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Thread #111107   Message #2337763
Posted By: GUEST,Fantasma
11-May-08 - 02:31 PM
Thread Name: BS: Opposing war vs stopping & ending it
Subject: RE: BS: Opposing war vs stopping & ending it
Rapaire, you seem to have missed the fire sale on clues.

I have never claimed we should all join hands and overthrow the government, nor that we all head for the hills. You are spinning.

What I do not hesitate to point out is the hypocrisy of our political leaders, including the most popular politician(s) of the day like Obama, who are part of the problem, not the solution.

I advocate all the time for immediate withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan. I advocate all the time for closing all military bases around the world, and bringing ALL the troops--both US military and the mercenary armies we are funding (like Blackwater in Iraq) back to the US, and redistributing funds saved to peaceful uses.

I, along with Dennis Kucinich, advocate for a Dept. of Peace at the cabinet level, to oversee the demilitarization of the US empire.

Finally, at the end of the day there is one more important thing everyone should be quite clear about me NOT advocating: to vote for McCain, Clinton, or Obama as any kind of positive thing to do to help prevent our democracy falling over the precipice upon which it is now teetering--to a full blown fascist state, and any sort of continuation of corporate control over the federal government.

Obama will only make the problems we face worse.