Thanks, EBH, for the fine posting. This is real, meaty information.
Looks like we’re being conquered bit by bit.
There is and was much more going on than just the subprime mortgage crash. The problem is tracking it back requires a good understanding of the convoluted world finance systems. I am sorry to say that just isn't me. And at the time that wasn't Bush and it is certainly not 0bama either. Russia, Iran, and Venezuela were and are still mining & hoarding gold.
It is important to strip away the noise people have been making. Some of our financial policies opened the door to the system being abused, but with all the ongoing noise we have not dealt with the truth of the matter.
Many, many things can be used for weapons and have been for thousands of years. Food, water, energy, gold, silver, diamonds, etc. 0sama struck our financial centers on 9/11/2001, Bush never let another physical attack on our soil happen again...or did he?