Powder Kegs and Matches Don’t Mix
A powder keg unlike anything we’ve seen in recent history is forming in the Middle East.
- With Russia’s help, Iran will turn-on their first nuclear reactor on August 21st (AFP and AlJazerra).
- Israel may attack to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons.
- Iran has sworn to respond it attacked (VOA).
- The American military has encircled Iran (U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afganistan).
- The U.S. Navy is harassing the Chinese (Reuters).
- Russia bans grain exports (BBC).
- The Chinese are getting ready for a fight (The Washington Times).
- China is selling off U.S. Government Bonds (Business Insider).
I know the fear mongers in the mass media are all over this, but when you cut through the noise it sure looks like a powder keg rocking in the back of and old horse-drawn wagon to me too. I just hope some dumb-ass doesn’t light a match.
Obama to Spend more than Bush on Military
If you don’t believe that post title read it for yourself in the New York Times.
Now I may be the most liberal guy you’ll ever meet, in fact I’m so liberal I don’t listen to the ‘liberals’ because they are usually just as full of propaganda as the conservatives. Instead I make up my own mind based on the facts. So this post may come as a surprise because it sounds the other guys.
This news is coming from the horses mouth too, Obama’s Defense Secretary, Robert M. Gates. He’s asking for the military budget to continue to grow at 1% a year, plus the costs of the war.
PLUS THE COST OF THE WAR!?
Yep, and when you add up the tab it shows that Obama will spend 6.1% more than Bush on the military. I assume this also takes into account news that the Pentagon is shutting down an entire military command (Reuters) in an attempt to ease the concern over increased spending.
So my question is, and now it seems like a good time to ask it again, has America gone insane?
We, the united American people, really need to drop our petty differences and political parties and unite against these greedy bastards and take our democracy back before they totally screw things up.
…sigh…
On a related note, curious to see what’s really happening in Afghanistan? Here’s a little documentary style show from a liberal online TV station. Looks like the Taliban has the ‘good guys’ chasing their tails.
