The Common Denominator? Gold
The truth is always hidden in plain sight and is apparent to anyone who dares to look at the world outside of their own comfortable world view. Since we all prefer "comfort," this is an exercise that is rarely undertaken. This little post is one such exercise.

As reported by Tom Brokaw on NBC Nightly News, over $200 million in gold was recovered from beneath the World Trade Center rubble. Interestingly, the value of the gold reported to have been housed there prior to the 911 attacks was in excess of $2 billion at the time. Today, that same stash would be valued are approximately $14 billion.

Interestingly, no one knows where the balance of the gold ended up. By the way, the gold was recovered from underneath tower 5, which was adjacent to the twin towers. You may remember, this tower was not hit by the planes, but was mysteriously taken down anyway, after-the-fact. Hummm???

Of course, it was the 911 incident that gave the US the excuse to ultimately invade Iraq. Many who question the events of 911 believe that it was simply the excuse the West was looking for to go in and control the Arab oil. But could it be that even that explanation is lacking? Could it be that it was not oil, but gold, that was the ultimate purpose of the invasion? (If you think it was really about terrorism then stop reading right now and go buy stocks and real estate and stay in your mass-media induced slumber.)

Turns out, reports have steadily leaked out that gold bullion is being steadily seized by the US military in Iraq.

The BBC reported in 2003 that "American soldiers in Iraq have seized what they believe is gold with an estimated value of $500m from a lorry at the border with Syria, US authorities have said." Source

Previously, American forces were reported to have taken in a $600 million gold stash from near a palace in Baghdad.

I wonder how many billions in gold have been stolen that we know nothing about?

Then, just this August we read this report entitled BOOTS ON THE GROUND? NATO Prepares “Humanitarian” Occupation Of Libya:

"Preparing to head off any potential counter-attack by Gaddafi forces, NATO powers are readying a “humanitarian” occupation of Libya with thousands of British and American soldiers, risking the possibility that troops could be sent into yet another quagmire to rival Afghanistan and Iraq.

Eager to control the country’s vast oil resources and its 144 tons of gold bullion, a plan to send in troops would represent a complete violation of the UN’s own resolution authorizing military intervention, unless of course the soldiers were labeled “peacekeepers” and inserted under humanitarian cover."

Did you catch that little snippet in there about gold? The truth is there for all to see, but most just gloss right over it.

A History Lesson
Unlike the Chinese, the Arabs have never trusted the West, and rightly so. They have never trusted the US. When the US went off the gold standard in 1971 and began paying the Arabs for their oil with non gold-backed dollars, the Arabs simply converted those dollars to gold as fast as they could. Unlike China, which holds most of its reserves in worthless paper dollars (Because the foolishly have trusted the US government), the Arabs hold most of their wealth in gold.

When the unsubstainability of the US deficit spending spree became evident to the world, the dollar began to tank. This is where inflation comes from. It was managable for about 30 years until the politicians began to outspend our ability to manage it. To shore up confidence in our currency, the US has had to undergo a rebacking of our dollar with gold. The public is unaware of this, but other governments and central banks are not in the dark. Probably as far back as 15 - 20 years ago, there was obviously a decision made at the highest levels of our government to begin to covertly accumulate gold.

So, in need of gold, the US simply began to confiscate other people's gold as it had done previously in the 1930's from its own citizens. However, today, the US citizenry has no gold. So, you go to where the gold is: the Middle East. But, it would not be good form to perform an outright theft of the Arab gold, so the US had to create a cover story to legitimize their actions. Enter, the war on terrorism.

The bottom line is this: There is a global scramble going on right now for gold. EVERYBODY except the American public knows it. It is a grand game of musical chairs with not enough gold to go around. When the music stops, those who own no gold, lose.

Will you be a winner, or a loser?