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America Leads the World --- in Waging War, Creating and Selling Weapons of Destruction

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And now, further pursuing the subject of weaponry, we have now entered the era of the drone, the newest addition to the nation's arsenal of weapons that initiates the next deadly chapter of American warfare. These illegal, immoral weapons are going to revolutionalize warfare in the world. This will allow any country or militant group to either produce, steal or otherwise acquire these relatively inexpensive weapons that can be launched at random against any supposed foe. One day in the near future this will become a major world problem that will not be able to be controlled and, without a doubt, America will be subject to revengeful "blowback" by those who it once attacked with drones.

 

And when speaking of America's position as the #1 seller of weapons of war look at this headline. "Drone makers urge U.S. to let them sell more drones overseas." Here's the Link. The article states, "Despite concerns about U.S.-made drones ending up in enemy hands, American military contractors are lobbying the government to loosen export restrictions and open up foreign markets to the unmanned aircraft that have reshaped modern warfare." There is apparently no limit to the extent that these profit hungry war profiteers will go to spread their destructive weapons around the world; even when they know that those same weapons could easily be used against this country. This kind of reckless behavior borders on outright criminality.

 

War, when it is waged in the wholly justified cause to defend the nation from real, not imagined enemies of the people, is a just and honorable exercise of military power. But when war cannot be justified in any way and is conducted to solely advance the interests of those who reap the profits from it, then it is a plague and a curse upon the nation that initiates it.

 

And now, even as we watch the proliferation of drone warfare, this government has opened up a Pandora's Box that it will not be able to close. In its misguided agenda and in close association with the aggressive, militaristic state of Israel, it has created and used a very sophisticated computer system called Stuxnet to infiltrate and damage Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment facilities. While the U.S. and Israel may consider this to be a great success in the short term, what they have done is to usher in a new era of cyber warfare that, in the longer term, could cause massive turmoil across the world.

 

Here is the terrible mistake that they have made. Experts in this field indicate that these highly sophisticated cyber warfare programs can also be created by any number of nations who possess very advanced computer technology. They can create their own versions of Stuxnet to damage and create havoc with critically important information and communications in this country such as in the Defense Department or with our air traffic control system. One such expert even warned that it is even possible for some nation to capture this Stuxnet "computer worm" that's out there somewhere in cyberspace, modify it some way, and turn it around against America.

 

When will this madness stop? How many more kinds of weapons will be created that can unleash more forms of destruction upon this world? Will this new cyber weaponry such as Stuxnet and similar or even more advanced systems be used by rogue nations to destroy other nation's communications systems, electrical grids or even shut down or damage nuclear plants? And will America experience terrible blowback from its many enemies that now have been given even more creative ways to exact their deadly revenge? This is a door that once opened will be impossible to shut.

 

At this point the American people are caught in a box and are pretty much helpless to do anything to free themselves. They have a government in Washington that is hell bent on continuing the proliferation of war, including the ongoing creation of new weapons of destruction. Those that inhabit the halls of our government do not care in the least what the people think about these wars or anything else for that matter. And it has become very evident that they cannot be shamed nor forced to change the dangerous direction in which they are taking this nation.

 

We are living in what is fast becoming the most dangerous time in our history and indications are that these conditions most likely will worsen. Right now no one seems to have any viable solutions to this dilemma. No one has come up with the answer on how to turn this country away from war and into a new, positive direction. But during this dark period in this country's history the American people must never give in and never, ever give up. Because, one day we will find the way to take this country back.

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