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This Sea of Ignorance

by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | September 10, 2015

David Brown

Sometimes it is a bit frustrating to debate people who have not taken the time to read Quigley’s ‘Anglo-American Establishment’ or the many historical accounts of Antony C Sutton; but I must take the world as I find it. Most of these people are smart and well-intentioned but lack key information. Faced with similar frustrations, Joe Plummer would give away Quigley’s books in the hope someone would read them, only to find out the challenge was too great. Rather than give up, however, Joe decided to write his own slimmed-down, easier to understand and updated book on Quigley called appropriately Tragedy and Hope 101. In this sea of ignorance, how can we have an intelligent or sane conversation without 1) key information on the real players; 2) fundamental knowledge of methods and procedures and 3) the proven historical backdrop provided by Quigley and other researchers? That is the question. Without the historical context and an understanding of the genealogy and pedigree of the current batch of oligarchs, how can we advance our mutual understanding and how can we engage in an effective contest for our freedom as the collective noose is tightened around our collective necks?

We are encouraged by the rapid spread of information through the internet; and we are encouraged to understand, historically, the information wars can be won by as few as 5% of the populations. I am also encouraged by the many people who have not read Quigley, yet by the sheer force of their own intellectual skills and keen observations, can impute without the direct information provided by Quigley. Without Quigley, they point to inconsistencies in the official historical record and the official stories of finance, geopolitics and social engineering that deserve a complete accounting and then demand an explanation. The interview below with Paul Craig Roberts is a very good example of the brilliant intellect of PCR who struggles without the benefit of Quigley.

Paul Craig Roberts Interviewed by John B. Wells, Caravan To Midnight

Another good example of brilliance overcoming ignorance without the benefit of Quigley can be seen in the excellent interview of NSA Whistleblower William Binney by Richard Grove here.
Obviously, Mr. Grove is well versed in Quigley, but the question must be asked: How much more effective would Binney or PCR be if they had the benefit of Quigley’s and Sutton’s documented evidence?

I’ve often said …

“There are two kinds of people: Those who have read Quigley and those who have not; and it is very easy to tell the difference.”

I didn’t say this to be offensive or elitist or to prove I’m smarter than anyone else. I said it simply because it is true. Once the truth of what Quigley said hits you, you can never go home again, you can never see the world the same way again. Your innocence is lost. Your naive belief in the goodness of so many institutions is forever shattered by documented fact. You see with clear eyes and so you are more difficult to fool by those who build the walled-gardens of propaganda where most of your fellows live out their intellectual lives; never questioning the construction of these walls, built of ‘well-established’ assumptions which are in fact lies.

But even with the revelations provided by Quigley, Sutton and others, the picture is never complete and of course changes over time. The old guards die, providing room for the new oligarchs and their attendant power structures; but these changes are mostly traceable and predictable. The footprints of the past are seen everywhere in the present. Today, we have a new generation of brave, brilliant investigators and heroes who have continued –sometimes at great personal sacrifice– to peel back the curtain so that we can observe those who seek to enslave the rest of us for their own selfish purposes. See the Julian Assange interview below.

Assange on ‘US Empire,’ Assad govt overthrow plans & new book ‘The WikiLeaks Files’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Published on Sep 9, 2015

Afshin Rattansi goes underground with the world’s most wanted publisher – the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange. He has just co-authored a book – the WikiLeaks Files, and it paints a picture of systemic US torture and killing as well as the destruction of the lives and livelihoods of billions of people right around the world.

There are many examples of our Superstars who have read and understand Quigley and Sutton:

James Corbett of The Corbett Report
Joe Plummer of Stop The Lie
G. Edward Griffin The Quigley Formula – G. Edward Griffin lecture
Richard Grove of Tragedy and Hope
and many, many more …

Your chance to read a secret Pentagon document

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by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | Aug 18, 2015

Mark Twain, detail of photo by Mathew Brady, February 7, 1871

“Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception.” — Mark Twain

Let us not forget that Saddam was supported by the U.S. in his war against Iran (500,000 Iraqi dead and 750,000 Iranian dead) and was given the green-light to invade Kuwait … but this green-light was a calculation by the U.S., designed to provided political cover for the Gulf War codenamed Operation Desert Shield:

On July 25, 1990, Saddam Hussein entertained a guest at the Presidential Palace in Baghdad: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, April Glaspie. Glaspie told the Iraqi president: “I have direct instructions from President (George H.W.) Bush to improve our relations with Iraq. We have considerable sympathy for your quest for higher oil prices, the immediate cause of your confrontation with Kuwait.”

AND let us not forget about “The Kuwaiti Incubator Babies – LIE ” Behold the lie that put the public behind the war – The Kuwaiti Incubator Babies…LIE. This entire story was manufactured. The “innocent” girl who testifies “tearfully”, is, in reality, a member of the Kuwaiti royal family and her “story” has been given to her – she was coached.

Behold the former head of the CIA and then current President of the United States, George H.W. Bush,…LIE…through his teeth, about the incubator babies. Do you think that the former head of the CIA would make up such a story?

Joe Plummer: I would add that US aid to “ISIS” also keeps the “war on terror” meme rolling along. It “justifies” the illegal / unconstitutional expansion of government power at home, while maintaining the pretext for continued intervention in the Persian Gulf. This quote from PNAC in 2000 (taken from “Rebuilding America’s Defenses”) provides further insight:

“In the Persian Gulf region, the presence of American forces, along with British and French units, has become a semipermanent fact of life.

Though the immediate mission of those forces is to enforce the no-fly zones over northern and southern Iraq, they represent the long-term commitment of the United States and its major allies to a region of vital importance. Indeed, the United States has for decades sought to play a more permanent role in Gulf regional security.

While the unresolved conflict with Iraq provides the immediate justification, the need for a substantial American force presence in the Gulf transcends the issue of the regime of Saddam Hussein.”

from DownsizeDC.org August 17, 2015 By Jim Babka
Your chance to read a secret Pentagon document

Additional Reading on this topic:

U.S. Vs. Iraq: 25 Years and Counting. Who Triggered the 1991 Gulf War?
Global Research, August 16, 2015 |By Mickey Z

3D Geopolitics

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by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | July 29, 2015

Another chess piece moved (Iran) by the U.S. in the Geopolitical game to constrain Russia and China… at this point it looks like a masterful move by the Obama Administration. This is an example of what James Corbett calls, 3D chess (geopolitics) whereby most people are focused on a 2D chess game, whilst the oligarchs play 3D. After all, the oligarchs have more in common (to maintain and increase their power) with each other than they do with their respective citizens.

Making Sense of the Iran Nuclear Deal: Geopolitical Implications
By Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh
Global Research, July 29, 2015

With US Sanctions biting into the Russian economy and China’s stock market faltering, what will be the impact on the New Silk Road Infrastructure plans? While the rigged stock markets are good at pushing paper for the benefit of the few, they are no longer used to allocate resources based on real underlying economic dynamics. I’m assuming the new silk road plans will continue despite China’s huge losses in the stock market; since after all, the new silk road represents real economic growth potential, unlike the rigged Casino we call the stock market.

Wall Street Still Didn’t Get The Memo—–China’s Done, Tops In!
by David Stockman • July 29, 2015

Additional Reading:

In the article below, Pepe Escobar details Russia and China’s reaction to U.S. aggression, driven by a rabid U.S. desire for ‘Full Spectrum Dominance’. If Russia and China are successful, this does not bode well for the masters of the Angelo-American Establishment.

BRICS, China, Iran, P5+1, Russia, US Empire
The Seeds of Eurasia; A vision manifests, by Pepe Escobar
July 26, 2015

Paul Craig Roberts provides some clear insights into the U.S. Geopolitics of Russian containment…
Paul Craig Roberts: ‘US Wants to Coerce Russia Into Submission’
July 29, 2015

Phoney Opposition: The Truth About the BRICS
Broc West • 08/19/2015 •

via Devon Douglas-Bowers hamptoninstitution.org

This is a transcript of a recent email interview conducted between Devon Douglas-Brewers and independent journalist James Corbett, where they discuss BRICS, the view that many have of the organization as a resistance force and the truth behind that. The conversation ends with how we can fight back against the powers that be in our own way.

Screwing the Pooch

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by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | July 28, 2015

Did the U.S. ‘Screw the Pooch‘ by its bloody warmongering across the Middle East, North Africa and Ukraine? Despite millions of casualties, the U.S. has not succeeded in intimidating Russia or China but rather put them both on high alert. Interesting that after the failed U.S. putsch to install U.S.-backed Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, former U.S. ally Egypt is now also fully awake to the ‘Realpolitik’ tactics of the Empire of Chaos. Who –other than the U.S. Media– could miss the mass-murder and suffering created by the U.S. slogging its way through the Middle East and North Africa, destabilizing and wrecking Libya, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan; none of whom are national security threats and have done nothing to threaten the U.S. in any way. And now a pivot to Asia? What madness! Russia and China wanted to be arms-length partners with the U.S. but U.S. military planners would have none of it. Now the U.S. has driven these two former rivals closer together to build a financial and security counterbalance against murderous U.S. global hegemony. The NWO must be crapping in their pants. We live in interesting times. Russia, China and others realize that the NWO represents an existential threat to the idea of the ‘Nation-State’ and to most of humanity; including the American people. Most Americans have yet to wake up to see who their real enemies are; hint: It’s not Russia or China. According to Catherine Austin Fitts, the Western Banks have stolen at least $40 trillion from their citizens, so these money masters still have plenty of juice to cause some global havoc advancing their mission. While Americans struggle under the tyranny emanating daily from their masters in D.C., will they finally wake from their slumber in time to identify the real villains in this geopolitical drama for world domination? Americans have been robbed, raped, pillaged and plundered, yet they remain loyal to the illusion that their vote still actually counts and America is a beacon of freedom for the world. Even after the U.S. Congress handed over the keys to America’s sovereignty to international bankers and corporations (all done in secret) with TPP, Americans are none the wiser. This soft coup d’état of America has already taken place, yet Americans still live clueless in their walled-garden of propaganda constructed by their masters.

BRICS, China, Iran, P5+1, Russia, US Empire
The Seeds of Eurasia; A vision manifests, by Pepe Escobar
July 26, 2015

Countering the neo-Cold Warriors
by Wayne Madsen
Voltaire Network | Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 18 July 2015

Counting the Dead in Iraq

A Reporter Said “Screw the Pooch” on Face the Nation. Where Does That Phrase Come From?

12 Dictators, Tyrants And Terrorist Groups Aided By The US Federal Government

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StopTheLie.com News update (07-27-2015)
Source: LibertyUpward.com

Joe Plummer

Throughout the history of United States Foreign policy the U.S. Government has often justified or called for the invasion of another country by claiming the need to remove a dictator who was committing human rights abuses against his own people.

But what is not commonly known is that throughout that same history the U.S. Government also gave military and financial support to numerous tyrants and terrorists with the full knowledge and awareness that these groups were committing human rights abuses against their own people.

This is something the mainstream media in America will never talk about.

And while the media and the U.S. Government tells us that “terrorists hate us for our freedoms”, perhaps it’s much closer to the truth to say they hate us for propping up dictators around the world, who kill, torture, steal from and unjustly imprison their citizens.

Here is a partial list of some of the worst tyrants and dictators your tax dollars have aided and abetted over the years… Read full article at: 12 Dictators, Tyrants And Terrorist Groups Aided By The US Federal Government

COMMENT: “Again, as Quigley points out, the “power structure” that he exposed isn’t loyal to Communism, or Socialism, or Fascism, or capitalism. The Network is happy to exploit the rhetoric of any movement or ideology, prop up any dictator or tyrant, and support any economic or political model, provided it serves their one overarching aim. That aim, to bring “all the habitable portions of the world under their control,” is as old as the lust for power itself. The death and suffering that their policies have already caused in pursuit of this aim are incalculable. Allowing them to continue as they have will only bring more of the same.

Tragedy & Hope 101 by Joe Plummer

–If there is one goal for this book, it is to expose the attitude and inherent nature of those who seek to dominate others. Don’t worry about remembering all of the dates and names that have been listed. Don’t worry about trying to recall all of the specific events. (All of that information will always be here if you need to find it again.) Instead, make it a point to simply verify the following: there is no lie that these men will not tell. There is no crime that they will not commit. The only measure of “right” and “wrong,” in their view, is whether their tactics succeed or fail. This might sound like hyperbole now, but by the end of this short book you will understand the truth of this assertion. (The Network’s game is won by those who calculate properly, and moral considerations only impede accurate calculation.)” —Tragedy and Hope 101

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts : On the So-Called “Greek Debt Crisis”

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by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | July 26, 2015

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If you understand how the money powers use USAID, IMF the World Bank and other financial orgs to transfer ownership of real assets on the cheap, you will recognize these same techniques being used on Greece today. This is commonly known as ‘Asset-Striping’ a country by those who do this for a living. PCR (Paul Craig Roberts) recently did an excellent breakdown on this in an interview on The Mind Renewed by Dr. Julian Charles. Below, I have broken down the steps used in 3rd – World nations in Latin America and other regions of the globe. Why is this important? Well, this is what is being done to Greece and what is in store for any other members of the EU who get out of line; and it must be noted that the USA is not immune.

ASSET-STRIPPING Sovereign Nations, by the books:

1. Country “X” is identified as being financially weak, yet has valuable assets like natural resources or has geopolitical value
2. Country “X” is then targeted by the USAID, IMF & World Bank for loans.
3. Representatives are sent into Country “X” to do studies to prove up (by exaggerated estimates) what this or that infrastructure will do for the economy of Country “X”.
4. This inflated estimate for money is then included as part of a loan request to the bank. This is the cover.
5. Loan is committed
6. Heads of State of Country “X” siphon off much of the money to private bank accounts
7. Most of the work for the infrastructure improvements goes to well-connected multinational corporations not to local companies.
8. Country “X” cannot pay loan back
9. Bank offers additional money to help Country “X” if they will implement “austerity measures” which effectively puts the bankers in charge of running the country.
10. Country “X”, still cannot make payments on loan.
11. Bank takes control of assets and natural resources of Country “X”
12. Bank sells assets, natural resources of Country “X” or provides monopolies to multinational corporations at pennies on the dollar, which still does not satisfy the debt.
NOTE: Much of this is coordinated with the help of the US, CIA, NATO and the EU. If Country “X” will not go along with the loan, then Operation Gladio or a ‘Color Revolution’ is implemented to destabilize Country “X” for regime change.

Enjoy the Brilliant interview with Paul Craig Roberts by Dr. Julian Charles of The Mind Renewed just below…

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts : On the So-Called “Greek Debt Crisis“
Published on Friday, 24 July 2015 13:37 by The Mind Renewed:

What is the so-called “Greek Debt Crisis”? Is it simply the result of economic mismanagement by the Greek people and their successive governments, or is there more to it than meets the eye?

Joining us to answer this question, we welcome once again Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (former US Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy), who explains that the crisis is not fundamentally about debt at all, but rather the playing out of a strategy by the financial and political elites to establish two main principles: the looting of European countries by the “One Percent”, and the systematic destruction of their national sovereignty.

We also discuss the Iran Nuclear Deal and the recent address by UK Prime Minister David Cameron on “extremism” (described by Glenn Greenwald as “one of the creepiest and most authoritarian speeches you’ll ever hear.”)

Related NFO from Catherine Austin Fitts:
Central Bank Warfare Model Wearing Thin (Published on Jul 19, 2015)
Join Greg Hunter as he goes One-on-One with investment banker Catherine Austin Fitts of Solari.com.

Show notes from ‘Central Bank Warfare Model Wearing Thin’:
Financial expert Catherine Austin Fitts says, “The central banking warfare model is wearing thin. There are three things you can do: You can have war, you can have depopulation or you can have change. The voice you are hearing coming back from the BRICS, the voice you are hearing coming back from the Greek people is let’s try change. The IMF is saying . . . you know they have a point. Puerto Rico and Greece have rung that bell that says we have to create value in the real economy. You can’t eat it if you don’t grow it, and we can’t grow it if we are all engaged in disaster capitalism.”

Some additional clarity on the Iran nuclear deal:
Obama’s line on the Iran nuclear deal: A second false narrative
by Gareth Porter | MIDDLE EAST EYE |Saturday 25 July 2015

Geopolitics 101:

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by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | July 14, 2015

Building a New World Order

The idea behind ‘Anglo-American‘ Geopolitics is to remove the concept of the ‘nation-state’ and replace it with global governance: a single point of control. To do this, our masters need to fuse 1) the North American Union; 2) the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and 3) the European Union (EU) into one organization. Monies from carbon taxes will help support this governing bureaucracy — ergo the need for man-made global warming. They still need China, Russia, Iran and some other stragglers to join the club of one. Libya, Syria and many others have been dealt with. Ukraine is being used to draw Russia into making the mistake of attacking. To accomplish this grand scheme, they need a major global crisis to bring everyone to heal so that they can save the world from the problems they created.

Was the USSR an evil empire?

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by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | July 6, 2015

The NWO vs The Nation-State

Was the USSR an evil empire? Yes!

It was also created by the USA.

Don’t believe me? Inform yourselves by reading Antony C. Sutton’s book entitled ‘Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution’. Did Stalin kill millions of people including Ukrainians? Yes. Did the New York Times cover-up Stalin’s genocide? Yes. Did the Wall Street bankers fund arms through Russia used against U.S. Soldiers in Vietnam? Yes. Is Putin a saint? No. Putin is ex-KGB (USSR) and as a requirement of staying in power must deal with the corrupt oligarchs left over from the USSR era and the newly minted mafiosi in Russia today. While all of this is true, don’t confuse the old Soviet USSR (existed between 1922 and 1991) with the current Russian Federation. They are not the same. The ‘Anglo-American Establishment‘ of international bankers who run the USA are after a one world government. Putin still believes in the ‘nation-state’ as most Americans do. This, my friends, is what the real battle with Russia is all about. The propaganda you read and watch in the Western press is orchestrated by the same people who are shredding the U.S. Constitution and would enslave you. Get a clue. By buying into and repeating the Western propaganda against Russia, you are unwittingly promoting the sacrifice of your sons and daughters to advance the NWO’s agenda and your own enslavement.

“There has been a continuing, albeit concealed, alliance between international political capitalists and international revolutionary socialists – to their mutual benefit.”
-Antony C. Sutton
Wall Street And The Bolshevik Revolution

The Rockefeller File
by Gary Allen
Building the Big Red Machine

Crimea for Dummies: The invasion that never happened…

Additional Reading from ClearNFO:

War with Russia

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by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | June 27, 2015

War with Russia

While the geopolitical planners at the U.S. Pentagon make their plans for war with Russia, remember that Russia has done nothing to Americans. Remember that it is not Russia who is shredding the U.S. Constitution. It is not Russia who is trying to take your 1st, 2nd and 4th Amendments away. It is not Russia who lied about the assassination of JFK or 9/11. It is not Russia who passed the NDAA which gives the U.S. President dictatorial powers over the U.S. Citizen. It is not Russia who has lied you into spending trillions on countless wars across the globe that have brutally destroyed the lives of millions of innocent men, women and children. It is not Russia who just ceded U.S. Sovereignty to a New Authority of unelected foreign corporations through unconstitutional trade agreements which are in fact treaties requiring a 2/3rd vote in the senate. It would seem that Russia and the American citizen face the same enemy of freedom. Don’t let them lie you into yet another war. Get a clue.

Ten years ago, I thought much as many American’s do today: I believed the official propaganda about America’s list of so called enemies including Russia. After 9/11, I took the time and effort to become educated. Key to my deeper understanding was ‘The Anglo-American Establishment‘ by Carroll Quigley. If you haven’t read this marvelous book, please consider reading this well-researched and documented historical account.

Many here in America keep regurgitating the same official propaganda about Russia; confusing USSR with the Russian Federation, while at the same time totally unaware of the U.S. participation in the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 or the financial and technological assistance given to the USSR by the U.S. Many here in the ‘West’ need to step outside of the ‘Walled Garden‘ of their historical assumptions and get some actual facts. James Corbett’s interview with James Perloff would be a good first step in clearing out some of the propaganda so many of us are subject to …

James Perloff Explodes the Korean War Lies …

Show Notes: On the 65th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War James is joined by James Perloff of jamesperloff.com to discuss his in-depth article, “The Korean War: Another Conflict that Served the Illuminati Agenda.” From deals with the Soviets to protection for the Chinese to pulled punches and “missed” opportunities, we examine how the pretext for the war was created, why it was thrown, and who was behind it.

Thomas Jefferson said:

“Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. The real extent of this state of misinformation is known only to those who are in situations to confront facts within their knowledge with the lies of the day. I really look with commiseration over the great body of my fellow citizens, who, reading newspapers, live and die in the belief that they have known something of what has been passing in the world.”(Letter to John Norvell, June 14, 1807)

Perloff’s Article on this topic…
The Korean War: Another Conflict that Served the Illuminati Agenda

SANCTIONS ARE AN ACT OF WAR:

How the scam is played…Sanctions Promote War – LewRockwell.com
How U.S. Economic Warfare Provoked Japan’s Attack on Pearl Harbor
By Robert Higgs
The Independent Institute
July 13, 2015

Eurasia, the “World Island”

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by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | June 24, 2015

Interesting, but lengthy analysis of Mackinder and Zbig’s theory of the World Island from 2006 in the link below. Though Eurasia may not possess the specific strategic qualities identified by Mackinder, it is nonetheless the major game on today’s geopolitical stage, bringing together Russia and China while the Anglo-American Establishment (represented by US/UK) is being left out in the cold.

North America

The World Island

As a result of my Anglo-American education, most maps I grew up with had the USA as the center of the known universe with the globe slightly tilted to display more of the northern hemisphere. And of course across ‘the pond’ was Western Europe. However, if we reposition our vantage point to be centered over central Asia, the world takes on an entirely new flavor. This view is a view of the great ‘World Island’ (including China, Russia, Middle East, Africa, India, Europe, the *stans, etc.) and is what our geopolitical planners and of course Russia, China and others are keenly aware of. From the late 16th century to WWI (World War One), the British extended and maintained its empire by controlling the seas. After the Empire’s pentacle of power marked by WWI, the control of the seas was bequeathed to Briton’s Prodigal child, the USA. Implicit in controlling the seas is the desire to control the land masses behind the seas since it is far easier and less expensive to control the seas and project power from the seas than to attempt to control all the land inland. So, from WWII to present, this has been the USA’s default position. Control of the seas was essential to control those who lived on the land behind the seas.

China and Russia fully understand they are no match for the military might of the USA, but the USA is heavily committed to the old, outdated British paradigm of controlling the seas to control the land. Zbig and others recognized this one dimensional weakness and set about new methods and strategies (including Gladio Operations, Color Revolutions, NGOs, forward NATO bases, USAID, World Bank, IMF, etc) to contain their existing vassal states and to bring Russia and China under control or at a minimum limit their ability to contest the primacy of the mono-polar world of the Anglo-American power structure. If you look at a map of US Military and NATO bases, you will quickly discover the USA’s plan of encircling and containing Russia and China.

Russia and China are pragmatic and realize that they cannot control the seas or directly contest the USA’s massive military; so have decided to go inland, rehydrate the old Silk Road and build a new financial infrastructure without the Anglo-American Establishment’s permission.

“A victorious Roman general, when he entered the city, amid all the head-turning splendor of a `Triumph,’ had behind him on the chariot a slave who whispered into his ear that he was mortal. When our statesmen are in conversation with the defeated enemy, some airy cherub should whisper to them from time to time this saying: Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland; Who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island; Who rules the World-Island commands the World.” –Sir Halford Mackinder, 1919

“Paradoxically, our attempts to prevent a Eurasian anti-American alliance may make that outcome more likely. As Steven Walt has persuasively shown, imbalances of threat, not imbalances of power, drive alliances together. Our attempts to project power into the Heartland, if done clumsily, can heighten threat perceptions in its capitals, making such counterproductive alliances more attractive.” – Christopher J. Fettweis

Eurasia, the “World Island”: Geopolitics, and Policymaking in the 21st Century
By Christopher J. Fettweis Global Research, March 14, 2006

Additional Reading:

The Geographical Pivot of History (Wikipedia)
The Geopolitical Chessboard (ClearNFO)
George Friedman, “Europe: Destined for Conflict?”(ClearNFO)
Mackinder Reincarnates–Now Hungary Joins Silk Road 09.07.2015 Author: F. William Engdahl
The Great Game (Wikipedia)
The New Great Game by Christoph Germann
China: End Run for World Domination