed by a socialist '.org' that had a headline recently indicating that Obama was obsessed with ISIS and ignoring the "Elephant in the room" as China and Chinese aggression.
       I agree.   That's why I have the part-time job I do; in national defense.   My associates and supervisors realize that the Chinese, N. Koreans, and Iranians are building more WMD's and are very concerned as a result.   Time will tell in the future whether or not the combined military might of these adversaries can be dealt with.


--Lee

[SeaMonkey]

My associates and supervisors realize that the Chinese, N. Koreans, and Iranians are building more WMD's and are very concerned as a result.   Time will tell in the future whether or not the combined military might of these adversaries can be dealt with.

If they are in fact developing those weapons it certainly
must be in response to the threat of U.S. Regime Change
activities or the threat of destabilization.  U.S. Hegemony
is an out-of-control threat to the entire Planet.  The U.S.
directed sabre rattling of NATO in Europe against Russia
is an example of such childish behavior.

Whether Obongo is the author of such actions, or is simply
following orders of his Masters, is unknown.  Perhaps a
combination of both.  Unfortunately, Obongo is, like nearly
all who have preceded him, a psychopath drunk on power.

[the_big_m_in_ok]

If they are in fact developing those weapons it certainly must be in response to the threat of U.S. Regime Change
activities or the threat of destabilization.

I learned about Communists, first, when I was a teenager and my Mom asked me to read a non-fiction account of an E. German woman who was falsely accused of spying against the Russians or the E. Germans in the early 60s.   They tried to get her to confess to something (spying) that she was innocent of.   Political pressure from the West caused her to be released after some time of brainwashing.
       Generally, what they did to her had no effect in changing her mind and she trusted her own conviction (truthfully) that they were lying and trying to frame her for a crime she didn't commit.   My point is:  the Communists are as despicable as any political system can get and still exist amongst people who aren't any more trustworthy with their verbal or written word.   Religiously, it was written, "The World belongs to the devil."


       The Communists are an out-of-control-cannon on a ship in a hurricane.   The American Gov't is no better, though.   Some leaders around the world are a lot of lousy ingrates, IMO.


--Lee

[a.king21]

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[SeaMonkey]

The Communists are an out-of-control-cannon on a ship in a hurricane.   The American Gov't is no better, though.   Some leaders around the world are a lot of lousy ingrates, IMO.

Precisely!  I agree fully with the caveat that the "communists" being
referred to are those Bolsheviks of the former USSR and China.
Both of those were "experiments" by the Pullers of Strings who
control the World Monetary System and they were failures.  Sadly,
those who concocted Bolshevism are now firmly in control of the U.S.
and are engineering its trance-formation into a replica of the old USSR.
The NeoCons who push American Exceptionalism and Hegemony are
in fact Bolshevik Communists.  Their AGENDA is The Protocols.

The planned great war and its attendant depopulation seem to be
just around the corner in time.