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# 11. Ending Perpetual War for Profit

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Dec 082011

Ending Perpetual War for Profit. Recalling all military personnel at all non-essential bases including but not limited to the Cold War era deployments in Europe, South Korea, Japan, Australia and Cuba and refocusing national defense goals to address threats posed by the geopolitics of the 21st century. A new treaty to reduce the number of nuclear weapons so complete nuclear disarmament may be achieved by 2020 or sooner. Congress shall pass new legislation to reinvigorate the War Powers Resolution to limit the deployment of military forces to those instances where Congressional approval has been granted. New laws must be enacted to counter the Military Industrial Complex’s mission of perpetual war for profit. The United States has engaged in war after war only to later to discover that the pretexts relied upon to enter these wars were false or exaggerated. The goal of war in a corporate controlled state is to generate profit for the Military Industrial Complex and other industries and individuals who benefit directly and indirectly when humans kill one another. The annual savings created by updating our military posture and ending perpetual war for profit will be applied to the jobs and social programs outlined herein.

“To understand the nature of the present war – for in spite of the regrouping which occurs every few years, it is always the same war – one must realize in the first place that it is impossible for it to be decisive. . . It does not matter whether the war is actually happening, and, since no decisive victory is possible, it does not matter whether the war is going well or badly. All that is needed is that a state of war should exist.” -George Orwell, 1984.

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### 13 Responses to “11. Ending Perpetual War for Profit”

1. jackrcurtis says:
   2012/01/25 at 4:46 pm

   One way to slow down the Perpetual War Machine would be move Federally funded R&D out of the Defense Dept. & back into the Commerce Dept. where it belongs, so the fruits of scientific research can benefit the people by creating opportunities for them to pursue. Nixon moved the Advanced Research Projects Agency from the Commerce Department into DoD as a sop to their egos injured by the Vietnam fiasco. Since then our scientific research has been aimed primarily at the development of ever better killing-machines, with any results that may accidentally seem to have peaceful possibilities being quietly slipped, under the veil of secrecy necessitated by “National Security”, to their corporate allies (the industrial component of the growing Military-Industrial Complex Eisenhower warned us about on the last day of his administration), so no opportunities filter thru to the people. Its not jobs we need in this country, its opportunities. Focusing on the creation of “jobs” & turning our schools into “Job training centers” only makes sense if we want to complete our transition into a Nation of Wage-Slaves, to be preyed upon by unscrupulous unproductive money-manipulators as our last bastion of free-enterprise. I don’t think this is what we want.

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2. flaja says:
   2012/01/25 at 1:13 pm

   Wage total war on countries that have chosen to make themselves America’s enemies. No peace without victory and no victory without national security. You people need to put Iraq and Afghanistan in historical perspective. The 4,000 or so GIs that have been killed since 9-11 is a pittance compared to the 50,000 that were killed in Nam or the 500,000 that we lost in World War II.

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3. bchristie says:
   2012/01/19 at 5:28 pm

   The “War on Drugs,” grinding on all these years, is an integral part of the profit-driven war culture that tolerates ‘perpetual’ war as a basis of policy. The militarization of local municiple police forces is the economic result, as is increasing encroachment of military into civilian venues.

   This situation increasingly resembles that of the dictatorial regimes that the Arab Spring insurrections have resisted.

   It seems to me that ENDING THE WAR ON DRUGS should be included in Ending Perpetual War for Profit.

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4. tbssic says:
   2012/01/17 at 12:08 am

   from the beginning,,, wars have been started by rich old men and fought by poor young boys,,,,, on both sides… there should be a constitutional amendment that all war should be declared war,,, voted on by the congress and senate. anyone pressing the yes button (under 40 years of age) goes to the front lines. if over 40,,,, their closest relative under 40… a draft and no deferments,, unless medical… the more rich people who die in war,,,, the shorter the war…. every mother’s son should have a chance to die,,,, even rich mothers…

   i often wonder what God would have told george bush about the war in iraq if his draft age daughters would have been the first ones to hit the beach????

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5. mspollok says:
   2012/01/12 at 10:13 pm

   There is always some monster under the bed that needs to killed with a drone. We now move towards war with Iran to increase oil company profits and get those missile orders into the Military Industrial Complex. Who benefits from saber rattling in the Middle East? The theocrats in Iran because the price of oil goes up, US Oil & Gas companies and of course the MIC.

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6. reddog says:
   2011/12/29 at 10:44 pm

   I spent 9 years in Viet Nam and virtually all money passed through the hands of BRK (Brown & Root and Knutson of Morrison Knutson)
   Brown and Root had a county roads paving business in Johnson’s west Texas. He took them along with him into a big money world of which they knew nothing therefore ‘K’, one of the world’s biggest construction companies.
   In the invasion of Iraq et al, the principle General was MBR (Morrison, B&R,…)
   An additional point, almost the entirety of these War Fortunes never leaves the continental United States. They are simple bank transfers.

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7. Mark Greene says:
   2011/12/25 at 2:08 pm

   I have never liked the title of this point, but find it a valid point for inclusion. Would much prefer, “End unnecessary wars which do not protect our national interest.” I think this could be augmented by a suggestion that troops should not be allowed to be deployed into a combat zone for more than six months without a Congressional declaration of war, or Congressional declaration of support for a declared UN military action; and further that any such declaration SHALL be accompanied by an immediate tax increase across the board to offset whatever the anticipated costs, such increase to remain in effect until hostilities are terminated and troops returned home. We need to force COngress to take ownership, and to put a price tag on this insanity.

   That said, “perpetual” and “for profit” aren’t needed, are loaded language which serve to pigeonhole us in the public psyche as psychobabble hippies with unrealistic Utopian expectations…

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   - wildmother says:
     2012/01/10 at 9:43 pm

     The problem with the “national interests” line is that it has been used for decades to over throw other democratically elected governments because it was in our “national interest” to keep them oppressed or help ourselves to their resources.

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   - robdinsmore says:
     2012/01/15 at 12:31 pm

     I agree. Presumably the delegates will remove all the loaded language from everything. I don’t even want to see 1% or 99% anywhere in the actual demands.

     The country spends way too much on war and defense, yet most of it’s citizens do not support this. This ties in directly with 8. Spend less on defense and we will reduce debt.

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   - bchristie says:
     2012/01/19 at 5:20 pm

     While I get the point re using inflammatory language, we must also deal with the fact that the Cheney/Bush neo-con regime defined the situation such that war does become unbounded by place or time. That is the nature of a “War on Terror,” since it defines itself in opposition to an unlimited range of people and behaviors.

     That is also a source of its absurdity. No boundaries, just anyone who objects to imperial control. This feeds the war culture that accepts “The War on …….” no matter what the issue.

     “For profit” of course, is exactly the driving force behind it all, and that is so well documented in so many ways–except, of course, in the corporate media.

     Nevertheless, I am all for wording that effectively gets the point across without inflaming emotions that counter the intended effect.

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8. Jean Netherton says:
   2011/12/18 at 3:15 pm

   combine 12 Ending of Perpetual War for Profit & 20 Ending

   the War in Afghanistan

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   - wildmother says:
     2012/01/10 at 9:46 pm

     I agree with that Jean. There needs to be a comprehensive change in matter of war. The only true reason for war is to create peace. The entire perspective is upside down. War is always last resort. I will have much more to add. Thank you.

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     - jackrcurtis says:
       2012/01/25 at 3:53 pm

       “Kill for Peace!”

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