Paying for Wars Perpetuates War

Paying for Wars Perpetuates War

Years ago an AIDS Activist told me why they would never cure AIDS, or cancer for that matter. The Government gives out far too many Grants for the study of AIDS, and cancer. If anybody ever cured these diseases, the Money would stop. If anybody ever came across a cure, they’d hide it. Don’t kill the goose that lays the golden egg. Since then I have kept my ear out, listening for the whispers of conspiracy, and, sure enough, more than several Cures have been thrown away for the interest of maintaining the stream of Federal Grant Moneys. Don’t cure the sick Goose that gets such great health care benefits.

If the Government wants to help, they should offer a Prize for the Cure. They should buy the Fait Accompli. Instead they have institutionalized a process that will go on forever, if self interest has anything to do with it.

The United States has been giving Israel about 5 billion dollars a year since who know how long in order to defend itself. Well, with that kind of money coming in to ‘defend itself’, why would Israel ever see any interest in actually making Peace with its neighbors. Do a study. Ask a few questions. How many people in Israel depend on that 5 Billion dollars a year for their livelihood? I expect most of the people in Israel make a living on maintaining a state of War with the rest of the World. Peace is therefore completely impossible while Israel has anything at all to do with it. If Peace means National Poverty, they will keep their Prosperous War.

The same dynamic is developing in Taiwan. America is turning that little Island into a War Economy. Soon they won’t be able to live without menacing War. Isn’t anybody the least bit afraid that Mainland China won’t back down as the tensions are ratcheted up. Nobody is paying them to go along with this farce.

Now the United States is giving billions of Dollars to Mexico and Columbia in order to Fight the Drug War. Do we see a trend yet? These billions of dollars will represent far too large a proportion of their National Economies for anybody to do anything so rash as to actually bring the Drug War to a conclusion by actually arresting any of the principal parties.

Speaking of ‘Principal Parties’… might it not be more than a coincidence that Osama Bin Laden has not be captured or killed yet. Again, there is probably too much money to be made on this War on Terror to take a chance that that Public may fall out of love with it. It may lose focus if Bin Laden should ever be brought to justice, and all those Commandos now making their living shooting women and children would have to find honest work, and in such a recession as we have now!

Paying for War perpetuates War. President Eisenhower, who had been the Invading General of Europe, warned that every precaution should be taken against supporting and enlarging the Military Industrial Complex. Is that not exactly what America is doing by effectively making War the number one product of so many National Economies. What about America. With every economic sector having been ‘out-sourced’ the only vibrant businesses left in America are the Bomb Makers. With their Lobbyists paying off Politicians to sustain the Business of War, how can the People ever hope for Peace.

So don’t pay for War. Pay for Peace. Cut Israel off until they come up with a Peace Deal. If we want Mexico and Columbia to bottle up drugs, then offer money for Results, not endless activities and cats chasing their own tails, for money. For Taiwan, well, do we want a peaceful turnover of Power or do we want World War Three? The Billions of people already under Chinese Authority, well, they aren’t doing so bad, are they? It really isn’t worth destabilizing the whole world, with a War that could kill millions and spill over everywhere else, just so a handful of Taiwanese Billionaires can keep a low tax rate, is it? Oh, could it be that these Taiwanese Billionaires are paying Lobbyists to support American Politicians in their Pro-War Policies. Of course so! This is just one more reason why we must be so imaginative when we give reasons why Democracy is the Best Form of Government ever created by man… and why we must ignore every Civilization or Empire that ever institutionalized a Bureaucratic Meritocracy. That is, Government by honest Civil Service. The only people who complain about Government by honest Civil Service are just the kind of people who cause all the problems that need such Government in the first place.