Manufacturing War to Distract Us
NOBODY wants this. But here are your Tax Dollars at work.
As the Epstein/Trump/Maxwell drama slowly drips into the media, please consider that the Orange Menace is creating multiple distractions from his (alleged?) pedophilia and his loooong list of sexual assaults.
The demands for the entire file, all the Epstein files – from all political corners are growing exponentially.
Trump will not go down easily. But he will go down. Members of Congress are deciding which side of history they want to be on. Decency or depravity? Stay aligned with an alleged child molester or save their political asses?
In the meantime, geopolitical horrors are unfolding. Our president is a mad man. Desperate to distract us. A cornered mangy old wounded tiger – as dangerous as he is damned.
From “Responsible Statecraft”:
“As fears mount that U.S. strikes against so-called “narco-terrorists” in the Caribbean could escalate into full-scale war with Venezuela, weapons makers are well positioned to benefit from the unprecedented U.S. military build-up in the region, not seen on such a scale in decades, and continues unabated.
Currently, key naval vessels such as guided-missile destroyers equipped with the Aegis combat weapons command and control system — including the USS Gravely, USS Jason Dunham, and the USS Stockdale — the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, and the littoral combat ship USS Wichita, are deployed around the Caribbean. The USS Newport News (SSN-750), a nuclear-powered attack submarine which can launch Tomahawk missiles, is also present.
Moreover, Tuesday’s arrival of the Gerald S. Ford carrier strike group, the Navy’s newest, most technologically advanced aircraft carrier with escorts (USS Bainbridge, USS Mahan, and USS Winston Churchill), brings another 4,000 military personnel into the theater, on top of the estimated 10,000 already there.
Washington is also examining sites where it can send additional military assets to, and is building out new construction at its former naval base in Puerto Rico — suggesting what experts fear might be a larger, longer operation in the region.
If anyone benefits from all this, it is the weapons industry.”
From a senator I often disagree with – much agreement on this subject.
”America First? For DC swamp, it’s always ‘War First’
These ideologues have been willing to sacrifice our citizens and sow chaos with their recycled experiments in regime change. Next stop: Venezuela.”
Read more here or just digest this from Senator Rand Paul:
”If anyone benefits from all this, it is the weapons industry.
Indeed, many of the weapons systems and vessels involved in the buildup come with steep price tags. Arleigh-Burke class destroyers cost about $2.5 billion each just to procure. The AC-130J Ghostrider aerial gunship costs a staggering $165 million per unit; the P-8 Poseidon about $83 million per unit, and the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) hovercraft, which some of the warships are equipped with, cost about $90 million each.
While relevant procurement contracts for those deployed systems are already secured, contractors stand to gain from their maintenance costs and follow-up services while at sea, as sustainment costs account for about 70% of their lifetime cost.”
From an old ad by the Bernie Sanders campaign to shift money from bombers and warships to feeding and housing – HELPING Americans:
The People’s Poet Laureate:
A Libertarian, a Socialist and a Poet agree. This is dead wrong. For the atrocities of Vietnam they lied about the Communists. For the destruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, they lied about Weapons of Mass Destruction. They chased the phantom bad guys for a couple of decades. Veterans returned asking “What the Hell were we fighting and killing for?”
The people who make weapons love this. How about you?
AI Overview:
The Responsible Statecraft website is the online magazine of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a think tank that promotes a positive, “transpartisan” vision of U.S. foreign policy based on diplomacy, military restraint, and a critique of endless wars. The website features original reporting, analysis, and opinion from staff and outside contributors to challenge the consensus thinking that has led to what they view as counterproductive and costly interventions.
Mission: To promote a foreign policy vision centered on diplomatic engagement and military restraint, and to challenge the “ideas, ideologies, and interests” that have mired the United States in endless wars.
Content: The site publishes news, opinion, and analysis from journalists, academics, and former government officials.
Editorial focus: It provides sharp criticism of U.S. foreign policy, including topics like the military-industrial complex, presidential and congressional actions, and global crises.
Goal: To help build a world where peace is the norm and war is the exception.
This bears repeating, doesn’t it?
”To help build a world where peace is the norm and war is the exception.”
Nobody wants another manufactured war. Call or email your senators and house reps. Demand they reign in the mad man, the mad king.There are many versions of Pete Seeger’s song. IMO, this is the most moving.
Lao-Tzu 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/rand-paul-venezuela/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%E2%80%93industrial_complex
Bill's Focus 
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