The Disenfranchised Antiwar Voter
On the left and the right, the War Party triumphs
by Justin Raimondo, November 06, 2009
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Why is it that the War Party invariably wins? Although the majority of Americans are rebelling against the idea that the US must endlessly police the world, and are souring on the crusade to "liberate" Afghanistan, how is it that the only voices heard on the national political scene are those in favor of intervention?
There is no democracy in America. Our government is controlled by two "major" parties that have a monopoly on ballot status: try getting on the ballot as a "third party" – especially in New York state! It’s next to impossible. And if you should manage to get on the ballot, in spite of all the legal and logistical obstacles, then you faced the moneyed interests which have bought the Congress and the executive branch, and have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo – not only when it comes to foreign policy, but when it comes to anything and everything.
Our ruling elite is on a collision course with the citizenry. There is, at present, no way for disenfranchised voters to register their protest, and have their voices heard, and the pressure is building – slowly but surely – as Americans begin to ask where it will all end. We are headed for an era of unprecedented political and social turmoil, as the economy tanks and the wages of intervention are paid in the form of more "blowback" such as we experienced on 9/11. The America we know and love is rapidly sliding down into the abyss of national bankruptcy and international opprobrium – and our "leaders" are not only helpless to stop it, they are actively pushing us toward the edge.
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Bring the troops home now!
Funny that the government is still hiring people for the military. How can a corporation with so much debt, produce nothing and yet still be hiring?
grant
Military Industrial Complex
Corporations are making a 'killing off of the killing' and lobby the politicians of which many are heavily invested in the War machine. KBR, Blackwater Halliburton etc...
The number one marketing tool for perpetuating this is FEAR!
Fear has a great economy and it is a power tool of the elite.
Fear, Greed, Power,Control are the cogs in the wheel for continuing the wars.
Calculus of Fear
http://www.dailypaul.com/...
Mercenaries and War Profiteers ( from Iraq for Sale documentary)
http://www.wimp.com/video...
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"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
but ARE they 'our leaders'; aren't they just renegades who . . .
it's hard to be awake; it's easier to dream--
pushed themselves in?
I have become very cynical about 'due process'--
I'm not quite an anarchist, though I flirted with the ideas about 25 years ago--
but someone who does the things the last half dozen or more presidents have done . . .
is not MY leader--
hey . . . the last leader I was able to respect personally was Carter (and I was raised STRONG Republican)--
and he was a poor politician--I just thought he was a bit more ethical personally--and his wife was cute . . .
maybe Eisenhower, though I've heard bad things about him, too--
but Nixon WAS a stinker--
I'm sorry to be sending out bad political vibrations, but . . .
I agree, where are the pacifists? Am I the only one?
I have friends who are warmonger symphathizers, and that is tricky--
I get tired of compartmentalizing--
I can talk to you about: _________________, but not about war--or politics.
Excellent read, thanks..
"Our ruling elite is on a collision course with the citizenry. There is, at present, no way for disenfranchised voters to register their protest, and have their voices heard, and the pressure is building – slowly but surely – as Americans begin to ask where it will all end. We are headed for an era of unprecedented political and social turmoil, as the economy tanks and the wages of intervention are paid in the form of more "blowback" such as we experienced on 9/11. The America we know and love is rapidly sliding down into the abyss of national bankruptcy and international opprobrium – and our "leaders" are not only helpless to stop it, they are actively pushing us toward the edge."
Ron Paul 2012 for Peace
Antiwar advocates will be targeted even more now
as potential terrorists and as being un-American. Anyone that advocates non-interventionism will be equated to Muslim sympathizers, un -patriotic etc... They want the wars to continue and escalate, they want the people full of national patriotism and fear so they can impose even more control and gain more power.
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"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd