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stephen · 20 July 2007, 07:09 PM

I'm neither left, center nor right. Those who believe in human freedom and liberty don't really fit into today's linear, crayon-drawn political paradigm, and if I had a political affiliation with any of those positions I'd be too embarrassed and ashamed of myself to admit it publicly.

I'm simply observing the fact that Dwight Eisenhower, Smedley Butler and Halliburton so clearly pointed out - that war is an industry.

WWI and WWII were neither necessary nor good fights. The public was deliberately baited into both, as were our enemies. War is the health of the state, and they were simply good business.

I am not opposed to fighting a good fight, but the last time we did had one we used muskets and didn't need a government to tell us what to do.

20 July 2007, 07:09 PM	#10 (permalink)
stephen Forum Ace Join Date: Aug 1998 Location: USA. One Nation, Under Surveillance. Posts: 2,672	I'm neither left, center nor right. Those who believe in human freedom and liberty don't really fit into today's linear, crayon-drawn political paradigm, and if I had a political affiliation with any of those positions I'd be too embarrassed and ashamed of myself to admit it publicly. I'm simply observing the fact that Dwight Eisenhower, Smedley Butler and Halliburton so clearly pointed out - that war is an industry. WWI and WWII were neither necessary nor good fights. The public was deliberately baited into both, as were our enemies. War is the health of the state, and they were simply good business. I am not opposed to fighting a good fight, but the last time we did had one we used muskets and didn't need a government to tell us what to do. __________________ There will never be concentration camps in America. We'll call them something else. Last edited by stephen; 20 July 2007 at 07:14 PM.