This half hour documentary for Radio 4 by Tom Mangold encapsulates the American securocrat mentality extremely succinctly. An ocean cruise full of COIN operators, spooks,droneheads and ex CIA officials. My worst nightmare, really but it is fascinating. Mangold pays tribute to their 'sincerity'. Unfortunately their sincerity is part of the problem. Endless war without boundaries, anyone?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00xgqx9/Ship_of_Spies
I hope more people will listen to this.
ReplyDeleteThese are some of the shadows behind the curtain.
Lets not forget that these policy makers also answer to some one above them.
And no it is not God.
Their God lives in the underworld.
Eloquently put, RZ. I'm glad you could access and listen to it. Scary in a way but a completely honest exposition of what the world faces in relation to US securocrat paranoia. You have said it many times - this is the formula for endless war.
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Brilliant find. Would you have paid for a ticket on the cruise? Or more realistically, would you have taken a ticket for nothing?
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ReplyDeleteI already have a problem with my blood pressure.
For me it would have been a one way ticket to ride. :-)
I would have put on a life jacket as soon as I got aboard, and have never taken it off.
They have a way of calling out "MAN OVER BOARD" on those types of cruises.
Yes, I think you and I would be walking the plank 5 minutes into the first meal.
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