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5% Protest Vote Against Military-Industrial Complex; Gary Johnson 4 Prez!

by Breaking Bipartisan Corruption
Since both Republicans and Democrats are heavily dependent upon lobbyist contributions from the military-industrial complex, our only result on Nov. 7th will be more of the same status quo whether it be Tweedledee Omaba or Tweedledum Romney. Please help break the bipartisan grip on democracy by giving third party Libertarian and anti-war candidate Gary Johnson your vote today!!
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"WAIKIKI, October 30, 2012 – Both President Obama and Vice President Biden gave the American people a stunning revelation of their view of the military during the debates. The Obama Administration wants to bulk up on special operations forces and unmanned aerial vehicles, sharpening the post-9/11 transition towards anti-terrorism, counterinsurgency and combating non-state actors in asymmetric warfare. This paradigm places the United States on a slippery slope towards endless military engagement and raises troubling questions about whether or not Congress even retains war powers in our 21st century.

The framers of the Constitution fully intended for the American people to be in the loop when the United States goes to war. Nothing imperils a nation so terribly as committing military forces to combat. This is why Article I, Section 8 grants Congress alone the power to declare war: so that the American people through the House and the States, through the Senate, make the call on whether or not a conflict is worth spending treasure and shedding blood over.

Today, the ongoing War on Terror has eroded the original intent of the framers and has given rise to a near-imperial presidency where commandos and drones are routinely employed in combat all around the world without the American people being given the opportunity to determine whether or not these campaigns are even in their best interest. Congress has effectively been placed in the backseat to the expeditions of the President, left only to retroactively approve whatever conflicts he starts.


The Global War on Terror has revolutionized both America's military operations and the nation's view of war. (U.S. Air Force file photo)

With America sixteen trillion dollars in debt and 6,500 servicemembers or more killed in the ongoing War on Terror, this country needs to have a serious fiscal, legal and moral discussion about the proper role and function of our military. Is our military for national emergencies only – as the framers intended – or is it a global police force? Just when can our forces finally “declare victory” and come back home? When does the War on Terror actually end?

In January 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Secretary of State John Foster Dulles spoke at the Council on Foreign Relations and aptly warned, “If the enemy could pick his time and his place and his method of warfare – and if our policy was to remain the traditional one of meeting aggression by direct and local opposition – then we had to be ready to fight in the Arctic and in the tropics, in Asia, in the Near East and in Europe; by sea, by land, and by air; by old weapons and by new weapons.”

America’s policymakers once feared the prospect of fighting a global war but today no such reservations exist. Contrast Dulles’ words with present-day SECDEF Leon Panetta who, when asked by CBS’ Scott Pelly “In how many countries are we currently engaged in a shooting war?” responded “I’ll have to stop and think about that, because you know, obviously we’re going after al Qaeda, wherever they’re at.”

The implications of fighting a global, never-ending war against non-state enemies that can seamlessly blend in with populations should concern every single man and woman in America. In the past, America fought wars that were properly declared by Congress, won, and quickly went home. Today, we have no such homecomings to look forward to and no shortage of “enemies” to fight.

One Russian officer who fought during the Soviet war in Afghanistan remarked that he and his forces would go out every day and annihilate their opponents on the field of battle – but the next day, their enemies would emerge again from the caves, as if nothing had happened the day before. We ought to listen to that warning and ask ourselves whether fighting an apocalyptic-minded enemy that keeps coming back for more is really worth fighting all around the world.


In the past, America's policymakers feared committing troops to combat around the world and sought to deter rather than engage in endless war. (U.S. Air Force file photo)

You don’t have to be a member of the Libertarian Party to see that America needs to urgently change its attitude and policies towards war. We need to stop putting our young men and women in harm’s way, bring our troops home and focus on rebuilding America’s ever-weakening economy. Even the RAND Corporation released a report in 2008 which asserted no battlefield solution to terrorism exists. In that study, of 268 terrorist groups studied, 43% of them were terminated as a result of politics and only 7% ended as a result of military force.

It’s time to stop wasting our existence on endless war and start living in peace again.

Our military should serve the purpose of defense of our territories and use in national emergencies only – not police actions around the globe. As one retired U.S. Navy captain put it, “success in military strategy lies in not fighting. The ideal outcome is to deter and avoid war without surrendering national security or yielding on vital national interests.”

The Bible’s prophet Daniel had an alarming vision in which an angel told him “War will continue until the end”. But we also know from Scripture that “the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance forever.” Seeking peace is the right thing to do and will bring honor and prosperity back to our nation.

In this year's presidential election, there is only one candidate who gets it when it comes to the right and proper role of the U.S. military, and that man is Gary Johnson. Now more than ever, votes for Johnson matter because they declare to the world that there are some of us in America who still want peace above all else."

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http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/making-waves-hawaii-perspective-washington-politic/2012/oct/30/an-end-to-endless-war/




comment from Green Liberty Party candidate Mark Miller;




Ever feel caught between a rock and a hard place on election day?


Why are both Democrats and Republicans similar to the Hollywood created serial killers "Jason Voorhees" and "Micheal Myers"?


In another comment i compared Romney and Obama to the fictitious serial killers from Friday the 13th (Jason Voorhees) and Halloween (Micheal Myers).



Why is Jason Voorhees a "nicer" serial killer than Micheal Myers?

Jason Voorhees was accidentally killed by drowning by the negligence of camp counselors as he was developmentally disabled and couldn't swim, so he persists on a series of anniversary killings to get revenge for the killing of his mother on Friday the 13th and his own drowning due to the negligence of others.

Micheal Myers wanted to and tried repeatedly to kill his sister for no apparent reason. As his psychiatrist Dr. Loomis says, Micheal Myers is "pure evil."

The analogy would be Barack Obama is Jason Voorhees (the lesser evil) and Mitt Romney is Micheal Myers (pure evil).

Either way by the end of the movie we'll all be dead regardless of their personal motivations or degrees of lesser evilism. Both Jason Voorhees and Micheal Myers are killing machines despite their differences of motive. The people of the U.S. are the willing victims who sign their lives over to the military-industrial complex.

If we want to escape the trap of bipartisan support for the military-industrial complex and never ending war we all need to take a leap and try to support the neglected third party candidates. When both Obama and Romney answer to their campaign contributer lobbyists from the military-industrial complex we are guaranteed more overseas military excursions and CIA created boogeymen like Al Queda. do we want to listen to the never ending story of U.S. military empire building activities or do we want to tell our own story of liberty and independence from military weapons contractors??

Can we ever escape the death grips of Barack "Jason Voorhees" Obama and Mitt "Micheal Myers" Romney?

By voting for a third party candidate we can break free of bipartisan corruption!!




I used to think that the day would never come...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzeNAUOp17c&feature=related


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