Again, I don't know the math or science, — csalisbury
Assuming is not a good thing. — Athena
How about our trouble with Iran begins during the Eisenhower administration because he used the CIA to create a rebellion in Iran that took out the democratically elected leader and put in his place a tyrant because the US wanted to be sure it had control of Iran and not the USSR. — Athena
That was a disaster as we brought in our troops making matters worse until the Iranians rebelled again and threw us out. I would be glad to go on about the wrongs done by our military-industrial complex, and how screwed the taxpayer is and how completely powerless we are if that is what people want to discuss. But that conversation would only be pathetic venting and do absolutely nothing to make things better. I am so angry about the perversion of our democracy and the place to make a difference is education. — Athena
Had we been paying the real price of oil from the 1950's until fracking, our gasoline would have cost at least as much as the Brits were paying for gasoline and many of us could not have afforded it because the real cost of oil is the military expense of controlling it and that went sky high during the Reagan administration when we took control of the Persian Gulf and granted arms to people like Sadam. — Athena
Bin Laden did not attack the people of the US. He attacked the military-industrial complex and we should have thanked him and taken advantage of this moment to take power away from the military-industrial complex — Athena
but really is that our biggist problem compared to global warming and doing to our water supply what we have done to our oil supply, and ----- — Athena
Does anyone remember when we thought our constitution prevented the federal government from controlling public education? — Athena
How about remembering when the government could not track us through education, banking, and medical care and now our cell phones? — Athena
What do you think of having to have a government-approved ID to ride public transportation? — Athena
And that wall we are building with taxpayer money walls us in and well as walling others out. — Athena
No more fleeing to Canada to avoid the draft p/quote]
I was in that demographic at the time and seriously considered that option.
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and the No Child Left Behind bill mandates schools to give military recruiters students names and addresses. — Athena
Bring it on, dump your anger here, — Athena
then maybe people will start taking discussion of education seriously. — Athena
This is supposed to be a philosophy forum and this thread is about the military-industrial complex and culture change. I didn't think this forum got political. — Athena
We were known around the world as a nation that stood against war. — Athena
Iran loved us because we helped them get rid of British control. Making America great again did not mean a military power controlled by neocons and paid for by taxpayers. — Athena
And our education was based on the Enlightenment, — Athena
not technology for military and industrial purpose which I have said is education for slaves and is destroying our democracy. — Athena
And on social media, the reaction was swift, with some heaping ridicule on the letter’s signatories — who include cultural luminaries like Margaret Atwood, Bill T. Jones and Wynton Marsalis, along with journalists and academics — for thin-skinnedness, privilege and, as one person put it, fear of loss of “relevance.”
When he talks about religion, however, his views are just a rehash of Christian-Lebanese political tactics. — alcontali
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