Reply #9: No such shift is possible until the those who profit [View All]

from a state of continual war, yes the "military industrial complex" which has drained our national treasury are removed from control of our Government. Even now we spend obscene amounts on unreliable systems of questionable capability to address nonexistent threats, systems which fail to perform even in idealized test environments. Yet we continue to purchase and deploy these hugely expensive Edsels of the defense world.

The people driving this profit making system will continue to stir the pot. We will be at war for a long time if these people have their way. They have to have something, be it a "Cold War", a "War on Terror", or some other fear driven war requiring the redirection of huge quantities of our tax dollars into their pockets rather than programs which would benefit the people. The oligarchs direct this Country at their pleasure.

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