The Journey 87. Gerry Docherty: Today Parallels 1914

Publisher RA “Kris” Millegan talks with Gerry Docherty about his books – “Prolonging the Agony: How the Anglo-American Establishment Deliberately Extended WWI by Three-and-a-Half Years” (written with Jim Macgregor) and “Beyond Revanche: The Death of La Belle Epoque” (pre-order at TrineDaydotcom; being released on April 7, 2022), today’s many parallels with 1914, and the erasure of history by the removal of evidence from repositories of knowledge.

Kris: What’s your thoughts on this current situation?

Gerry: I’m very alarmed by the parallels with the First World War. The Ukraine situation really began with a mobilization around its border, which was supposed to have no consequence but of course that was just a lie. The First World War began with the mobilization of Russia. A mobilization of an army of one and a half million men costs a fortune. Once you’ve done that, it’s very difficult not to step that one half-pace forward and have your war. It’s very difficult to go back.

There was an awful lot going on. A whole sequence of exchanges between the Kaiser and the Czar. They’re called the “Willy-Nicky Telegrams.” Worth looking up. Where the Kaiser is repeatedly saying, “Don’t do this! Please! Take your army back. Please!” Continually trying to make sure that this didn’t happen.

What happened after the war – talking about hiding evidence – those messages were withdrawn, and then selected extracts were published, which of course painted a picture that held Germany in the vice of being the sole initiators, which is so grossly unfair. It was a false-flag.

I get this horrible feeling, and I had it for the last two weeks, that this is going to happen again, because this is precisely what happened and we never seem to learn from history.

Kris: It’s a sad commentary that I don’t get any mainstream attention [and] you don’t get any mainstream attention. And [the real causes of World War I] should be discussed. This should be talked about.

Gerry: There’s also the disappearance of history … the covert act of stealing history. Of removing the evidence and pretending that it was never there in the first place. Because I think that’s a fundamental act of disloyalty to your own people. There must be something wrong, there must be something to be hidden, if that is the action that you resort to.

Bruce de Torres: In the competition between the German and British empires that inspired Britain to plot to have the war, how prominent was Germany’s relationship and friendliness with the Middle East and the sources of oil there in terms of that competition?

Gerry: There were very many, many factors. That is but one.

Bruce: What about the idea that America was so financially invested in the war that, when Germany looked undefeatable, or maybe even on the verge of winning, America connived a way in, in order to redeem its investments?

Gerry: Absolutely. One hundred percent certain.

Bruce: And your sub-title of “Prolonging the Agony: How the Anglo-American Establishment Deliberately Extended WWI by Three-and-a-Half Years,” obviously implies, at 1914, it could have ended, or it didn’t have to start.

Gerry: At 1915 to ’16, it was a stalemate. [Thereafter there was] just this hemorrhaging of young life. No one was winning. That would have been the perfect time for balanced men and women to say, “Hey. Enough.”