On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 13:33:39 -0700 (PDT),
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Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are lost. Why would you now win in Saudi Arabia, Iran or Russia?
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It is a perversion of the old saw "it's not the destination,
it's the journey." Winning has little to do with it. It's
all about the war, the sopping up of "extraneous" manpower
and resources [can't waste these on rebuilding our cities
and infrastructure], the adrenalin rush, and the diverting
of the people from their own best self interests by an
exagerated need to "defend" the Republic.

Consider the list of individuals/countries that were a
threat to the U. S. and world peace and had to be removed
over the last 120 years.
Spain
Germany/Kaiser
Several Latin American countries [mainly using the Marines
as knee-knockers to collect private corporate debt]
Germany, Japan, Italy/Hitler-Tojo-Mussolini
Russia/Uncle Joe
North Korea/Kim dynasty
China/Mao
Vietnam/Uncle Ho
Grenada/Communists
Iraq/Hussain
Afghanistan
Iran
Russia again

The countries, with the exception of the last 2, were
humbled, and their "evil" leadership are dead, so why are
we still having problems, killing Americans in overseas
wars, and wasting tax payer money on non/counter productive
activities, e. g. the F-35? http://tinyurl.com/lfgxpfq

Given the almost infinite amount of tax payer money the U.
S. government has spent, and the incredible national debt,
the country should be a second "Garden of Eden," but clearly
it is not.

At some point, any rational person would have to consider
that the problem may not be with the other
countries/leaders, but would start considering alternate
explications, such as a pathological need for a scapegoat
"enemy" to justify domestic repressive measures and
diversion of productive domestic investment/spending to
highly profitable [for the select few companies/individuals]
foreign wars, while critical domestic needs are ignored,
e.g. bankrupt municipalities, decaying infrastructure, and
an increasingly large permanent under class of marginally
employable citizens.


--
Unka' George

"Gold is the money of kings,
silver is the money of gentlemen,
barter is the money of peasants,
but debt is the money of slaves"

-Norm Franz, "Money and Wealth in the New Millenium"