On another post, (Star's hot holloween mix) I had made a joke that pottypants took offence at, and asked another question. Here is my answer.
No pottypants, the military does not protect MY FREEDOMS as they span the globe and protect the Corporate-Nation-State, otherwise known as The Military-Industrial-Complex.
My freedoms were not threatned in 1861, when a group of independant, soveran states, decided to leave the union, and form their own national government called, the Confedrate States of America. The result of Lincolin's war? Over 600,000 dead, and a more powerful, stronger, central government in Washington, that was the first step in turning the U.S. into an Empire bent on Corporate control and expansion.
My freedoms were not threatened in 1870, when the U.S. sent in the military to Utah, Arizona, New, Mexico, etc., to wipe out the last living indians in the west, so the U.S. could steal their land, and expand the "Wild West".
My freedoms were not threatened in 1898 when Spain had control of Cuba and the islands of the south pacific, but the Corporate-Nation-State, i.e., "Corporate America", wanted those countries to increase their corporate profits, and expand their overseas operations.
My freedoms were not threated in 1914, when the nations of Eroupe plunged into a bloody, mind-less war, that had NOTHING to do with America! But still, we sent troops, and thousands of American boys died for nothing. WWI changed nothing, but the punishing treaty of Versailles plunged Germany into a deep depression, and helped the rise of Hitler and his Nazis. We ramed the treaty of Versailles down the throat of Germany in 1919, and they responded in 1933, by freely electing Hitler and his band of Nazi thugs to seek revenge for such a punishing treaty that cripled their economy.
My freedoms were not threatend in 1941, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The Japanese had NO INTENTION of invading the U.S. and "taking away our freedoms". Japan bombed Pearl Harbor (which was not part of the U.S., but was a "protectrate") because they wanted a free hand in China and South East Asia. By cripling our fleet, they hoped to take over China, without U.S. interfearence. I have NO PROBLEM with bombing their cities in an act of revenge, Japan got pounded, and they deserved it, but let's not kid ourselves, they were not trying to, "take away our freedom". Japan, or Germany in 1941, did not threaten my liberty.
My freedoms were not threatened by Korea in 1951, or Vietnam in 1965, or Chile in 1973, or Panama in 1989, or Iraq in 1991, or Somalia in 1993, or Kosovo in 1998, or Iraq (again) in 2003.
Ahhh yes, Iraq. Remember the propaganda? Sadam=Hitler, Iraq=Nazi Germany, "the smoking gun, is a mushroom cloud", etc., etc., etc.
At NO POINT in history, has a backward, Third-World, impoverished, failed-state like Iraq, ever threatened my freedoms!
From 1861 to now, EVERY THREAT to my LIBERTY has come from my "own" government, not from some hungry, backward country 8,000 miles away from my home.
In fact, the last time a country invaded the U.S. and tried to take our freedom, was in 1812, when the British, still smarting from their defeat in 1776, launched an invasion of the U.S. and burned down the White House. Every American patriot with a gun was out there blowing their heads off, and giving them a beating so bad they quickly withdrew, and never, ever, tried to "take away our freedoms" again.
No pottypants, from 1861 on down to today, the federal goverment has been the one who has sought a monoply of leathal, military force, against the peaceful citizens of this great country. We have been highjacked by a group of neo-con thugs who want to spread a Corporate-Military-Empire across the globe so we can all eat Big Macs, drink high-fruitcose corn syrup, watch 600 TV chanels, grow fat, stupid, and lazy, all under the watchful eye of a corporate security camera.
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