April 27, 2019 Saturday
Bedtime Story
Outsourcing War
Last night we saw how uncompetitive the
young American Navy was against the mighty Royal Navy in 1812.
As always the Americans came up with their
ingenious solution which to this very day they deploy in war zones or areas of
conflict keeping their own military personal away from direct involvement – and
that is their literal off shoring of their wars.
Examples of this type of out sourcing are
the use of Brigade 2506 in the Bay of Pigs Invasion of April 17, 1961 and the
use of Contras both in Nicaragua and Iran.
Make no mistake about such types of
operations; they are not as clandestine as you might believe (involving a large
group of people – much larger than you would expect) and the clearance comes
eventually from the top.
In the Iran-Contra Affair of 1987 almost
everyone around Reagan including the President was in the know and everyone did
their best to cover up when the affair came to light.
Powerful men concerning national security
such as the Secretary of Defense and National Security Advisor among others
were indicted and many convicted on counts of perjury, withholding evidence and
destruction of evidence.
Most of them were caught lying like little
children.
Of course in any third world country the
trials would have gone on endlessly at the cost of taxpayer’s money with
eventual either acquittal or even discharge of most of the high-ranking
bureaucrats and officials for the lack of evidence.
In most cases the judges make a show of
reprimanding the investigating officers for shoddy investigation and not
bringing enough evidence into record.
The rich and powerful are almost never
convicted until and unless they end up on the wrong side of the men or party in
power or the ruling establishment.
In that case miraculously all evidence seem
to pour in with prosecution making it a water tight case.
The President obviously would not be privy
to the intricate details of such operations but he is broadly briefed and the
go ahead has to come from him.
This same policy – not surprisingly – was
deployed in the War of 1812 on the Atlantic front.
A great amount of naval warfare of the
United States was carried out by such “Contras” who were then called the
American privateers who chiefly operated from the port of Baltimore, the
largest city in the state of Maryland.
The city of Baltimore today is the second
largest seaport in the Mid-Atlantic.
Mid-Atlantic is the region in United States
that includes 8 states starting from New York to West Virginia, that is
relatively more affluent than other parts of the United States (based on the
number of high-income counties in this area) and is home to some of the most
prestigious universities of the nation including Princeton and Columbia.
It includes New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington D.C., Virginia and West Virginia.
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Good night Mon Ami and my fellow cousin ape.
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