Mitt’s Military: a march to Armageddon

$718 billion. $722 billion. 0. $2 TRILLION.

The first number is America’s 2012 military budget. And this does NOT include the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (the military budgets of past years did not include those wars either!). These wars have cost nearly $1 TRILLION dollars to date, and costs will continue soaring for decades to come.

The second numbers is the military spending of THE NEXT 14 countries combined. America has always had this kind of spending disparity.

The 0? This is the number nations that truly threaten us, long or short term. This number has been about the same since the end of WWII. Contrary to popular belief, largely driven by fear and a lack of perspective on reality and history the Communist world was not a threat. We were allies with the Soviets and China during WWII. Vietnam and red loathing were more the result of raw emotionalism and a lack of understanding that Vietnam and China just wanted to be free of the yoke of colonialism.

The fourth number: despite this historic lack of lethal enemies, during a time when we and the world should be relishing a real “peace dividend” Mitt Romney and the Republicans want to VASTLY increase this already obscenely gargantuan military spending by TWO TRILLION DOLLARS, $2,000,000,000,000.

This is pure arrogance. It is the same arrogance as the Bush neocons who waged illegal, immoral and counterproductive war based on lies and an egotistical sense of superiority. For them might makes right, regardless of how contrary to justice and morality.

In fact, where your treasure is so goes your heart. Such fear-induced negative attitude-based military spending WILL become a self-fulfilling prophecy leading to Armageddon.

Ironically, what will lead to peace is more effort on the POSITIVE. Stuff like, well, Big Bird! Yet Mitt Romney and Republicans want to cut all spending on PBS, a truly great organization.

As Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted, cutting PBS support (0.012% of budget) to help balance the Federal budget is like deleting text files to make room on your 500 Gig hard drive. All Mitt would have to do is take just .002225% off his proposed military increase and he could save Big Bird. But to that he gives the big bird.

As has been said, and forgotten, many times before: those who forget—or ignore—their history are doomed to repeat it.