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In reply to the discussion: Pentagon Plans to Shrink Army to Pre-World War II Level [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)indicate on DU, a lack of ability to respond to legitimate, even if, inconvenient questions. That in itself is a response whether you know it or not.
I have been searching around for actual cuts in the Pentagon Budget regarding the money being spent on our now vast Private Security Operation, and have seen no mention of them at all, so I have to assume that any cuts in personnel only means a refunneling of the money into private hands.
Hey, nothing new about that lately, Prison Funds now privatized, Education Funds, Medicaid, what is left of public funds to privatize? And of course the National Security fund billions of which goes into private hands.
It's almost mesmerizing to watch how methodically it is all happening, something many of us doubted back in the last decade. I just didn't think Dems would let them get away with it.
Iraq is study in the way they do business. Seriously, you should look it up, it's unbelievable how patient they are, how ruthless when it comes to money. They CREATED a macabre business there. I admit I thought it was ONLY about the oil at first.