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unhappycamper

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Sat Oct 5, 2013, 08:09 AM Oct 2013

The Ultimate Game Plan of the National Security State, Endless War

http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Ultimate-Game-Plan-of-by-Dave-Lefcourt-America_Endless-War_Fear_Government-131004-311.html



The Ultimate Game Plan of the National Security State, Endless War
OpEdNews Op Eds 10/4/2013 at 14:33:30
By Dave Lefcourt

Whether we're talking about American boots on the ground type wars, proxy wars fought by CIA trained mercenaries, Pentagon paid private contractor mercenaries, JSOC raids by U.S. special ops forces, CIA or military drone strikes and missile attacks and all aligned and connected with the global war on terror, endless war is the ultimate end game plan of the U.S. national security state.

Peace is the last thing wanted and being worked toward by the security state (despite all the official pronounced puffery).

Peace would mean no justification for the unnecessary and bloated trillion dollar defense spending. No it's better to "roil the waters", keep the pot boiling and perpetuate fear in the American people with outsized over the top propaganda laden terror threats. And "security" becomes the over-riding desire of people. So what if we sacrifice personal and civil liberty and privacy in the process while the Constitution lies in tatters.

This national security state didn't need a real adversary that would constitute a legitimate threat, (and besides there weren't any around since the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991). No matter, it just contrived to make "terror" as the threat and made it "appear" as if it were an adversary that must be fought against until it is finally vanquished, (which is never).
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