Deep State divisions, and deputy madmen
Pentagon Collapse Group #2
This series is dedicated to exploring the idea of a Pentagon plan to demolish America and start over. It will explore the motives, players, and strategy of this theoretical plan.
In part 1 we looked at what I call the Pentagon Collapse Group, and its overall hope of rebooting America by destroying its corrupt institutions and reducing it to a state of anarchy. From this chaos, a new order will be created: Order Ab Chao, as the famous 33rd Degree Mason motto goes. In this post, we will establish the meaning of the Deep State, explain how there could be a secret war within it, and introduce a position within the State Department that plays a pivotal role.
What is the Deep State?
“Deep State” has a straightforward meaning in the world of political analysis.
It is a host of influential figures who have deep contacts within the machinery of the American political, military, intelligence, and media systems, but are generally unelected, have no term limits, and enjoy access to classified information. They are “deep” because they are protected from the fickle winds of change, which so often disrupt elected representatives and their appointed officials. They are embedded in the decision making of the “state” even though they are not necessarily in office. Many of them are former officials, bankers, or members of various private consulting firms. They include elite families whose investments have reached the status of being a matter of national security. Together, the Deep State is the power behind the scenes. But this doesn’t mean they are unified.
The best policy money can buy
Probably the best example of the Deep State is the old elite club known as the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). They’re a private New York policy institute whose “membership has included senior politicians, numerous secretaries of state, CIA directors, bankers, lawyers, professors, corporate directors and CEOs, and senior media figures” as Wikipedia’s article states. The CFR was heavily funded by the richest men in America, including the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and Carnegie Corporation, way back in the 1930s when it began.
During the Second World War, the Council achieved much greater prominence within the government and the State Department, [creating an incentive for its elite club to keep America involved in foreign wars, because this is how the CFR grows its power] when it established the strictly confidential War and Peace Studies, funded entirely by the Rockefeller Foundation. The secrecy surrounding this group was such that the Council members who were not involved in its deliberations were completely unaware of the study group's existence. … The security and armaments group was headed by Allen Welsh Dulles, who later became a pivotal figure in the CIA's predecessor, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). CFR ultimately produced 682 memoranda for the State Department, which were marked classified and circulated among the appropriate government departments. [link]
These men no doubt helped pushed America into WWII. They convinced the State Department to develop nuclear bombs, to allow Pearl Harbor to happen, and so on. They dreamt up the OSS/CIA, and the plan to fight Communism by creating “stay behind” terror networks funded by an international drug trade, assisted by the mob (centering on New York initially, where they were headquartered), and use the Vatican to launder their dirty money.1 By collaborating in secret and hatching audacious schemes, they were able to shock the world and seize the title “superpower” for America. To the extent that they have ever been interested in America’s true prosperity, they are always looking out for themselves first.
Yet as it says in the above quotation, even the CFR had an inner circle for its most important projects. Why? Because even within the Deep State, they don’t trust each other. In other words: the Deep State is not a “thing”, it’s a “thing that happens”. There are endless levels of the Deep State, as needed. Elite groups subdivide to carry out more contained aspects of the conspiracy. The same is true in business and organized crime, if you think about it, we just might call them a “brain trust” or “made men”.
Notice also that the State Department was their target. As part of the Executive Branch of government, it is populated with civilians from various backgrounds, but yet it has the power to create policies which the Pentagon is required to implement across the Armed Forces and its operations. This is why the State Department is targeted by the CFR’s influential power brokers. The State Department is responsible for foreign policy and diplomacy, while the Pentagon is responsible for running the actual operations and offering up intelligence to the State Department.
If that sounds like an awkward relationship, it ought to. Many things can go wrong.
Running the wars
Lastly, let’s look at how the State Department runs for a bit, shall we?
The US State Department employs over 50,000 staff members spread out across the world and at home. Its leadership has two main positions: the Secretary of State, who is appointed directly by the President (and is therefore often an idiot), and the Deputy Secretary of State, who serves as their Vice President, so-to-speak.
When the Secretary of State has zero sophistication and screws up so badly that the entire world notices, you get this classic:
Hillary was so beholden to her donors (through the Clinton Foundation) that she slept on the job, pushing through policies without even thinking about them, and ignoring any warnings from her advisers. She didn’t care about performing her basic duties to respond to emergencies. In her disrespectful, evasive, childish response to the hearing committee, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton casually references the “IC”, which stands for “Intelligence Community” (see my post about this). She failed to answer a late-night phone call about what to do regarding an impending attack in Libya in 2012. This important failure, above all others, is what actually sunk her future as President of the USA, by alienating the entire Armed Forces, the Intelligence Community, and any respectable person within the Deep State.
This is why the Deputy Secretary of State is generally the real brains of the operation. They make calls when the main guy either has too much on his plate, or can’t make up his mind. It is a tremendously powerful position, shaping foreign wars, giving the military direction during a crisis, authorizing coups, planning false flags, and dealing with complex situations like hostage negotiations, psychological wars, and so on. Especially where diplomatic breakdowns are concerned, they need to be ready to find solutions. Think of the State Department as a never-ending crisis management hotline for the Armed Forces, and think of the Deputy Secretary of State as the go-to guy for many decisions that don’t reach the desk of those above.
Alter ego
You may also notice the term “alter ego” in the official description of the role. That’s a policy making term to describe somebody whose role is to voice alternative options, making radical suggestions that fall outside the realm of standard policy. Obviously, the State Department has to be prepared to make thousands of critical decisions in weird situations, rapidly and decisively, and so every option needs to be on the table. Thus, the Deputy Secretary is ideal for fringe characters, if not lunatics, who suggest crazy ideas whenever possible; in order to rule them out if nothing else.
In his role as the “madman alter ego”, the Deputy Secretary of State can’t rely on think tank reports from the CFR and golf course conversations with their Deep State buddies—because those are the definition of “standard policy”. Instead, the Deputy requires more “far out” intellectuals to help him dream up the alternatives.
So, how do you get far out? You harvest the most experienced wackos you can find, both brilliant and unorthodox. You employ what are called “Deputy Assistant Secretaries” (DAS). These folks tend to specialize in particular areas of expertise and have strategic experience, while still being disconnected from the traditional Deep State roster. They need to have bold ideas for what should happen next.
In the next part, we look at the debacle of the Vietnam war, and how it shaped the creation of the Deputy Secretary of State position. We’ll also see how this planting the seeds for the craziest idea of all: the Pentagon Collapse Group.
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