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The Manifest Archive

By Jerry

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Angela Merkel Helped Broker a Peace Agreement in 2015. In December 2022, She Said It Was Never Designed to Bring Peace.
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Angela Merkel Helped Broker a Peace Agreement in 2015. In December 2022, She Said It Was Never Designed to Bring Peace.

The Minsk ceasefire bought eight years. That was the point.

Geopolitics May 9 · 12 min read
No Warship Closed Hormuz. An Insurance Committee in London Did.
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No Warship Closed Hormuz. An Insurance Committee in London Did.

How private underwriters closed a shipping lane that no government officially blockaded

Geopolitics May 8 · 8 min read
Reinhard Gehlen Surrendered in 1945. The CIA Hired Him in 1946.
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Reinhard Gehlen Surrendered in 1945. The CIA Hired Him in 1946.

The man who briefed Hitler on Soviet armour in 1945 briefed the CIA on Soviet armour in 1946. The US did not dissolve Nazi Germany intelligence service. It bought it intact, war criminals and all, because their unprosecutability made them both useful and silent. It still operates today, as the BND.

Fourth Reich & Postwar Continuity May 7 · 19 min read
Hitler Lost the War. Von Braun, Gehlen and Dulles Won the Peace.
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Hitler Lost the War. Von Braun, Gehlen and Dulles Won the Peace.

The Wehrmacht was destroyed by the Red Army. The order that replaced the Reich was built by three men the Reich had trained.

Fourth Reich & Postwar Continuity May 6 · 17 min read
Everyone Is Watching the Iran War. Nobody Is Watching What It Is Breaking.
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Everyone Is Watching the Iran War. Nobody Is Watching What It Is Breaking.

Four systems are breaking quietly while the world counts strikes.

Geopolitics May 5 · 20 min read