{"id":87501,"date":"2017-10-25T08:08:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T12:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=87501"},"modified":"2017-10-25T08:08:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T12:08:28","slug":"why-americans-support-perpetual-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=87501","title":{"rendered":"Why Americans Support Perpetual Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By\u00a0Chris Kanthan
\nActivist Post<\/p>\n

\u201cWith great power, comes great responsibility\u201d \u2013 a quote from the movie,\u00a0Spider-Man<\/em>. However, the superpower known as America can\u2019t stop waging incessant, futile wars. With the tectonic changes in geopolitics, the callous American attitude can result in devastating global wars. Although one can justifiably blame the elites for this debacle, equally culpable are the American people who loudly cheer or silently bless the perpetual wars. Selling a war in the U.S. is like giving out candies on Halloween.<\/p>\n

At the very fundamental level, most Americans don\u2019t even realize that they live in an Empire. 250,000 US troops in 100+ countries around the world and a $700 billion budget? Not worth pondering. The credit for this astonishing ignorance goes to the tightly controlled corporate media and the educational system. Once the topic of Empire is completely eliminated from the vernacular, half of the logic disappears in the discussions about wars.<\/p>\n

Then the fact that the military-industrial complex thrives on wars is also totally omitted. Experts who stand to gain from wars are paraded on TV to inform the public about the great dangers of a scary foreign enemy. Then there are politicians who are all bought and paid for by the lobbyists from the military-banking-security complex. Corporate media also obediently regurgitates all the talking points of the Deep State.<\/p>\n

Americans just absorb and internalize all the biased information from pundits, politicians and the media without any filters. The question, \u201cCan this be propaganda?\u201d never crosses most people\u2019s minds.<\/p>\n

So, if you don\u2019t discuss imperialism and war-profiteering, what else is there to analyze? Only the country we want to attack.<\/p>\n

And what do Americans know about the targeted country? Virtually nothing. They don\u2019t know the geography, history, culture or the geopolitics of the country that is being demonized. The only information people get are slogan-filled, sensational talking points, which also get recycled over the decades:\u00a0Hitler \u2026 dictator \u2026 murderer \u2026 freedom\/democracy\u00a0<\/em>blah blah. For extra effect, add in\u00a0supports terrorists<\/em>. That\u2019s all Americans need to hear. Incited by a strange mix of power and paranoia, Americans cry, \u201cWoohoo! Let\u2019s bomb!\u201d<\/p>\n

The other country never gets a chance to defend itself. Americans never listen to the foreign leader or the foreign media.\u00a0That would just be a crazy idea!<\/em>\u00a0So America turns into a Grand Jury. American experts present the case and Americans always indict the defendant. Then the polls show that a vast majority of Americans are sufficiently brainwashed to support a military action, and the bombs start flying away.<\/p>\n

There is a reason that the social engineering elites broadcast World War II movies zillion times a month on cable TV. This archetypal propaganda has two myths:\u00a0America fights evil<\/em>and\u00a0America always wins<\/em>. This programming is so effective that certain words trigger a Pavlovian response in the public. If you analyze all the mainstream articles about the \u201cenemies\u201d we have attacked in the last few decades, you\u2019ll see the usage of the same words, phrases and themes.<\/p>\n

Americans don\u2019t see the patterns or the plots, since they have the memory of a goldfish.<\/p>\n

Question<\/strong>:\u00a0Didn\u2019t we just attack Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen, Libya and Syria?<\/em><\/p>\n

Answer<\/strong>:\u00a0No, I can\u2019t remember! All I know is Iran is evil<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The elites can sell a series of wars, one by one, and Americans will buy them. Heck, the elites can lay out the plan and say, \u201cWe are going to attack these countries in the coming years,\u201d but it just doesn\u2019t register. (Remember Wesley Clark\u2019s famous\u00a07 countries in 5 years<\/a>\u00a0plan? Or Brzezinski\u2019s book\u00a0The Grand Chessboard<\/em><\/a>\u00a0that laid out the vision for global hegemony? Or Neocon\u2019s \u201cProject for the New American Century\u201d paper?).<\/p>\n

The goldfish memory along with complete apathy towards foreign affairs also result in guilt-free wars.<\/p>\n

Question<\/strong>:\u00a0Didn\u2019t Libya use to be prosperous under Gaddafi? Isn\u2019t it now completely devastated and torn apart by civil war and jihadist groups?<\/em><\/p>\n

Answer<\/strong>:\u00a0I don\u2019t know, I don\u2019t care!<\/em><\/p>\n

The guilt is also washed away by fake humanitarian gestures such as accepting refugees. The\u00a0modus operandi<\/em>\u00a0is to destroy hundred homes in a foreign country and accept one family as a refugee. Or better yet, send ten families to Europe. Getting rid of a dictator and welcoming people into your country \u2026 that\u2019s double dose of oxytocin (the empathy hormone)!<\/p>\n

There are also no tangible consequences for supporting wars. First, it\u2019s not like the Vietnam War when regular Americans from Middle Class families fought and died. Second, America hasn\u2019t been devastated by wars like, say, Europe in WW II. Third, the government simply borrows more money to wage new wars. Thus, if you are not going to be physically or financially harmed, it\u2019s easy to support wars.\u00a0Borrow and bomb!<\/em><\/p>\n

The military adventures are treated like TV series. If \u201cSeason 1: Libya\u201d ends, Americans can\u2019t wait for \u201cSeason 2: Syria.\u201d They know that the episodes will be gripping and dramatic.\u00a0Terrorists, a nation being totally ruined in a civil war, an evil dictator struggling to survive, the CIA arming and training freedom fighters<\/em>\u00a0\u2026 it\u2019s gonna be a blockbuster! Just as they turn off their critical thinking while watching \u201creality\u201d shows, people simply consume the Hollywood-style scripts written by war propagandists. Theoretically, people could dismantle the mainstream narratives with a little bit of research. No, that would ruin all the fun.<\/p>\n

Most Americans don\u2019t realize that sanctions are acts of war, and proxy wars are just as bad as real wars. America\u2019s sanctions cripple nations and choke the economies, since the U.S. controls the global financial system. For example, half a million Iraqi children died in the 1990s after the US\/UN sanctions. As for the illegality of proxy wars, how would Americans feel if Syria sent guns and missiles to Antifa or the KKK? Without thinking through all these, Americans cheer on sanctions and arming rebels in other countries. (By the way, what\u2019s the difference between\u00a0rebels<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0terrorists<\/em>? Depends on which direction their weapons are aimed at).<\/p>\n

There\u2019s hardly any self-reflection in America. America\u2019s foreign-policy establishment is like a guy who gets into bar fights every weekend, and he always blames others. Since Americans don\u2019t care about history or geopolitics, they believe that this entertainment will go on forever.<\/p>\n

The fact is that America is like an alpha monkey that spends all day beating up younger male monkeys. This continues for a while until the alpha gets a little old and starts napping a lot. That\u2019s when the female monkeys in the harem sneak away to enjoy some romance with the younger males. Translating this jungle reality into geopolitics, the challengers are Russia and China. And, yes, America\u2019s vassal states around the world are already forging trade and military ties with Russia and China, and are exploring ways to get out of the Petrodollar system.<\/p>\n

America\u2019s foreign policy cannot be based on \u201cHarvey Weinstein Doctrine.\u201d Weinstein thinks that because he\u2019s rich and powerful, he has the right to violate women. When women refuse to sleep with him, he destroys their careers. America cannot demand loyalty and obeisance from other countries anymore. And we certainly shouldn\u2019t bully and bomb countries just because they choose to be independent. Weinstein doesn\u2019t believe in courtship, and the U.S. has lost the subtle and patient art of diplomacy.<\/p>\n

America can be an Empire or a Republic, but not both. An Empire is very expensive to maintain; it makes a lot of enemies around the world; and it sacrifices the homeland in order to desperately preserve its power abroad. America can be \u2013 or rather, can\u00a0only<\/em>\u00a0be \u2013 prosperous and strong without engaging in perpetual wars and aggression.<\/p>\n

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