John Perkins Quotes
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.
Perkins, John. Interview with Amy Goodman. Democracy Now!, 9 Nov. 2004, www.democracynow.org/2004/11/9/confessions_of_an_economic_hit_man.
She was referring to the fact that the military dictator of Pakistan would take billions of dollars of aid to facilitate Pakistan’s efforts in fighting the Islamic fundamentalist terrorists in Pakistan and Afghanistan. However, much of the money went into the pockets of corrupt government and military officials. The remainder strengthened the military somewhat but the Pakistanis used their military to pressure India—not to fight Islamic terrorists. The Pakistani military intelligence units actually assisted the worst of the Islamic terrorist organization so they could use them to launch terror attacks against Hindu India. Bhutto was running for the Presidency to change that; she was assassinated. Her husband won, and Pakistan for the first time has begun to fight back against the terrorists, but still protected those terrorists who would kill innocent civilians in India.
He was not attributing this to any particular polices or the United States. The U. S. had the so large and was such a force on so many areas that most things the U. S. did would potentially affect every oither nation in the world. There was almost no situation in the world in which the U, S, position and extent of invlovement would not affect the countires involved. At the same time the rapidly accelerating technological change that is changine everything is being led by United States scientists, technologists, and corporations. So if technological change was destabilizing which it was in most societies including America's the United States was the driver. And then, the Presidential election victory of Donald Trump, who had a a stated practice being inconsistant on many things, of aggressivly looking for new ways of doing things in American politics (and had been an exemplar during the campaign), and a strong reluctance to have broad general policies that woild guide his policies and intentions. American politics was changing more than usual with both major political parties were going through major reinvntions and struggles to define themselves. The United States was, moreso than any other country, culturally used to rapid change througout the society and still thriving. But for most other cultures, these things all together could determine the perception of stability and the lac k thereof in most of the world. But even the methods of dealing with climate change which is a source of anxiety for most nations, realsitically depends on what the United States will do or not do and that lack of certainty or even liklihood to prediuct affects people the world over.
John Perkins is an American author. His best known book is Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (2004), in which Perkins claims to have played a role in an alleged process of economic colonization of Third World countries on behalf of what he portrays as a cabal of corporations, banks, and the United States government. The book's claims were met with skepticism and rebuttal, but spent more than 70 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, has been published in at least 32 languages, and is used in many college and university programs.
