In an attempt to maintain the huge economic (and military) advantages they enjoyed for centuries now, they will use deception, misdirection, lies (and half-truths) and any trickery they can imagine to deceive you into NOT recognizing the truth.

Additionally, a few of us who see the reality for what it is, might say or do nothing about it. Or some of us might even take a calculated “position” based on fear and selfishness and say – “it is either we or them”, as we come to recognize that we live in a world-wide economic/social system that is, as part of it’s INNATE character, based on the exploitation of man by man and country by country. And this is how the World has been for thousands of years now as it went through various social/economic systems of Slavery, which was then replaced by Feudalism and which in turn was replaced by (monopoly/imperialist) Capitalism.

The next stage for the World (if we are to save mankind from total destruction) is to dismantle the current social/economic system and replace it with a POPULAR and SUSTAINABLE alternative. An alternative in which we see…

(1) End of exploitation of man by man and country by country (i.e. the end of all wars and the making of weapons for war). This includes every able-bodied person in a job with good wages and benefits such that one can really prosper from their job and not be burdened with personal debts.

(2) A true “Free Enterprise” economic system in which goods and services are produced/supplied primarily based on human NEEDS and with due care for the environment. Good and reasonable profits will still be made, but the profit needs (greed) of the relative FEW will not be the major driving force of production. Production will be based primarily on human needs – as it should always be.

(3) A social system that properly takes care of the aged, the sick and the disabled. This includes FREE (or very low-cost) high-quality medical services for ALL, as every able-bodied producer/worker will pay a (small) fee into the system (hence, the elimination of speculation and profiteering that can make medical services prohibitive – like it is currently in the USA, for example).

(4) Free (or very low-cost) education for ALL, supported in the same way like free (or low-cost) medical services to avoid speculation and profiteering that can drive up the cost of education and deny many people the educational they hope to gain (again, like we see happening in even “wealthy” USA, more and more people are denied the education they seek because of rising cost and the “downsizing” of Government support for “public” education, etc.).

(5) etc, etc. (I am sure any RATIONAL person can add to this list).

Finally, in this alternative to our current social/economic system, everyone will come to know that RATIONAL selfishness/self-interest/private-interest is really in harmony with nature. And equally so, RATIONAL selflessness (giving to and serving others) is ALSO in harmony with nature. That it is the extremes that can bring harm to self and to others. Extremes like – extreme greed, vampiric monopolies, sweat-shop working conditions, very low employee wages contrast with exorbitant million$ salaries and bonuses for the managers/CEOs, over-population, excess/extreme/out-dated religious/traditional rules, active racism, etc. AND, the general opposites to some of the extremes in the preceding list, including, turning the other cheek (cowardice), extreme philanthropy (charity can be of the “wrong” type as it can keep people mentally/psychologically entrapped and also give an unjust economic system the semblance of being a “humane” system), praying for and “loving” your enemy (even while they bomb your children to bits!), “blessing” military weapons, etc.

Thank you for reading.

From what I have heard from my Israel folks who visit here, you are all wet as are most of the other comments I have seen. Some are partially correct but others are what I said- all wet. If Iran should wip Israel that is opnl;y7 the beginning as Iran would then hit other western nations and the good old USA. World dominance is their desire. I do not like war one bit and all of our 3 veteran sons agree. We have served as have my wife’s 2 brothers (her former 4 year senior brother died coming ashore at Salerno while her 8 year older brother was in the 2nd wave on D-ay but took a mine in Germany and is still drawing on 100% disability from losses that only a tough guy could handle- one arm,one testicle, 4 fingers on his other hand. The other finger was somewhat restored and still alive as widower at 91). He also lost a goodly portion of his digestive system while spending 18 months in a V.A.hospital before returning home.Yes, my wife’s family was hit very hard with both brothers killed or badly injured and we hate war. The is a however which says we may have no choice regarding Iran. Most sensible folks have no doubt about their intentions of destroying the West.Iran has even said this more than once through their demented leader.The entire West is their enemy. If you don’t feel this is correct you are drinking something very potent. If Israel attacks all of the West must support her. I do not mean with troops but with robotic aircraft to take out what remains of Iran. This is not an option but is a must to preserve the world. I’d rather see a world without an Iran than what Iran would do beyond Israel. Any one other than a total idiot agrees with this. Now let’s focus on November and replacing our Muslim terrorist lover in the WH.Yes, that needs to happen or all else is for naught as far as the greatest nation in history is concerned. My family loves the USA and for all it stands.Too many have fought and died for our way of life and for all we have done to help the world.

Harris Klein

Millions of Americans are in the same spot you are. I m seventy years old, and think the Lord every day that I m healthy enough to still climb ladders, pull wire, install lighting fixtures, crawl through attics and crawl spaces. I am a electrician. Over forty five years, my wife and I own our own electrical contracting business. We have for twenty eight years. We used to have sixteen employees working in the field on various projects. Now, there is only me and one part time electrician, if I need help. There also is no end in sight.

Obama has had three plus years to do something. Which he has. he has given hand outs to his supporters, increased the National Debt to the highest it has ever been, by passed the constitution with regulations from the EPA and the DOE. He is a traitor to this country. He, his administration, and his czars. He has increased the Federal Payroll by millions and then tells us unemployment is going down.

He is no friend of the working people. Just the opposite. Now he wants to gut our National Defense. I could go on and on. But I will not. How the American people got dumbed down by this man, I will never know. But then look at what Hitler did to the German people before WW2. Look how the main stream media supports his lies.

Israel is not going to wait for permission from the US (we do not own them), they will make a decision on how many lives and resources they can lose from an attack, and how long they can sustain the fighting. Iran will get it’s resources from China and Russia, and this has to be the ONLY reason Israel does not engage, as it means a global confrontation that NO ONE can afford.

It takes one solid idea, in a world desperately seeking them, to start the creaky shift to a new global order. Emerging economies have been nipping at the heels of the world’s governing bodies for decades, demanding entry into the hallowed halls of the UN Security Council’s permanent members; insisting on a seat at the main table at the IMF, World Bank, World Trade Organization.

When European leaders went begging for scraps at the last G-20 meeting, the BRICs found their feet and yawned a collective “no.” It signaled a reversal of fortunes, that meeting, and the idea that they can forge their own path was born. The BRICs then announced their first joint foreign policy statement last November – on Syria, of all places. The idea matured.

But US/EU sanctions against Iran are giving the idea steam. One has to act when faced with a dilemma, after all – and that dilemma has been literally foisted in the faces of nonaligned countries the world around: “sanction Iran or else.”

Now they are just shrugging and finding ways around the maze of traps set up by the Department of Treasury. Why should they care much? What is the United States today but an unwieldy bully with few arrows left in its quiver?

This week the US is putting the screws on Belgian-based SWIFT. If you’ve ever wired money to another country, you have used SWIFT – it is essentially the messaging system between banks that alerts them to money transfers. The US wants to cut Iranian banks out of the SWIFT system, in effect making it practically impossible for anyone inside or outside Iran to send or receive funds.

Who knows what Iran will do if this comes to pass? It will probably just join non-aligned countries to create an alternative SWIFT, further undermining the western grip on global finance. Iran, after all, decided last year not to put up with the prospect of perpetual cyberwar with the west, and is forging ahead with plans to create a closed internet system for itself.

Each step the US and EU take to hinder Iran’s flexibility is countered with an innovative solution – one that includes more and more non-western players who are keen to craft a new global order. They used to worry about that kind of confrontation with the west, but the collapse of the current order has left few obstacles in their paths – and even offers incentives.

Like the proverbial finger in the dyke to block a leak…the water will always find another way out and possibly even bust open the dam. A warning to Washington: the burden of anxiety will always fall on the one who needs the dam most.

Thank you