What Caused the 2008 Market Collapse?

January 17, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditThere are many theories regarding what happened in 2008. Perhaps the most to-the-point analysis comes from none other than George Soros. By any account, Soros should be viewed as someone who understands how markets can be used as weapons. The Chinese military experts, in their book Unrestricted Warfare first published in 1999, had this […]

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It Didn’t Take Long….

January 16, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit…for President Hu to acknowledge the primary weakness of America, our vulnerable status as reserve currency of the world. In fact, he specifically term that status as “a product of the past.” He was quick to blame the 2008 market meltdown on the United States and just as quickly call for an elevation of […]

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Which Chinese?

January 15, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditWhen discussing the report, one of the initial “this can’t be possible” responses of total shock and disbelief centers around the simplistic thought that the Chinese would never harm the U.S. economy. The argument is that we are simply too interdependent. Massive Chinese holdings of U.S. dollars and Treasury bonds would suggest that it […]

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Opportunity for Phase Three

January 15, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditAn important part of economic warfare research is to identify vulnerabilities that could be exploited. These encompass the opportunity in a motive,means, and opportunity analysis. At present, there is no greater vulnerability faced by the United States than the removal of “reserve currency” status from the United States dollar. This is a very serious […]

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Unrestricted Warfare

January 14, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditThe book “Unrestricted Warfare” was published by the PLA press in 1999 and outlines the Chinese strategy to counter U.S. power. The doctrine clearly states that a direct kinetic conflict would be less effective than irregular warfare. An introduction to the English version (translated by CIA and published in Panama) lists Financial Warfare as […]

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Three Phases of Economic Attack

January 13, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditThe study hypothesized three phases of economic attack. The second phase concluded with the stock market collapse, following a global bear raid using naked short selling and naked credit default swap buying. We will cover some of the evidence that this took place in future posts. Phase Three of the attack appears to be […]

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Welcome

January 12, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditApproximately two years ago I was commissioned to prepare a study identifying prospective vulnerabilities in our financial markets that might be exploited as a matter of financial terrorism and/or economic warfare. In particular, the question was whether or not our normal market mechanisms could be used to destabilize the markets in such a manner […]

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