Reply #41: I fear this is exactly where we are headed.

[woo me with science]

A major war is the goal and trump card of the oligarchy.

Our economy is wrecked. We have little real industry apart from the military industrial complex. The population is growing more restless and desperate. I think we will see a steady, purposeful escalation of tensions with Iran and a drumbeat to come together as Americans against a ginned up threat.

And what better way for the private banking cartel to remain indispensable and protected from serious reform, than to ensure an even more urgent need for the loans they provide in order to fund a necessary war?