Louis -- Thanks for the interesting review. As I was reading the account "Germany Drops a Match," I was thinking about how neatly the basis for a NATO intervention was laid. I thought that perhaps part of the explanation might be in Germany's secret obligations to the US as recounted in a book by the former head of the German Defense Ministry's Security Service:
"That is what Mr. Komossa`s book is all about. A state pact dated May, 21, 1949, which received the "highest confidence level" category in the country's Federal Intelligence Service, contains restrictions on the Germany`s sovereignty until 2099. The pact reads that the ally countries have total control over German mass media and communications. Each federal chancellor must sign the so-called "chancellor act" before taking office. The country`s gold reserves are seized by the ally countries. Indeed, all German chancellors, including the incumbent, Angela Merkel, paid their first foreign visits to the Washington. The U.S. Administration continues to meddle in Germany`s home affairs. All political parties in the FRG are under U.S. control, and the so-called "licensed" press in Germany turned out to be even a more devious method of brainwashing than it used to be under the Nazi regime. The territories of the FRG remain under U.S. occupation. This all could have been treated as a figment of somebody's imagination if we knew nothing about the author of the book." The book is reviewed at: http://en.fondsk.ru/print.php?id=1306 . Peter Hollings -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Louis Proyect Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:18 AM To: Progressive Economics Subject: [Pen-l] The lessons of Yugoslavia The Lessons of Yugoslavia by Louis Proyect David Gibbs, First Do No Harm: Humanitarian Intervention and the Destruction of Yugoslavia (Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, forthcoming, June 2009). [snip] full: http://www.monthlyreview.org/mrzine/proyect300309.html _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
