On 12 January, the French Parliament approved - with near-unanimity; there was just one abstention - the budget for France's continued and enlarged involvement in the 'New War on Iraq' (what number are we on now, Iraq War IV?), a new war engagement led by Washington and supported by its most obedient vassals: the UK, Canada, Australia and France. Aircraft carriers and troops were immediately mobilized, not even losing a day.
Doesn't that conspicuously smell of an earlier preparation, just waiting for that crucial and appropriate event, prompting parliamentary approval?At the same time French lawmakers agreed to display 10,000 troops throughout the country to protect 'vulnerable places'; spying on citizens, for their protection takes on new forms and formats. Was this a direct reaction to the attack on
Charlie Hebdo on January 7, and the assault on a kosher supermarket on January 9? Killing 17 people in all? Is that it?
French Ministers of the Interior and of Defense have advanced their respective wishes for substantially increased military and defense budgets when the 2016-2017 allocations are discussed later this year. No doubt they will get their way.
No doubt, this is the Shock Doctrine at its best. People are in shock and awe following the assault on the satirical and Moslem-insulting
Charlie Hebdo. A million and a half people took to the streets in Paris this past weekend, the largest manifestation since the liberation of Paris after WWII in 1945. Some media report more than 6 million people marching throughout Europe. Almost all waving "I am Charlie" signs - was this solidarity, or stupidity? Hard to say. Most likely just sheer ignorance.
It's ignorance that kills our democracies, our human values; public ignorance allows leaders (sic) to wage wars, to aggress nations that refuse to submit and fall to their knees. It's ignorance perpetuated daily by the mainstream media and swallowed without question, day-in, day-out, like breakfast coffee.
Comment: American tax dollars at work - arming and training terrorists, stripping Americans of their freedoms, all while keeping liars like this employed in order to convince us it's legitimate. And most people believe it is legitimate to "strike a balance" between freedom and "security" during our all-out global war. Prior to 9/11 this would have been denounced as absolute lunacy. But now it's America's top industry, and we're told we must give just a little bit more. How much more will we give? The answer to that question seems to lie in how much the imperial oligarchs are willing to take. And the answer to that is not looking good.
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