THE UNITED STATES IS AT IT AGAIN

THE UNITED STATES IS AT IT AGAIN

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(All the News That Nobody Else Will Print)

 

There aren’t any more Doves, only war mongering, those conniving individuals who are calculating how much money can be made from the next conflict which will necessitate arms and ammunition orders. The arms industry in the world today is huge, and of course the United States leads with a defense budget of $640 billion dollars…..or 3.8% of the Gross Domestic Product.

 

When President Barak Obama announced yesterday (8-7-14) that he was authorizing airstrikes, the announcement meant several different things…..all of which are not good for American armed forces, and us woebegone taxpayers.

 

First and foremost, Obama’s action flies in the face of all that diplomatic rhetoric that his administration has been pontificating over the past several months with regards to activity in the entire Middle East. “When lives of American citizens are at risk, we will take action,” “it my responsibility as Commander in Chief.” In addition the president also authorized the use of targeted military strikes if necessary to help the Iraqi security forces protect civilians.

 

The entire snafu was brought about because the U.S. had decided to humanitarianly air-lift potable water and food to assist the Yazidis people who have been oppressed, and forced to leave there homes in the village of Ninawa, population, 23,023, high in the Sinjar mountains.

 

The air-drop which included 5,300 gallons of drinking water and 8,000 prepackaged meals were dropped in less than 15 minutes and very low altitude by one C-17 and two C-130 cargo aircraft which were protected by two R/A-18 fighters.  

 

Obama cast the mission to assist the Yazidis as part of the American mandate to assist around the world when the U.S. has the unique capability to help avert a massacre. In these cases, Obama said, “we can act carefully and responsibly to prevent a potential act of genocide.”

 

YOU KNOW WHAT…..OBAMA’S ACTIONS ARE AMIABLE…..BUT

First and foremost, let us get one thing straight…..air-dropping water and food into a war zone (after all the area in question is being contested) may be a humanitarian act, but there is inherent danger connected with the effort. I would rate a humanitarian act a step or two from making war on another, but only a step or two.

 

Whatever transpires from the effort of the water and food drop should be taken into account before the effort…..and I can tell you right now, acts of war, air-strikes, and the like should not be in any thought process by our current administration. Right away the U.S. is taking sides and whatever results come from the action should not be met with an escalation of aggressive actions.

 

The United States is not the policemen of the world, no matter what some of these radical neo- conservatives think. The United States does not have all the answers, and actually some of the answers that the country does have aren’t always the right answers.

 

There usually is a heavy price to pay whenever a fighter, country, politician or president leads with his chin in a fight. A fighter usually gets his block knocked off when he’s leading with his chin, and lately the U.S. has been taking its lumps because of this leading with the chin tactic.

 

Many people that I know seem to think that the United States is still a world leader, and it is true that the U.S. can still, on occasion “throw a pitch at 100 miles per hour,” but as time goes by, that hundred mile an hour pitch is mostly a thing of the past…..unless you can tell me that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan haven’t taken a decade to fight without us leaving, with the country’s in better shape than when we invaded.

 

No-sir-ee both Afghanistan and Iraq have stayed the course, and have pretty much matched the Americans stride for stride. This is not a knock on the U.S. rather a simple truth…..for all of our fire-power, for all of our strategies, and for all of the trillions that we’ve put into our efforts…..we still are left fighting an almost invisible enemy, kind of like expecting to retain jell-o in your hand when you make a fist.

 

SOBERING NUMBERS

I like the occasional beer, and even a shot once in a great while, but just like everybody else, I function much better when I’m as sober as a judge. The thing that drives several developed countries whenever you talk about war, military conflict, and/or an armed intervention, there is a segment of business-men who rub their hands together, smile, and limber up there old bank-books, cause they know they’ll need to act quickly in an effort  to fatten their bank-accounts.

 

The arms industry is a global business that manufactures weapons, military technology, ammunition bombs, and associated equipment. Research, development, production and services are all involved in today’s multi trillion dollar industry. War like countries, the United States, now Russia, England, and the small assorted developing countries all crave, and find it a necessity for their individual agendas.

 

The Muslim community only needs dynamite, a belt, and fuses to wage their wars against the infidels…..these things and the young and impressionable who thinks that the all powerful God will reward them with 16 virgins, and that their families will live in strawberry fields forever.

 

The United States has a $640 billion dollar defense budget; China is next at $188 billion, followed by Russia, $87.8 billion; Saudi Arabia, $67 billion; and France, $61.2 billion to (round) out the top five in the world. The top five exporters of weapons, in order, are Russia, (8283); the United States, (6153); China, (1837); France, (1489); and Germany, (972).

 

The top importers of military armament are India, (8283 orders); United Arab Emirates, (6153); China, (1534); Saudi Arabia, (1486); and Pakistan, (1002). The United States is 8^th in the world with a figure of 759 orders.

 

The top manufactures in the weapons industry are, and their location, Lockheed Martin, (U.S.); Boeing, (U.S.); BAE Systems, (United Kingdom); Raytheon, (U.S.); General Dynamics, (U.S.). The number employed by these giants of military industrial companies are, Lockheed Martin, (120,000); Boeing, (174,400); Raytheon, (67,800); General Dynamics, (92,200); Northrop Grumman, (68,100); United Technologies Corporation, (218,300) and L-3 Communications, (51,000).

 

These employment figures from the 7 largest arms manufacturers, 791,800, plus the thousands of smaller employers represent a huge corporate investment in the military industrial complex of the United States.

If it ceased, if mankind somehow figured a way to settle its disagreements at a bargaining table as opposed to the battle field, the initial loss of revenue would be catastrophic, the hundreds of thousands of people that were put out of business would be staggering.

 

However, I am sure that the sale of flowers would skyrocket, as rose peddles would be necessary to spread on the welcome mats that would be spread throughout the world. I am sure that we all could life with the unemployed and those Captains of Industry that would be scrambling around for another source of income…..wouldn’t that be neat!

 

HAVE A NICE DAY!