by Peter A. Belmont / 2011-02-01
© 2011 Peter Belmont

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The USA spends more on its military/intelligence apparatus, both government employees and contractors (i.e., mercenaries, war-profiteers, privatizeers) each year than all other countries combined. Everyone says so. I believe it.

And yet we are losing two wars (Iraq and Afghanistan) and lost another (Vietnam) not long ago. Just considering the military side of this colossus, are we getting our money’s worth?

And then, in January of 2011, within no time at all, first Tunisia and then Egypt have had pro-democracy revolutions. And by all that anyone can see, the US Department of State had no warning. Our president was caught flat-footed.

Just considering the intelligence (or, as I prefer, the “intelligence”) side of this colossus, are we getting our money’s worth?

Maybe we in the good ole US of A should have a small democratic revolution in which we dismiss the

Military-Intelligence-Mercenary-Industrial-Congressional-University-Think-Tank-Privatizeer Complex

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