>I quickly realize that my thoughts are based on today's mindset where questioning the government gets you labeled a conspiracy nut or traitor. I think this wa

>I quickly realize that my thoughts are based on today's mindset where questioning the government gets you labeled a conspiracy nut or traitor. I think this was true, pre-Snowden. The Snowden revelations confirmed what a lot of conspiracy theorists had been saying for long time. >Our current president was elected on promises of ending these wars and somehow he will go down in history as the champion of military occupation and perpetuating conflicts in places we don't belong. Yes and no. 1st term promise: to end the war in Iraq which we have removed ourselves. He said he would escalate the war in Afghanistan. He kept all of this. 2nd term promise: remove ourselves from Afghanistan by EOY 2014 which didn't happen. >Truth is that peace doesn't make money, it doesn't grease the wheels of industry, the difference is that where is the industry? A better question is who's profiting and who is losing. As a working class American, I've paid out to subsidize these businesses/war (almost one in the same) while literally nothing has come back to me. No job building bombs, no oil money, zilch. So I don't care about the MIC or this (in every way) destructive industry.