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| 1938 Man of the Year in the January 2, 1939 issue of Time |
However, it was during this time when the British Empire became increasing threatened by the rising power of German capitalists and their ambitions to rule the world under the banner of the Third Reich. British and US capitalists originally thought that the Nazis would go through Czechoslovakia to attack the Soviet Union, a nation that British capitalists has long hated and attempted to overthrow the Russian Revolution of 1917. Instead the Nazis attacked Poland which forced the Brits through treaties to declare a formal war against Germany. However, the British armed forces did little to attack German forces for over eight months after declaring war. This period became known as the Phony War. They waited during this period to see what the Germans would do. When they successfully invaded the Low Countries and France, the British ruling class in particular became very concerned that the Nazis, which they had previously nurtured and supported, would eclipse the British Empire. In addition, they had mutual defense treaties with both Poland and France which forced them to declare war on Germany and come to the aid of France. The French forces under the ruling French capitalists, who were riddled with Nazi sympathizers, fell apart early on. The Germans, particularly the German mixed ruling class of capitalists and aristocracy, clearly resented the false armistice of the WWI and the loss of their colonies. The Germans went on to drive the British armies out of Europe and adopted France as a virtual colony under the control of the Vichy. When the German Nazis turned their weapons on Britain during the aerial Battle of Britain, the British ruling class were convinced that the Germans were a threat to the loss of their empire. However, Hitler admired both Britain and the USA, and evidence is abundant that he would not have invaded Britain. Hitler, in fact, did not--not because he feared the allied effort, particularly the USA behind Britain, but because he turned east to attack the Soviet Union as was his original plan.
Meanwhile, Henry Luce and other capitalists on the Council on Foreign Relations, a "think tank" consisting of powerful members of the emerging US Deep State (see my commentary here if you don't understand this term; for an extensive history of its development read The Anglo-American Establishment by Carroll Quigley) presciently saw the possibility that the fascist powers could replace the British Empire as top dog in the world, and they, the Deep State which was the core of the US capitalist ruling class, wanted a US capitalist empire to rise as a dominant nation from the ruins of a world war. Henry Luce published in February 1941 in his Time magazine an article American Century which signaled to the broader capitalist class their determination to establish an American empire. He essentially urged American capitalist leaders to come out from the banner of isolationism where they were hiding, and support what he foresaw as an "American Century" where American and allied capitalists from other nations could rule the world.
Sure enough, that is what precisely happened. The British Empire emerged at the end of WWII as only a bankrupt shadow of its former self. The British ruling class's empire was in ruins and many of their colonies were demanding independence. The British ruling class saw the necessity of combining with the US ruling class to preserve their power. Together they soon saw the usefulness of a European Jewish colony placed in the middle of Arab Middle East in order to control the abundant fossil fuel resources of this area (read Israel: a Beachhead in the Middle East.) Thus, Israel was born to serve the Empire. And, as they say, the rest is history.
Coles in this post brings us up-to-date on the latest efforts of the Empire to rule the world.
Back in 1997, the now-re-established US Space Command announced its commitment to “full spectrum dominance.” The Vision for 2020 explains that “full spectrum dominance” means military control over land, sea, air, and space (the so-called fourth dimension of warfare) “to protect US interests and investment.” “Protect” means guarantee operational freedom. “US interest and investment” means corporate profits.He describes some of these efforts by supplying extensive documentation that shows that the US/Anglo/Zionist Empire is now totally focused on maintaining and expanding the Empire's hegemony over the rest of the world.
