With just a few months left to reach a deal to avoid some minor cuts to the record military spending budget, Congressional hawks are increasing their doomsday rhetoric about the cuts, and desperately looking for a way to bypass them.
Leading the charge, as always, is war enthusiast Sen. Lindsey Graham (R – SC), who insisted that going back on the promised cuts would be a great chance for Congress to prove that America is committed to its massive military.
“The date on the debt is an opportunity to send the world a signal that we are going to remain the strongest military force in the world,” Graham said, adding that “we’re going to keep it, and we’re going to make it the No. 1 priority of a broke nation.”
Graham went on to argue that the US is on the cusp of a war with Syria, and was almost certain to attack Iran later in the summer, and that these new adventures justified the continued spending.
Scrap the war plans against the people of Syria and Iran, bring ALL the troops home, and starve the giant bloodsucking leaches at the pentagon.
Poor Lindsey Graham is such an unlikely looking "hawk". It is like experiencing a Don Knotts type of guy threaten to "whip everyone's ass" in a crowded barroom. On the other hand, I have personally been bitten more often by chihuahuas than by any other breed of dog.
Were there ever any doubts? Let's not forget that the "cuts" really mean an increase in expending. So, I guess what this really means is that they're looking to increase the increase on spending. Yee haa! But, of course, since we're now going against China, we're really, really, really going to need that extra money…after we borrow it from China, of course.
Justified vengeance in self-defense — Is it really terrorism?
Graham failed to mention the main reason why our Empire can never give up its giant military, the plundered wealth that needs to be protected, the spoils of our imperial wars that we have hoarded. For the world is filled with righteous indignation and vengeance because of our greed, a thing our war-hawks call “terrorism,” all to hide our brutal imperialism.