(I am SICK OF WAR – ARE YOU? dO
WE EVEN HAVE A CLUE WHY WE ARE AT WAR – CONTINUOUSLY?? AMERICANS PAY THE PRICE IN BLOOD AND TREASURE –
AND NO one ASKS wTF ARE WE DOINg?
ThIS IS NOT THE FIRST POST ON
THE SUBJECT, BUT THIS ARTICLE HOMES IN ON THE CAUSE – LIKE IT OR LUMP IT! – CL)
IN BRIEF
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The Facts:
The highest ranking
marine and most decorated US solider at the time, Smedley, told the truth about war in 1935 and
how it's not what we really think it is. It's not about protection from harm,
it's about big business and special interests.
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Reflect On:
Why do so many people
believe that war is necessary, and that the military establishment is here to
protect our freedom? Is it true, or is it simply propaganda to blind us from
what's really going on?
War is not what most people think it is. We’re told that
war is necessary, that soldiers are and have been overseas ‘fighting for our
freedom’ and sacrificing their lives in order to keep our homeland safe. It’s a
narrative that’s still pushed today and it’s backed by a massive propaganda
campaign that beams patriotism into the hearts of the masses; meanwhile, very
few people ever question what’s actually happening. We are made to believe
that war and the entire military establishment are necessities, but they’re
not. People have been sharing this opinion for a very long time, those of
us who actually think for ourselves instead of simply believing everything
that’s presented to us without ever questioning it. Take Mark Twain, for
example, who explained the behaviour of the global elite to which I am
referring to quite well:
The statesman will invent cheap lies, putting the blame
upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those
conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to
examine any refutations of them: and thus he will by and by convince himself
the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this
process of grotesque self-deception. (source)
Today, this represents so much
more than an opinion. In order to keep patriotism flowing and money
feeding into the military industrial complex, we are made to believe war is
necessary. More people have become aware of
what’s known as ‘false flag’ terrorism. One of the more recent
examples of false-flag terrorism would be the supposed chemical gas attack in
Syria. False-flag terrorism means that these acts were covertly
carried out by one country (in this case it was the United States) and blamed
on the home country (Syria), all for the purpose of justifying a specific goal
(US military intervention). It’s important to keep in mind that these aren’t
just beliefs, they’re facts that are backed by tremendous amounts of evidence,
so much so that current presidential candidate and military veteran Tulsi
Gabbard, who introduced the Stop Arming Terrorists Act, the terms of which her
website outlines succinctly: “The legislation would prohibit the U.S.
government from using American taxpayer dollars to provide funding, weapons,
training, and intelligence support to groups like the Levant Front, Fursan al
Ha and other allies of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, al-Qaeda and ISIS, or to countries
who are providing direct or indirect support to those same
groups.” Gabbard herself was quoted as saying that the “CIA
has also been funneling weapons and money through Saudi Arabia,
Turkey, Qatar and others who provide direct and indirect support to groups like
ISIS and al-Qaeda. This support has allowed al-Qaeda and their fellow terrorist
organizations to establish strongholds throughout Syria, including in Aleppo.”
The idea that the latest gas attack in Syria was
fabricated by the western military alliance in order to justify intervention in
that country clearly outlines how ‘fake’ things are. These fake terrorist
attacks, both home and abroad, are not only used to justify military action,
but also to take away our rights here at home and justify surveillance and a
heightened national security state. This article is not going to go into the
Syria attacks, but I put more information in a recent article titled “BBC Producer Blows The Whistle
& Admits The “Gas Attack” Footage From Syria “Was Staged.”
Another example of false-flag terrorism would
be 9/11, as all of the witness
testimonies and published research suggest
it was a controlled demolition, and many believe it was orchestrated
by the US government.
Think about that for a
second: The same powers that claim to be protecting us from and fighting the
‘war on terror’ could be the same ones creating it.
This is why I wanted to share a portion of the
work of Smedley Darlington Butler, a United States Marine Corps Major
General, the highest rank authorized at that time, and at the time
of his death the most decorated Marine in U.S. history.
What better person to
hear it from than a source like this?
This is an excerpt from a speech delivered in
1933 by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC. I obtained these excerpts
from Dr. Paul Craig Roberts. You
can access General Butler’s entire speech here.
War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as
something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small
inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the
very few at the expense of the masses.
I believe in adequate defense at the
coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we’ll
fight. The trouble with America is that when the
dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas
to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow
the flag.
I
wouldn’t go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the
bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of
our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket. There isn’t a trick in the racketeering bag
that the military gang is blind to. It has its “finger men” to point out
enemies, its “muscle men” to destroy enemies, its “brain men” to plan war
preparations, and a “Big Boss” Super-Nationalistic-Capitalism.
It may seem odd for me, a military man to
adopt such a comparison. Truthfulness compels me to. I spent thirty-three years
and four months in active military service as a member of this country’s most
agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from
Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my
time being a high class muscle-man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for
the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.
I
suspected I was just part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of it. Like
all the members of the military profession, I never had a thought of my own
until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in suspended animation
while I obeyed the orders of higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the
military service.
I helped make Mexico,
especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make
Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect
revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics
for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped
purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in
1909-1912 (where have I heard that name before?). I brought light to the
Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to
see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested. During those years, I had,
as the boys in the back room would say, a swell racket. Looking back on it, I
feel that I could have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to
operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.
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The Takeaway
There is intelligent
manipulation of human consciousness on several different levels happening, all
for the purpose of justifying the state’s actions within the minds of the
masses. Who is responsible for this manipulation? It’s the “invisible
government,” which has been referred to by countless presidents,
politicians and academicians for decades. As the father of public relations
Edward Bernay once said, this “invisible government” is the “true ruling power
of our country. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our
ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of.” (Propaganda, 1928)
The good news? The world
is clearly waking up to these facts, so much so that the global elite has
started censoring information. Youtube accounts have been demonetized and
Facebook reach has been limited for those sharing this kind of information.
The stronghold the elite had
over human consciousness was much greater just 10 years ago compared
to what it is today. We are finally starting to see the truth. We’re starting
to realize that the events taking place on our planet
aren’t always presented accurately to us.
Our perception of the planet and what has been
happening here is changing, and that’s a very encouraging thought.
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