It seems like the mainstream media/Democratic Party is very ready to throw immigrants and Trans people under the bus in the name of trying to undercut fascism by moving right. It's the kind of foolish, Starmer style politics only an establishment liberal could like.
I've been predicting the manufacture of a "national emergency" since Trump's inauguration (which hardly makes me a soothsayer) but not because Trump envisioned it but because his handlers did and do (Miller, Vought, other sycophant puppet masters) want a suspension of elections for the installation of an oligarchic autocrat. The jettisoning of military leaders who would potentially oppose a counter-invasion is not coincidental. The question will be do the actual boots-on-the-ground soldiers buy it.
So Ken, is this narrative about Weapons of Mass Migration a way for the CIA, the State Dept., and Executive branch to divert attention away from, and avoid taking any responsibility for, U.S. economic sabotage of the economies of Central and South America, thus causing people to have to leave their countries?
Nothing Trump has done or plans to do surprises me. He may be many things, but subtle isn’t one of them. While he charges ahead with the WMM program, the MSM and the Democrats are silent, possibly because they agree with him.
Thank you as always, Ken, for this thoughtful column.
All good points Ken. I think it's all just a fake excuse to pre-position troops for when Trump announces he won't leave office and a justification for a white nationalist ethnic cleansing.
The biggest mistake Americans can make is to believe that what happens is just what happens and that there is no planning going on behind the scenes.
I highly recommend to everyone the book "War for Profit" by Ari ben Menashe, a former high level member of Israeli defense intelligence that Israel left hanging, resulting in a US prison sentence. The book is his tell-all and what things he tells. Nobody can read this book and still believe that what we see happening is what it is presented to be.
One example that probably should be included is the pressure by Russia & Belarus on Poland, where they appear to be transiting and assisting migrants crossing the border.
Of course, the domestic version of this is Florida & Texas sending migrants to blue cities to put pressure on Democrats to change immigration policy during the Biden administration.
"At this point, Weapons of Mass Migration has become an ideology that no amount of fact is going to unwind."
Wow. Thank you for uncovering this. And thanks for prying out that report about Venezuela via FOIA. Wasn't the post-9/11 Department of Homeland Security supposed to help government agencies communicate with each other? </sarcasm>
Also this is such a victim-blaming ideology. Like, can you imagine walking up to a person in real life and insisting that they are a weapon of a foreign government, without their knowledge, but they still have personal responsibility for their migration and must suffer consequences? I would feel so insulted if it were me.
The DHS was set up according to the blueprint for Operation Phoenix, which was carried out during the war on Vietnam. Complete with the same terminology and concepts like "fusion centers" - All of which can only be interpreted as the US government treating the US citizenry like the US military and CIA treated the Viet Cong (and frankly every person alive in Vietnam at the time). Since its inception, the DHS Operation Phoenix modus operandi has infected virtually every law enforcement body of a sufficient size in the country.
“Far from a problem of ‘root causes’ derived from socio-economic hardship, natural disasters, or high-levels of insecurity, the center of gravity of the U.S. border and immigration crisis … is Weaponized Migration.”
This is straight up Zionist-level lying. They are indeed fleeing the harsh and austere economic and living conditions in their countries, most of which have been intentionally raped and ravaged by Uncle Scam for the past 100 years. Gee, I wonder why the numbers of Venezuelans encountered at the US-MX border (and the number of recently arrived Venezuelans in the US) went from virtually zero (yes, you read that right) back in the 2016-2017 timeframe to comprising the largest number of people from a single country in 2019-2023. Could it be that Trump's draconian, punitive, illegal economic sanctions [SOME of which were lifted by Biden, but by no means most], constant coup attempts (psst. Anyone remember Juan Guaido?), and general subterfuge and sabotage are the *leading indicator* and that "waves" of Venezuelan migrants are the *lagging indicator*?
This is why The Big Lie is so necessary to the messaging. Erase history as far back as is convenient to the narrative (and policy), and tell the story from there. Just as Hamas magically started the "war" on Gaza on October 7, 2023 in a completely unprovoked attack with no prior history needed to understand it. Just as Evil Vlad "The Impaler and Stealer of Children" Putler just up and decided to launch "his" "UNPROVOKED, FULL-SCALE INVASION" of Ukraine in February of 2022. Thus, ALL migrants coming to this country are not doing so as a reaction to any historical conditions imposed by the USA; no - They are "weaponized" by some ethereal, evil force that morphs as needed from "leftist scum" to "Democrats" to "international terrorists" to "drug cartels" to "Nicholas Maduro" and on and on and on. As noted, this is Zionist-level lying and it won't end well for anyone.
It's the same shit with the moronic right-wingers in Europe. They blame the people fleeing the US/NATO wars and never Israel / US / France / NATO / UK supporting economic and military actions on the people actually fleeing. A comprehensive hasbara/propaganda campaign is always first in order. Nevermind that both the US and the EU have advertised themselves as bastions of freedom and democracy for decades (or a century - "Give us your tired...."). In reality, when you fuck up other countries through war, sanctions, sponsoring of terrorism (Syria, Afghanistan anyone?) in the name of realpolitik for the elites, poor and lower middle class people and families will fucking try to move from the fringes to the core of the imperium. This is basic humanity - or sci-fi ("Dune" or "Foundation" anyone?).
This is all a shell game with Trump. Even moreso than the worst Democrat fake progressives. It's a distraction and a diversion. Nobody at all from Venezuela or "Tren de Aragua" would fucking even try coming here if the capitalist elites and their figureheads like Trump, Biden, Obama, and Bush weren't literally fucking up their home countries through warfare by means other than actual bombs. In Africa and the ME, there are actual bombs on top of sanctions, and Israel is always a player in that game.
"First they came for the.....but I didn't speak up because I wasn't a ......." [It's coming for you too Trumper morons]
Thank you for bringing WMM to our attention. No one else has and is. Counting on you, Ken to keep revealing what TPTB are concealing!
Glad you found it helpful Joy! I was surprised there's no coverage of such a major issue.
Ah, come on, Ken. How are the MSM mouthpieces going to benefit from that?
It seems like the mainstream media/Democratic Party is very ready to throw immigrants and Trans people under the bus in the name of trying to undercut fascism by moving right. It's the kind of foolish, Starmer style politics only an establishment liberal could like.
-Mathew
https://bettergracesandliberations.substack.com/
I've been predicting the manufacture of a "national emergency" since Trump's inauguration (which hardly makes me a soothsayer) but not because Trump envisioned it but because his handlers did and do (Miller, Vought, other sycophant puppet masters) want a suspension of elections for the installation of an oligarchic autocrat. The jettisoning of military leaders who would potentially oppose a counter-invasion is not coincidental. The question will be do the actual boots-on-the-ground soldiers buy it.
So Ken, is this narrative about Weapons of Mass Migration a way for the CIA, the State Dept., and Executive branch to divert attention away from, and avoid taking any responsibility for, U.S. economic sabotage of the economies of Central and South America, thus causing people to have to leave their countries?
Nothing Trump has done or plans to do surprises me. He may be many things, but subtle isn’t one of them. While he charges ahead with the WMM program, the MSM and the Democrats are silent, possibly because they agree with him.
Thank you as always, Ken, for this thoughtful column.
All good points Ken. I think it's all just a fake excuse to pre-position troops for when Trump announces he won't leave office and a justification for a white nationalist ethnic cleansing.
-Mathew
https://bettergracesandliberations.substack.com/
This could be a sequel to Dr. Strangelove. Alas, that was satire & this is real. Trump & co. Destroyed satire.
The biggest mistake Americans can make is to believe that what happens is just what happens and that there is no planning going on behind the scenes.
I highly recommend to everyone the book "War for Profit" by Ari ben Menashe, a former high level member of Israeli defense intelligence that Israel left hanging, resulting in a US prison sentence. The book is his tell-all and what things he tells. Nobody can read this book and still believe that what we see happening is what it is presented to be.
One example that probably should be included is the pressure by Russia & Belarus on Poland, where they appear to be transiting and assisting migrants crossing the border.
https://apnews.com/article/poland-belarus-migrants-russia-ukraine-59d6050c2ea6853de3154150e8c9dcb5
https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-donald-tusk-asylum-right-border-migration-belarus-russia-hybrid-war-eu/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8719dl587zo
Of course, the domestic version of this is Florida & Texas sending migrants to blue cities to put pressure on Democrats to change immigration policy during the Biden administration.
"At this point, Weapons of Mass Migration has become an ideology that no amount of fact is going to unwind."
Wow. Thank you for uncovering this. And thanks for prying out that report about Venezuela via FOIA. Wasn't the post-9/11 Department of Homeland Security supposed to help government agencies communicate with each other? </sarcasm>
Also this is such a victim-blaming ideology. Like, can you imagine walking up to a person in real life and insisting that they are a weapon of a foreign government, without their knowledge, but they still have personal responsibility for their migration and must suffer consequences? I would feel so insulted if it were me.
The DHS was set up according to the blueprint for Operation Phoenix, which was carried out during the war on Vietnam. Complete with the same terminology and concepts like "fusion centers" - All of which can only be interpreted as the US government treating the US citizenry like the US military and CIA treated the Viet Cong (and frankly every person alive in Vietnam at the time). Since its inception, the DHS Operation Phoenix modus operandi has infected virtually every law enforcement body of a sufficient size in the country.
https://clarion.unity-struggle-unity.org/2024-07-15-state-of-control/
So, Ken, can I assume you support uncontrolled, open border, and mass illegal migration?
My Hitler particle detector goes nuts whenever someone talks about weaponized migration. Really strange.
“Far from a problem of ‘root causes’ derived from socio-economic hardship, natural disasters, or high-levels of insecurity, the center of gravity of the U.S. border and immigration crisis … is Weaponized Migration.”
This is straight up Zionist-level lying. They are indeed fleeing the harsh and austere economic and living conditions in their countries, most of which have been intentionally raped and ravaged by Uncle Scam for the past 100 years. Gee, I wonder why the numbers of Venezuelans encountered at the US-MX border (and the number of recently arrived Venezuelans in the US) went from virtually zero (yes, you read that right) back in the 2016-2017 timeframe to comprising the largest number of people from a single country in 2019-2023. Could it be that Trump's draconian, punitive, illegal economic sanctions [SOME of which were lifted by Biden, but by no means most], constant coup attempts (psst. Anyone remember Juan Guaido?), and general subterfuge and sabotage are the *leading indicator* and that "waves" of Venezuelan migrants are the *lagging indicator*?
This is why The Big Lie is so necessary to the messaging. Erase history as far back as is convenient to the narrative (and policy), and tell the story from there. Just as Hamas magically started the "war" on Gaza on October 7, 2023 in a completely unprovoked attack with no prior history needed to understand it. Just as Evil Vlad "The Impaler and Stealer of Children" Putler just up and decided to launch "his" "UNPROVOKED, FULL-SCALE INVASION" of Ukraine in February of 2022. Thus, ALL migrants coming to this country are not doing so as a reaction to any historical conditions imposed by the USA; no - They are "weaponized" by some ethereal, evil force that morphs as needed from "leftist scum" to "Democrats" to "international terrorists" to "drug cartels" to "Nicholas Maduro" and on and on and on. As noted, this is Zionist-level lying and it won't end well for anyone.
It's the same shit with the moronic right-wingers in Europe. They blame the people fleeing the US/NATO wars and never Israel / US / France / NATO / UK supporting economic and military actions on the people actually fleeing. A comprehensive hasbara/propaganda campaign is always first in order. Nevermind that both the US and the EU have advertised themselves as bastions of freedom and democracy for decades (or a century - "Give us your tired...."). In reality, when you fuck up other countries through war, sanctions, sponsoring of terrorism (Syria, Afghanistan anyone?) in the name of realpolitik for the elites, poor and lower middle class people and families will fucking try to move from the fringes to the core of the imperium. This is basic humanity - or sci-fi ("Dune" or "Foundation" anyone?).
This is all a shell game with Trump. Even moreso than the worst Democrat fake progressives. It's a distraction and a diversion. Nobody at all from Venezuela or "Tren de Aragua" would fucking even try coming here if the capitalist elites and their figureheads like Trump, Biden, Obama, and Bush weren't literally fucking up their home countries through warfare by means other than actual bombs. In Africa and the ME, there are actual bombs on top of sanctions, and Israel is always a player in that game.
"First they came for the.....but I didn't speak up because I wasn't a ......." [It's coming for you too Trumper morons]