March 6, 2022
Putin is playing the long game against the USA
By Leonard Bakker
"Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples and ages, it is the rule."
—Friedrich Nietzsche
"Great Civilizations are never conquered. They commit suicide."
—Arnold ToynbeeIf a picture is worth a thousand words, then this one you'll find at this link perfectly fleshes out the quotes above. It shows a young David Stockman, budget director for President Reagan, jousting with the Gipper in the Oval Office. The year was 1981. The point of contention: the U.S. of A. was about to observe an ominous landmark. After 189 years of national existence, our federal debt was about to reach and exceed the staggering sum of 1 trillion dollars.
Fast-forward some 41 years. To our horror, we learn that in relatively short order, we have added an astronomical 30 trillion more to that staggering sum, with multi-trillion dollar "COVID" deficits being our most recent contribution to this madness. For those of us who have been reality-deprived in this gaseous age of narrative-spinning, let that sink in good and deep. What took 189 years of our nation's fiscal existence to accomplish, we now routinely exceed in a year or less.
The inevitable consequence of this insanity is now and finally upon us: inflation, perhaps soon to be inflation of the hyper variety. This, I believe, is where the wily Mr. Putin — and his Sino-Rasputin partner Chairman Xi — see their opportunity to drive a fatal dagger deep into the heart of America and the West.
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