03/26/10 Terrorism, world war, central banks buy gold

Here are some of the best articles of the day:

Doug Casey: Making Terrorism Your Friend

Excellent interview with Doug Casey about terrorism and the coming age of open-source warfare. Here’s a gold nugget:

In my view, the trend towards terrorism as the next evolution of warfare is about as certain as they come. It’s not just the U.S.; all the big nation-states are on the ragged edge of bankruptcy. Their huge bureaucracies, oppressive tax systems, complicated regulatory regimes, subsidies, bailouts, fiat currencies, and welfare programs are – every one of them – near collapse. They were confidence schemes. It’s not just standing armies, but the nation-state itself is a dead man walking at this point.

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Have a Nice World War, Folks
John Pilger

Great anti-war commentary:

According to an American general, the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan is not so much a real war as a “war of perception.” Thus, the recent “liberation of the city of Marja” from the Taliban’s “command and control structure” was pure Hollywood. Marja is not a city; there was no Taliban command and control. The heroic liberators killed the usual civilians, poorest of the poor. Otherwise, it was fake. A war of perception is meant to provide fake news for the folks back home, to make a failed colonial adventure seem worthwhile and patriotic, as if The Hurt Locker were real and parades of flag-wrapped coffins through the Wiltshire town of Wooten Basset were not a cynical propaganda exercise.

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Central Banks Buy Gold
The Daily Bell

This article discusses the likely motives behind massive gold purchases by central banks last year, which include the ability to manipulate gold and silver prices more effectively and continued control over money in general. Conclusion: as fiat currency fails, real money will naturally come in to fill the vacuum.

~ by demosthenes on March 26, 2010.