{"id":31076,"date":"2016-02-13T06:14:51","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T10:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=31076"},"modified":"2016-02-13T13:36:05","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T17:36:05","slug":"global-crises-expanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=31076","title":{"rendered":"Global Crises Expanding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Windsor, CA<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">February 11, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0by Rich Scheck<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 2003 invasion of Iraq has led to unending wars across the planet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As the global economy continues to implode, the prospects for more fighting<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East continue to increase.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Now, with banks failing, debt increasing and many countries experiencing<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">serious economic problems, this dire situation demands the\u00a0distraction of<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">the public from this harsh reality to something external.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This is the classic pattern for demonizing a foreign entity as a pretext for<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">war.\u00a0 Right now, Russia and Putin are filling that role now that ISIS has<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">been marginalized, Saddam hung and Gadaffi dispatched in Libya.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This was all predicted years ago by pundits who railed against the Bush<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">intervention based on Neocon fabricated lies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We are faced with a very uncertain future with the high likelihood of much<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">hardship for untold millions across the planet as existing wars are\u00a0expanded\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">and new ones set in motion by rival powers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Yates said after WWI: \u00a0&#8220;The worst lack all conviction and the best are full<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">of passionate intensity!&#8221; \u00a0That is even more true today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With a virtually meaningless election going on to further deflect public outrage<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">while the candidates pontificate with false promises and outright lies, civilization<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">itself is poised for a major transformation far more dubious than the optimistic<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">visionaries are describing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The meeting in Cuba tomorrow of Pope Francis and his Russian counterpart,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Patriarch Kirill, provides a ray of hope on an otherwise bleak horizon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In the days immediately ahead, we are all to be tested in ways most of us<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">never dreamed possible.\u00a0 Prayer and preparation are essential tools that<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">must be relied on if any of us are to survive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">References:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=121177\">http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=121177<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=121129\">http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=121129<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/jack-a-smith\/2016\/02\/10\/obama-intensifies-wars-and-threats\/\">http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/jack-a-smith\/2016\/02\/10\/obama-intensifies-wars-and-threats\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pravdareport.com\/world\/americas\/10-02-2016\/133296-usa_russia_war-0\/\">http:\/\/www.pravdareport.com\/world\/americas\/10-02-2016\/133296-usa_russia_war-0\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatdoesitmean.com\/index1998.htm\">http:\/\/www.whatdoesitmean.com\/index1998.htm<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/src-fla.us\/index.php\/news2e629\/78-news-articles\/110-ben-fulford\">http:\/\/src-fla.us\/index.php\/news2e629\/78-news-articles\/110-ben-fulford<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/08\/ron-paul-obama-caves-to-neocons-military-spending-to-skyrocket\/\">http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/08\/ron-paul-obama-caves-to-neocons-military-spending-to-skyrocket\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/src-fla.us\/index.php\/news2e629\/78-news-articles\/110-ben-fulford\">http:\/\/src-fla.us\/index.php\/news2e629\/78-news-articles\/110-ben-fulford<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatdoesitmean.com\/index1995.htm\">http:\/\/www.whatdoesitmean.com\/index1995.htm<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}