The War on Drugs is a phony war, imo. Too much money to be made by the participants to have any real chance of "success". That's the only thing keeping it going, since the majority of the public want drugs decrimininalized. It's a $1/2 Trillion business which everyone is extremely happy about except the public.
Emotions are too strong to de-escalate the Terrorist War without our pound of flesh, and it was planned that way, in Col. Stanislav Lunev's view (http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=16406326)
Maybe later we can educate and de-polarize. We've already shared the wealth. I'm fed up with the "share the wealth" chants, when in fact, it is our "cultural imperialism" that spreads wealth, you can't have one without the other, and the American people wouldn't tolerate otherwise. If other countries are impatient, that's where the education comes in. Remember, giving our tax money away is extortion if it comes from taxpayers who don't agree with it. That's why the Peace Corps was such a good idea, it uses volunteers who put their bodies and minds where their mouths are.
Worse than that, what infuriates me, and I suspect many others, is our wealth going out to terrorist countries, who then come back to bomb us. Not exactly good planning. In another time, it would be considered treason.
Granted, this is brain-failure, corruption, incompetence, and criminality at the highest levels of our intel services and administrations that are responsible for this massive disservice to the American people (most recently, $45 million to the Taleban, which probably helped pay for the 6,000 WTC murders).
They should be fired immediately, but won't because they are too encrusted, hiding away in the bureaucracy.
Did you hear, btw, the Ashcroft meeting in Congress today? The chairman was defending Ashcroft's tight schedule, even before he had time to speak. They are ramming through legislation, attempting to silence any opposition in ham-handed fashion. If they aren't careful it'll backfire. |
