military industrial complex

I don't read the American Conservative much, but Rand Paul pointed out a nonpartisan article by George O'Neill worth looking at last week, $100 Billion in Weapons to the Saudis Buys a World Full of Hurt.

U.S. troops guarding poppy fields in Helmand province, Afghanistan in 2012. (Photo: USMC)

ISIS was a tool of US policy to overthrow Syrian President Assad. Neocons, who include Senators Linsday Graham, Marco Rubio, and Tom Cotton, want to continue US participation in the war because it benefits their donors in the military-industrial complex.

Military Industrial Complex Republicans seem extremely-- existentially-- upset that Trump tweeted an insinuation that he's pulling the 2,0000 American troops out of Syria. Listen to Adam Kinzinger (above) talking with Jake Tapper on CNN a few hours ago. Or to Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio (below)-- a real two for one:Many people just assumed Trump was doing his crazy Aderall-fueled early morning tweeting again and that his national security staff would talk him out of it. But...

These days, even if you don’t read online journals, or thick books not asssigned by universities, Google is enough to tell you how messy the Indian economic and social situation is. Earnings are low. Unemployment has reached new heights especially among the young and, with the adoption of automation and privatization, this will only worsen.

Ron Paul says that the lost trillions have nothing to do with defense, as the money is instead used to prop up the high lifestyles of the military industrial complex. The real problem is not waste and fraud, but the belief that the US must maintain a global military empire.

A Step Backward by Nancy OhanianWednesday evening, by a vote of 201-187, the House voted to make sure Saudi war crimes against Yemen would continue unabated— and with U.S. support. House Democrats, primarily led by Ted Lieu and Ro Khanna, have been working to end the slaughter in Yemen since Obama was still in office.

by NoahTonight's meme has been around for awhile but I thought that, in light of Congress recently coming back into session and vowing to help our adversaries Russia and China by pushing Tax Scam 2018-Part 2 thus sending our increasing national debt into unchartered waters, and Paul Ryan's vows to cut Social Security and Medicare, using the Trump/Ryan Tax Scams as an excuse... well, it's as timely as ever.



Rappoport shows that Google, Facebook, and YouTube are deeply influenced by government intelligence agencies. Facebook received $13-million in 2004 from Accel Partners, which is indirectly funded by the CIA and DARPA, a research division of the US military. Google works closely with the military-industrial complex. [...]