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Systematic dismemberment and invasion of Ottoman lands now seemed

the only acceptable option to the British deep state. This was the only way to
reach its ultimate goal of world rule. However, only a massive war, carefully

planned and devised from beginning to the end, including its belligerents and
outcomes, could justify military occupation and help achieve this goal. In oth-

er words, World War I was the final resort of the British deep state when it
saw that all other means, the strategic, economic and political, to reach its cen-

tury-old goal, had been exhausted.

Now let's see from the start the infamous steps that led to this military cam-

paign.

An Economic Ambush by the British to Speed up the

Fall of the Ottoman Empire: The Treaty of Balta Liman

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By the 19 century, the Ottoman Empire was struggling under the heavy
weight of military, political and economic

pressure from the European states. In 1827, as

the Greek uprising was raging on, the British,
French and Russian fleets attacked and heavi-
ly defeated the Ottoman navy in Navarino,

while Russians annexed Edirne and came dan-

gerously close to Istanbul during the Russo-
Turkish war of 1828-29. In the face of
these developments, Sultan Mahmud

II decided to end the war with the

Treaty of Edirne of 1829. The in-
dependence declaration of the
Greeks changed the course of

events. During the Greek upris-
(Above) Sultan
Mahmud II ing, Mahmud II promised to give
(Right) Muham- the governorship of Mora to
mad Ali Pasha Egypt's then governor Muhammad
of Egypt
Ali Pasha if he helped suppress the

uprising. However, when the Greeks

Mastermind: The Truth of the British Deep State Revealed