US/NATO War on Russia

[Lauren Johnson]

The thought of Russian counter moves involving repudiating or delaying payments of foreign bank derivative debt seems to me to be a highly considered counter move.

This could trigger another debt crisis like the 2008 debacle or worse -- maybe much worse. Considering the so-called "bail-in" provisions now in place, one should consider a very dark part of this war on Russia.

This is a kind of thought experiment. I have to presume there has been a lot of careful war gaming going on carried out by teams of experts that look at every angle of the attack. Suppose that a primary goal is to create a new narrative of crisis along the lines of the strategy of tension. The key is to force Russia to overtly intervene in Ukraine, which seems quite possible if the Ukrainians begin to surround Lugansk, Gorlovka, and Donetsk. Everything is in place for this to happen, while Russia is doing what it can to arrange a permanent truce leading to the disarmament of the Donbass militias.

If Russia intervenes overtly, then we have a whole new story line: The Russian Bear is once again heading West. We must gird our loins for war. Russia may indeed respond by playing some very strong economic cards.

In short, I am suggesting that a new economic crisis will be welcomed as a pretext to further impoverish the Europeans and Americans by engaging in the bail-in provisions because we are "all in this together." The banking system, the life blood of capitalism, must be saved. Of course, civil liberties will be further eroded. I would imagine the Republicans would assume the White House. And the goal imposing neo-feudalism on a global scale would make large strides forward.

Can you say New World Order?