21-03-2016, 08:38 PM
R.K. Locke Wrote:I think Anthony Thorne might have some interesting perspectives on this given the people/interests involved.
For me, there is so much overlap between these groups that it's virtually impossible to form a coherent picture of what is going on. It's basically like an organized crime turf war fronted by PR people.
I feel the same way. I think of it like this: they are each connected to each other via so many different routes, with so many organizations, agendas, and goals in common, that we can be reasonably sure that there's at least some cooperation at times. But beyond that it's hard to discern. There seem to be rival factions within factions, as you said, with everyone looking out for number one. Probably the same as any other group of individuals. They tend to form cliques, cooperate at times, then clash at others.
I'm very troubled by the fact that one of the central themes seems to be sex rings. I've investigated politicians in the past, and I'm not sure I've ever found one individual who's connected to so many by only a degree of separation.
I'm not familiar with Anthony Thorne. Is he an author?