As the new millenium dawned, the ‘Anglosphere’ had a seemingly well-established grip over the finances of the world. This financial dominance – vastly out of proportion to the populations of the English-speaking nations – was reflected in military muscle. The dominant USA was considered by all and sundry to be the sole remaining ‘Superpower’: politically, militarily and economically.

It seems so long ago. Yet until 2007, the Old Order remained essentially intact. Since then, what we’ve come to know as the ‘World Financial Crisis’ has been akin to a new deal in a global poker game. As the cards are flipped face up in mid-2009, it’s apparent there’s been a phenomenal shift in world power. New players have joined the table. They’re outclassing former high rollers.

The two graphs below show the top twenty banks in the world by market capitalization, in 1999 and 2009 respectively. The author/s of my source for these graphs also points out that last month, for the first time, China became Brazil’s largest trading partner. Trade with Brazil has long been an indicator of financial power  The USA held the No 1 position from the 1930’s; before that, Britain had been the dominant trading partner for several generations.

Dramatic shifts are currently underway – yet there’s no real sign yet that the English-speaking countries intend to put their bloated military spend into reverse and rejoin the rest of the world. If they did, others would be greatly enouraged to do the same. As it is, the rest of the world is likely to view warily the real intentions of nations with a long track record of illegal invasions, imperialism and starting new wars.

In a single speech, President Obama has negated much of the goodwill and positive momentum that his new Administration brought to a weary, anxious world.

Obama: risks squandering global goodwill to placate his Zionist 'friends'

By committing to a massive expansion of the US war in Afghanistan, without time limit or any end in sight, Obama dooms his Administration to become another failed war Presidency.

America is now in danger of becoming the largest failed State in human history. Hopelessly corrupted by Zionist infiltrators, it insists of sparring (at massive cost) with invented foes, cranking up futile armed conflicts, against ‘enemies’ nominated by a foreign power, enemies that are really just popular restistance movements.

The real aim of this crazed war – not necessarily Obama’s goal, but the goal of his devious advisers – is the destablization and Balkanization of Pakistan. This is a longstanding Israeli objective. It will be dressed up, characteristically, as an attempt to achieve precisely the opposite.

Obama is clever, but he’s not Superman. He cannot fight demons on a dozen fronts at once. He cannot solve America’s horrific problems, fix its substandard healthcare system, solve it’s grotesque over-dependence on fossil fuels, make friends out of foes, show leadership in solving the global environmental crisis, extricate troops with a modicum of honour from Iraq, stand up to the foreign agents in its midst, pay for some of the damage his predecessor has done to Americans and others, rectify the US fiscal imbalance, keep public debt under control, rebuild America’s creaking civilian infrastructure, restore confidence in the banking system and world economy….. AND fight a massive new unwinnable war against a largely imaginary enemy, under the advice of  Zionist agents who clearly have other interests at heart.

It’s hard to conceptualize world economic affairs in all their complexity. Yet some of the fundamentals of the economic crisis are not too hard to grasp. The careful use of analogy can help. Here’s a neighbourhood analogy. To keep it simple, I’ll mention only two important households…

Imagine you are the head of a poor but very large household. Your family works hard over many years to make cheap products for neighbours to enjoy. One very rich neighbour in particular buys vast amounts of your produce.

It's not easy being brave

In return for your family’s sweated labour, you’re paid wages in the form of personal IOUs. The guy who buys most of your goods pays by personal cheque. He has the biggest, most expensive house on the block, so you consider his IOUs/cheques are good. You cash some cheques, but being a thifty type, you save many of his payments too. Over time, your savings accumulate.

Your big and wealthy neighbour spends a lot of money on extravagances. You think it unwise, but consider that’s his business. He employs huge numbers of security guards armed with powerful, expensive weapons – spending far more on this than anyone else on the block. Indeed, he spends nearly as much on ’security’ as all the other households put together. From time to time, some of his henchmen invade other people’s houses. You think that’s wrong and say so… but he does command a lot more heavy firepower than you could ever afford, so you don’t complain too loud. Meanwhile, you work harder and harder to make more things for him to enjoy. Your savings keep accumulating…