
I favor the use of the term "shadow government" to refer to the conspiracy
that most of us perceive is our adversary. My own study, and conversations
with a number of insiders, indicates the following provisional conclusions:

(1) It is a conscious conspiracy, not just "emergent behavior", although
emergent behavior has been a part of its evolution and operates at lower
levels.

(2) Insiders themselves use the term "shadow government".

(3) While many or most of the members of organizations like the CFR,
TLC, World Bank, etc., may be involved at some level, such organizations
serve only a supporting role. They are not central, even though a few
of their members may be.

(4) "New World Order" is probably not the term used by the shadow government
to refer to their strategic plan. It appears to have been invented by
conspiracy theorists, and its use detracts from our credibility.

(5) The structure of the SG is complex, much more so than that of, say, the
Soviet Communist Party, which it most closely resembles. It appears likely
that even many of those in the core of the SG are unsure of its organization
chart, which may be subject to constant breakdown and reinvention.

(6) The SG is a 24-hours-a-day, 7-day-a-week operation. Its important
decisions are not made at occasional meetings of organizations like the
CFR, TLC, or whatever.

(7) The SG has factions. It is not monolithic. It is also fragile, depending
on secrecy and fear. If people stand up to it, they more often than not
back down rather than risk a confrontation that could get out of hand.

(8) There are two major currents within the SG: sincere concern about a
perceived threat which feeds on itself, and greed for power and wealth which
feels threatened. There is tension between these two currents, sometimes
resulting in paralysis or conflict.

(9) There are some very real threats looming that support a case for much
of what the SG is doing. Not all of it a bad thing for humanity in the
long term, if it were done right. The problem is that those thus motivated
don't trust the people.  Unfortunately, the solutions will require the
willing cooperation of the people, a cooperation that cannot be compelled
and cannot be sustained through propaganda or deception. There is also a
problem of groupthink. The SG operates in an environment that does not
permit the kind of open play of ideas that is needed to avoid serious
screwups. They are screwing up. This is the single most important reason
to reform the situation. WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE VERY
REAL THREAT TO HUMAN CIVILIZATION. Left to themselves, they are doing to
drag us all down to disaster.

(10) The core of the SG appears to be in the US and in its intelligence,
military, and industrial establishments, even though its reach is worldwide.
It suffers from a typical military mentality. Systematic but not very
imaginative. Distrustful of true brilliance or independence of mind.
Likely to be paralyzed if something totally unexpected occurs, which is
very likely. Uncomfortable with uncertainty, and inclined to impose more
certainty on a situation than the available information will support.
Overly concerned about secrecy, even when dealing with situations in which
there is no one from whom any secrets can usefully be kept, to the extent
that intelligence doesn't get effectivly used to guide decisionmaking.

(11) There appears to be some factional ambivalence within the SG on the
matter of disarming the people vs. reviving the constitutional militia.
There may be a growing realization that attempting to disarm the people
not only won't work, but may very well bring down their house of cards.
They are looking with interest on our militia efforts, seeking perhaps
to find ways to control it and use it form their own purposes.  That might
not be an entirely bad thing, especially since control would work both
ways.

(12) Finally, UFOs and aliens seem to be involved. Perhaps only as a
manufactured opportunity/threat, but more likely the people in charge of
dealing with the matter are using a real situation to expand their
power, perhaps to the extent that those are the core of the SG, even
over the key people in the financial community. We need to expose all
of this.

--Jon Roland
Texas Militia Correspondence Committee


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