Hi GFP: I would not doubt it. We're only $21 Trillion in debt, so we can afford a large regional conflict with a nation armed with nuclear weapons. But, if the Deep State wants a war, a war we will get. They'll pull off a false flag operation and rally the American sheeple into war. Maybe even reinstitute the draft. Our Air Force is short of approximately 2,000 pilots. With the prospects of high paying airline jobs after your service having evaporated, not as many people want to join the Air Force. Or they lack the education and/or intelligence to be able to qualify to fly.
In my limited free time I've been reading "The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA and the Rise of America's Secret Government". Very enlightening on the birth of the modern Deep State. From helping key Nazis to escape Nuremberg punishments, to overthrowing governments, to subverting the will of the people and their elected representatives, the Deep State does what it wants, where it wants, when it wants. Trump can't drain the swamp. He's making some inroads at the IRS, the Department of Energy and the EPA. But the swamp is too wide and too deep. It will survive Trump and continue to fester in the putrid world of Washington.
Did you notice the gold trading yesterday? As soon as the European markets closed "someone" dumped $ 4 Billion in gold futures in one fell swoop. It made the price of gold drop almost $13 an ounce within minutes. Fucking crooks. Naked shorting is supposed to be illegal. But the CFTC looks the other way, just like the SEC. Worthless, unless the Deep States needs them to go after some rogue player. I was hoping the with China opening a gold exchange that there shenanigans would have less impact. But that hasn't proven to be the case so far.
And Trump gave up a good change to reign in the Fed with a monetary conservative. Instead he picked yet another EZ Money, low interest rates forever monetary dove. I expect Powell to continue the policies of Yellen, Bernanke, and Greenspan. The result will be a continued drop in the standard of living of the average American and the 1% will continue to prosper.
I hope you have an enjoyable Thanksgiving if I don't post you before then.
