Silver Wars: Silver Demand Skyrocketing...Literally

What is a Manufactured Crisis?

Tyrants and authoritarian rulers have often manufactured crises or exploited existing ones to instill fear and exert greater control over the population. This "crisis playbook" has been employed throughout history, from ancient times to the present day. Here are some notable examples:

1. In ancient Rome, emperors like Tiberius and Caligula would fabricate conspiracies and threats to justify increased repression and consolidation of power.

2. During the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, the Jacobin leaders like Robespierre used the threat of foreign invasion and internal enemies to justify mass executions and a climate of fear.

3. Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union manufactured crises like the "Doctors' Plot" and other alleged conspiracies to purge rivals and cement his dictatorship.

4. Adolf Hitler capitalized on the Reichstag fire in 1933 to declare a state of emergency and suspend civil liberties in Germany.

5. Saddam Hussein in Iraq raised the specter of foreign threats and internal dissent to brutally suppress the Kurdish and Shiite populations.

6. The Syrian regime under Bashar al-Assad deliberately enabled the growth of jihadist groups like ISIS to portray the uprising against him as a terrorist threat, justifying his violent crackdown.

7. The USA’s 251 wars since 1990s are perfect examples of manufactured crisis.

8. The Covid War engineered by US gain of function research is another great example

9. Blowing up Building 7 on 9-11 (inside job / controlled demolition) another inglorious manufactured crisis.

A new era of naked imperialism was thus unleashed beginning in 1991. According to the Congressional Research Service, the United States has launched a total of 251 military interventions in foreign countries since the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, as compared to 469 over its entire history. In the words of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, the United States is “the most warlike nation in the history of the world.” All of this has led in recent years to the development of more all-encompassing analyses of the history of U.S. militarism and imperialism (Congressional Research Service, Instances of Use of U.S. Armed Services Abroad, March 8, 2022; Ben Norton, “U.S. Launched 251 Military Interventions Since 1991, and 469 Since 1798,” Geopolitical Economy, September 13, 2022; Brett Wilkins, “Jimmy Carter: US ‘Most Warlike Nation in the History of the World,’” Common Dreams, April 18, 2019).

Wars and military interventions can often be viewed as manufactured crises engineered by powerful nations to advance their strategic interests. Here are some ways in which wars resemble manufactured crises:

1. They are frequently initiated by political leaders and special interest groups pursuing specific agendas, rather than being purely defensive or reactionary measures. Political entrepreneurs may deliberately provoke or exaggerate threats to justify military action.

2. Wars allow nations to expand their spheres of influence, secure access to natural resources in other countries, and open up new markets for economic exploitation. Manufactured crises provide pretexts for such interventions.

3. The rhetoric surrounding wars often involves portraying the adversary as an existential threat, creating an atmosphere of fear and crisis among the domestic population. This climate of perpetual crisis can be politically useful.

4. Major military campaigns require mobilizing public opinion and resources on a massive scale. Manufactured crises are a tool to rally support for such efforts.

5. Like other manufactured crises, wars concentrate power in the hands of the executive branch and allow circumvention of normal legislative processes under the pretext of emergency.

6. The costs and human tolls of wars are often severely underestimated by those orchestrating them, as crises are calculatedly portrayed as short-term emergencies.

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While working through College, I worked in a "bag room" and pro shop at a Country Club next to Sandia Labs. Four Hills Country Club's front nine wound its way through the Manzano Mountains, where a stockpile of bombs is located. 

This is where I first started learning about the Military Industrial Complex, as most of the Sandia Lab executives and CEOs were golfing members at Four Hills.

One of the most valuable investment tips I received was from a seasoned investor, Julie Golden. He took a liking to me and shared one of his best strategies: 'If you believe Rum is going to increase in value, invest in Coca-Cola.' This advice, he explained, was about identifying the less obvious but logical correlations in the market, a strategy that can provide significant leverage in a bullish scenario.

Over the past six months, the demand for Silver has demonstrated a clear trend: the aerospace and military sectors are the top two consumers of this precious metal, with solar energy trailing in a distant third place. This data-backed trend underscores the potential of Silver as a strategic investment.

Therefore, investing in Silver will yield significant returns, especially if you anticipate continuing military and aerospace spending.

If you need further convincing that aerospace and military spending will increase, keep reading.

Silver in Space Doubles every two years

The number of spacecraft launched annually has doubled every two years since 2015. And the trend shows no sign of slowing, with tens of thousands of planned spacecraft to be launched over the next few years. This exponential growth is reminiscent of Moore’s Law, the decades-long observation that the number of transistors on integrated circuits doubles every two years. The consequences of the continuation of Moore’s law and the ever-increasing computing power for lower costs over the past six decades has changed the course of our society, our economy, and our way of life. Could we be witnessing a similar revolution in space?

Just think of some of the big Silver Drains in the past two decades and note the pattern (the stated justification never pans out to be truth)

The last three major wars involving the United States were the Iraq War (2003-2011), the War in Afghanistan (2001-2021), and the Gulf War/Operation Desert Storm (1990-1991). The provocations for these wars have been called into question:

Iraq War (2003-2011) US steals Iraq’s Gold and today all Iraq oil transactions are transacted through The Federal Reserve

The primary justification given by the Bush administration for invading Iraq in 2003 was the alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) by Saddam Hussein's regime. However, no active WMD program or stockpiles were ever found in Iraq despite extensive searches by UN inspectors and coalition forces.[3] The claims about Iraqi WMDs turned out to be based on faulty intelligence and have been widely criticized as a pretext for the invasion.[3]

Yes, it is true that Iraq's oil transactions and revenues have been brokered or transacted through the US Federal Reserve for many years. Here are the key points:

• Since 2003, Iraq has maintained an account called the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to receive and manage its oil export revenues.

• The DFI account was established under UN Security Council Resolution 1483 and US Executive Order 13303 to protect Iraq's oil revenues from creditors and provide oversight.

• Iraq's oil revenues were deposited into the DFI account, which was supervised by the UN and US, before being transferred to the Central Bank of Iraq's accounts.

• In 2024, the US closed the DFI account as the legal protections expired, and Iraq's oil revenues are now being deposited into a new account called IRAQ2 at the Federal Reserve.

• The transition to IRAQ2 has raised concerns in Iraq about potential US interference or manipulation of their oil revenues without the previous UN oversight.

• Iraq has no choice but to use the Federal Reserve system for dollar transactions related to its oil exports, as closing the Fed account could expose Iraq to international claims and disrupt its ability to conduct business in US dollars.

So in summary, brokering Iraq's oil revenues through accounts at the US Federal Reserve has been a long-standing arrangement since 2003, initially with UN oversight, but now transitioned to a new account (IRAQ2) that has raised sovereignty concerns in Iraq

War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) 5 Times the Cost of Vietnam at 2.3 Trillion resulting in replacing the Taliban with the Taliban

The war in Afghanistan was initially launched in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, with the stated goal of dismantling al-Qaeda and removing the Taliban government that harbored them.[1] However, the prolonged US military presence in Afghanistan for over 20 years, despite the relatively quick defeat of the Taliban's conventional forces, has led to questions about the true motivations and goals behind the lengthy conflict.[1]

Gulf War/Operation Desert Storm (1990-1991)

The Gulf War was precipitated by Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait in 1990, which was condemned by the UN Security Council.[3] While expelling Iraqi forces from Kuwait was the stated objective, some analysts have argued that protecting oil interests in the region was a major underlying factor for the US-led military intervention.[2][4]

In all three cases, while the stated provocations provided a legal basis for military action, the failure to find WMDs in Iraq, the extended duration of the Afghanistan conflict, and the potential role of oil interests in the Gulf War have led to scrutiny and skepticism about the full motivations behind these wars.[1][2][3][4]

Authoritarian regimes often use real or fabricated terrorist attacks, foreign interventions, and economic crises to declare states of emergency, restrict civil liberties, and demand obedience from the population in the name of security and stability. By creating a perpetual sense of crisis, they can consolidate power and rule through fear and repression.

Citations:

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States

[2] https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Books/Browse-Books/iBooks-and-EPUBs/Deception-in-the-Desert/

[3] https://www.britannica.com/event/Persian-Gulf-War

[4] https://warontherocks.com/2020/09/the-gulf-war-30-years-later-successes-failures-and-blind-spots/

[5] https://history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/desert-storm/index.html