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List of Bilderberg attendees
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of prominent persons who have attended one or more conferences organized by the Bilderberg Group. The list is currently organized by category. It is not a complete list.
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[edit] Heads of government, heads of state and royalty
- Margaret Thatcher(1975)[1], former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Juan Carlos I, King of Spain
- Queen Sofia of Spain, wife of Juan Carlos I, King of Spain
- Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands[2]
- Bill Clinton, (1991)[3], US President, 1993 - 2001
- Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca, younger daughter of Juan Carlos I, King of Spain
- Tony Blair (1993)[3], current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Kostas Karamanlis (2003), current Prime Minister of Greece
- Angela Merkel (2005), current Chancellor of Germany
- Romano Prodi (Steering Committee Member of Bilderberg in the 1980s), current Italian Prime Minister and former President of the European Commission
- Jean Chrétien (2003), Canadian Prime Minister, 1993 - 2003
- Paul Martin (2003), Canadian Prime Minister, 2003 - 2006
- Stephen Harper (2003), Canadian Prime Minister, 2006 - Present
- Francisco Pinto Balsemao, former Prime Minister of Portugal, 1981 - 1983 and CEO of Impresa media group
- Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, King of Sweden
- Fredrik Reinfeldt, elected Prime Minister of Sweden, 2006 - Present
- Carl Bildt[2], former Swedish Prime Minister and current Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Davíð Oddsson, former Prime Minister of Iceland, 1991-2004
- Philippe, Duke of Brabant, Crown Prince of Belgium
[edit] Members of United States administrations
- Christian Herter (1961, 63, 64)[4], former Secretary of State
- Henry Kissinger (2004[5],2005,2006), Secretary of State, 1973 - 1977
- Richard Perle (2003), assistant Secretary of Defense, 1981 - 1987
- Donald Rumsfeld (2003), Secretary of Defense, 2001 - 2006
- David L. Aaron, Deputy National Security Advisor
[edit] Heads of major corporations
- H. J. Heinz II (1954)[6], CEO of H. J. Heinz Company
- Josef Ackermann (2005), CEO of Deutsche Bank
- Lord Browne of Madingley (1997[2], 2004), Chief Executive BP
- Jorma Ollila (1997[2], 2005), Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and Nokia Corporation
- Jürgen E. Schrempp (1997[2], 2005), CEO of DaimlerChrysler
- Peter Sutherland (1997[2], 2005), former Chairman of BP
- Martin Taylor (1997)[2], former CEO, Barclays
- Daniel Vasella (2005), Chairman and CEO of Novartis
- Percy Barnevik (1997[2], 2001), former CEO of ASEA.
- Anders Björgerd (1973, 1982), former deputy CEO of Sydkraft AB.
- Harald Norvik (2006), former CEO of Statoil.
- Andrew Knight - Director of News Corporation, 1991-present, CEO of News International, 1900-1994, CEO and Editor-in-Chief The Daily Telegraph Group, Editor of The Economist, 1974-1984
[edit] UK cabinet ministers
- Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom
- Kenneth Clarke, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1993-1997; member of the Opposition 1998-1999, 2003-2004
- Denis Healey, Secretary of State for Defence 1963-1970, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1974-1979 (founder member)
[edit] Journalists
- Alexandre Adler, French conservative journalist (2003)
- Paul Gigot - Editor of the Editorial Page of The Wall Street Journal; 2003- Present
- Martin Wolf - Financial Times columnist
- Juan Luis Cebrián - Ex-director of El País Spanish journal, and delegated advisor of PRISA Group
- Will Hutton (1997)[3]
- Peter Jennings
[edit] EU Commissioners
European Union Commissioners who have attended include:
- Ritt Bjerregaard (1995)
- Frederik Bolkestein (2003)[7]
- Hans van den Broek (1995)
- Emma Bonino (1998)
- Leon Brittan (1998)
- Pascal Lamy (2003)[7]
- Mario Monti (1996,2003[7]) - former or present member of the Steering Committee
- Erkki Liikanen
- Pedro Solbes
- Günter Verheugen
- António Vitorino
- Romano Prodi - Steering Committee Member of Bilderberg in the 1980s
- Wim Duisenberg
- Lord Patten of Barnes
- Peter Mandelson (1999)
- Étienne Davignon, conference chairman in 2005
- Neelie Kroes (2005, 2006) - present Commissioner for Competition
[edit] UK civil servants
[edit] Military
- Terence Airey, Military Governor of Trieste
[edit] Other attendees
- Joseph E. Johnson (1954)[6], President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
- David Rockefeller, An original U.S. founding member, life member, and member of the Steering Committee (1954-);
- Zbigniew Brzezinski (Guest, 1972), President Carter's National Security Advisor;
- Lord Black of Crossharbour (1997)[2], Telegraph Chairman;
- William J McDonough (1997)[2], President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York;
- Sauli Niinistö (1997)[2], Finnish Finance Minister
- C. Fred Bergsten (1997)[2], President, Peterson Institute;
- Leif Pagrotsky (2001), Swedish Minister for Education, Research and Culture [1];
- Björn Bjarnason, in 1988 and 1991 as vice editor of Morgunblaðið, and in 1993 and 1995 as Icelandic minister of education;
- Guest at the 2003 Bilderberg Meeting included Carlos M. Collazo;
- Richard N. Haass (2004)[5], president, Council on Foreign Relations;
- Guests at the 2004 Bilderberg Meeting included John Edwards, James Wolfensohn, Melinda Gates, and Mario Draghi;
- Guests at the 2005 Bilderberg Meeting included Vernon Jordan and Mark Warner and may also have included, according to the Financial Times of May 2, Natan Sharansky and Bernard Kouchner;
- Guests at the 2006 Bilderberg Meeting included Vernon Jordan, George Pataki, Richard Perle, Dennis Ross, and prominent Canadians Paul Desmarais, Frank McKenna, Heather Reisman and Globe and Mail publisher Philip Crawley, Mahmood Sariolghalam (Iran National University), Siv Jensen, leader of Norwegian political party Fremskrittspartiet, Johann Olav Koss, and chairman of Scandinavian Airlines Egil Myklebust;
- Heather Munroe-Blum, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
- George Osborne(2006)[9]- Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer 2004-Present; member of the opposition 2001-Present
[edit] References
- ^ Thatcher Papers, Catalogue of material, Pre-1979 personal papers, p.28
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Bilderberg Meeting of 1997 Assembles. PR Newswire (June 13th, 1997).
- ^ a b c Bill Hayton (29th September, 2005). Inside the secretive Bilderberg Group. BBC.
- ^ Herter, Christian Archibald, 1895-1966. Papers: Guide.. Houghton Library, Harvard.
- ^ a b Kenneth Maxwell (2004). The Case of the Missing Letter in Foreign Affairs:: Kissinger, Pinochet and Operation Condor. David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.
- ^ a b Hatch, Alden (1962). H.R.H.Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands: An authorized biography. London: Harrap. ISBN B0000CLLN4.
- ^ a b c Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission. European Parliament (15th May, 2003).
- ^ Register of Lords Interests - Lord Roll of Ipsden. United Kingdom Parliament (October 1st, 2004).
- ^ Register of Members' Interests - George Osborne. United Kingdom Parliament (19th September 2006).
[edit] EU Commissioners
- Bilderberg meetings – MEP Patricia McKenna (V) to European Commission December 11, 1998
- Answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission 19 January 1999
- Participation of Commissioner Emma Bonino in the 1998 Bilderberg meeting – McKenna 4 January 1999
- Participation of Commissioner Hans van den Broek in the 1995 Bilderberg meeting – McKenna 4 January 1999
- Participation of Commissioner Leon Brittan in the 1998 Bilderberg meeting – McKenna 4 January 1999
- Participation of Commissioner Ritt Bjerregaard in the 1995 Bilderberg meeting – McKenna 4 January 1999
- Participation of Commissioner Mario Monti in Bilderberg – McKenna 4 January 1999
- Joint answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission 5 February 1999
- Commissioner Monti's membership of the Executive Committee of the Trilateral Commission – McKenna 3 March 1999
- Answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission 8 April 1999
- Commissioner Solbes Mira and Trilateral/Bilderberg MEP Patricia McKenna 19 May 2000
- Commissioners' links to the Bilderberg Group – MEP Patricia McKenna (Verts/ALE) to the Commission 4 April 2003
- Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission 15 May 2003
- Incompatibility between the holding of a Community decision-making office and membership of the Bilderberg Club and the Trilateral Commission MEP Mario Borghezio(NI) to the Commission 3 June 2003
- Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission 6 August 2003
- Other discussions of interest:
- Commission policy on public opinion Sören Wibe (PSE) to the Commission 1 September 1998
- Answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission 20 October 1998
- November 2002 Calendar of Javier Solana "Address to the Steering Committee Bilderberg followed by working lunch"
[edit] Register of members interests at the British House of Commons
- REGISTER OF LORDS' INTERESTS ROLL OF IPSDEN, Lord: Member, Bilderberg Steering Committee
- Register of Journalists' Interests CLARKE, Rt. Hon. Kenneth: 3-6 June 1999, to Portugal, to attend Bilderberg meetings
- Register of Members' Interests CLARKE, Rt. Hon. Kenneth: 14-17 May 1998, I attended the Bilderberg Conference at Turnberry in Scotland
- Register of Journalists' Interests MANDELSON, Rt. Hon. Peter: June 1999, to Portugal, to attend Bilderberg Conference
[edit] Discussion on the topic of Bilderberg at the House of Commons
- Sir David Hannay: Attendance at Bilderberg Conference – Lord Stoddart of Swindon asked Her Majesty's Government 19 March 1996
- Complaint against Mr Kenneth Clarke – Memorandum submitted by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards 22 July 1997
- Bilderberg Group – A question by Mr Gill and an answer by the Prime Minister 30 March 1998
- Bilderberg Group – A question by Mr Winterton and an answer by Mr Rooker 7 April 1998
- Bilderberg Group – A question by Mr Winterton and an answer by Mrs Roche 8 April 1998
- Bilderberg Group – A question by Mr Keetch and an answer by the Prime Minister 15 June 1998
- Bilderberg Meeting, Turnberry – A question by Mr Gill and an answer by Mr Robertson 10 July 1998
- Parliamentary Question – A question by Mr Gill and an answer by Mr Robertson 13 July 1998
- Bilderberg Meeting, Turnbern – A question by Mr Keetch and an answer by Mr Robertson 20 July 1998
- Bilderberg Meeting, Turnberry – A question by Mr Gill and an answer by Mr Robertson 23 July 1998
- Analysis of complaints investigated – Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards and the Committee on Standards and Privileges 10 November 1998
- Bilderberg Group – A question by Mr Keetch and an answer by the Prime Minister 7 May 1999
- Bilderberg Group – A question by Mr Bercow and an answer by the Prime Minister, 20 May 1999
- The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Mr. John Spellar speech – Commons Hansard Debates, Column 870 10 June 1999
- Bilderberg Group – A question by Mr Bercow and an answer by the Prime Minister 26 July 1999
- Bilderberg Meetings – A question by Mr Bercow and an answer by Ms Quinn 27 July 1999
- Bilderberg Meetings – A question by Mr Bercow and an answer by the Prime Minister 8 November 1999
- Bilderberg Conference – A question by Mr Bercow and an answer by Mr Hoon 11 November 1999
- Bilderberg Conference – A question by Mr Bercow and an answer by the Prime Minister 4 July 2000
- Committee on Standards and Privileges, Minutes of Evidence – Mr Levitt, Question 86 to Mr Clarke 27 February 2001
- Turnberry Bilderberg Meeting – A question by Mr Rosindell and an answer by Mr Blunkett 7 November 2002
[edit] External links
- New York Times references for John Edwards and others
- Cyprus represented for first time at secret Bilderberg meeting from the Cyprus Mail
- Secretive, powerful Bilderberg group meets near Ottawa from Globe and Mail - Includes partial list of 2006 attendees.
- 2006 participant list
- The masters of the universe - Donald Rumsfeld reference at the Asia Times Online
- Pataki Joins Bilderberg's Conclave November, 2006 New York Sun article mentions Senator Hillary Clinton as previous attendee.
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ilderberg 2007: Welcome to the Lunatic Fringe
21-05-2007
In 1954, the most powerful men in the world met for the first time under the auspices of the Dutch royal crown and the Rockefeller family in the luxurious Hotel Bilderberg of the small Dutch town of Oosterbeck. For an entire weekend they debated the future of the world. When it was over, they decided to meet once every year to exchange ideas and analyze international affairs. They named themselves the Bilderberg Club. Since then, they have gathered yearly in a luxurious hotel somewhere in the world to decide the future of humanity.
In more than fifty years of meetings that brings together unprecedented power and money in the same time and place, never has any information been leaked as to what subjects were debated during the Bilderberg Club meetings. Bilderberg, one of the world’s most powerful secret organizations is run out of an 18m2 offices, staffed by one person, using one telephone line and a single fax number. There is no web page and no brass name plate on the door. The independent press has never been allowed in, and no statements have ever been released on the attendees’ conclusions nor has any agenda for a Bilderberg meeting been made public. How, in God’s name, can this be possible when Bilderberg´s elite membership list includes all of the most powerful individuals who run the Planet?
Leaders of the Bilderberg Club argue that this discretion is necessary to allow participants in the debates to speak freely without being on the record or reported publicly. Otherwise, Bilderbergers state, they would be forced to speak in the language of a press release. Doubtlessly, this discretion allows the Bilderberg Club to deliberate more freely, but that does not respond to the fundamental question: What do the world’s most powerful people talk about in these meetings?
Any modern democratic system protects the right to privacy, but doesn’t the public have a right to know what their political leaders are talking about when they meet the wealthiest business leaders of their respective countries?
What guarantees do citizens have that the Bilderberg Club isn’t a centre for influence trafficking and lobbying if they aren’t allowed to know what their representatives talk about at the Club’s secret gatherings? Why are the Davos World Economic Forum and G8 meetings carried in every newspaper, given front page coverage, with thousands of journalists in attendance, while no one covers Bilderberg Club meetings even though they are annually attended by Presidents of the International Monetary Fund, The World Bank, Federal Reserve, chairmen of 100 most powerful corporations in the world such as DaimlerChrysler, Coca Cola, British Petroleum, Chase Manhattan Bank, American Express, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, Vice Presidents of the United States, Directors of the CIA and the FBI, General Secretaries of NATO, American Senators and members of Congress, European Prime Ministers and leaders of opposition parties, top editors and CEOs of the leading newspapers in the world. It is surprising that no mainstream corporate media outlets consider a gathering of such figures, whose wealth far exceeds the combined wealth of all United States citizens, to be newsworthy when a trip by any one of them on their own makes headline news on TV.
The delegates at Bilderberg 2007: Istanbul, Turkey May 31-June 3
This year’s delegation will once again include all of the most important politicians, businessmen, central bankers, European Commissioners and executives of the western corporate press. They will be joined at the table by leading representatives of the European Royalty, led by Queen Beatrix, the daughter of the Bilderberg founder, former Nazi, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands and Bilderberger President, Etienne Davignon, Vice Chairman, Suez-Tractebel from Belgium. According to Bilderberg Steering Committee list which this author had access to, the following names have now been confirmed as official Bilderberg attendees for this year’s conference (In alphabetical order):
George Alogoskoufis, Minister of Economy and Finance (Greece); Ali Babacan, Minister of Economic Affairs (Turkey); Edward Balls, Economic Secretary to the Treasury (UK); Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA, S.G.P.S.; Former Prime Minister (Portugal); José M. Durão Barroso, President, European Commission (Portugal/International); Franco Bernabé, Vice Chariman, Rothschild Europe (Italy); Nicolas Beytout, Editor-in-Chief, Le Figaro (France); Carl Bildt, Former Prime Minister (Sweden); Hubert Burda, Publisher and CEO, Hubert Burda Media Holding (Belgium); Philippe Camus, CEO, EADS (France); Henri de Castries, Chairman of the Management Board and CEO, AXA (France); Juan Luis Cebrian, Grupo PRISA media group (Spain); Kenneth Clark, Member of Parliament (UK); Timothy C. Collins, Senior Managing Director and CEO, Ripplewood Holdings, LLC (USA); Bertrand Collomb, Chairman, Lafarge (France); George A. David, Chairman, Coca-Cola H.B.C. S.A. (USA); Kemal Dervis, Administrator, UNDP (Turkey); Anders Eldrup, President, DONG A/S (Denmark); John Elkann, Vice Chairman, Fiat S.p.A (Italy); Martin S. Feldstein, President and CEO, National Bureau of Economic Research (USA); Timothy F. Geithner, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (USA); Paul A. Gigot, Editor of the Editorial Page, The Wall Street Journal (USA); Dermot Gleeson, Chairman, AIB Group (Ireland); Donald E. Graham, Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company (USA); Victor Halberstadt, Professor of Economics, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings (the Netherlands); Jean-Pierre Hansen, CEO, Suez-Tractebel S.A. (Belgium); Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations (USA); Richard C. Holbrooke, Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC (USA); Jaap G. Hoop de Scheffer, Secretary General, NATO (the Netherlands/International); Allan B. Hubbard, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, Director National Economic Council (USA); Josef Joffe, Publisher-Editor, Die Zeit (Germany); James A. Johnson, Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC (USA); Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC (USA); Anatole Kaletsky, Editor at Large, The Times (UK); John Kerr of Kinlochard, Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell plc (the Netherlands); Henry A. Kissinger, Chairman, Kissinger Associates (USA); Mustafa V. Koç, Chariman, Koç Holding A.S. (Turkey); Fehmi Koru, Senior Writer, Yeni Safek (Turkey); Bernard Kouchner, Minister of Foreign Affairs (France); Henry R. Kravis, Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (USA); Marie-Josée Kravis, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Inc. (USA); Neelie Kroes, Commissioner, European Commission (the Netherlands/International); Ed Kronenburg, Director of the Private Office, NATO Headquarters (International); William J. Luti, Special Assistant to the President for Defense Policy and Strategy, National Security Council (USA); Jessica T. Mathews, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (USA); Frank McKenna, Ambassador to the US, member Carlyle Group (Canada); Thierry de Montbrial, President, French Institute for International Relations (France); Mario Monti, President, Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi (Italy); Craig J. Mundie, Chief Technical Officer Advanced Strategies and Policy, Microsoft Corporation (USA); Egil Myklebust, Chairman of the Board of Directors SAS, Norsk Hydro ASA (Norway); Matthias Nass, Deputy Editor, Die Zeit (Germany); Adnrzej Olechowski, Leader Civic Platform (Poland); Jorma Ollila, Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell plc/Nokia (Finland); George Osborne, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (UK); Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Minister of Finance (Italy); Richard N. Perle, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (USA); Heather Reisman, Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc. (Canada); David Rockefeller (USA); Matías Rodriguez Inciarte, Executive Vice Chairman, Grupo Santander Bank, (Spain); Dennis B. Ross, Director, Washington Institute for Near East Policy (USA); Otto Schily, Former Minister of Interior Affairs; Member of Parliament; Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (Germany); Jürgen E. Schrempp, Former Chairman of the Board of Management, DaimlerChrysler AG (Germany); Tøger Seidenfaden, Executive Editor-in-Chief, Politiken (Denmark); Peter D. Sutherland, Chairman, BP plc and Chairman, Goldman Sachs International (Ireland); Giulio Tremonti, Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy); Jean-Claude Trichet, Governor, European Central Bank (France/International); John Vinocur, Senior Correspondent, International Herald Tribune (USA); Jacob Wallenberg, Chairman, Investor AB (Sweden); Martin H. Wolf, Associate Editor and Economics Commentator, The Financial Times (UK); James D. Wolfensohn, Special Envoy for the Gaza Disengagement (USA); Robert B. Zoellick, Deputy Secretary of State (USA); Klaus Zumwinkel, Chairman of the Board of Management, Deutsche Post AG (USA); Adrian D. Wooldridge, Foreign Correspondent, The Economist.
Amongst the names appearing on the initial list of invitees which this journalist had access to in January 2007 stand out the names of the now disgraced John Browne, British Petroleum’s Chief Executive Officer and the disgraced and fired former chief of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz. It will be interesting to see if either of these men makes an appearance at Bilderberg 2007. The Bilderbergers have no trouble accepting criminals into the fold as long as their misdeeds are conducted away from public spotlight and scrutiny. Once exposed, the culprits are generally discarded. Lord Conrad Black, former chief executive of Hollinger media group is a case in point.
Two others names on the original January 2007 list should raise a few eyebrows. One of them is Bernard Kouchner, the newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in the right wing Nicolas Sarkozy government in France. Kouchner is a former founder of ONG Doctors without Borders. He was absent from Bilderberg 2006 in Ottawa, Canada. Could his government position been arranged prior to the French national elections? For my money, the surprise appearance of year award should go to Mahmood Sariolghalam, Associate Professor of International Relations, School of Economic and Political Sciences, National University of Iran. What is an Iranian doing at a NATO alliance controlled Bilderberg conference? We will know soon enough. Bilderberg 2007 is indeed a good time to look behind the scenes.
What will be discussed at Bilderberg 2007?
Aside from the Irak quagmire, energy problems continue to dominate Bilderberger discussions. Oil and natural gas are finite, non-renewable resources. That’s because once used up it cannot be replenished. As the world turns, and as oil and natural gas supplies dwindle while demand soars dramatically, especially with Indian and Chinese booming economies who want all the trinkets and privileges of an American way of life, we, as the Planet, have crossed the midpoint of oil production and discovery. From now on, the only sure thing is that supply will continue to diminish and prices will continue to increase. In these conditions world conflict is a physical certainty. End of oil means end of world’s financial system, something which has already been acknowledged by Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, two full time members of the Bilderberger inner circle. Goldman Sachs oil report, [another full time member of the Bilderberger elite] published on March 30, 2005 increased the oil price range for the year 2005-6 from $55-$80 per barrel to $55-$105. During 2006 meeting, Bilderbergers have confirmed that their short range price estimate for oil for the 2007-08 continues to hover around US$105-150/barrel. No wonder Jose Barroso, President of the European Commission, announced several months ago during the unveiling of the new European energy policy that the time has come for a “post-industrial age.” To bring the world into the post industrial age, you first need to destroy the world´s economic base and create another Great Depression. When people are poor, they don´t spend money, they don´t travel, and they don´t consume.
As the economic impact sinks in, and as the after effects of Peak Oil become evident in the face of breakdown of civilization, the United States will be forced to challenge Europe, Russia and China for the hegemony of control and the ever depleting hydrocarbon, non-renewable reserves most of which are contained in the Middle East. That will be point number two on the Bilderberg 2007 agenda.
Third item on the agenda is European relations with Russia not only in Europe but also in Central Asia. With Moscow making a deal with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan over the transport of gas to Europe, the US geo-strategic goal of driving a wedge between the Central Asian countries and Russia lies in shambles. While the US says this is "not good for Europe", the Europeans are divided. Iran, overnight has become America’s last hope in the energy war.
Iran war, after two years of huffing and puffing by the Bush government is definitely off the table. Furthermore, with France, Russia, Japan and China investing heavily in Iran, the world has drawn a line in the sand and the U.S. will be told at the conference not to cross it. There is blood in the water, and blood in the water usually leads to a good fight.
That notwithstanding, the United States needs to control the region, not only for its oil reserves but, most importantly to help it sustain world economic hegemony. Under this strategic design, regional states will be turned to weak domains of sectarian sheikhs with little or no sovereignty and, by implications, a pathetic agenda of their economic development. Regional chaos favours the spread of Islamic fundamentalism, which in turn reinforces the process of political and social disintegration supported by the Bilderbergers.
With Blair leaving, the UK will be told yet again, that they must, at all cost, do what is necessary to integrate the country into the European Community.
Finally, with Wolfowitz resigning from the World Bank, Bilderberg luminaries will try to come to a consensus on how best to overhaul not only the bank but its sister organization, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by a Spaniard, Rodrigo Rato. Wolfowitz became entangled in controversy seven weeks ago after World Bank whistleblowers leaked to the Washington-based non-governmental organization Government Accountability Project (GAP) documents that showed Wolfowitz pushing a high pay raise in a secondment deal to the US State Department for his girlfriend.
We, as a society, are at a crossroads. In almost every corner of the planet, stress points are beginning to fracture. The roads we take from here will determine the very future of humanity. It was former British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, who stated that “the world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.”
It is not up to God to bring us back from the “New Dark Age” planned for us. IT IS UP TO US. Whether we go into the next century as an electronic global police state or as free human beings depends on the action we take now. Forewarned is forearmed. We will never find the right answers if we don’t ask the proper questions.
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