The Greatest threat to World Peace and Stability is not Terrorism nor is it Global Warming .... it is the Military Indutrial Complex!!!! The Catastrophe of War and conflict, are their playing fields and are indeed where they reap the most bountiful harvest!
Dwight Eisenhower warned
"In the councils of Government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the Military Industrial Complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. "
He went on to say,
"We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our Liberties or Democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable Citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge Industrial and Military machinery of defense with our Peaceful methods and goals, so that Security and Liberty may prosper together."
Literally hundreds of Billions have been spent on the ill advised War in Iraq! I suggest to you the bulk has gone to the Military Industrial Complex! Their Power, Influence and War Chest has grown immeasurably and to them ... that's not ill advised!
The Military-Industrial Complex is generally defined as a "coalition consisting of the Military and Industrialists who profit by manufacturing arms and selling them to the Government."
The American President aforementioned went on to say in his farewell address in 1961
"We now stand ten years past the midpoint of a century that has witnessed four major wars among great nations. Three of these involved our own country. Despite these holocausts America is today the strongest, the most influential and most productive nation in the world. Understandably proud of this pre-eminence, we yet realize that America's leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our power in the interests of World Peace and Human betterment."
Some where it was said "We do not inherit this World from our Parents we BORROW it from our Children"! ..... and thus it is incumbent upon us to keep it in good repair! To fulfill our Duty, we must focus on the MOST influential of Forces that shape what was coined as the "New World Order". That which shall make us live in Fear and Trepidation of Heart or in an Envirnoment conducive to raising our Families and the Children with unlimited potentialities and Love and Peace!!!
One those "Industrialists" that comprises this "Complex" is the Carlyle Group! Its' High profile members include (former C.I.A. Director and U.S. President George H.W. Bush, former Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci, former Secretary of State James Baker, former British Prime Minister John Majors and former World Bank Treasurer Afsanch Masheyekhi as were members of the Bin-Laden family until immediately following 9-11)! Their main thrust was to generate huge profits in a myriad of businesses most notably aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, telecommunications and media, healthcare and real estate and according to their Site have been fabulously successful!
Truly!, .... They take no sides as long as their Product is being peddled! To the "Complex" and the "Carlyle"; Catastrophe is viewed with glee!
Mortal Enemies, Imagined and Percieved, ALL are armed with their Product!
To give you an idea of the type of coin I'm talking about, let's examine the figures going back 5 years to 2002!
The United States Government spent more on the military in fiscal year 2003, than all the rest of the countries on Earth combined. The expenditures projected for 2003 were 437 billion and their past obligations were 339 billion. Almost 46% of American Taxes go to the Military Industrial Complex.
That was 2003! In the 5 years since the costs has gone up astronomically and Now is the time to realise the Absurdity of it all!
We could have eliminated Poverty, Homelessness, countless diseases, (with the adequate funding for research), Illiteracy, and so much else with a percentage of that kind of expendititure!
In the latest clash in Gaza, it was astonishing to learn that Fatah was being armed and financed by American "Interests", among others! This despite Hamas being the apparent elected "government". Despite the fact they fail to recognise Israel, which of course cannot be entertained, they are who the People want to represent them!. Although Fatah is recognised as the non-elected "government" by the "International" community; it was they who kidnapped the British journalist Alan Johnston and it was Hamas that freed him! What a mess! Talk about complications and confusion run amok! There are so many hidden "Players" whose only purpose is self aggandisment, self enrichment and trying to quench their insatiable thirst for Power and Influence ... "Collateral damage and All"!
Even with respect to Global warming ... the testing of Nuclear weapons are unlike any other pollutant!
Maybe enabling all people to live with Dignity, Freedom and Opportunity is really the only way to Security and an enduring Peace!
"The Man who trades "Liberty for Security deserves neither and SHALL receive neither"!!!
So the fires and Passions of all these Tribal and Sectarian Wars the World over are being stoked by behind the scene Fire Marshalls!
Be! unavailable for seduction by false Prophets! Fear Not!
Martin Luther King said
"Sooner or Later, all the People of the World will have to discover and implement a way to live together in PEACE and thereby TRANSFORM this wailing COSMIC ELEGY into a creative PSALM of BROTHERHOOD!!!
If this is to be achieved .... Man must evolve for all Human conflict .... a Method, which REJECTS revenge, intolerance and aggression".
Nietzsche said,
"In individuals, Insanity is rare; but in Groups, Parties, Nations and Epochs, it is the rule".
Man! .....
Know ThySelf remains the Invocation!!
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