National Security
Irrefutable statistics and facts show that citizens of the U.S. have
substantially more to fear from their own government than from anyone
else. |
"The most important misjudgment regarding Iraq that must be dealt
with is the charge that Muslim terrorists attack us out of envy for
our freedoms, our prosperity, and our way of life. There is no
evidence this is the case. On the contrary, those who have
extensively researched this issue conclude that the #1 reason
suicide terrorists attack anywhere in the world is because their
land is occupied by a foreign military power." "Pretending otherwise
and constantly expanding our military presence in more Arab and
Muslim countries as we have since 1990 has only increased the danger
of more attacks on our soil, as well as in those countries that have
allied themselves with us." "If we deny this truth we do so at our
own peril." - Ron Paul, House of Representatives 2006 |
"The costs of this misadventure have not just been onerous; they
have been catastrophic. More than 3,000 Americans killed, and more
than 20,000 wounded. Tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis have lost
their lives. In material terms we are fast approaching the one
trillion dollar mark, throwing money out the door at a rate of more
than $2 billion per week to fund this war. Our international
reputation and the influence it brings, including among our allies,
has been badly tarnished and diminished.
Where are we in Iraq? We are in the midst of a civil war among
religious and ethnic factions, an insurgency that shows no sign of
diminishing, and out-of-control organized crime. It is hard to say
that we have made any real progress toward the larger objectives of
bringing democracy to Iraq or the Middle East. It is time we face
the grim reality, and it is time we deal with it. Our soldiers'
lives are in the balance.
I made a brief statement on Tuesday about an column in last
Sunday's Washington Post by retired Lieutenant General William Odom.
General Odom has one of the most distinguished military intelligence
careers, and he continues to provide powerful insights on national
security. In his piece entitled "Victory in Not an Option," he
outlines how this Administration's entire policy on Iraq, including
the so-called surge strategy, is based on a self-defeating inability
to face reality."
- US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) - Thursday
15 February 2007
Updated numbers in August are:
More than 3,600 U.S. troops killed, 27,000 wounded.
Estimates of one million Iraqi's killed.
Ongoing estimates of deaths caused by DU: Tens of
millions of people around the world.
World threats tend to build before everyone's eyes. Hitler
amassing armies, the Japanese and Russian military expansion.
However, in reality, it is now the U.S. who is amassing armies, weapons
of mass destruction, it is the U.S. who is invading other nations.
The U.S. Government's world
dominance plans are not far off Hitler's.
Indeed, it is the very lawless acts of violence conducted by our very
government that are bringing about threats of terrorism against against the U.S.
National security in the U.S. can only be addressed by addressing the
very issues, the root causes that bring about the threats of terrorism in the first
place. Amassing more weapons of mass destruction, spending more
money on border patrols, airport security and fighter aircraft is not
going to make the problem go away. Invading and occupying other
nations is going to significantly escalate terrorism in the U.S. and
abroad.
The government claims the The Twin Towers were brought down with box cutters
(However, explosives brought the WTC down. The explosives were
planted by the company in charge of security at the WTC ran by George
Bush's brother. See:9/11
Demolition and Gov
Employees Convinced. "911 an Inside Job"). What is astonishing
is that there has not been a major act of terrorism in the U.S.
However, terrorism
costs next to nothing, it can bring about extraordinary destruction and
it is unstoppable. See Combating
Terrorism
Can one address National Security without looking at the root causes
of the problem?
Perhaps more should be considered regarding the industrial and
government enterprise supporting the massive armament and government
buildup by the United States. Such a large enterprise creates in
itself it's own climate. A climate that though enormous profits
will seek to grow. Is not the growth and expansion of the U.S.
Government and military enterprise not the root cause of our National
Security problems?
After all, would U.S. citizens appreciate it if citizens of other
countries were intimately and actively manipulating our own nation and
government?
What would the U.S. do if other countries invaded and occupied our
land because we have and are using weapons of mass destruction?
The U.S. has no duty nor right to be in other
sovereign nations, just as other sovereign nations have no duty nor
right to be in the U.S.
As a result of the Executive Office's declaration of war against
Iraq, Vice President Dick Cheney's
Halliburton stock options rose
3,281% — from $241,498 to more than $8 million in less than one
year. Cheney continues to received a deferred salary from
Halliburton, according to financial disclosure forms, he was paid
$205,298 in 2001; $162,392 in 2002; $178,437 in 2003; and $194,852
in 2004.
On September 14, 2003, Cheney lied to Meet the Press's Tim
Russert: "Since I left Halliburton to become George Bush’s vice
president, I've severed all my ties with the company, gotten rid of
all my financial interests. I have no financial interest in
Halliburton of any kind and haven’t had now for over three years." -
Neither the SEC nor the U.S. Justice Department has initiated any
investigation nor prosecution of this insider trading and perjury.
Saudi multimillionaire Yassin al-Qadi stated in an interview
shortly after 9/11, “I have also met with US Vice President and
former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney in Jeddah [Saudi Arabia]
when he came for a lecture organized by the Dallah Group. I spoke to
him for a long time and we still have cordial relations.” The US
declared Yassin al-Qadi a terrorism financier shortly after 9/11 and the
Dallah Group is accused of funding al-Qaeda. source:
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/context.jsp?item=a1990sqadicheney
Cut the Coffins
September 2006: Bush defies Geneva Conventions and attempts to
pass legislation that authorizes terrorist activities by the U.S.
The president's measure would allow classified evidence to be withheld
from defendants in terror trials, using coerced testimony and protecting
CIA and other U.S. interrogators against prosecution for using methods
that violate the Geneva Conventions. In other words through
torture the president wishes to obtain confessions then prevent evidence
that proves innocence from being presented at any trial. Another
Bush bill would give legal status to the administration's warrant-less
wiretapping program. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill on
a party-line vote, but it was stalled in the House. At
least when Prescott Bush, the president's grandfather, was running money
to Hitler during World War II, they charged him under the Trading With the Enemy Act,
even if they returned all the money to the Bush family after the war
(See: Bushes,
Bush Bolt Hole).
See also U.S. National Security;
Combating Terrorism;
Congress' War Declaration Rights;
Anti Gun Lobby and
2nd Amendment
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