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When You’re A Jet! [1]
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Date: 2025-01-28
By David Glenn Cox
I’m gonna tell you a story from the nightmare vault. Just a bit of beef or undigested news sorghum. Wake me mama, I don’t wanna scream no more.
In 1940, FDR made a big speech calling on American industry to build 50,000 airplanes. Last year, in 1939, American Industry had built just 6,000 airplanes. The Industrialist wanted to know if FDR was off his nut. Increase sure, but 50,000 airplanes was just plain insane.
That would require whole new factories for airplanes without any confirmed customers. Easy enough for a politician to make big bold claims, but they had to write the checks. Then the State Department was allowed to share sensitive intelligence not available to the general public with the Industrialists. “Oooh, I see!” There was a war on the horizon and there didn’t seem to be any good way to stay out of it forever. War was coming, get ready as it has already gone beyond discussion. So what?
American Industrialists are being encouraged today, at this very moment, by your government to ramp up military production like the boss is watching and be quick about it. Same song, new century. Yesterday, an Italian F-35 was harassed by a Russian fighter plane over Kaliningrad (If you don’t know, look it up) I’m on our side fellows, but what was an Italian F-35 doing over Kaliningrad? But the answer is, I trust there are things going on that aren’t in the funny papers. It’s really just a matter of time, isn’t it?
Russian drones crashing in Romanian marshes. How long until they hit something? The Poles threaten to shoot down any missiles crossing into their territory. All it takes is one stupid spark where somebody makes a big stupid mistake, and you have Archduke Ferdinand on your hands. Two fighter planes touch wings playing cute by accident, then what?
Russia has emptied her prisons to fill her ranks. She has emptied the hospitals in some cases. North Korean soldiers have proved they can die as bravely for a pointless cause as any pre-programmed droids anywhere in the whole wide world today. Proving once again men are easier to program than robots and cheaper too. The Russian police hold raids like rodeos and snatch up migrant workers whose papers aren’t in order. The average age of a Russian frontline soldier is over fifty. Still tough, but maybe they’ve lost a step or two when charging across an open mine field in the snow. Or maneuvering their attack golf carts into attack formation. But it takes little athleticism to charge senselessly into the jaws of certain death.
Sun Tzu warned when your soldiers are tired and their weapons dull, new enemies will rise up to meet you. Or if you have any, if you’re down you’re about to find out. Anyone with a beef or a grievance and that includes the United States, doesn’t it? We have a chance here folks to run the fucking table people. If you’re willing to lose a just a few of your heirs over it. Not your children of course. Just metaphorically speaking. “your children.” But actually, some other women’s children from somewhere with poor schools you probably don’t want to know about.
The Russian economy teeters on the brink of failure with 20+ % interest rates including state confiscations. It seems, one good push and it will all be over. But that is a fatal trap. Has twenty years in Afghanistan taught us nothing? Guarding rocks and 12th Century humanoids living in basic barbarism and happy about it. Why are we encouraging that? Your daughters can be purchased with goats, but I guess if that’s your custom, far be it from me to mention the rest of the world to you.
Friends! There’s never been a better time for World War 3 than right now! And have I got just the fellow to bring it to you! You loved him in “The Apprentice“ and overlooked his many crimes. The star of stage, screen and felonies! Just image our bright future traveling into broad sunlit uplands and all we gotta do is roll the Russian drunk in the alley.
A world without Russia exporting weapons and terrorism. Just think of it, Renfield. We can close all our bases in Europe and bring all of our troop’s home. But best of all are the potential spoils, Renfield. Why, even a dull-witted run of the mill Billionaire like Junior, could get rich off of Russian spoils. Grab your carpet bag and come on! I bet after the collapse; I could buy up all the Russian railroads for ten dollars cash American! I’ve also got my eye on an oil refinery or two. I promised the old lady I’d buy her a diamond mine. Hey look, I just rolled doubles and landed on Boardwalk! I think I’ll buy it!
Maybe Vlad gets a polka dot shadow soon, or flies into obscurity and takes up sleeping outdoors or hiding in a farm house somewhere. Going as Saddam Hussein to the annual Halloween party. Iran sees the potential train wreck up ahead and tells its affiliates to stand down. Iran and Israel have traded air attacks tit for tat. After Israel’s latest tat Iran decided to tap out. Russia is being thrown out of Syria like a drunken tourist on a holy day, never to return.
What must China be thinking about now? Best to not side with a dead man, maybe? Now is not the time to make new enemies? Ukraine pays cash for those thousands and thousands of drones made in China, don’t they? But without a strong Russia, what about China? They’ll be kind of all alone at the picnic. With no friends of any merit to speak of. Just them and North Korea versus the seductive influences and corruption of the Western world. That’s how Rome conquered the world if you didn’t know.
Offer the elite a chance to change allegiance and live like real Romans! With big columns out front and wine and togas and stuff. Liars and all the grapes you can eat. Australia is building nuclear subs with US help. (of course) Japan is launching its first Aircraft Carrier since WW2 and it’s all aimed at you know who. Get ready, the world is putting on its street fighting clothes and getting ready to rumble. When you’re a jet you’re a Jet all the way. From your first cigarette to last nuclear confrontation. [Dancers pick up pace!] And ah one and ah two, and ah three and ah four! Rolling! “WW3” Take one!
“God created war so that Americans would learn geography.”
― Mark Twain
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