After all, we're still at war, aren't we? Never mind that it's winding down. We're still at war. And as long as we're in that revolting state of affairs, I'd suggest we make some use of it - for the greater good. Chicken salad out of chicken shit. Lemonade out of lemons. Many of the koch brothers industries are natural resource-based, aren't they? Lumber, oil, gas, that kind of thing? Natural resources that belong to THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. Not just two people in particular. ALL the people. And during wartime don't we have to take drastic measures covering the use of our natural resources? And shouldn't we ALL be making sacrifices to support that war effort? Remember what we all read/heard/studied about - during WW2? Heck, nobody hesitated when women were asked to give up their nylon stockings for the war effort. Nobody batted an eyelash when sugar and gasoline and other commodities were rationed, for the sake of supporting the war effort. Whole industries were turned over to the war effort. Detroit switched almost overnight from making cars for consumers to making tanks and other heavy artillery - for the war effort. Everybody had to tighten their belts and do without and make sacrifices of all kinds - to support the war effort.
And there's such a lament now - about how easy it is to push for war these days because it's just so painless. Only affects a few people somewhere over there - whom we don't know, our sons and daughters aren't drafted or compelled to serve, we don't have to go, we don't have to sacrifice, no muss/no fuss! Hell, let's go for the glory!!!
I realize this is splitting hairs, and proposing a foul on a technicality. And maybe it's not practicable or doable at all (especially with the strength of the opposition). But as long as that technicality exists, WHY CAN'T WE USE IT? Or at least threaten to use it? Or at least start talking about it? Make 'em shake and shudder and lose sleep up at the level of the koch brothers ("oh noes! They couldn't REALLY do that to our precious empire, could they?"
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It also strikes me that this would certainly be one way to alienate some of these rich ivory-tower fuckers who never fight but cheer on any war somebody ELSE has to go fight. If they knew they actually stood to have skin in the game - because their precious industries might have to be enlisted to the war effort, too, maybe they or some of their little chickenhawk friends wouldn't have such massive hard-ons for war?
Just a thought.
I used to post such memes as "Destabilize the enemy." Seems to me this would certainly be one way to do that.
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