Did you ever notice that all the places we fight have either oil or narcotics or are a conduit for oil or narcotics? All war all the time as long as someone else does the dying and/or pays the bills. They make me want to vomit.
I don’t know what is going on but there are reports of POTUS having a screaming argument at the WH, Pence was called back from his trip, members of the EU are having an emergency meeting.
The WH issued a statement that Trump was not having a medical emergency, so most likely Trump is having a medical emergency.
There was a fire on a Russian nuclear submarine, perhaps a radioactive cloud is on the move.
No, no, no, Matt, you’ve got it all wrong. They’re all civilians in the military-industrial complex — they’re the civilian execs, owners and stockholders our defense dollars are enriching. Sure, behemoths like Lockheed Martin and General Electric probably employ lots of EX-military, but they wouldn’t have active duty folks on the payroll.
We make war where our MIC whose HQ we see here stands to make money if we win, or lose money if we don’t send our children to bleed and die.
And those places, typically, have some kind of resource (oil, lately; tungsten in Vietnam)… and typically have a large number of people who aren’t sharing whatever wealth there is.
And then we disrupt whatever the economic system does do for them.
And then there’s a refugee crisis.
Alternatively, we simply declare war in order directly to give profit to the war machinery, without any particular other reason. So, naturally we’ll pick a place that’s basically a sh*th*le nation because who cares about them. And then we disrupt whatever economic system is in place…
It does not work except as a generalization since the current economic collapse in Guatemala is largely due to the collapse of the expensive fad coffee market in the U.S. and too much of that nation’s economy having been put into supplying that, and also others’ wars fueled certain evacuee crises (for instance, the Syrian dictator Assad’s tight relationship with Putin). Still, as a generalization: that war and non-war-but-violent military actions (no matter by whom) all too often damage or destroy safety, homes, and economies, leading to people moving away IS completely valid. So, as a generalization it really works.
tabby almost 5 years ago
A lot of us have noticed years ago.
mattro65 almost 5 years ago
Did you ever notice that all the places we fight have either oil or narcotics or are a conduit for oil or narcotics? All war all the time as long as someone else does the dying and/or pays the bills. They make me want to vomit.
Radish the wordsmith almost 5 years ago
I don’t know what is going on but there are reports of POTUS having a screaming argument at the WH, Pence was called back from his trip, members of the EU are having an emergency meeting.
The WH issued a statement that Trump was not having a medical emergency, so most likely Trump is having a medical emergency.
There was a fire on a Russian nuclear submarine, perhaps a radioactive cloud is on the move.
Nuclear Trump is President Strange Love.
NeoconMan almost 5 years ago
Would have been much worse if we hadn’t intervened and gave them their freedom.
Nantucket Premium Member almost 5 years ago
YES, we HAVE noticed. Now stop it!
Andrew Sleeth almost 5 years ago
No, no, no, Matt, you’ve got it all wrong. They’re all civilians in the military-industrial complex — they’re the civilian execs, owners and stockholders our defense dollars are enriching. Sure, behemoths like Lockheed Martin and General Electric probably employ lots of EX-military, but they wouldn’t have active duty folks on the payroll.
Concretionist almost 5 years ago
Let’s see if we can follow the dots.
We make war where our MIC whose HQ we see here stands to make money if we win, or lose money if we don’t send our children to bleed and die.
And those places, typically, have some kind of resource (oil, lately; tungsten in Vietnam)… and typically have a large number of people who aren’t sharing whatever wealth there is.
And then we disrupt whatever the economic system does do for them.
And then there’s a refugee crisis.
Alternatively, we simply declare war in order directly to give profit to the war machinery, without any particular other reason. So, naturally we’ll pick a place that’s basically a sh*th*le nation because who cares about them. And then we disrupt whatever economic system is in place…
Seems pretty obvious to me.
banjoAhhh! almost 5 years ago
Oh so true. Anyone that has ever been in the military knows that no one above the rank of Sargent can be trusted.
SukieCrandall Premium Member almost 5 years ago
It does not work except as a generalization since the current economic collapse in Guatemala is largely due to the collapse of the expensive fad coffee market in the U.S. and too much of that nation’s economy having been put into supplying that, and also others’ wars fueled certain evacuee crises (for instance, the Syrian dictator Assad’s tight relationship with Putin). Still, as a generalization: that war and non-war-but-violent military actions (no matter by whom) all too often damage or destroy safety, homes, and economies, leading to people moving away IS completely valid. So, as a generalization it really works.
COL Crash almost 5 years ago
That’s because we tend to support a ruthless Dictator just because he’s opposed to Communism.
Godfreydaniel almost 5 years ago
An oldie but a goodie from the legendary George Carlin: “Notice how we never bomb white people?”