A trillion dollars a year for war, and who's the enemy?

[JackRiddler]

US taxpayers spend a trillion dollars per annum to sustain an industry of global war, in a typical year killing thousands. Who is the enemy? Your elected government says that's a secret!

Who Are We at War With? That's Classified
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17827-who-are-we-at-war-with-thats-classified

Obama said the US is at war with 'Al Qaeda, the Taliban and their associated forces." So who exactly are those associated forces?

[shenmue]

1. I can think of many things

that money could do besides fund a war. Peace and job creation, anyone?

[JackRiddler]

2. Indeed! But then...

The most corrupt, useless and destructive, terroristic and profitable racket on earth would have to go under.

[nashville_brook]

3. "you can bang the drums of righteousness and liberalism all you want"

this is what i was told in another thread concerning the need for Dems to wake the fuck up about winning.

it's exactly this mindset that has allowed our government to go haywire as the OP shows. we can't even know who we're at war with, and there are those who insist that pushing back on this and other abuses are just banging "the drums of righteousness and liberalism," in a futile manner.

and that's a 100% wrong, b/c this is exactly the kind of issue that we must own the fight against. if we can't know who our military is at war with, then something is totally broken in our country.

[Lizzie Poppet]

4. Who's the enemy? Poor corporate balance sheets, of course.

"Plenty good money to be made
Supplying the Army with the tools of the trade."

[Brigid]

5. The enemy? The American people, of course.

And if you believe this is really about "terrorism," I have a bridge to sell you.

[leftstreet]

6. Not just Americans. It's a global war on the Serfs

And they're winning

[Brigid]

7. Unfortunately, yes.

[Initech]

8. The real enemy is the military industrial complex. The merchants of death.

They looted our treasury and profited handsomely off death and destruction. They're the real enemies. :mad-

[lpbk2713]

9. Walt Kelly died years ago but Pogo lives on ...

[JackRiddler]

10. Yes.