More Reflections On The Zhou Hit
More Reflections On The Zhou Hit
Yesterday I argued that the media buzz around the business of Zhouās retention of classified docs had all the appearances of a Deep State hit. A few hours later Lisa Monaco sent whatās-his-name Garland out to announce a Special Counselāwith impeccable Deep State credsāwould be turning the Biden Crime Family inside out. No, it wasnāt framed quite like that, but ā¦ you get the picture.
As I noted in a comment later, Tucker Carlson CERTAINLY got the picture, in a hilarious, LOL, and very perceptive monologue:
Sen. John Kennedy got the same picture, and expressed it in srikingly similar terms, without the humor. Raise your hand if you think these are the only two guys in DC who get it.
Now, Tuckerās bottom line is that this is the Dems taking Zhou out, because heās been saying the unthinkable: He wants the oligarchy to put him in the White House for another four years. Iām not saying my take here is totally different, but ā¦
The US is engaged in a world war, a global conflict with two nuclear powers: Russia and China. The US is trying to subjugate the EU for good and all. The ruling oligarchy, the Deep State, would not pull this kinda move at this juncture without having it already tightly coordinated and scriptedālegally, politically, intel wise. They all should be on board. Thatās my argument. In fact, itās precisely because the American Empire finds itself in an existential conflict thatās going badly, so this move needs to be made. Zhou isnāt cutting it as the figurehead of the empire, and it will only get worse with time. The empire canāt function effectively without some semblance of a real Chief Executive to talk credibly to heads of foreign powersāespecially nuclear armed ones. Turtle McConnell says Ukraine is Americaās top priority. It may not rank up there as an issue with the voting public, but thatās not a concern for the oligarchy that guides the ship of empire. They canāt wait until 2024āthey need to act now.
Regarding the coordination aspect, too few people keep the Gang of Eight in mind.
The Gang of Eight is the Congressional interface with the National Security State, the oligarchy that rules the American Empire in place of the POTUS. Listen to John Kennedy again, asking what his ācolleaguesā knew and when. Heās got to be referring to the Gang of Eight in particular. Remember when Chuck Schumer said:
"Let me tell you: You take on the intelligence community ā they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you."
As a member of the Gang of Eight, Schumer was speaking as a member of the Deep State. Weāve seen the rest of that story. In fact, I wouldnāt be surprised to learn that at least one aspect of the whole Mar-a-Lago Raid and subsequent kerfuffle was to prepare the public for a Zhou takeout using the same, or similar, classified docs wheeze.
But, politically, itās all terribly complicated. Taking Zhou out and promoting Kama Sutra is simply out of the frying pan into the fire kinda stuff. Remember, putting aside the aspect of Kama Sutra that Tucker highlighted, itās fact that sheās famously incapable of retaining staff or managing her officeāalways has been. That canāt be the solution. On the other hand, a switcherooāKama Sutra goes to the Oval Office, āappointsā some plausible VP, then resigns in favor of that VPāis difficult, too. The VP doesnāt get appointed in that scenarioāboth houses of Congress take a vote. And why would the Republican House vote for an actually competent Dem to succeed Zhou? At a minimum it seems to me that even a party as stupid as the GOP would be pushing for the mother of all deals to go down that road. Still, something needs to be done. Youāve got to finish the job once you take it in hand, and appointing a SC at this juncture certainly looks like the job has been taken in hand.
To illustrate what a fraught moment in American history weāre at, I offer you this example:
ļøGerman MoD: U.S. Defence secretary Austin to meet German defence minister lambrecht in berlin on Jan 19Who thinks this is unconnected to the push to send main battle tanksāwhich is to say, German made Leopard 2 tanksāto Ukraine? Poland has a fair number of Leopard 2s itās willing to sendāfor a price. But my understanding is that Germany retains control of resale or retransfer of weapons that it sells to other countries, just as the US does. Poland is very publicly demanding $1.5 trillion in WW2 reparations from Germany, and is equally publicly sending a high official to the US to enlist US support. Who thinks all this is happening on the spur of the moment, not previously coordinated? The US has already sabotaged key German infrastructure (Nordstream) and is crashing the German economy. Now the threat of support for Polish reparation demands is hanging over German heads. Thatās some real pressure. America doesnāt do diplomacy, as Alex Mercouris will be happy to inform you, but we do do pressure.
Again, ask yourself: With this kind of high stakes poker going on in an ever more dangerous global environment, if youāre part of the American Empireās ruling oligarchy do you really want to have a duo like Zhou and Kama Sutra in the White House? Thatās a question that pretty much answers itself, right? With Russia looking increasingly likely to bring the Ukraine conflict to a successful conclusion and then move on to frying much bigger geopolitical fish in the Middle East, in Asia, and maybe elsewhere, too much is riding on competent leadership on the American side. The Empire needs a team that can credibly talk turkey with Putin. And Xi. And even with our European vassals. The stakes are enormous.
If Iām right, the pressure will be on to resolve this quickly. But, given the complications, all the previous planning could come undone. Whatās that ancient Chinese curse? May you live in interesting times? Who ever thought the American Republic would come to this? But in reality itās been a long time coming. The post WW2 world order is still sorting itself out.
