The United States currently has the largest military in the world and they have engaged in endless conflict around the globe. They've got hundreds of bases all over the world, it seems once they invade a place that they seldom leave. The country has funneled trillions of dollars toward this endeavor, with politicians asserting that it's their duty to 'secure the future' and 'spread freedom/democracy.'
They Currently Spend Tens of Millions Of Dollars EVERY HOUR On Their Military endeavors.
Just think about that for a second... Think about how much you can accomplish with just 1 million, the lives you could change,... And now times that x10 and that is the amount of money being wasted daily on these conflicts. That's your taxpayer dollars being spent, do you think they are being spent reasonably? I sure don't. It doesn't ease my mind to know that my tax dollars are contributing to the destruction of communities around the world and to the death of many innocent people.
Is There An Agenda?
Some of you might have seen the previous Democracy Now! Interview with retired four-star general Gen. Wesley Clark, where he discussed a number of countries several years ago, and he said U.S. officials had plans to have those nations “taken out.” He said they were: Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Libya, Sudan, Iran, and Yemen. And others have suggested that the U.S. might end up going after nations without a central bank, like Iran, Cuba, North Korea, and others. It's quite possible that the ongoing violence is part of a much bigger plan, and has little to do with any sort of freedom or security for the people.
News this week is that the "anti-establishment candidate" is looking to spend tens of billions more on expanding and strengthening the empire. But for the benefit of who? Because it certainly isn't for the benefit of the people and let me tell you the reasons why.
DETERIORATES THE FAMILY
Ongoing war breaks apart families, it destroys many lives either mentally or physically. There are still tens of thousands of vets today in the U.S. that are suffering and need help, they're broken. But instead of trying to offer them help, officials insist on breaking even more lives. Is it any surprise that those in the military have high rates of domestic abuse and drug/alcohol abuse? Not to mention an alarming suicide rate. It's obvious that for many of them, it's more than difficult to cope with their actions.
Fathers, mothers, children, are pulled away from their families and many lose their lives, and I cannot see any reason for those lives being lost other than pure psychopathy and greed. Many, if not all, military endeavors have been based on profound lies and misinformation that was fed to the public by officials. Is it worth it to lose your life for a lie? These wars that many lose their life over is also against domestic and international law; further deteriorating any justification for it.
COSTS TOO MUCH MONEY
Trillions of dollars has been going toward the overall efforts of the U.S. to police the planet, the nation is currently drowning in debt, and not many seem to mind. Sometimes billions of dollars even goes toward producing tools and weapons that don't ever get used. The current foreign policy of the U.S. is like a black hole, content on swallowing up massive amounts of valuable resources. Imagine what the world might look like, had these tremendous resources gone toward something that was positive.
DESTROYS THE ENVIRONMENT
It's really sad to see the destructive path that has been left behind in many of the places that the U.S. has been. Air, water, and soil are polluted. War leads to the destruction of sacred sites, facilities, residential buildings, hospitals, and other structures, as well as oil fields, chemical spraying, and more. Countless innocent people are killed, animals too are caught in the crossfire, and those who remain after the conflict has 'ended' still face health difficulties for many years to come as a consequence.
THE CONFLICT IS UTTERLY POINTLESS
It's pointless because the actions to allegedly solve the problem, are contributing to furthering and expanding the problem. The current foreign policy of the U.S. breeds conflict overseas and heavily promotes further radicalization because of the senselessness in the violence that has been and continues to be perpetrated upon these regions.
We even have many military veterans, former drone operators, and other military officials etc, coming out and admitting that they are ashamed of their actions in the violence that they perpetrated on many communities. War is an enemy of liberty, for both people at home and abroad, because it brings about instruments like debt, taxes, and armies; these are used to bring the public under the domination of a few.
A Nation Cannot Preserve Freedom In The Midst Of Continual Warfare
We have been using the wrong approach for far too long, and maybe it is time to use our brains when it comes to resolving conflicts, rather than resorting as quick as we can to violent, shock-and-awe tactics. Because those tactics aren't working for the many; they're only for the benefit of a very small few. Let's stop being convinced to inflict violence upon one another because of the manufactured stories of a really small number of people who are only interested in amassing a great deal of power and wealth for themselves.
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nationalpriorities.org
Source:
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/28/trump-to-keep-america-safe-we-need-to-spend-more-money-on-the-military.html
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/28/donald-trump-military-spending-war
http://www.globalresearch.ca/we-re-going-to-take-out-7-countries-in-5-years-iraq-syria-lebanon-libya-somalia-sudan-iran/5166
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-28/trump-seeks-historic-increase-in-us-defense-spending/8309134
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full/10.1139/er-2015-0039#.WLXr93S7qpo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_war
US Has Nothing To Show For Trillions Spent On War
https://steemit.com/news/@doitvoluntarily/us-has-nothing-to-show-for-trillions-spent-on-war
New Report Suggests Thousands Of US Airstrikes Are Unaccounted For
https://steemit.com/news/@doitvoluntarily/new-report-suggests-thousands-of-us-airstrikes-are-unaccounted-for
The Effectiveness of Non-Violent Resistance
https://steemit.com/life/@doitvoluntarily/the-study-of-non-violent-resistance
Sad and sickening. Thanks for speaking out. 😄😇😄
I guess when you're the hammer, everyone looks like a nail.
They could do so much good with all that money. We're all stuck on this planet together, so we should get along and find ways to let every human have a decent life
Agreed. How is this so hard for people to undestand?
Because while the subjects of the state (you and me) want peace and harmony, the state itself wants war.
War is a ridiculous concept.
u said it!
Aspects of the "Red Symphony" more or less. There are sub-plans and competing plans, but it is still just a giant con game.
Red Symphony? not familiar?
There are many names and the plan is blamed on various people, and groups as confusion. It seems to be, essentially, the dominance of humanity by the people so wealthy, they never appear on Forbes' list. The people so wealthy, they don't just have most of the money, but who own the concept of money.
They pretend to be Jews, so the Jews will be blamed, but I don't think that's what they are. I've never in my life known a Jew I thought was evil, but Soros makes a strong arguement. I could be wrong. There is so much misdirection, It is difficult to tell the whole truth. They have many fronts, used for different purposes, the freemasons, zionists, and the octopus among them. I'm still putting it together after many years, but it appears the Rothschilds are part of it. The Rothschilds are translated "The Red Shield". It appears the red shield are the same as the people who instigated communism, whose symbol is the red flag, and was created to provide dynamic tension between invented mortal enemies, all in service to the divide and conquer, that keeps the peoples from working out our differences and building the glorious future of which humanity is capable. This all plays psychologically into our evolutionary reaction to the color red as danger or adversary. Satan translates as the adversary, the red team is the adversary, and so on. This is "The Grand Plan", The Grand Chessboard", the manipulation of humanity into fighting each other, rather than recognizing the enemy as the blind and stupid universe, that gave birth to us, yet still is going to kill us all.
There are many people with pieces of the puzzle. I try to not get lost in the weeds, but to watch the function of the dynamic. The old adage of "judge a tree by it's fruit" keeps me from getting lost in thousands of years of minutiae of individuals, religions, or ideologies. It never hurts to learn history, but understanding people is more instructive.
Eustace Mullins seemed to know a thing or two about it. He wrote many books about it.
https://archive.org/search.php?query=eustace%20mullins
The Red Symphony text itself.
https://ia802306.us.archive.org/18/items/RedSymphony/RedSymphony.pdf
If any of this seems flatly stupid, let me know and I will elaborate or amend my view of the evidence.
This is a rough, though limited overview.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wu1xBlwLSo
Thank you for this comment @lifeworhip. A good read. Yes humanity is capable of glorious existence, and trust me, it's on its way. It's unstoppable for one main reason- it is beyond our control. We, humans, with our current level of consciousness, we use minds (or more precisely we're being used by it) as a means to solve problems, while the identification with the mind is the very seeding mechanism of all problems. This is not a divine mistake, it's an evolutionary phase, and as our awareness descends to where it's meant to actually be (in solar plexus area) and our minds are relinquished of the monstrous job of running this planet (all it was designed for is to PLAY with maya, not "resolve" it), the life force will make a quantum leap of consciousness through the vehicle of our bodies- our very DNA. It can't be avoided, regardless of the depth of the current shadow. As a matter of fact, the time of chaos and fear is a sure predecessor of change of an era, because it has to come through period of purification of collective karma (and that has nothing moral in it because Morality is another illusory mind construct). The current eon of duality, the times of discord and division, is in its last dying spasms. What is birthing is the eon of Trinity, which is return to the Oneness. This is something you can only experience internally, as an explosion of light in every single one of your cells, every atom. Not something you watch on youtube and understand intellectually.
Universe is not blind or stupid. It's the exact opposite of it. The good news is- belief changes nothing in its omniscience. Be well brother, and mark my words in next two decades. We're up for quite a ride ;) Much Love
Great article. And nothing to worry about dear fellow human @doitvoluntarily. Nonetheless, good to point out. War is a symptom of level of awareness which will very soon die out. It will be transmutated with quantum leap of consciousness. It is inevitable. And the only thing we can really do to help is to get out of the way of life (the pile of nonsense we were programmed with and sustain in our minds as beliefs and reactive patterns) and undergo our own individual revolution. The revolution of Love, of Silence, of Quintessence, of Coming back home. Be well <3
good story ;)