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Bribery, Loan Sharking And Murder True American Foreign

Policy, Says Economic Hit Man

 

 

 

 

Bribery, Loan Sharking And Murder True American Foreign Policy, Says

Economic Hit Man

In one-on-one interview, best-selling author, John Perkins, lays it on

the line about corrupt American foreign policy.

August 22, 2005

 

By Greg Szymanski

 

 

 

 

 

Jackals inside the U.S. government's foreign hit squads recently

warned at least six of the major democratic leaders of South American

countries, in no uncertain terms, either " play ball or be killed., "

according to John Perkins, best-selling author, whistle blower and

self-proclaimed economic hit man..

 

 

 

Perkins recently shocked America with a startling account about how

government-sponsored mafia-like hits and economic bribery are a

mainstay in U. S. foreign policy, used as dirty tools in order to " get

what it wants when it wants " no matter what the cost.

 

 

 

 

 

" Right now our government's heavy-handed pressure, applied by hired

jackals, is worse today in Latin America then it was when I worked

applying pressure to foreign leaders years ago, " said Perkins in a

telephone conversation this week from his Florida home while

recovering from colon surgery and preparing to go on the road for an

American and European speaking tour..

 

 

 

He is presently working on a second book, due to be released next

year, a book attempting to offer future solutions about how to the

reverse America's destructive empire building tactics, including

economic bribery and assassinations.

 

 

 

" We have the resources and we are the last powerful country able to

change the destructive course being taken now, " added Perkins. " I am

optimistic and believe we will reverse the course being taken now,

otherwise why would I be writing these books. "

 

 

 

 

 

His first huge success, " Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, " released

last year and selling over 200,000 copies, immediately became a New

York Times best-seller. His shocking book, a must-read for anyone who

wants to know why America is hated around the world, reveals how

foreign governments are intimidated and uncooperative leaders

assassinated while the U.S. masquerades as a benevolent benefactor.

 

For more than 15 years, Perkins, the former corporate consultant,

acting as a third party intermediary between the U.S. and foreign

leaders, lived in a dangerous " political underworld " of deceit,

bribery, loan sharking and murder while advancing America's shady

foreign policy interests.

 

 

 

Perkins finally went public, detailing how he helped the U.S. " gets

what it wants " by using a mafia-style tactics, after being

guilt-ridden from taking a half million dollars from the

Stoner-Webster Corp. to keep silent and then being haunted by the

memory of the 9/11 tragedy. He adds 9/11 is the result of foreign

retaliation based on years of U.S. aggression.

 

His book clearly shows the ugly side of America's empire building,

providing a firsthand account why the " jackals " in the CIA and what he

calls " the corporatocracy " were responsible for the assassinations of

President Omar Torrijos of Panama and President Jaime Roldas of Ecuador.

 

 

 

Perkins said the same sort of mafia-like tactics are taking place

today in countries like Argentina, Chili, Brazil, Ecuador, Uruguay and

Venezuela, citing the recent coup ousting President Gutierrez of

Ecuador as an example after the former leader cut a one-sided deal

with President Bush against the interests of his own people.

 

" One month after he was elected, Gutierrez met with Bush in

Washington, " said Perkins. " He was originally elected by a mandate of

the people based on an anti-American and anti-globalist platform. But

after getting in office and being pressured by Washington, he agreed

to a deal whereby Ecuador gets about 10 percent of the profits from

their oil and natural resources while 90 percent goes to American oil

companies and to pay back debt owed to the World Bank. "

 

 

 

" When word leaked out in his country what happened, the people of

Ecuador were furious. They ousted Gutierrez, replacing him with the

Vice President, but it is still up in the air whether anything will

really change there. Put yourself in their shoes. The pressure we

exert is outrageous and the leaders are essentially offered millions

of dollars or a bullet in the head, with the jackals reminding them of

how other victims of obvious assassinations, like President Torrijos

of Panama and President Roldas of Ecuador, were dealt with in the past.

 

Perkins said the American people need to be made aware, since the

media is ignoring the problem, that a majority of the Latin American

countries in recent years are putting democratically elected leaders

in office, all running on anti-American platforms. Claiming hatred

runs deep among the Latin American people, Perkins said leaders are

finally starting to stand-up against American aggression due to

growing resistance at home.

 

 

 

Perkins used President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela as a perfect example

of how U.S. government-sponsored hit squads are attempting to kill him

for not agreeing to one-sided loans which would eventually bankrupt

his country while turning over all of Venezuela's infrastructure, like

water, gas and power, powerful American owned and operated corporations.

 

Referencing Perkins' book as evidence of U.S. attempts on his life,

Chavez is the most outspoken of all the leaders who is bucking the

American system, even publicly saying recently that he wouldn't set

foot on U.S. soil until the people of America liberated themselves

from Bush's tyrannical rule.

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Chavez has also publicly accused Bush of trying to have him killed for

not " doing business as usual " which means rich American corporations

profit while his countrymen starve. Venezuela has long been a target

on the U.S. imperialistic map, since it has large oil reserves and is

the fourth largest oil exporter to the United States, making it a

prime target for the Bush administration's lopsided and heavy-handed

foreign policy approach.

 

Last week Chavez also suspended all cooperation with the U.S. Drug

Enforcement agency, accusing its agents of spying and espionage.

Further, Chavez has threatened to discontinue U.S. oil shipments and

Washington observers verify Perkins claims that much of Latin America

is rallying around Chavez becoming increasingly discontented with

Washington's undiplomatic policies toward the region and its distrust

with the Bush administration in general.

 

 

 

" The Latin American people are obviously saying don't meddle with us,

but the media and the government are keeping the real truth from the

American people, " said Perkins, citing a conspiracy among large

corporate media owners, wealthy international bankers and the

government in manipulating public opinion and the news for their own

globalist agenda.

 

Perkins also cites his wildly popular book as another example of media

suppression. Although his book has hit the all the best seller lists,

he has been relegated to discussing it in the alternative media,

saying he has systematically been silenced by the major networks and

newspapers, not granting him interviews or bothering to discuss the book.

 

 

 

While CNN recently gave a pro Bush administration author with a

relatively obscure book 20 minutes of air time telling the public how

Iran posed an imminent nuclear threat, Perkins has never once been

asked to appear on CNN.

 

He also has never been asked to appear or be interviewed on other

major networks, forcing him to tell his story on CSPAN, including

outlets like Public Broadcasting Radio as well as print and internet

magazines like The American Free Press and the Arctic Beacon.

 

 

 

" This is a big story in itself, " added Perkins. " Here I have a

best-selling book with truthful, important and controversial issues

needing to be dealt with, and the corporate-driven media has seen fit

to ignore me and keep my story from the American people. If anyone is

going to save this democracy, it is not the spineless mainstream

media, but people in the alternative press and on the internet who

have had the courage in the face of much adversity to expose the truth. "

 

Searching for reasons for telling his story and trying to explain to

the American people why he became a whistle blower, he added:

 

 

 

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