{"id":2993,"date":"2025-04-11T11:51:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T15:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kjmaclean.com\/wordpress\/?p=2993"},"modified":"2025-04-11T11:52:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T15:52:46","slug":"2993","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjmaclean.com\/wordpress\/2993\/","title":{"rendered":"The Third World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I read yesterday on devex.com that Trump, in his zeal to cut programs formerly managed by USAID, the CIA\u2019s $50 billion slush fund, had accidentally cut some \u201clife-giving humanitarian aid\u201d programs<\/a> in the Third World. But that they had been restored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whew! That was a close call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I started to think about the relationship between the First World and the Third World in the post-WW 2 period. All of which I have lived through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First World humanitarian \u201chelp\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s take a broad look at what First World \u201chumanitarian\u201d programs have done for the Third World. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s see…color revolutions, political assassinations, and CIA- sponsored NGOs destabilizing societies in Third World countries when their governments take a false step. Leaders and governments in Third World countries overthrown: Mossadegh in Iran, Lumumba in the Congo, Arbenz in Guatemala, Allende in Chile. And who can forget the lovely war in Vietnam? The two civil conflicts in Ukraine \u2013 the Orange Revolution in \u201904 and the EuroMaidan color revolution in \u201914<\/a>, in which Yanukovich, the popularly elected candidate, was \u201creplaced\u201d by one more sympathetic to NATO and the EU \u2013 because the CIA and the State Department don\u2019t like pro-Russian leaders. And then there are the 20-year wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, whose leaders were simply unacceptable. That\u2019s just a partial list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us not forget about the IMF and World Bank loans that have kept many of these countries financial slaves to the First World. And, of course, our wonderful and helpful \u201cforeign aid\u201d that goes not to the people, but to dictators and elite rulers, many of whom graduated from a Western university. (For USAID\u2019s role in all this, see John Perkins\u2019 book Confessions of an Economic Hitman<\/a>.<\/em> Laughably, Perkins\u2019 first-hand account of his actions was dismissed as a conspiracy theory!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then there are the First World created \u201crebel groups\u201d who magically spring up when deposits of oil \u2013 or some other valuable resource necessary to First World industries \u2013 are discovered. And last but not least, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, who love to test new vaccines on African children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Third World countries achieved independence over half a century ago, their peoples have never really had the freedom to choose their own governments, or to organize their societies, without First World interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look at what happened in the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 2001. That country was a perfect example of the power of this disruptive system, as Yugoslavia broke apart into six independent countries exactly matching the six former Soviet republics that had previously constituted Yugoslavia. These conflicts were described by First World media as \u201cinter-ethnic.\u201d Bombs were dropped on civilians, villages were destroyed, and it was all blamed on dictators like Slobodan Milosevich. Magically, the activities of the CIA, the Pentagon, and other First World intelligence services were barely mentioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only Third World country that has managed to get out of this trap is China, and that\u2019s only because this 5,000-year-old society and their elites play the Long Game. China\u2019s leaders turned the tables on their Western counterparts. China took the West\u2019s money, built up their industries, became the world\u2019s factory floor, and stole enough intellectual property to become independent. At least for the present. China is the one that got away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, when the U.S. part of this corrupt system \u2013 which has spread its tentacles across the entire planet \u2013 is in the process of being dismantled, Western elites and media cry bitterly that Third World countries are being irrevocably harmed. As my father used to say, \u201cwith friends like that you don\u2019t need any enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is another example. The DRC is a pathetic communist country run by the usual thugs and dictators propped up by First World money. The DRC\u2019s main claim to fame is its huge deposits of cobalt<\/a>, which are essential for making the world\u2019s lithium-ion EV batteries<\/a>. A significant portion of this cobalt is hand-mined, by child slave labor. This has been known for decades. And of course the large foreign-owned mining operations have free reign to strip the DRC\u2019s land for this valuable resource.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing is done because the First World doesn\u2019t give a shit. No, it\u2019s much better to fight a pointless 20-year war in Afghanistan to bring \u201cdemocracy\u201d to a tribal society that has gotten along just fine on its own for centuries. Or to start a conflict in Libya to depose Muammar Ghadaffi (using a First World sponsored \u201crebel group,\u201d the National Liberation Army). Ghadaffi was a Libyan nationalist who threatened to not pay for his oil with U.S. dollars. Heresy! This bothered State and the CIA and the powers that be, despite Ghadaffi\u2019s popularity within his own country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seven wars in five years<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Such wars harken back to the Pentagon\u2019s program to overthrow \u201c7 countries in 5 years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

General Wesley Clark describes what happened on Sept. 20, 2001<\/a>, shortly after 9\/11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAbout ten days after 9\/11, I went through the Pentagon and I saw Secretary Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz. I went downstairs just to say hello to some of the people on the Joint Staff who used to work for me, and one of the generals called me in. He said, \u201cSir, you\u2019ve got to come in and talk to me a second.\u201d I said, \u201cWell, you\u2019re too busy.\u201d He said, \u201cNo, no.\u201d He says, \u201cWe\u2019ve made the decision we\u2019re going to war with Iraq.\u201d This was on or about the 20th of September. I said, \u201cWe\u2019re going to war with Iraq? Why?\u201d He said, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d He said, \u201cI guess they don\u2019t know what else to do.\u201d So I said, \u201cWell, did they find some information connecting Saddam to al-Qaeda?\u201d He said, \u201cNo, no.\u201d He says, \u201cThere\u2019s nothing new that way. They just made the decision to go to war with Iraq.\u201d He said, \u201cI guess it\u2019s like we don\u2019t know what to do about terrorists, but we\u2019ve got a good military and we can take down governments.\u201d And he said, \u201cI guess if the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem has to look like a nail.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The seven countries, by the way, are Iraq, Syria (which has recently experienced the toppling of its leader Bashar al-Assad), Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Iran. By this time in 2001 the US was already bombing in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And lately, Iran has been in the news as another possible war zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s how the system works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Balance must be restored<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We all know about the various wars that have been fought across the planet. These wars are almost exclusively created by First World elites looking to make more money for themselves. Establishing democracy? That\u2019s just so much bullshit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone knows this. I\u2019m not saying anything new here; I\u2019m just venting at those who keep defending this system, even in 2025, when everyone should know better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should we be concerned about the dismantling of USAID, or other government bureaucracies? Well, this rotten, murderous system has been in place far too long. If a little excessive cost- and personnel-cutting occurs (at places like USAID, the State Department, and the CIA) it\u2019s a price worth paying. And at other bureaucracies that support the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The First World has been living off the labor and exploiting the resources of the Third World for far too long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why the Global South movement is gaining so much steam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Balance must be restored if humanity wants peace on earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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