The Evil and Malevolence of the Pentagons Brilliant Strategy in Ukraine by Jacob G. Hornberger!
(2022-02-19 at 00:05:28 )

The Evil and Malevolence of the Pentagons Brilliant Strategy in Ukraine by Jacob G. Hornberger!

The crisis in Ukraine demonstrates the sheer brilliance of Pentagon strategists. Yes, granted, it is an evil and malevolent strategy, but nonetheless one cannot help but admire it for its sheer ingenuity.

The strategy has involved maneuvering Russia into having to make a choice between two scenarios, both of which have bad consequences.

The choices are these: (1) Russia does not invade Ukraine, in which case the United States-controlled NATO absorbs Ukraine, which means United States bases, missiles, tanks, and troops permanently situated on Russias borders; or (2) Russia invades Ukraine and takes over the reins of government, in which case United States officials portray Russia as a horrific aggressor that now threatens the rest of Europe, the United States, and all mankind.

Like I say, it is an evil and malevolent strategy but everyone has to concede that it is absolutely ingenious.

The box into which the Pentagon has placed Russia reminds me of the equally ingenious strategy that President Franklin Roosevelt employed to get the United States into World War II. Prior to United States entry into the war, the American people were overwhelmingly opposed to entering the conflict, especially after the fiasco of United States intervention into World War I.

This was at a time when United States presidents were still complying with the constitutional provision that requires them to secure a declaration of war from Congress before being able to wage war legally and constitutionally against another nation-state. Owing to the overwhelming opposition to entering the war, FDR knew that he could not get the United States Congress to declare war on Germany.

Thus, FDR decided that he needed to figure out a strategy that would induce Germany to attack the United States, which would then enable him to go to Congress and exclaim, "We have been attacked! I am shocked! This is a day that will live in infamy! Now give me my declaration of war so that I can begin waging war against Germany."

Thus, President Roosevelt did everything he could to induce the Germans into attacking United States vessels in the Atlantic. But the strategy did not work. The Germans knew what FDR was up to and refused to take his bait.

So, President Roosevelt looked instead toward the Pacific and embarked on a course of action designed to induce Japan into attacking the United States. FDR hoped that such an attack would give him a "back door" to the European war.

Knowing that Japans military needed oil to operate its war machine in China, President Roosevelt imposed a highly effective oil embargo on Japan. That left Japan with two choices: (1) Withdraw its military forces from China, or (2) Attack the Dutch East Indies to secure a permanent supply of oil.

Not surprisingly, Japan chose Option 2. But Japan knew that the United States Navy was almost certain to interfere with its oil supply after it invaded the Dutch East Indies. Thus, the only way to ensure that a continuous supply of oil was by knocking out the United States naval fleet.

That is what the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor was all about. The attack was never about conquering the United States. It was always about simply trying to knock out the United States fleet to ensure a continuous supply of oil for Japans war machine in China.

The canny FDR left American warships (but not American carriers) in Pearl Harbor as bait for the Japanese. His strategy worked brilliantly. Sure, he had to sacrifice some warships and some troops at Pearl Harbor (as well as in the Philippines), but his ingenious strategy enabled him to achieve his goal. Soon after the Japanese attack, Germany declared war on the United States. FDR dutifully went to Congress, played the innocent, exclaimed a day of infamy, and got his declaration of war and United States entry into World War II.

Yes, President Roosevelts strategy was evil and malevolent, but you can not help but admire it for its sheer brilliance. Like the Pentagon has done with Ukraine, FDR manipulated the situation so that Japanese officials were put into a box that entailed choosing from two available alternatives, both of which came with bad consequences from the standpoint of Japan.

(Also, see my recent blog post "Setting Up Crises in Afghanistan and Ukraine.")

Today, all that the Pentagon - along with its loyal supporters in the executive branch, including President Biden and the bureaucrats in the State Department, and along with its loyal acolytes in the mainstream press - has to do is sit back and watch Russia squirm. If it invades Ukraine, it will be portrayed as the supreme aggressor nation, which will then be used to justify the continued existence of the United States national-security establishment and NATO, along with ever-increasing budgets, power, and influence for the United States "defense" establishment.

If Russia declines to invade, NATO absorbs Ukraine and the Pentagon installs its military bases, troops, missiles, and tanks on Russias border, thereby ensuring a state of constant tension and crisis, which, once again, ensures ever-increasing taxpayer-funded largess for the national-security establishment, its Cold War dinosaur NATO, and the entire United States "defense" industry that feeds at the public trough.

The only way out of this evil statist morass lies with the United States of American people.

What is needed is a great awakening within Americans, one that comes with both a heightened sense of consciousness of the evil of a national-security state form of governmental structure and a heightened sense of conscience that enables people to recognize the evil and malevolence within their own government, not to mention the danger of playing games with a nation-state that has the potential of unleashing a massive number of mushroom clouds over American cities and towns.

If that great awakening were to transpire, the United States of America could restore its founding governmental system of a limited-government republic and put our nation back on the road toward liberty, peace, prosperity, morality, and harmony with the people of the world.

Reprinted here with permission from Mr. Jacob G. Hornberger of The Future of Freedom Foundation!! Their Libertarian Website!!