If we have not been given a spirit of fear, why do we listen to the fear-mongers? When GOP President and General Dwight D Eisenhower left office, he used his farewell address to warn of the dangers of Americas military industrial complex. When I give a medical speech, I am required to disclose any pay from pharmaceutical companies that may bias my talk. But every night on the news there are those who profit from war who make no such disclosures. Paid employees of private mercenary groups like Blackwater are making the news circuit to tell you of the necessity of going to war with ISIS. They are also donating a lot of money to our Congressmen, confident in a large return on their investment. Private military contractors made 138 billion in the last Iraq War. Going in for another round will certainly help raise their stock prices. thenation/article/181601/whos-paying-pro-war-pundits ft/cms/s/0/7f435f04-8c05-11e2-b001-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3DbuhTF71
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:44:18 +0000
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