US removing 2500 troops is announced the same week as a $713B defense budget & $23B arms sale to UAE. “Create this shiny thing over here so they won’t look over there!” Troops in Afghanistan is a symptom; deeper cause is a perpetual war machine to which both parties are beholden

Apr 14, 2021 · 5:05 PM UTC

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Sorry I support you but I disagree with you on this one thing. We need a bigger military budget we can’t let China or India ever put compete us. We need to continue being a formidable force and ally.
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China has 22,000 miles of high-speed rail & 22,000 under construction. They are crushing us in ways that go way beyond military & thinking a bigger military will fix it is the oldthink we have to let go. Notice how they drew your attention from the Middle East to India and China!
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That's why the had to destroy Trump.....
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“Our national security depends more and is based more on short term profits for defense contractors and the nuclear industry than on responsible moral leadership of the world.” Marianne Williamson
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@SolomonJ92 @olea8
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Eisenhower Warning about Military Industrial Complex youtube.com/watch?v=SEGpTu8s…
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And the perpetual growth of the war machine is supported in large part by the "we need to create/keep jobs at defense contractors" argument, which could be largely circumvented if we implemented a UBI that prevented people from being hungry and homeless if they don't have a job.
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And Biden felt the need to repeat the lies that got us into the war as he takes us out of it. No change, just troop movements.
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$713 is the current defense budget. Biden is asking for $753B
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I remember when the 3rd Rail in American Politics was Medicare. That was a lie. The 3rd Rail is the Military-Industrial-Complex. They can not account for $TRILLIONS of tax payer dollars and both party's say "here, have $Billions more".
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