Reality of U.S. War Machine For World Domination [View all]

[JackRiddler]

Can we please dispense with the lies on behalf of the imperialist war machine that is paid for with 57% of the federal discretionary budget?

I refer especially to the laughable idea (being propagated by the war machine's PR) that we are seeing sweeping cuts in the war machine budget.



Of course, this doesn't include the costs of past wars (in increased interest payments on debt, or in increased veterans' benefits) or a variety of budget items that basically are more war machine in disguise ("homeland security," the military component of the space program).

Eight hundred bases around the world is not "defense." It is an empire.

This industry creates the enemies it purports to defend against. It does not provide security, it creates insecurity. It kills more Americans than it saves (if we are to adopt the self-centered nationalist morality). More importantly, it kills thousands and sometimes millions of human beings, period. It does so on behalf of interests that are not "American" but private and parochial and morally indefensible. It is the biggest threat to humanity. It is a racket that forces its way into every other aspect of life.

We need to dismantle this thing, a.s.a.p.

This is the reason why food stamps are cut and there's no money for energy or transportation conversion or education.