The idea that America can either pay for its massive social spending or pay for its massive military is a common enough statement, but is usually more often used as an argument against endless wars and runaway Pentagon budgets. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, oddly, opened his Memorial Day speech with exactly this option.
Insisting that the US has “two paths forward,” Romney presented the dilemma between “the pathway to Europe,” noting how much smaller European militaries are than in the early 20th century and how that had made them less influential, “to shrink our military smaller to pay for our social needs.”
Romney made it clear that he prefers the other option, in which the US keeps a massive military that is way bigger than any other power on the planet, and urged action against Syria. He also rattled off a list of enemies to be confronted militarily, including not just Iran, but Pakistan, Russia, China, Venezuela, and Mexico as well. Though his opening centered on the money issue, he provided no indication how he intended to pay for this military.
Romney was joined by Sen. John McCain (R – AZ), whose speech centered on how Memorial Day was a good chance to “fire up the grill” and how the holiday was the result of the death tolls in past wars, and that more wars were needed. The fairly run-of-the-mill speech was interrupted briefly when someone in the crowd interrupted and asked him about the USS Liberty. The man, who McCain termed a “jerk,” was quickly captured by Secret Service, though his fate is unknown.
It's unusual candor and a breakthrough in American political history. To date politicians have always claimed that American can do both. Guns and butter. Finally, here's a man with the courage to offer what he believes Americans really want: just guns.
Welcome Mr. Romney you are not the first, if elected, president whom is a vulture capitalist nor presenting the idea, you are not first in war mongering ideas, a big, gigantic militarism and other money spending matters, before you, just in last 20 years, it was George W. Bush and before him it was Bill Clinton and before him it has been 60 years of wars that US been involved in or created one or used his intelligent services to collaborate a Cop de eta in another countries, so welcome to the club of vultures’.
Both Romney and Obama bring a new meaning to the term Just War.
"All war, all the time."
I think Romney may be mistaken about that (…"more wars are what the American people want"…)…especially if they are told (and convinced) that the trade-off for "more wars" is less in their SS paychecks and fewer benefits (bennies they have now) from Medicare. If that sinks in, he'll find out dearly how the American people feel.
A large segment of the American people (a majority?) DO want more wars. The "reasoning" of these d***heads goes like this: "More wars means more bombs. More bombs means more overtime. More overtime means more money in my pocket. Therefore, more war is good."
Romney is making himself sound as a tool of the Zionist Neocon warmongers – such a stance will NOT get him elected in November.
As Sun Tsu – author of 'The Art of War' observed – "there has never been an instance in which a country benefitted by prolonged warfare" – and History has proven him correct.
Got to keep the 'military industrial complex' going – don't we – endless wars to bankrupt the country.
The guy is a card-carrying 1% who is also a warmonger.
There is something basically wrong with the American Psyche when a warmonger openly stand for war and militarism, and yet is a candidate for presidency and may even be elected.
With the exception of perhaps 5% of the population, the remaining Americans need a thorough brain laundering to get rid of decades of brain wash by the system.
Correction of typo:
There is something basically wrong with the American psyche when a warmonger openly stands for war and militarism, and yet is a candidate for presidency and may even be elected.
With the exception of perhaps 5% of the population, the remaining Americans need a thorough brain laundering to get rid of decades of brain wash by the system.
US citizens voted twice for a war enthusiast GWB
Lets see if they still wants more wars
I wouldn't expect anything else from an elitist, corporatist Republican. He's so much like Obamba, it's uncanny. I wonder if they were twins separated at birth.
It's very possible.. Their brains seem to be on the same track…