Some have speculated elsewhere that Kahn was trying to bring reform to the IMF and was a progressive in French politics. I don't know much about French politics, but I wouldn't be surprised if Sarkozy's opponents wanted him out of the picture. Still...
Yeah, but the descriptions of him as a reformer don't sound very convincing. He must've been planning something pretty heavy for this to happen, right? It's been pointed out that he was basically the guy who was primed to be Sarkozy's replacement, and while I don't know if the French electoral power-brokers think it's time to put Sarkozy out to pasture yet, keeping him in office doesn't seem to be big enough of a deal to warrant this (especially since it hurts the IMF). Sarkozy and Strauss-Kahn are hardly buddies, but Sarkozy did personally endorse him for the IMF post. If this was a form of political assassination, it's a strange one. I'd say that the potential motives and factions involved need to be carefully considered here.
As I described in my broad outline of his career's context early in this thread, whatever differences the two guys might have, Strauss-Kahn's political career makes him seem very likely to be one of "Them". The problem is, we're acting under conditions of incomplete information regarding any of the actual details of what that entails, what kind of business partnerships these people have. I think that (however the rape case may progress) our best bet in getting some informational value out of this will come from first understanding the implications of the man's career. Is he still allied with the successors to the Gaullist/Cagoule underground networks? Are those networks still around in the same form now, what kind of schisms have occurred? How did the successful formation of the European Union (with Mitterand & Strauss-Kahn's direct roles) change the deep political scene; or how about the "war on terror"? And what was the deal with them (Strauss-Kahn specifically, even!) being partnered with Saddam Hussein in apparent defiance of the Americans?
If anything, this guy's name being brought to our attention is a great opportunity to learn some crazy shit about France. Let Picknett & Prince be your guide! They won't steer you wrong.
"DSK" got his start under Mitterand:
"Mitterrand’s highly esoteric Monument to the Rights of Man and the Citizen, Paris"
The Sion Revelation (2006) uncovers the unvarnished and objective truth about an organisation that from the first was involved with or closely associated with civil unrest and even terrorism, although in fact it is more of a cover or front for other organisations, mainly in the political arena. (Its original raison d'être was its leading role in the restoration of Charles de Gaulle to power in 1958.)
And although the by-now infamous Pierre Plantard, Grand Master in the 1980s, is customarily discounted as a fantasist, con-man and hoaxer, he never worked alone and never made any money out of the Priory of Sion, often collaborating with far superior intellects on complex literary 'jokes' - which nevertheless contained real information.
Lynn and Clive reveal that the real Priory of Sion - or the organisations that lie behind it - have long been intent upon creating a United States of Europe, infiltrating existing systems of government in accordance with the sinister ideology of synarchy - or 'invisible revolution'.
The real Priory of Sion may not be the romantic heroes of the sacred bloodline, but from their chosen place in the shadows they are major players on the European stage.
The book covers A LOT of related deep political ground, as well as history of various Masonic groups and much more. Just like with their (similarly essential) "Stargate Conspiracy" book which was ostensibly about Egyptian aliens, this one is sitting on the shelf next to a dozen other look-alike bullshit books. But it in fact rips all of those books apart meticulously, and with the best possible open-ended skeptical attitude.
