The writing is on the wall...paper...

If we would simply slow down a bit we would be able to see the pieces of the puzzle playing out right in front of our eyes. On this Thanksgiving holiday, I am thankful for being able to see through the haze of deception and the smoke and mirrors.

For those that have not opened their eyes in quite a while it might behoove you to know that the world has a severe crisis on its hands and I'm not talking just about the economy. This was is in the nuclear arena. The North Koreans are selling their nuclear technology to anyone with the money to pay for it. This was discovered, ironically enough, when a white supremacist tried to buy the technology and bring it into the US for the big race war.

Now, with Obama going into office perhaps the country will be in a position to receive assistance from other countries instead of the turning away due to the Bush lies and deceit. It will take a bit of time to create the trust again. Since there were no weapons of mass destruction, and we invaded a sovereign country anyway, we have been hard pressed to find a country out there who gives a damn about us for quite some time. This was exemplified in the recent entry, "The Eyes Have It". That shows what the world thinks of our current lame duck. Now, and for quite some time, the world has been feeling that this lame duck is crying wolf for anything anymore. The world has watched as Bush turned away to their calls for environmental crisis solutions, aid to Darfur, and so many more...

Now, we have been hearing about pirates, and they are not in the Caribbean. This is happening today off the coast of Somalia.

So, is there writing on the wall? For the conspiracy theorist in me, I say yes. Just take a bit of time and think about it. Blackwater, just like Reagan and Oliver North were doing in the 80's, has created their own war to substantiate their future cash flow positions. On one side of the transaction they assist the pirate organizations to acquire the equipment they need for these acts, provide them training for the equipment and various weaponry, and strategies to the pirates in handling delicate hostile hostage situations. On the other side they create a need for a company like theirs to step in and act for the hard pressed American military. They are the international guns for hire. Blackwater secures more security work, receive commissions from the arms sales, and gives training and information to threatened countries and shipping companies. They stand to make hundreds of millions of dollars for this deceptive business tactic.

In a Nov. 24th article on the global news website Speigel Online - International we find just this taking place in front of our eyes. They write, "Blackwater is now receiving inquiries from dozens of new clients, mainly shipping companies and shipping insurance companies. All of them want the same thing: that Blackwater mercenaries guide their freighters and tankers safely past Somalia, through the world's most dangerous waters, the hunting grounds of bands of pirates armed with Kalashnikovs and grenade launchers, attacking anything that comes into their sights. In their flip-flops and inflatable plastic boats, they look more like small-time crooks, the sort hardly worth the effort of any coast guard vessel. And yet, in reality, these pirates are causing huge problems for the naval fleets of major powers -- and, of course, for the governments in places like Berlin, Paris and Washington."

Perhaps Blackwater will begin to help companies negotiate the ransom demands with these pirates in the future. This will become an added profit center for the firm as they conveniently orchestrate these multi-million dollar transfers.

Rather than the United Nations helping the Somali government get a better foothold on their country and assisting them with their crumbling economy, which would be getting to the root causes of this dilemma in the first place, they buy into the War, Inc. philosophy.

Perhaps, no one wants to see soldier's bodies dragged through the streets of Mogadishu again like back in 1994.

John Cusack released a movie this year, to which he co-wrote, produced and starred in, called "War, Inc." It is a dark political satire film directed by Joshua Seftel. The story is partly inspired by an article entitled "Baghdad Year Zero", from the famed writer of, "The Shock Doctrine", Naomi Klein. War, Inc. is an interesting film regarding just this type of scenario. A corporate firm orchestrates the arms deals, orchestrates the ransoms, orchestrates the battles, orchestrates the information to the press.

I feel that, as the Bush, Inc. administration has done in Iraq and Afghanistan, Blackwater is now doing in Somalia and other areas around the world.

If you allow yourself to believe in the conspiracies or what people may think as the ridiculous you will soon find that it is not that but it is the obvious.


Have a great and safe holiday!



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