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The tensions over that element of the ongoing collapse of the transatlantic financial system centered on Greece, escalated over the weekend.  Greek ministers arrived in Brussels on Saturday to renew negotiations with the EU and IMF, while Greek PM Tsipras publicly stated that there will be no deal without debt relief and no cuts to pensions and wages.  If Europe desires the split and the continuation of subjugation we will make the big decision to say ‘no’ and fight the battle for the dignity of the people and our national sovereignty, Tsipras said.

Meanwhile, an Ambrose Evans-Pritchard article posted on Sunday, June 14, says that a radical wing of Syriza will put forward a plan for an Icelandic-style default and nationalization of the banks.  According to Evans-Pritchard, the plan being circulated by 30 MPs from the Aristeri, or Left Platform, includes capital controls and the establishment of a sovereign central bank able to stand behind the new financial system.  The proposal also considers a return to the drachma, or a dual currency arrangement.  A Syriza MP told Evans-Pritchard, “This goes way beyond the Left Platform.  We are talking serious numbers. We are all horrified by the idea of surrender and we will not allow ourselves to be throttled to death by the European Monetary Union.”  Another Syriza MP is quoted saying, “The banks will go ape-s*** of course. We are aware that there will be a lot of lawsuits, but at the end of the day we are a sovereign power.”

Also according to Evans-Pritchard, European officials examined `war game’ scenarios of a Greek default in Bratislava on Thursday, admitting for the first time that they may need a Plan B after all. “It was a preparation for the worst case. Countries wanted to know what was going on,” said one participant to AFP.

In other news, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports that a negotiator involved in the talks between the EU and Greece said that the IMF torpedoed a compromise proposal from Jean-Claude Juncker last week.  The compromise was not really of substance, in that Juncker was only proposing to postpone cuts in pensions and military spending.  But even that was too much for the IMF, which was opposed to any bartering. 

The tensions over that element of the ongoing collapse of the transatlantic financial system centered on Greece, escalated over the weekend.  Greek ministers arrived in Brussels on Saturday to renew negotiations with the EU and IMF, while Greek PM Tsipras publicly stated that there will be no deal without debt relief and no cuts to pensions and wages.  If Europe desires the split and the continuation of subjugation we will make the big decision to say ‘no’ and fight the battle for the dignity of the people and our national sovereignty, Tsipras said.

Meanwhile, an Ambrose Evans-Pritchard article posted on Sunday, June 14, says that a radical wing of Syriza will put forward a plan for an Icelandic-style default and nationalization of the banks.  According to Evans-Pritchard, the plan being circulated by 30 MPs from the Aristeri, or Left Platform, includes capital controls and the establishment of a sovereign central bank able to stand behind the new financial system.  The proposal also considers a return to the drachma, or a dual currency arrangement.  A Syriza MP told Evans-Pritchard, “This goes way beyond the Left Platform.  We are talking serious numbers. We are all horrified by the idea of surrender and we will not allow ourselves to be throttled to death by the European Monetary Union.”  Another Syriza MP is quoted saying, “The banks will go ape-s*** of course. We are aware that there will be a lot of lawsuits, but at the end of the day we are a sovereign power.”

Also according to Evans-Pritchard, European officials examined `war game’ scenarios of a Greek default in Bratislava on Thursday, admitting for the first time that they may need a Plan B after all. “It was a preparation for the worst case. Countries wanted to know what was going on,” said one participant to AFP.

In other news, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports that a negotiator involved in the talks between the EU and Greece said that the IMF torpedoed a compromise proposal from Jean-Claude Juncker last week.  The compromise was not really of substance, in that Juncker was only proposing to postpone cuts in pensions and military spending.  But even that was too much for the IMF, which was opposed to any bartering. 

The tensions over that element of the ongoing collapse of the transatlantic financial system centered on Greece, escalated over the weekend.  Greek ministers arrived in Brussels on Saturday to renew negotiations with the EU and IMF, while Greek PM Tsipras publicly stated that there will be no deal without debt relief and no cuts to pensions and wages.  If Europe desires the split and the continuation of subjugation we will make the big decision to say ‘no’ and fight the battle for the dignity of the people and our national sovereignty, Tsipras said.

Meanwhile, an Ambrose Evans-Pritchard article posted on Sunday, June 14, says that a radical wing of Syriza will put forward a plan for an Icelandic-style default and nationalization of the banks.  According to Evans-Pritchard, the plan being circulated by 30 MPs from the Aristeri, or Left Platform, includes capital controls and the establishment of a sovereign central bank able to stand behind the new financial system.  The proposal also considers a return to the drachma, or a dual currency arrangement.  A Syriza MP told Evans-Pritchard, “This goes way beyond the Left Platform.  We are talking serious numbers. We are all horrified by the idea of surrender and we will not allow ourselves to be throttled to death by the European Monetary Union.”  Another Syriza MP is quoted saying, “The banks will go ape-s*** of course. We are aware that there will be a lot of lawsuits, but at the end of the day we are a sovereign power.”

Also according to Evans-Pritchard, European officials examined `war game’ scenarios of a Greek default in Bratislava on Thursday, admitting for the first time that they may need a Plan B after all. “It was a preparation for the worst case. Countries wanted to know what was going on,” said one participant to AFP.

In other news, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports that a negotiator involved in the talks between the EU and Greece said that the IMF torpedoed a compromise proposal from Jean-Claude Juncker last week.  The compromise was not really of substance, in that Juncker was only proposing to postpone cuts in pensions and military spending.  But even that was too much for the IMF, which was opposed to any bartering. 

The Sunday New York Times reported yesterday that the Pentagon is preparing plans to send heavy weapons, including battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles to the Baltic states and other former Soviet and Warsaw Pact states that are now in NATO.  This prepositioning of U.S. combat equipment would include limited U.S. military personnel to secure and maintain the equipment, in what would amount to a “tripwire” for a fullscale conflict between NATO and Russia.  During the height of the Cold War, such “tripwire” deployments in Europe were common—but they were restricted to continental Western Europe.

The Times noted that the Pentagon draft proposal, involving the prepositioning of enough equipment to service a brigade— 3-5,000 troops—still has to be approved by the Secretary of Defense and the President.  But the proposal has already been presented to senior policy-makers and is expected to be finalized before the NATO defense ministers meet in Brussels later this month.

The planned “tripwire” deployment must be seen in the context of the threat that the U.S. could resume deployment of nuclear-armed intermediate range missiles in Europe, on the pretext that Russia has violated the INF Treaty.  A token U.S. forward deployment of military hardware in the three Baltic states, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, and possibly Hungary, would do nothing to stop an actual Russian invasion; however, it could mean direct conflict between Russian and American forces.  Any such incident would lead to a rapid escalation to thermonuclear conflict.

According to the Times, the prepositioning plans involve as many as 1,200 vehicles, including 250 M1-A2 tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles, and armored howitzers.  Such a deployment would be a clear violation of the 1997 NATO-Russia agreement that included a pledge that there would be no NATO build-up of force in Eastern Europe, based on the understanding that NATO and Russia were no longer adversaries.

During his visit to Italy this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin made clear that Russia has no plans to attack any NATO country. “I think that only an insane person and only in a dream can imagine that Russia would suddenly attack NATO.  I think some countries are simply taking advantage of people’s fears with regard to Russia,” he told Corriere della Serra.

The Sunday New York Times reported yesterday that the Pentagon is preparing plans to send heavy weapons, including battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles to the Baltic states and other former Soviet and Warsaw Pact states that are now in NATO.  This prepositioning of U.S. combat equipment would include limited U.S. military personnel to secure and maintain the equipment, in what would amount to a “tripwire” for a fullscale conflict between NATO and Russia.  During the height of the Cold War, such “tripwire” deployments in Europe were common—but they were restricted to continental Western Europe.

The Times noted that the Pentagon draft proposal, involving the prepositioning of enough equipment to service a brigade— 3-5,000 troops—still has to be approved by the Secretary of Defense and the President.  But the proposal has already been presented to senior policy-makers and is expected to be finalized before the NATO defense ministers meet in Brussels later this month.

The planned “tripwire” deployment must be seen in the context of the threat that the U.S. could resume deployment of nuclear-armed intermediate range missiles in Europe, on the pretext that Russia has violated the INF Treaty.  A token U.S. forward deployment of military hardware in the three Baltic states, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, and possibly Hungary, would do nothing to stop an actual Russian invasion; however, it could mean direct conflict between Russian and American forces.  Any such incident would lead to a rapid escalation to thermonuclear conflict.

According to the Times, the prepositioning plans involve as many as 1,200 vehicles, including 250 M1-A2 tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles, and armored howitzers.  Such a deployment would be a clear violation of the 1997 NATO-Russia agreement that included a pledge that there would be no NATO build-up of force in Eastern Europe, based on the understanding that NATO and Russia were no longer adversaries.

During his visit to Italy this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin made clear that Russia has no plans to attack any NATO country. “I think that only an insane person and only in a dream can imagine that Russia would suddenly attack NATO.  I think some countries are simply taking advantage of people’s fears with regard to Russia,” he told Corriere della Serra.

I am as you know, Lyndon LaRouche, and I’m speaking from Virginia in particular, addressing the events which are occurring in France at this time.  My wife Helga has intervened to bring me into that role.  We will have some other representatives, I’m sure, in France, to share this program.

The crucial issue, however, in Europe right now is the case of Germany:  If the leading forces in Germany persuade Merkel, from the course she’s carrying on so far, or if she agrees to accept that operation, there are forces in Germany which are now disposed to prevent any military conflict between Russia and Germany.

The particular significance of this action by Germany, is that Germany’s economy has a very special value today.  Despite all the problems that the German nation suffers in economic problems and so forth, Germany still has a leading validity in terms of economy in Europe.  And therefore, if the German economy, the leaders of the German economy, contrary to what Merkel has been doing so far, were to exert their influence effectively, then Germany would actually take steps which would, in effect, prevent a military conflict between Europe, or specifically Germany, and Russia.  That would be probably sufficient to thwart any attempt to spread a global thermonuclear war of the type that the British system, and its stooge, Obama, is pushing hard right now.

Therefore, those who are in France, or participating in the things that are going on in France now, should look carefully at this, because this is the interest of all us.  Because if a general thermonuclear war were to be launched, and it would be launched under the auspices of Barack Obama, the President of the United States, then the effect would be probably permanent. Maybe some human beings would survive, but the system of society as we’ve known it heretofore, would be completely changed, and mostly obliterated.

So therefore, it’s extremely important that we break the attempt to use Europe, or European nations, for their own role in their self-destruction.  And the one nation which is best suited to do that, would be certain leading figures in Germany, acting simply on the basis of defending the German economy.  That would be a sufficient motive to stop what Obama is doing, if the people in the United States would pick up on the same thing.

If we don’t succeed in that direction, or something tantamount to that, there’s no doubt, that most of the human race would disappear, and disappear very suddenly.  It would not be a long war in its battle form; it would be quick, massively destructive, more destructive than anything conceived before.  It would be sudden, and the planet would be finished, as far as human beings understand today.

And I’m working on that issue from here.  I’m working also on trying to encourage people in other parts of the world, to recognize that for some of them, who have considered me to be some kind of an authority on these kinds of matters, may respond to what I’m saying.  And if they do, and take the actions I’ve suggested, that we take steps to make sure that Obama is blocked from launching thermonuclear war, by the British Empire but under Obama, to launch a general war which is steaming up right now, if we stop that, we can save civilization.  Otherwise, we have very poor chances.

So, that’s where I think I would like to encourage those participating in the proceedings in France at this time, to put their contribution from various nations that are participating, in taking this view, that we must find, hopefully with help from leading forces in Germany, to take a step to break the bloc which is trying to unite all of Western Europe and beyond, into a single attack on Russia.

Russia will respond to an attack, mercilessly, and with great efficiency.  But it would be a Russia virtually sacrificing its own existence, in order to bring down those parts of the planet which were trying to destroy, in particular Russia, but also civilization generally.

This British/Obama connection is the greatest threat to mankind known in history so far, and there can be no doubt, by any competent analyst, to recognize that that is the case at hand now.  That the coming weeks are, as of now, unless a change occurs, the coming weeks are the signal, for the extermination of most of humanity.  And that’s what I’m talking about, and I’m right, and it’s important.

Lyndon LaRouche addressed the June 13-14 conference of the Schiller Institute in Paris, France via pre-recorded video statement.

I am as you know, Lyndon LaRouche, and I’m speaking from Virginia in particular, addressing the events which are occurring in France at this time.  My wife Helga has intervened to bring me into that role.  We will have some other representatives, I’m sure, in France, to share this program.

The crucial issue, however, in Europe right now is the case of Germany:  If the leading forces in Germany persuade Merkel, from the course she’s carrying on so far, or if she agrees to accept that operation, there are forces in Germany which are now disposed to prevent any military conflict between Russia and Germany.

The particular significance of this action by Germany, is that Germany’s economy has a very special value today.  Despite all the problems that the German nation suffers in economic problems and so forth, Germany still has a leading validity in terms of economy in Europe.  And therefore, if the German economy, the leaders of the German economy, contrary to what Merkel has been doing so far, were to exert their influence effectively, then Germany would actually take steps which would, in effect, prevent a military conflict between Europe, or specifically Germany, and Russia.  That would be probably sufficient to thwart any attempt to spread a global thermonuclear war of the type that the British system, and its stooge, Obama, is pushing hard right now.

Therefore, those who are in France, or participating in the things that are going on in France now, should look carefully at this, because this is the interest of all us.  Because if a general thermonuclear war were to be launched, and it would be launched under the auspices of Barack Obama, the President of the United States, then the effect would be probably permanent. Maybe some human beings would survive, but the system of society as we’ve known it heretofore, would be completely changed, and mostly obliterated.

So therefore, it’s extremely important that we break the attempt to use Europe, or European nations, for their own role in their self-destruction.  And the one nation which is best suited to do that, would be certain leading figures in Germany, acting simply on the basis of defending the German economy.  That would be a sufficient motive to stop what Obama is doing, if the people in the United States would pick up on the same thing.

If we don’t succeed in that direction, or something tantamount to that, there’s no doubt, that most of the human race would disappear, and disappear very suddenly.  It would not be a long war in its battle form; it would be quick, massively destructive, more destructive than anything conceived before.  It would be sudden, and the planet would be finished, as far as human beings understand today.

And I’m working on that issue from here.  I’m working also on trying to encourage people in other parts of the world, to recognize that for some of them, who have considered me to be some kind of an authority on these kinds of matters, may respond to what I’m saying.  And if they do, and take the actions I’ve suggested, that we take steps to make sure that Obama is blocked from launching thermonuclear war, by the British Empire but under Obama, to launch a general war which is steaming up right now, if we stop that, we can save civilization.  Otherwise, we have very poor chances.

So, that’s where I think I would like to encourage those participating in the proceedings in France at this time, to put their contribution from various nations that are participating, in taking this view, that we must find, hopefully with help from leading forces in Germany, to take a step to break the bloc which is trying to unite all of Western Europe and beyond, into a single attack on Russia.

Russia will respond to an attack, mercilessly, and with great efficiency.  But it would be a Russia virtually sacrificing its own existence, in order to bring down those parts of the planet which were trying to destroy, in particular Russia, but also civilization generally.

This British/Obama connection is the greatest threat to mankind known in history so far, and there can be no doubt, by any competent analyst, to recognize that that is the case at hand now.  That the coming weeks are, as of now, unless a change occurs, the coming weeks are the signal, for the extermination of most of humanity.  And that’s what I’m talking about, and I’m right, and it’s important.