AN ENGLISH ALIEN THROWING UP IN NEW YORK

The political and social decline of the United States goes hand in hand with a noticeable decline in the common sense of its leaders. How will this affect the United Kingdom?

 

By Sir Charlattam 

Oh dear, the US is no longer even a shadow of what it once was. Getting to J.F. Kennedy Airport is starting to feel like a real journey, as if it were an obstacle course. My years of service have taught me to observe, intuit and realise when a place and its atmosphere are hostile.

It is true that the controls and paranoia are not the same as what I experienced in Berlin during the Cold War or at the checkpoints of the British collaborators of the UVF in Belfast. But despite the distance and time, the make-up and manners, the government informers, who I assume are from the HSD and the FBI, are watching those who come and go, regardless of whether they are English or from other friendly nations.

As the days passed, I was able to corroborate this. As is now a ritual, I met up with my contacts in a typical Italian restaurant where we can exchange views on how things are evolving on both sides of the ocean. Obviously, I shared Starmer's bizarre policy and his cronies' commitment to fabricating a casus belli against Russia, playing with peace and, in that plan, their underhanded cooperation with the White House, but what I was most interested in knowing was whether my perception was exaggerated or not.

It was Tommy, an old American colleague who used to work as a liaison in Turkey, who painted me a picture of the increasingly radicalised internal situation in the US and how it was being fuelled from Washington DC. The murder of ultra-conservative activist Charlie Kirk has unleashed a flood of suspicion involving important Zionist contacts in the US (such as Bill Ackman) and paranoia which, added to the Epstein scandal that is coming to the surface like shit, has triggered a witch hunt ordered by Donald Trump himself, which has even reached members of the House of Representatives.

The Trump administration has militarised many cities and is trying to do the same with the minds of citizens, and in that sense, political and social violence is functional to that policy. It is so obvious that there is no need for interpretation.

Trump has not only questioned one of the foundations and values that made this country great, he has simply nullified freedom of expression in any area that leads to critical thinking. Criticising or expressing any suspicion about the federal administration or any of its decisions is now reason enough for the government's dogs to come after you, says one of my colleagues. The cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel's television programme is only the most visible example of what is happening here.

Just as Trump was arriving in London to present his conditions to Keir Starmer, mass protests against his visit reflected the British people's reluctance to endure new US impositions that will undoubtedly end up being paid for by those at the bottom. We all know, from Brixton in east London to the Black Country to Greenwich in the south, that Trump's promises end up costing others, and in this case, those others will be the British people. 

Returning here, the economic, social and political situation could not be more heated. At all times, federal agencies, especially the HSD, are on the lookout for what they consider to be enemies of the government, who, without warning and wherever they may be, are taken by storm by militarised forces who shamelessly drag them away like a sack of potatoes to take them away in one of their armoured vans.

The security apparatus that supports Trump's policies and his MAGA movement labels its internal enemies, the most prominent being leftists (ANTIFA), illegal foreigners, including Europeans who don't give a damn about their bloody policies, and pro-Palestinian groups who, for doing their academic and outreach work to raise awareness of the horrific situation, are labelled - to the delight of Netanyahu and Co. - as conspirators. Of course, this didn't start yesterday. Compulsory deportations, the transfer of handcuffed people and the imprisonment of ‘suspected illegal immigrants’ in places such as Guantanamo, which bring back terrible memories for America's already blurred image, are not going to return to the country again. 

This repressive policy, in the best style (but much more elegant and sophisticated) of African dictatorships, covers the entire spectrum of government. One of my colleagues, after agreeing with us, illustrates how far the government intends to go by saying: ‘If there is anyone who reflects in detail what Trump has in mind and wants to see it carried out, it is Secretary Marco Rubio, whom the government may give the power to review and cancel the passports of those they deem undesirable.’

If I said that this seemed like an African dictatorship, I stand corrected and would rather describe it as typical of the German STASI during the Erich Honecker era, which was so effective at gathering intelligence that even in the early 1980s—when the CIA was still experimenting—they managed to compile databases with the DNA of citizens suspected of being dissidents or of suspicious behaviour after having touched glasses, coins and containers in a public place.

But today it is not communist or Arab nationalist agencies (now defunct) that practise these archaic methods of invading citizens' privacy and freedom. Today, it is American and British agencies, with the close involvement of Israeli agencies, that cross and snoop on activities and dare to analyse what someone thinks and posts on their social networks, determining whether they are an enemy to be targeted.