Just in Case You Didn't Know

[unhappycamper]

http://smirkingchimp.com/thread/david-swanson/44585/guess-what-percentrage-of-americans-know-military-spending-is-increasing

[xchrom]

1. du rec. nt

[CrispyQ]

2. A simple chart that shows how perverted our values are.

K&R

[Voice for Peace]

3. refresher quote from Eisenhower

"In the councils of government, we must guard against
the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or
unsought, by the military-industrial complex.

The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists,
and will persist."


Seriously do we need all that military might?

IMAGINE if all that money went into helping set the world to
balance again.

[Raster]

10. The Military-Industrial Complex will never allow any less to come their direction.

They will DESTROY this country, this planet, this species to satisfy their greed and bloodlust.

And sadly the other two members of their twisted triad: The Lords of Money and The Petroleum Mafia stand with them jackboot-to-jackboot.

[Voice for Peace]

11. but luckily the subatomic particles are on our side

they'll set things straight in time.

[Egalitarian Thug]

4. A close examination of that big blue piece will also show that within that vague label

of military, lies our single largest source of corporate welfare within the federal budget.
K&R

[xtraxritical]

5. And we have not "won" a war in my life time, I'm over 60! lol

[kag]

7. I'm not sure I agree entirely with that statement.

While they weren't exactly "wars" we did some reasonable work--militarily speaking--in Kosovo in the nineties and arguably in Egypt last year. I know they don't exactly count as "wins" and they were both part of a much larger effort that included many other nations, but in my opinion that is how our military *should* be used. Just my two cents.

[progressoid]

8. Excuse me?

What about Grenada?!?

[lastlib]

9. Hell, Congress hasn't DECLARED a war in our lifetime.

just a bunch of worthless, illegal "resolutions", none of which ever "resolved" anything!

The last declaration of war was in December 1941.


Rotten bastards......

[jeff47]

12. Might wanna get that memory checked. (nt)