The real reason the government is coming for our
Social Security fund is because they have nowhere else to turn to get the
funding that they need to keep this whole corrupt military industrial travesty alive.
They have set the stage for further military growth by replacing the Soviet
Union with Muslims and they are setting the stage for conflicts that will be
never-ending in Asia. The time is ripe for Americans to ask the age-old
question: Cui Bono? (Who benefits?) The simple answers to that question are the
military defense contractors, the bankers that finance them and the politicians
that do their bidding. Indirectly, the American people also benefit slightly
because of the jobs that are produced, but the amount of employment due to
procurement of military hardware has decreased dramatically with the use of
automated assembly lines that have replaced workers.
The last few decades have seen a steady erosion of
worker's rights here in America. The global workforce has largely replaced the
American worker. Workers overseas cost less and expect little in the way of
benefits. This situation has largely decimated the power of labor unions in the
United States. There are many politicians that have championed this state of
affairs and celebrated the dismantlement of worker representation. The
Democrats, once the staunch supporters of trade unions, have been active participants
in their dismantlement. This is a portrait of the "democracy" that our soldiers
are defending from the 800 plus military installations we have globally.
Why is it that America is constantly under attack
from forces outside of our borders? The "new normal" here in America is that when
one meets a serviceman or vet is we say "Thank you for your service". What I
wish to know is just what they are "protecting" us from? The answer I get from
the media is that we are fighting a "War on Terror". This is very disturbing.
If the world is chock full of terrorists that seek to destroy us, what is it
that causes them to feel this way?
Could the reason possibly be that our military,
along with our intelligence agencies, have continually interfered in other
nation's internal affairs? The United States has overthrown more than 50
different governments around the globe since 1945.
Many Americans know this, many do not. What I would like to know is where in
our Constitutions does it say that we have the right to interfere in the
internal affairs of other sovereign nations? We helped destroy Libya and we are
presently involved in military operations in Afghanistan, Yemen, Chad, Rwanda, Mali,
Syria and god know where else. Meanwhile the government cries poverty and tells
us that we must face austerity because our government is operating under a
deficit.
The reason for this article is to expose the
ridiculousness of this entire charade. It is readily apparent to anyone that
has a modicum of intelligence and looks at the facts before them, that our
government is hell-bent on some form of world domination. Unfortunately, the
people that must bear the brunt of this, the American people, are not privy to
this information. Even though the evidence is there for all to see, the
American people seem to be blind to what is really going on.
We spend 39% of the planet's budget for the
military. Our basic military budget is 682 Billion Dollars (That's what we
admit to spending without adding additional allocations for different military
expeditions like Afghanistan or funding for the 12 military defense agencies). We currently have 10 Nimitz-Class nuclear Aircraft
Carriers that cost between 4.5 Billion Dollars and 6.5 Billion Dollars. Each
aircraft carrier comes with a carrier group. A typical
Strike Group may include, in addition to an aircraft carrier: up to six
surface combatants, including frigates, guided missile cruisers and guided
missile destroyers (used primarily for anti-aircraft warfare and anti-submarine
warfare); one or two attack submarines (for seeking out and destroying hostile
surface ships and submarines); and an ammunition, oiler, and supply ship of
Military Sealift Command to provide logistical support.
I could go on, but I believe that I have provided a
snapshot of what the real problem is. I will go on to say this; this nation has
been on a constant war footing since the beginning of the Second World War and
this state of affairs continues to this day. War is now America's largest
business. The President is better known as The Commander in Chief, not the
Chief Executive. The two political parties in the United States are owned,
lock, stock and barrel by the people that control the military industrial
complex. Our elections are not free and fair, they are won by the highest
bidder. We have no democracy in the real sense of the word. The sad truth is
that most Americans know this and accept this sad state of affairs.
We have the capability to change the direction of
this nation. We have the knowledge of what went wrong since the end of World
War II and we have the capability to compete with the other nations of the
World by other means than war. We have an infrastructure that can be developed
to manufacture goods that will add to the global economy instead of
manufacturing weapons that can destroy it. We have proven that the United
States is the most powerful nation on Earth. It's time to get over it.
This preoccupation with ruling the World is
something that being done on the backs of the average American citizen. We are
seeing the gradual destruction of the American Middle Class. We are rapidly
approaching the point when there will be but two classes of people in America,
the rich and the poor. Somehow, and in some way, there exits in our
constitution a way to take special interest money out of the American electoral
process, it's called a Constitutional Amendment. This is a drastic measure, but
these are drastic times. The American people have a choice, they can see the
Middle-Class completely destroyed while the nation continues to find excuses to
maintain a war economy that benefits the wealthiest amongst us, or it can use
the power of the people to lawfully change the direction in which we are
heading. The choice is ours to make, but time is rapidly running out.
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