Expensive wars! That's for sure.
But, the military industrial complex, once mentioned by President Eienhower relies on it and they own Congress. They must have found a way to buy tRump as well. He talks about military equipment sales as the most important factor in international relations. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov |
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More expensive than some may realize
“Undocumented bases are immune to oversight by the public and often even Congress,” http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176513/tomgram:_nick_turse,_one_down,_who_knows_how_many_to_go/ |
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There must be a "need to know" basis for knowing about those bases.
And as long as the funding is in place, there is no need to know. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov |
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- (dmcarls)
- (6)
- Jan. 4, 2019, 11:20:49 AM EST
Expensive wars! That's for sure.
- (a6l6e6x)
- (2)
- Jan. 4, 2019, 04:08:38 PM EST
More expensive than some may realize
- (dmcarls)
- (1)
- Jan. 11, 2019, 10:28:18 AM EST
There must be a "need to know" basis for knowing about those bases.
- (a6l6e6x)
- Jan. 13, 2019, 03:20:33 PM EST
Irony!? .. in a country whose very definition (for many, their raison d'etre) is MONEY.
- (Ashton)
- Jan. 9, 2019, 09:43:54 PM EST
Indeed.
- (mmoffitt)
- (1)
- Jan. 10, 2019, 08:27:09 AM EST
That suffering -vs- the Meeja's failure to post regular Climate reports..
- (Ashton)
- Jan. 11, 2019, 01:03:13 AM EST
