Militaries are insidious delivery systems that primarily benefit the wealthy

Militaries are insidious delivery systems that primarily benefit the wealthy The operative word is insidious, meaning intended to entrap or beguile, stealthily treacherous or deceitful, and actually operating or proceeding in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way but actually with grave effect. Those who believe that the primary purpose for the Military Industrial Complex is for our national security and to perpetuate “Freedom and Liberation” are living under a great delusion created by decades of sophisticated government propaganda and outright lies. The primary purpose of military spending is to move taxpayer dollars into the hands of major corporations, make politicians look as if they are creating employment in their home districts, and ultimately to create trillions of dollars in debt to enrich world bankers. If one were to closely examine the detailed history behind every major invasion or war conflict, one will find a money trail that usually benefits the powerful and wealthy at the expense of working class lives. We very rarely hear of the lives of the children of the top 1% being lost or damaged in these horrendous conflicts. Many politicians who lead us into and continue wars, such as Clinton, Obama, “W” Bush, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rice, Pearle, and Zelikow have never openly served in the military or any conflicts.
The world banking patriarch, Mayer Amstel Rothschild was quoted as saying, "Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws." This not only speaks strongly of national economics, but global economics as well. The true value of conflict is to create debt in order to control a nation. Economists estimate that the total cost of the Iraq and Afghan wars will ultimately be in the range of $3 to $5 trillion dollars. If we conservatively say that $3 trillion is debt at 4% interest over a minimum of a ten year term, then the total cost of that debt will be $4.8 trillion compounded, including $1.8 trillion of interest. If the beginning debt goes to $5 trillion then the compounded debt could easily mushroom to $8 trillion with interest.
More than half of our federal budget goes directly and indirectly into military costs. Those hawkish proponents of military spending have no problem with socialistic sponsored military spending. On the other hand these selfish hawks will be the first ones to cry too much socialism if a lot less money is spent on education, extended unemployment insurance, healthcare, art and culture programs, or aid to poor dependent children. Reagan was one of the first right wing politicians who increased military spending dramatically, was a large deficit spender, but accused every poor black women on welfare of driving a Cadillac, and living high off the hog on government welfare.
The Pentagon spends over $1 billion per year on sophisticated advertising, public relations campaigns and targeted propaganda campaigns to enlist new recruits, brain wash the minds of the masses, and to manipulate and embed the mass media press with half truths and deceptions. It pains me to see young women and men being drawn into a fantasized military life that may bring them death, trauma, and devastating injuries. What happened to truth in advertising? The recruiters should also flash on the movie screens flag draped caskets, pictures of injured GI’s in VA hospitals with missing limbs, spinal cord injuries, and emotional PTSD disorders.
Henry Kissinger poignantly and brazenly stated, "Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy". We so easily and insensitively send our young masses off to war, many times without regard to the history of devastation that will result. It is so ironic that John McCain, who has been a military man and incarcerated for years by his captors could today be so indifferent to legislation that would have given injured and returning veterans better benefits. Vietnam was a very unpopular war toward the end, but our returning vets, many who were drafted without choice and those who volunteered, assuming that they were fighting for a noble cause, were treated so
indifferently by this country upon their return. It is very unfair to treat our war veterans who put their lives on the line, believing that they are doing their patriotic duty for our country with disdain, indifference, and a lack of proper care and support due to the interests of the Military Industrial Complex who so strongly influence our national policies. Just as many of the masses in this country who are cunningly mislead by deceptive advertising so are many recruits who volunteer for military service.
Clever linguistic terms such as “Collateral Damage”, “Dedicated Patriot”, “Brave Hero”, “He gave his life for his country”, and other deceptive mind bending terms are used to rationalize and cover up the horrors of war. Our press rarely shows us graphic pictures of innocent civilians who have been killed, burned , and mangled by our heartless military machine. In WWI only 10% of the casualties were civilian. In WWII civilian casualties jumped to 50%. In Vietnam the casualty figure was 70%, and that does not take into account the illegal Nixon/McNamara bombing raids that killed in excess of 2 million innocent civilians. The civilian casualties in the present Middle East wars are 90%. Unless we have lost a loved one in this present immoral and illegal Middle East conflict we sit at home very secure and comfortable in a war that is all about economic gain from oil, opium, gas, and precious minerals. All of the 14 US military bases in Iraq are to secure the oil reserves for BP, Shell, Exxon, and Chevron. Our military is the tax payer paid security guard service for international corporate interests and international bankers.
The Pentagon with a history of waste and corruption, has also been an incestuous revolving door for military contractors, lobbyists, military personnel and civilian consultants who all work together to see how they can enrich their “Crony Capitalist” friends and themselves. One day prior to “9/11”, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was openly seen on national television stating that the Pentagon accountants could not account for $2.3 trillion dollars in expenditures.
On the other hand, even though the Pentagon is a primary delivery system for waste, corruption, death, and destruction, some positive outcomes have accrued to society. For example the VA mortgage program has enabled millions of military employees to purchase home at favorable lending rates. Many doctors, lawyer, scientists, engineers, teachers, and other professionals were able to have their college educations either paid for or financed by the GI bill. Millions of jobs have been created in the private sector economy. Major medical and technological breakthroughs were possible from the outcome of treating battle field injuries and from military research. Many young people who lacked direction, discipline and focus were given the tools of self reliance, self discipline, accountability, and new job skills from their military experience. Many victims of national disasters such as in Haiti and the site of “Katrina” have been aided by support from military personnel. People who use their leadership skills in executive levels of private industry credit the military for helping to hone their management experience.
I ask the question could the above positive outcomes have been accomplished without the use of the military delivery system that for the most part is very wasteful and destructive? Due to cigarette smoking, many jobs were created, and breakthroughs in the treatment of lung disease may have been accelerated. Due to millions of industrial and automobile accidents, new advanced techniques for trauma treatment have been discovered. Are systems that create death and devastating injuries a positive rationalization for the use of these systems?
When are we going to achieve an awareness as a mass populace that alleged enemies such as Muslims and Communists are sometimes actually created, many times exaggerated, and False Flag events such as the “Gulf of Tonkin”, are contrived and carried out by governments for the sole
purpose to galvanize the majority into supporting wars that only primarily benefit the wealthy and powerful.?