Former Congressman Ron Paul has warned that the Neocons have taken control of the White House and intend to start a major war in the Middle East, using Syria as the catalyst.
Last month, President Trump signed the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill for 2018, and admitted that it was a bad idea. As he said in the signing ceremony, “there are a lot of things that we shouldn’t have had in this bill, but we were, in a sense, forced — if we want to build our military…”
Ronpaullibertyreport.com reports: This is why I often say: forget about needing a third political party – we need a second political party! Trump is admitting that to fuel the warfare state and enrich the military-industrial complex, it was necessary to dump endless tax dollars into the welfare state.
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But no one “forced” President Trump to sign the bill. His party controls both houses of Congress. He knows that no one in Washington cares about deficits so he was more than willing to spread some Fed-created money at home to get his massive war spending boost.
And about the militarism funded by the bill? Defense Secretary James Mattis said at the same press conference that, “As the President noted, today we received the largest military budget in history, reversing many years of decline and unpredictable funding.”
He’s right and wrong at the same time. Yes it is another big increase in military spending. In fact the US continues to spend more than at least the next seven or so largest countries combined. But his statement is misleading. Where are these several years of decline? Did we somehow miss a massive reduction in military spending under President Obama? Did the last Administration close the thousands of military bases in more than 150 countries while we weren’t looking?
Of course not.
On militarism, the Obama Administration was just an extension of the Bush Administration, which was an extension of the militarism of the Clinton Administration. And so on. The military-industrial complex continues to generate record profits from fictitious enemies. The mainstream media continues to play the game, amplifying the war propaganda produced by the think tanks, which are funded by the big defense contractors.
This isn’t a conspiracy theory. This is conspiracy fact. Enemies must be created to keep Washington rich, even as the rest of the country suffers from the destruction of the dollar. That is why the neocons continue to do very well in this Administration.
While Trump and Mattis were celebrating big military spending increases, the president announced that John Bolton, one of the chief architects of the Iraq war debacle, would become his national security advisor. As former CIA analyst Paul Pillar has written, this is a man who, while at the State Department, demanded that intelligence analysts reach pre-determined conclusions about Iraq and WMDs. He cooked the books for war.
Bolton is on the record calling for war with Iran, North Korea, even Cuba! His return to a senior position in government is a return to the unconstitutional, immoral, and failed policies of pre-emptive war.
Make no mistake: the neocons are back and looking for another war. They’ve got the president’s ear. Iran? North Korea? Russia? China? Who’s next for the warmongers?
Sean Adl-Tabatabai
Ron Paul has warned that the Neocons have taken control of the White House and intend to start a major war in the Middle East, using Syria as the catalyst.
VERY VERY EXCITING IT IS TOO…….. CANT WAIT…….
“Trump is admitting that to fuel the warfare state and enrich the military-industrial complex, it was necessary to dump endless tax dollars into the welfare state.”
Trump admitted no such thing, Paul is an idiot who is just trying to make Trump look bad. This is not a budget and Trump doesnt have to follow it. Its an omnibus bill, meaning what is in the bill are only suggestions. Trump now has $ to build the wall. He outwitted his enemies, one more time. Ron Paul is supposed to be anti-establishment but he’s never done more than bash Trump, never supported him. Why?
Ron Paul is right again. I really wish HE was President. He would bring all the troops home, end the FED and the IRS, eliminate the income tax and so much more….