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In reply to the discussion: Please understand, any U.S. military action in Syria means that we're being dragged into a proxy war [View all]DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)...and much, much more. We the People, have in the past been easily diverted from the main path of reality. We've been so easily caught-up and manipulated by our own fears or prejudices, which were used by those in power to rope us into their dramas.
But they're finding it harder and harder to make that happen this time. Their system of faux-democracy is imploding in on itself. That is why the monied interests are trying to convert all their ''dollars'' into tangible assets. Why they can threaten to sink global economies if they aren't bailed-out. They want the money. Why they can foreclose on homes that have no mortgage or are eligible for TARPing. They want the land. Why they can buy US Treasuries at negative interest rates. They want it all.
This war in Syria is the same war we've always been caught-up in. Same music, different stanza. We've come to think of them as ''our wars'' when in fact, it is no such thing. It's their wars against each other and we are the blunt instruments they use to wage it. The rich and the powerful hijacked this government long ago. And as Frank Zappa stated so eloquently:
- The scenery is in the process of coming down......
K&R