We've built the largest empire in the history of the world. It's been done over the last 50 years since World War II with very little military might, actually. It's only in rare instances like Iraq where the military comes in as a last resort.
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Basically, what Economic Hit Men are trained to do is to build up the American empire. To create situations where as many resources as possible flow into this country, to our corporations, and our government, and in fact we've been very successful.John Perkins
But when 9/11 struck, I had a change of heart. I knew the story had to be told because what happened at 9/11 is a direct result of what the economic hit men are doing.
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I worked very, very closely with the World Bank. The World Bank provides most of the money that's used by economic hit men, it and the I. M. F.
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all of those people - millions in Ecuador, billions around the world - are potential terrorists. Not because they believe in communism or anarchism or are intrinsically evil, but simply because they are desperate.
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I think some people thought Jeffersonville was going to profit and that's it, ... That's not true.
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If three fully uniformed police officers show up at your door and knock, I guess I don't know what else you're supposed to do,
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