The Democratic Party platform in the 2004 election WAS NEARLY IDENTICAL to the GOP in regards to the military!! The NUMBER ONE--Numero UNO--item was a call for a "transformed" and hugely increased military!
This is deadly serious, my friends. How can we ever hope to improve our world when the two parties are identical in nature on the most important issue we will ever face? Perhaps the Dems were afraid of being beaten over the head with more false propaganda and a fearful public. Or maybe they/ WE ? (I don't know--are we really part of this Democratic party if they are so at odds with what we know to be right??) are being run, bought and sold by the same military/industrial powers that run the GOP.
If we who see the futility of an ever-increasing military do not have a voice in the Democratic party, then we MUST--MUST make a change. This is the pre-eminent issue, everything else pales by comparison.
The error of over-militarization is as obvious as it is logical. In our lifetimes we have never felt more insecure, yet we are spending more than ever since Bush has taken office. 9/11 had nothing to do with our military might, or that of any other country, yet the conspiratorial powers have used the resultant fear to explode military growth. Clinton's military budget was a relatively measly $240 BILLION, which was more than the next 11 nations COMBINED!
A friend sent this link www.truemajority.com/oreos/ to me--you may have seen it last year. This shows how much a LITTLE re-allotment of the military spending to our real human needs and foreign aid can have a huge beneficial impact.
Again however I must repeat what I said earlier: we Democrats must influence the party powers to adopt a NEW approach to our security that includes less military spending, more multi-lateral co-operation and recognition of root causes of conflicts and their proper resolution.
Or we bolt.
RFD 8/16/05
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