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In reply to the discussion: Listening to Hillary's speech today, where have we heard this before? [View all]DirtyHippyBastard
(217 posts)Citizens of the US are in more danger from christian extremists, the mentally ill, and the police in this country than we are from ISIS. Why don't we declare war on those enemies? People are dying from them daily. Here. Inside the US borders.
I think we don't because certain things are labeled terrorism by the media, and others are not. If we put just a small amount of the $ into those non-terrorism issues as we do to battle big bad scary ISIS, this country would be a much safer place, but the industrial military complex would suffer from a few billion less profit, and that might make them sad.
We are causing anti-american sentiment all over the world with our strategy of being the world's police force, IOW we are making it worse by sticking to current policies. We are creating terrorists, and then we must fight our creation. How convenient.
I agree whole heartedly that ISIS should be left to the people in that part of the world to deal with, with our assistance if asked for. Our good friends the Saudis appear very reluctant to lead in this fight that, by geography alone, effects them much more than the US; and that's a shame, since they spend 10 billion more a year than Russia on military. If they don't care to invest more in defeating ISIS, why should I (we)?
For 50 years we have been told by our leaders to be afraid of boogeymen that never materialize, and that war is the only way to defeat them. Why should I believe it now, since they have been wrong every time. Now they won't even take up a discussion about it in congress, and they don't really have to since they already have what they want: a state of perpetual unauthorized military action, at one time known as WAR.
And, you think Bernie should watch a few news programs? HA! You mean the news programs broadcast by stations that are paid to sell us an agenda of fear and propaganda, and that work daily to keep the powers that be rich and powerful. No thanks.