I wrote the “Huuuummmmm……….” article yesterday, I wasn’t sure if I would get any replies or feedback…but I did. The interesting things that came from them were a bit contrasting in nature. I responded to both under their comments but I thought it would be good to respond in more detail and make a couple of points. I will respond to Brent today, “speedilyfriedaf0476a712” tomorrow. Here we go…
Brent wrote:
“It looks to me like a full acknowledgment into a 3 power world. US, China and Russia are carving out and will likely quickly carve out their hemispheres / areas of influence and concentrate on strengthening that influence and start getting the wealth extraction going to build their empires. Venezuela makes sense in that way – kick out Russian and China influence, keep resources in this hemisphere for us or NA/SA continents. Start building SA so it can produce goods rather than sitting on them.
I expect China to go after Taiwan soon, with only token resistance by US. Same with Russia/Ukraine. I think the deals have already been made. I won’t be surprised to see if US ends up with Greenland this year.
I think the republic is truly dead now, but the empire is truly getting a huge life injection, not over the whole world this time, but over the western hemisphere. And the domestic US is only a few small steps from going conservative vs progressive in a way that won’t allow us to live together safely.
I sure hope I’m wrong…Your site is critical in all this as we all need to be prepared as well as we can be for whatever craziness is about to be reaped…”
Brent makes some good points, let me take them in order.
“It looks to me like a full acknowledgment into a 3 power world. US, China and Russia are carving out and will likely quickly carve out their hemispheres / areas of influence and concentrate on strengthening that influence and start getting the wealth extraction going to build their empires. Venezuela makes sense in that way – kick out Russian and China influence, keep resources in this hemisphere for us or NA/SA continents. Start building SA so it can produce goods rather than sitting on them.”
Looks as if there are two issues going on here, but in actuality there is only one…the Monroe Doctrine. Essentially, in the early days of the US the leaders wanted the US to stay out of Europe’s business and for Europe to stay out of the western hemisphere.
George Washington in his farewell address talked about avoiding permanent alliances between the United States 
and foreign nations; NATO would be a perfect example of what he was referring to…to avoid. Rather than “foreign entanglements”, he advocated for a “respectably defensive posture”. Washington made it clear that we -the USA- was not to use force to influence countries. He advocated for “gentle means the streams of commerce” when attempting to influence the ties with America.
Seems as if we have completely abandoned Washington’s warnings and now depend on brute lethal force to influence our relations with foreign countries. And we further screw it all up with NATO, a permanent alliance/entanglement.
When you view the world in terms of “empires” the Monroe Doctrine makes perfect sense. Well, not “perfect” in a 
good way…in a very power obsessive way. But Brent is 100% correct! The three major empires in the world today are China, Russia, and the United States. (I’m being kind and generous to Russia.) Each are carving out their own chunk of the world where they reign supreme and unchallenged. Problem is…the whole “brute and lethal force” part. The US is not using what Washington advocated for…and we are paying a high price for it. And just for a bit reality check let’s look at every nation/empire that went on the offensive with military might…yeah, they have all fallen. Or in the case of the US Empire, we are falling.
We seemed to have ignored Washington’s warnings and history’s lessons…to our extreme detriment.
Brent continues…
“I expect China to go after Taiwan soon, with only token resistance by US. Same with Russia/Ukraine. I think the deals have already been made. I won’t be surprised to see if US ends up with Greenland this year.”
The whole China / Taiwan thing is screwed up. Looking at the perspective of China, they see Taiwan as a breakaway 
(i.e. rebel) state full of Chinese people. And there is some truth to that. Looking at it as an American, I can see where Taiwan is coming from…they are a group of former rebels that broke away from Communist China and they don’t want to live under that type of government again.
But here is the question…Is this our fight? Not in a true sense of the word…it is an internal/domestic issue that should be settled by China & Taiwan. But there are two influences dragging us into the fight; 1) competing empires…China vs USA, 2) dependence on Taiwan’s chips. Yeah, kinda like the whole money and power thing. If we were not dependent on Taiwan’s chips, then what?
Let’s get realistic…could we win a war against China? Maybe. There is no absolute conclusion that we could win a conventional war with China; there are plenty of “expert” opinions either way. One thing for certain…win or lose…a 
conventional war with China would devastate the US economy and make life extremely uncomfortable for us. Yup, meaning “trade embargo”.
If the war went nuclear…no one wins…the whole world loses.
But here is the question to ponder…Why in the hell do we (would we) want a war with China? How does that benefit the US? The real answer is we build up our chip manufacturing here in the US at breakneck speed and start reducing our commerce relationship with China. China is one of the USA’s largest trading partners…and it appears to be the largest in terms of day-to-day retail items found in most stores.
As for Greenland…(I really want to swear here). Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark. Denmark is a 
sovereign nation and a NATO member. Only 6% of Greenland citizens want to be part of the US. So we need to keep our hands the hell off Greenland!!!
Leave them alone, they don’t want us…we should honor that if we are decent law-abiding people here in the US. And Orange-T needs to shut the hell up about Greenland and leave them alone. We have no business talking trash about Greenland.
Now, if we somehow “take” Greenland it proves beyond any shadow of a doubt that the USA is perverted and so far away from our founding principles that comparison between the US and Nazi Germany would be 100% accurate.
Don’t forget there are a number of ways that it could appear that the US taking Greenland is a “negotiated deal”. Unless the population of Greenland votes (free & fair), by an overwhelming margin, to join the US and Denmark’s citizenry and government overwhelmingly voluntarily agrees to it…then taking over Greenland by any other means fully qualifies as evil. Not only that…it flies in the face of our Founding Fathers.
Interesting side-note…in 2017 Trump stated [USA] “…not nation-building again…”. Then in 2025 Trump called “interventionists” failures. He has also called interventionists and nation-builders neocons. What is a necon? They believe that the military might of the United States should be employed around the world to promote American interests. Ah, what did he just do in Venezuela? What is he threatening Columbia and now Mexico with? Just saying…
“I think the republic is truly dead now, but the empire is truly getting a huge life injection, not over the whole world this time, but over the western hemisphere.”
What is truly strange to me is the sheer number of people that don’t see the US as an empire. Most of them are on the right. The USA qualifies as, meets the definition in every way, as an Empire. The USA quit being a Republic about 135 years ago when we abandoned the Constitution and Bill of Rights. We are kind of a democracy, but in reality more of an oligarchy. And that oligarchy are the ultra-wealthy, the ruling elites. Just look at who is in Washington and you can see it…if a person is not blind.
And yes! The whole Venezuela bombing, invasion, and overthrowing their government is all about their resources…period. If a person can’t see that…again, acute blindness. Resources that benefit our hemisphere and sticks a finger in China’s eye. Yup, called provocation.
And then the outrageous threat against Columbia is nothing more than trying to force them in-line and to force them to be a nice little state of the US Empire. And yes, it is also all about their resources for our hemisphere.
And when I use the term “hemisphere” I am referring to the USA.
“And the domestic US is only a few small steps from going conservative vs progressive in a way that won’t allow us to live together safely. I sure hope I’m wrong.”
That is an incredible observation! Notice how both the far-left and the far-right want us to live according to their standards. Once again let’s turn to the Father of our Country…Washington explicitly warned us of the dangers of political parties. He didn’t like them, saw the evil and danger in them, and told us to avoid them. Once again, we ignored him…to our detriment.
Today’s conservatives are not to be honored, revered, sought after, or even trusted. Conservatives try to paint themselves as if they are 100% in-line with our Founders…they are NOT! Today’s conservatives are far more similar to authoritarians…including Orange-T. Just look at his use of Executive Orders…edicts…total so far is 445 Executive Orders. More than any other President in 60 years. But not to worry…Trump still has 3 more years to break the “most” record.
Our Founders, for the most part, were what is called a “classical liberal”…NO, not the “liberals” of today. The closest thing we have today to a classical liberal is what we now call “libertarians”…but they are a little whack compared to old school classical liberal.
Hard numbers are difficult to come by for political ideology. However, it breaks down something along the lines of thirds…each third being; liberal/progressive, conservative/MAGA, moderate. Noting that given any particular election or poll those percentages can vary. So, if the country goes “conservative” and forces the other 2/3 of the country to live by their standards…well, we are in huge trouble…there would be revolution.
I wrote more about political ideology just a little over a week ago <Feedback : I get it !>. You might find it interesting.
Now, let me be clear…I would NOT want to live in a country run by conservatives!! Look at the last 7 Republican Presidencies…all of which claimed to be conservatives. Take away Reagan and you have six Republican Presidencies who are supposedly conservatives…and you want to puke. Yup, puke in terms of what they did to freedoms, rights, and liberties. Not a single one of them truly acted as a Founder or in-line with the Constitution. Actually, a couple of them were 100% authoritarians and blatantly reduced rights, freedoms, and liberties. And all of them blew-up the budget deficits and/or national debt.
So no, a conservative run USA would be horrific in the ways that matter.
Brent’s final comment…
“Your site is critical in all this as we all need to be prepared as well as we can be for whatever craziness is about to be reaped…”
Wow, first off…thank you! Second…there are plenty of folks who would disagree with you!
I can’t tell you the number of times that I have wanted to discontinue this website. Every single time I was drastically prompted not to. I will follow those promptings wherever they lead.
Here’s the thing…I have bias in abundance…I have an agenda I am trying to advance…and that should be crystal clear to everyone. What is my bottom line…I want to advance the concepts contained in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the founding principles of this country. Call me a “literalist” I guess. The Founders believed in certain principles, they finally had to revolt and win to embed those principles in what we now call the Constitution and Bill of Rights. They saw what any other structural or organizational principles will lead to…and they were right…we are it.
The USA today is a monstrosity compared to what our Founders originally set-up. Just look at Washington’s address…he clearly warned us against certain pitfalls…and we ignore them all. The US federal government (US Empire) has become the British Empire of 300 years ago. I am trying my best to use facts, stats, and history to show just that. And you bet your life that my bias and prejudice is here in quantity!
Look, I truly appreciate your comment/compliment, I really do. But, I am not under any illusion…my little website won’t change the trajectory of the US in any way whatsoever. It is like hitting an aircraft carrier with a BB gun. All I pray for is reaching some folks who will listen…and then prepare themselves and their families for what is happening and the tragedy that is coming. Then maybe, just maybe, prepare their congregations and communities in some small way. That’s the best I can hope for and the best I can do…and that is good enough for me. But again, thank you for your kind words.
You know…I am not 100% truthful in that…there is another thing/goal/objective…
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