From Desensitization to Normalization: Silver Called To Testify Against Military Titans.
Wars Fund the Parasitic Class. WTF? What does this have to do with Silver? Check it out!
WATSON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
At Brown University (Private and Prestigious Ivy League University in Providence Rhode Island) there is a Department of Studies called The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. Within this Department they launched a Cost of Wars Project. The Costs of War Project is a team of 35 scholars, legal experts, human rights practitioners, and physicians, which began its work in 2011.
Here is some of their research:
U.S. BUDGETARY COSTS: $8 TRILLION
The vast economic impact of the post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere is poorly understood by the U.S. public and policymakers. This paper estimates the budgetary costs of war, including past expenditures and future obligations to care for veterans of these wars.
HUMAN TOLL: 905,000 - 940,000 DIRECT DEATHS
The number of people killed directly in the violence of the wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and elsewhere are approximated here. Several times as many civilians have died due to the reverberating effects of these wars. The methods of accounting are described in this paper.
GEOGRAPHIC REACH: 78 COUNTRIES
From 2021 to 2023, the U.S. government undertook what it labeled “counterterrorism” activities in 78 countries, in an outgrowth of President George W. Bush's “Global War on Terror.” This map displays air/drone strikes, on-the-ground combat, “Section 127e” programs, military exercises, and operations to train and/or assist foreign forces.
HUMAN TOLL INCLUDING INDIRECT DEATHS: 4.5-4.7 MILLION
The number of people killed indirectly in post-9/11 war zones, including in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, are estimated at 3.6-3.8 million, though the precise figure remains unknown. This brings the estimated total of direct and indirect deaths to 4.5-4.7 million. The methods of accounting and various casual pathways leading to indirect deaths are described in this paper.
AFGHANISTAN BEFORE AND AFTER 20 YEARS OF WAR (2001-2021)
Examining data before the U.S. war in Afghanistan and after the U.S. withdrawal, this infographic displays indicators of poverty, food insecurity, child malnutrition, women's rights, U.S. spending, and more. Cost of Afghanistan adventure 2.3 Trillion (5 times the price of Vietnam) US replaces The Taliban with The Taliban. Millions of ounces of silver abandoned in military hardware.
PEOPLE DISPLACED: 38 MILLION
38 million people have been displaced by the post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and the Philippines.
What does this have to do with Silver?
Silver is the most critical mineral for aerospace and military (bombs, shells, rockets, missiles, nukes, submarines, silver-zinc batteries, fighter jets, tanks, communication devices, and night vision goggles).
Still, it's not like all this military spending is Silver's fault.
A baseball bat can be used for amusement in a game attracting thousands or in Little League (or a pickup game on the sandlot) but can also be used as a weapon to bash in someone's brains.
A golf club can be used in sports for a frustrating or glorious game. Golf clubs are top sellers (among all sporting goods), but in the wrong hands, a sociopath perp can create a violent crime scene.
Nuclear Fusion can be used for peaceful purposes or Nagasaki.
Gasoline can power a village or pour in a Coke bottle with a rag, making a cheap bomb.
Silver and Gold have been used in peaceful ways for thousands of years. But in the past 100 years, aerospace and military applications have been gobbling up Silver and Gold at an unnatural or unsettling pace.
Meanwhile, we've documented all these uses in only 3 months while figuring out the motive, means, and opportunity for this crime map.
Silver is critical for all this military hardware, yet the Department of Defense stopped reporting their use of Silver in 1996, the same year the US Bureau of Mines was abolished.
Then the Department of Energy says Silver is not a critical mineral - LOL.
Manufacturers of munitions want low factory inputs. Who doesn’t right?
I use this example: I'd cheer for low sugar and cocoa if I owned Hershey's.
Defense Manufacturers, as exhibited in any chart on US Defense spending, are among the most influential people on planet Earth.
They use this influence to occupy bank boards. No different than any power-elite modeling. The steelmaker Andrew Carnegie, the banker J. P. Morgan, the oilman John D. Rockefeller, Food United Fruit and Heinz, and the railroad magnates Jay Gould and Cornelius Vanderbilt (simplified list)
Bankers trade on the futures market, trading paper versions of Silver (called derivatives)
This activity makes Silver look like it is selling off, putting downward pressure on its prices.
Now, the Defense Contractor (Manufacturer) has their necessary low silver pricing.
Low factory inputs yield higher profit margins, and it's all pulled off "legally."
But remember, it's not just the cozy triangle between US Foreign policy, Defense Industry, and the banking elite.
The US Federal Reserve (As Federal as Federal Express) only needs one client; Congress and the US Executive Branch (both have Dept. of State, Dept. of Defense, Dept. of Energy under their control, which controls an insanely aggressive Foreign policy based on unending wars)
The key to this scheme is that the US Federal Reserve also wants to smash the Silver Spot price Down because if Gold and Silver were perceived as having value amongst the ordinary villager, then no one would accept the endlessly printed US Federal Reserve note that is not backed by Gold and just lost its Saudi oil peg.
The primary purpose of the US Federal Reserve note is to act as a defacto war bond.
Because the villagers would never have voted for all these wars if there was a constrained monetary system like people have in their own homes. But if the wars are undeclared the scheme continues
In industry, aerospace, and the military, Silver's use is growing significantly while stockpiles are disappearing at a blazing pace. Here are the top reasons why Silver is used industrially. Really, no other metal compares because of these characteristics below:
1. Exceptional Thermal Conductivity: Silver surpasses all other metals in efficiently transferring heat. This is crucial for spacecraft, satellites, and rockets that encounter extreme temperature swings in their journeys. Silver helps disperse heat generated by electronics and engines, preventing overheating and malfunctions.
2. Superior Electrical Conductivity: Silver's exceptional ability to conduct electricity makes it invaluable for spacecraft wiring, antennas, and circuit boards. This ensures reliable power transmission and signal communication in the harsh space environment.
3. Remarkable Corrosion Resistance: Silver, unlike many metals, doesn't readily corrode or rust, even when exposed to harsh vacuum and intense space radiation. This durability keeps sensitive equipment operational and extends the lifespan of spacecraft components.
4. Reflective Properties: Silver's high reflectivity plays a role in heat dissipation and can be used for specific applications like thermal control coatings and mirrors for telescopes and laser systems.
Beyond these core qualities, Silver offers additional advantages in aerospace:
Solderability: It readily forms strong solder joints, essential for high-precision electronics and wiring.
Ductility and Malleability: Silver can be easily shaped and formed into intricate components needed for complex aerospace systems.
Lubrication: Its low friction coefficient in specific applications makes it valuable for reducing wear and tear in moving parts.
Silver and Gold are used extensively in the military and aerospace industries. Cruise missiles use 500 ounces of Silver.
The villagers do have more power to stop this insanity. The Christmas message is still relevant because Peace is among us individually and collectively.
Our next article will discuss some simple and seamless initiatives based on Silver as an instrument of Peace, and it begins by fighting the instruments of war (The Federal Reserve Paper War bond aka US Fiat aka US Dollar)
The same US dollar that BRICS is busy toppling (and their plan is working), as shown here