A Thousand Balls of Flame

Guest post by Dmitry Orlov

“Russia is ready to respond to any provocation, but the last thing the Russians want is another war. And that, if you like good news, is the best news you are going to hear.”

A whiff of World War III hangs in the air. In the US, Cold War 2.0 is on, and the anti-Russian rhetoric emanating from the Clinton campaign, echoed by the mass media, hearkens back to McCarthyism and the red scare. In response, many people are starting to think that Armageddon might be nigh—an all-out nuclear exchange, followed by nuclear winter and human extinction. It seems that many people in the US like to think that way. Goodness gracious!

But, you know, this is hardly unreasonable of them. The US is spiraling down into financial, economic and political collapse, losing its standing in the world and turning into a continent-sized ghetto full of drug abuse, violence and decaying infrastructure, its population vice-ridden, poisoned with genetically modified food, morbidly obese, exploited by predatory police departments and city halls, plus a wide assortment of rackets, from medicine to education to real estate… That we know.

We also know how painful it is to realize that the US is damaged beyond repair, or to acquiesce to the fact that most of the damage is self-inflicted: the endless, useless wars, the limitless corruption of money politics, the toxic culture and gender wars, and the imperial hubris and willful ignorance that underlies it all… This level of disconnect between the expected and the observed certainly hurts, but the pain can be avoided, for a time, through mass delusion.

This sort of downward spiral does not automatically spell “Apocalypse,” but the specifics of the state cult of the US—an old-time religiosity overlaid with the secular religion of progress—are such that there can be no other options: either we are on our way up to build colonies on Mars, or we perish in a ball of flame. Since the humiliation of having to ask the Russians for permission to fly the Soyuz to the International Space Station makes the prospect of American space colonies seem dubious, it’s Plan B: balls of flame here we come!

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ditchner
ditchner
August 27, 2016 12:32 pm

“It will take time for each of the United States to neatly demolish themselves into their own footprints, like those three New York skyscrapers did on 9/11 (WTC #1, #2 and #7) ”

Here we are 15 years later and not only does the American public not realize but even the “truthers” themselves that WTC 3,4,5,and 6 were also demolished on 9/11 without any evidence of falling debris, or hijacked airplanes to blame. People who have worked on technology that could explain the WTC damage have also stated that this technology could just as easily wipe out cities or continents. The questions remain, what is the technology, how does it work, where is it based, and who controls it. I’m certain that Russian intelligence and leadership are aware of it and yet likely have no defense for it. Their defensive weapons would simply turn to DUST!

The twin towers, the interior of building 7, and major portions of buildings 3,4,5 and 6 were mostly turned directly into dust, not vaporized! The lack of rubble as discussed by ABC’s Peter Jennings on 9/12 (but never to be discussed again) validates this claim.

rhs jr
rhs jr
August 27, 2016 1:10 pm

Vote Harpy and God closes the Book on USA.

Trapped in Portlandia
Trapped in Portlandia
August 27, 2016 1:20 pm

That is the most meaty essay I have read all month. No one is going to confuse Orlov with Mr. Sunshine, but his analysis seems spot on.

The US is smoldering and it is pouring gasoline on itself. Russia’s best strategy is to sit back and let us turn into a 3rd world country on our own.

My only fear is that when Hillary is Ruler, she will have an epileptic fit when she is sitting close to the red button and accidentally start a nuclear exchange.

Cdubbya
Cdubbya
August 27, 2016 3:56 pm

Thanks to Mr. gore for helping to spread Orlov’s collapse wisdom. Few other writers are as clear or as convincing in their analysis of America’s future trajectory.

overthecliff
overthecliff
August 28, 2016 7:48 am

Senator McCarthy was a paranoid drunk and absolutely distasteful. However, he was right about the communists and history has proven him right.

Maggie
Maggie
August 28, 2016 8:35 am

Why is it that people I chat with regularly in other countries (Ireland, Indochina and Australia) can see that Americans are being misled by their political class and their media controllers, yet the MSM continues to chant “USA is GREAT!” with background music provided by Pink Floyd’s Wall.

Ghost
Ghost
  Maggie
March 21, 2022 11:38 am

If I could tell you what was headed your way, I would, but I can’t.

Anonymous
Anonymous
August 28, 2016 9:16 am

I believe effeminate corrupt dictator Obama has rotted,looted and weakened the US beyond help.The shameful tail between the legs display of FBI Comey in regards to crooked Hillary confirms USA rot.Our enemies must see this as well