The Russian Revolution of ’90-91 continues: President Mikhail Gorbachev, of the Soviet Union, orders a currency recall: All 50 and 100 Ruble banknotes in circulation will no longer be recognized as legal tender, and must be redeemed within a three-day period—and for smaller amounts than their face value. This has the effect of instantly destroying the savings of millions of Soviet citizens.
NOTE: This is the further realization of plank number five of the “Communist Manifesto” by Karl Marx.
[added 2/2/2023] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.
The Defense Intelligence Agency submits “Iraq Water Treatment Vulnerabilities,” to Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of Defense, which predicts that sanctions on a post-war “Iraq will suffer increasing shortages of purified water because of the lack of required chemicals and desalination membranes. Incidences of disease, including possible epidemics, will become probable unless the population were careful to boil water.”
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Subsequent Events:
References:
Chalmers Johnson, Nemesis: the last days of the American Republic, (New York: Metropolitan, 2006), 26.
Pentagon Documents Show U.S. Intentionally Used Sanctions to Destroy Iraq’s Water Supply. – Progressive.org
progressive.org/latest/pentagon-documents-show-u.s.-intentionally-used-sanctions-destroy-iraq-s-water-supply./
Ten Economic Blunders From history by John S. Chamberlain
www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/chamberlain1.1.1.html
Communist Manifesto 10 Planks
www.libertyzone.com/Communist-Manifesto-Planks.html
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