Quantim McLoud's blog: December 2011

The so-called Great War, later known as World War 1, was fought between 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918 and claimed the lives of over 20 million people. European leaders (the RICH) and their colonial vassals used this war as an excuse to carve up the world map, making new empires and countries, all by sending each of their armies' troops (the POOR) to die for their country.

The Background
The Congress at Vienna was held in, you guessed it, Vienna, Austria in 1814, one hundred years before the beginning of WW1. At the Congress of Vienna, several of the major powers in Europe - Austria, Prussia (modern germany), Russia, Great Britain and France - got together to discuss how to settle 'their' territories. For years prior to the Congress of Vienna, much of Europe had been in a state of perpetual war for various reasons.From Wikipedia (bold text mine):

The Congress of Vienna (German: Wiener Kongress) was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815. The objective of the Congress was to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. This objective resulted in the redrawing of the continent's political map, establishing the boundaries of France, the Duchy of Warsaw, the Netherlands, the states of the Rhine, the German province of Saxony, and various Italian territories, and the creation of spheres of influence through which Austria, Britain, France and Russia brokered local and regional problems. The Congress of Vienna was the first of a series of international meetings that came to be known as the Concert of Europe, which was an attempt to forge a peaceful balance of power in Europe, and served as a model for later organizations such as the League of Nations and United Nations.

So the congress of vienna: a bunch of world leaders (and/or their delegates, right-hand man kinda people) got together to discuss where the borders on the map will be. The peoples of the various tribes and nations in Europe had no say in where these borders would be - no say in what country they might live in after the borders had been moved by these rich schmucks.

Historically the Congress at Vienna is looked upon with rose-coloured glasses as a wonderful peaceful pre-cursor to the United Nations (and the earlier League of Nations). But let's be serious. It was a bunch of untouchable, elite rulers discussing where to shove the poor so as to best control "the rabble". What's more this so-called peaceful discord occured after a prolonged slaughter of the general population (i.e. many years of war), so it wasn't that peaceful really.

Let's skip ahead 100 years to 1914...

Thanks the congress of vienna, and similar (non-public) meetings of a similar nature, the big powers in europe had obtained a 'balance of power' - meaning the leaders of those big powers chose not to invade each others territory, and there were a variety of alliances between empires and countries. Meanwhile, smaller 'nations' or groups of people often had had their nation(s) co-opted into one or another country/state/nation.

The Trigger
One such smaller country "under the thumb" in Europe was Bosnia-Herzegovina, at the time of the break out of WW1, Bosnia-Herzegovina was part of the Austrian-Hungarian empire. The Austrian empire shared a border with Serbia - Austria had annexed/stolen Bosnia-Herzegovina from Serbia not long before WW1. In 1911, a secret society known as the black hand was formed by some Slavs, Bosnians, and Serbs. This society was dedicated to the formation of a greater Serbia, for all serbs - whether bosnian, serbs, slavs or otherwise.

The trigger for WW1 was when a member of the black-hand shot in Sarajevo the heir to the Austrio-Hungarian throne, one Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand (for whom the band Franz Ferdinand is named). Austria blamed the Serbian Government for this, rather than isolating the individual killer. Austria soon declared war on Serbia. This caused the big Austrian empire to call on their allies to shut down those upstart serbs. Letters and telegrams were quickly sent between european world leaders asking for aid/alliances.

This one assasination turned into an excuse for the big powers in Europe to go for a land grab. Britain and France declared war on Germany, Russia joined in, the Ottoman Empire (modern Turkey) wanted more territory too. The colonial countries "discovered" by their European parent countries as well were expected to join the war as well. Young men from across the entire globe were taken from their homes to "the g(l)ory of battle" to fight the rich man's fight for territory. The colonial countries in africa, asia & oceania were fought over by the vassals of their european parents. And at the end of the War, the US of A came in with their big (better) weaponry came in and 'saved the day'.

What we weren't told In the english speaking world, we tend to remember Germany as the enemy of WW1 - partially due to the influence by the obviously evil Nazi Regime of WW2 fame. But here's a fun fact:

The Kaiser Wilhelm II, the German Emperor at the beginning of WW1, and King George V, the British Emperor during WW1 (and afterwards), were first cousins.
First cousins declaring war on each other?
NO!
First cousins sending the people of the nations they represent to kill one another, that's what it was.

The father of King George V was King Edward VII of England. Edward's sister, Princess Victoria, married the German Emperor Frederick III - Victoria and Frederick were Wilhelm's father. The mother of Edward and Princess Victoria was the famous Queen Victoria, and the father of those two was Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (victoria's husband) who was also german. The royal family of England are essentially all of German Descent.

But just cos they're all cousins doesn't mean they talk to each other, doesn't mean they're friends.
aha but it does! From wikipedia:

Nothing Wilhelm II did in the international arena was of more influence than his decision to pursue a policy of massive naval construction. A powerful navy was Wilhelm's pet project. He had inherited, from his mother, a love of the British Royal Navy, which was at that time the world's largest. He once confided to his uncle, Edward VII, that his dream was to have a "fleet of my own some day". Wilhelm's frustration over his fleet's poor showing at the Fleet Review at his grandmother Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations, combined with his inability to exert German influence in South Africa following the dispatch of the Kruger telegram, led to Wilhelm taking definitive steps toward the construction of a fleet to rival that of his British cousins.

So there you go, not 17 years before WW1, when Wilhelm was already emperor, he was hanging out with his uncle, his cousin(s) and his grandma Queen Victoria.

Now, during WW1 the anti-german sentiment in the English speaking nations was strong. (See here for a brief history of anti-german sentiment, starting LONG before Hitler came to power. Germany really got a 'bum wrap' from other nations during the 19th and early 20th century.) During WW1, the english press demonized Kaiser Wilhelm and the german people in general - what's more, King George V of England changed his name from Saxe-Burg-Gotha (also Wettin, german, pronounced vettin) to the nice-english sounding Windsor to seem less german.

But why the anti-german sentiment, considering how interlinked the history of Germany and England really are? When Henry the VIII separated the Anglican church from the Roman church, Germany was meanwhile beginning the Lutheran church - so that both nations were allied together against the catholic countries. Interbreeding of their respective royal families has been going on for a long time, (Queen Victoria's mother was a german princess). Oh and by the way, old english is a GERMANIC language. yeah.

If you want my opinion (and if you've read this far, you obviously do) the anti-german propaganda was a deliberate plan to get the general population to be full of HATE and FEAR on a day-to-day basis. Our war-culture relies on a perpetual enemy. For ages it was the Germans, then the Russians, then "Red China", and now, "the arabs" who if Australian TV is to be believed, are ALL TERRORISTS. It's nonsense. My enemies are those on this planet who would create wars (aka wholesale slaughter of the poor) so that almost every nation is in a perpetual cycle of war/recovery/peace forever. It's ridiculous and manufactured by the ruling elites, keeping us scared to go anywhere else. It is SOOOOO last millenium behaviour.

In Summary
So - WW1 - for the purpose of expansion/consolidation of territories - as mapped out by the rich and powerful - 20 million or so people were sent to their deaths for 4 years. There weren't no big bad Nazis to fight, no true moral cause to fight for. It was not ethnic cleansing, it was class cleansing. World leaders - the untouchable class, who, if you haven't yet noticed, never are themselves on the front line getting their asses shot - sent millions of their own people to fight a pointless territorial war.

But has this stopped? Are rich cousins, brothers and sisters - or perhaps school chums and college buddies - making up reasons for 'the little man' to kill each other?

Yes, yes they are. Except as many of us are aware, it aint so much royal families now as it is the rich oil tycoons - the Bush Family and the Bin Laden family are friends dontcha know.

Who profits from war? Weapon manufacturers. Think about it.

So in summary this is how the rich really think of us (comedy sketch)

More on inbred royals soon!
Also I'll be releasing a video in early January, hopefully the first of many. Remember to think for yourself instead of believing what the mainstream media propaganda machine tellls you.

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