Pentagon, psychic warfare and Glenn Beck

As a foreign observer, who is deeply interested in the machinations of the US warfare machine, I cannot help but think that maybe there is something going on. November 30th, if I remember correctly, is the end-date for the "Super-committee" to come up with budget cuts or budgets of all departments will be slashed. There has already been one congressman out trying to propose that the Pentagon should be excluded.

And now, we have two very interesting "threats". First, there is the strange incident of Iranian plotting against a Saudi ambassador. Aside from the obvious fact that the Saudis will use this as an excuse to turn up the rhetoric agains Iran, the whole thing reeks of crime provocation or outright fraud.

In addition to this, since the US has executed (without trial) a man that may at least have looked faintly like Usama Bin Ladin, and thereafter dumped him at sea to hide all evidence, the Afghani threat is no longer viable. NATO is likely to give up within a year or two, and Afghanistan will return to being the words premier drug-smuggling route. But fear not, after pushing the Pakistani into the grateful hands of the Chinese, the war machinery is now very busy creating a new enemy, complete with terrorist movement and demonic leader.

If one wasn't a believe in coincidences, it would almost look like the Pentagon is trying to make themselves indespensible to avoid budget cuts. And then there is the sad story of Glenn Beck.

Glenn Beck was always a strange character, swinging between admiration for the neo-cons, and shouting libertarian anti-state propaganda (but like Ron Paul, always with a solid admiration for the founding fathers). It is my firm belief that he unfortunately peeked a bit too far behind the curtain, and it was decided that he should be taken off the air. After all, he did quite a lot to show the deep corruption in the US political system, warning about disastrous inflation, pointing fingers towards the US Federal Reserve, and attempted to teach americans a thing or two about what was the foundation for the formerly marvellous US economy.

And since I watched almost every episode from this side of the pond, I couldn't help but notice something that happened as the Glenn Beck program moved towards its final season. Clearly, someone made poor Glenn Beck believe that the "moslem threat" against the Western world was the one important focal point. He probably didn't need much convincing. From what I've seen lately, he's been on a religious quest to promote the state of Israel, and while I can still admire the fact that he seems to be a deeply compassionate man, he clearly would have done much more use by continuing to bash the endless spendthrift US government instead of running the errands of the neo-con war machinery. The thing that probably did him in was when he admitted on air "I'm starting to feel like Ron Paul when it comes to foreign policy". Never look too far behind the curtain, unless you are prepared for the consequences.

Is America tired enough of war, or will the military-industrial complex score yet another victory by sending US troops on some wild quest to blow up windmills?