Shrink the Military!

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is crying to Congress that cuts in defense spending will lead to the Pentagon 'recalibrating' its defense strategy.

Funny, the government wants the American people to 'recalibrate' their dreams of prosperity and the 1% don't care... cutting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid - and a slew of other programs - is OK, but, Jesus, the Pentagon has to have those nuclear missiles and all that high-tech bullshit... Otherwise, the Department of Defense can't guarantee our safety.

But, we're not really talking about 'safety' here - we're talking about $$$! The Pentagon can 'lose' $30 billion dollars and Congress just shrugs and says, "If we cut military spending we'll have to re-think our strategy."

It's time we did just that.

The military of the United States is deployed in more than 150 countries around the world. (See Military Deployments)

It's time we brought the boys home... Let other nations protect themselves! There is no longer any threat from the Soviet Union... The only threat is 'Terrorism' - which is created by these deployments! The only way the terrorists can win is if they constitute a majority... if they constitute a majority then let their voice be heard - that's the 'democratic' way!

The problem is the Corporate Capitalists don't give a damn about 'democracy'. They want those natural resources. They want $$$. That's why they spend Billions to buy our so-called representatives.

Our problem is corporate greed, not 'terrorism'. That's the war that we need to fight. We need to send troops to occupy Wall Street. We need to send the Homeland Security to arrest the 1% and send them to Guantanamo Bay...

Corporate cruelty causes more casualties than so-called terrorism... But, who has the power to oppose it?

Surely, not the President or Congress. They are not about to 'bite the hand that feeds them'.

Eventually, the people are going to rise up and take care of their own problems.

Until that day comes, there can be no solution to our problems....