The US Empire embarked
on another Imperial war for oil five months ago and the Empire botched the job
again, just like it botched the job in Iraq. The Imperial legates and our
client Principalities couldn't finish the job, even with unlimited resources
and unchallenged air power. Mr. Gaddafi is still with us and seems to be
reorganizing. He has made it clear that he will now target ports and oil
facilities. So, Libya is going to go up in flames again as Gaddafi loyalists
turn into the resistance, and the Empire's associate petroleum companies may
not be able to abscond with the oil for months or even years.
Why do our wars cost
so much and produce so little benefit? It is because the Empire insists on
pretending that it is not after resources, that it is not an Empire. The Empire
seems to believe its own lies, that it is motivated by humanitarian concerns.
But if the ruling elites in the Empire believe their own lies, they are alone
in that belief. No one else with any idea of what is going on believes the
Empire’s lies. Outside of the USA, it is clear to everyone that the Empire is
after resources and is intent on controlling the Muslim world through client
kings and bases for the legions from Carthage to Memphis and from Tyre to
Bactria.
But all this war and
conniving drains the Imperial Treasury of great torrents of wealth that
purchase weapons systems that serve no function in these wars, in maintaining
garrisons that do not pacify the natives, but rather sharpen their resolve to
fight back. This Empire is bleeding to death as the wealth of the productive
part drains into the Bactrian sands. That is not the way to go about Empire.
Empire is not supposed to produce debt and poverty for the victors. It is
supposed to amass wealth for the conqueror. It is not supposed to leave the
conqueror bankrupt. If you're going to be an Empire, be proud to be Empire, be
proud to plunder under the Eagles!
So, I just wish that
the powers-that-be would be honest about their intentions. If they were honest
imperialists, at least they might not drive us to economic ruin. If the goal is
to go steal the oil, just say so and go steal the damn oil! If Muammar and his
people don’t like it, crucify a couple thousand of them along the Libyan coast
road the way that Crassus did on the road to Rome. Do you think that Trajan
successfully marched through the Parthian Empire to the Persian Gulf telling
reporters that he was there to "protect civilians"? No, he was clear
and direct. He was there to conquer! Did Caesar incorporate Gaul into the
Empire by spending too much money and housing his legions in air-conditioned
tents? No, his legions were expected to fight and kill and work and sweat and
only get paid if they captured enough slaves and loot for Caesar to pay them!
Did Gaius Verres make sure to spread Imperial Treasure among all the Sicilians
so that they would accept the Roman presence? Heck no! He stole everything that
wasn’t bolted to the floor. (Well, not exactly. He stole the stuff that was
bolted down too.)
If we are to be an
Empire we need to change a few things:
- 1. Go after the
resources openly so that all Imperial citizens can benefit. Make sure that a
substantial part of the loot gets paid into the Treasury.
- 2. Eliminate local
resistance with proven methods such as putting entire cities to the sword or
mass crucifixions. Caesar’s innovation of cutting the hands off of all the men
in a Gallic city that defied Roman domination and then spreading these cripples
to all parts of Gaul was quite effective in curbing resistance.
- 3. Immediately upon
pacification, send in the tax collectors and squeeze the people till they bleed.
We want loot. Pay up or die.
That Roman form of
Empire is actually more honest than what the US Empire is doing, and it would
benefit most Americans. The US Empire as it is today only benefits a tiny elite
power group in the USA while it kills hundreds of thousands of innocent people
and beggars everyone else. And this happens in a democracy! That just shows
that a democracy made up of mostly ignorant, brainwashed voters is one of the
worst forms of government imaginable. The current Empire is bankrupting the USA,
destroying the economy and engendering global resentment, while making billions
of dollars for a few, well-connected companies and individuals. That’s crazy.
If we’re going to
survive as an Empire, we’d better learn to make it pay. If we can’t stomach the
violence and immorality of that, if we can’t rein in the security state
parasites and steal resources for all Americans, then we have no business
comporting ourselves as an Empire. In that case we need to deconstruct the
Security State (empire), cut the Federal Budget by 60% and decentralize the US
of A into small enough polities for the citizens to be able to overpower the
special interests.
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