Remnants of Soviet tanks in Afghanistan. Believe me when I say anyone’s society can appear quite different when you’re gazing back at it from across the seas thousands of miles from home.
I can imagine the Russian soldier sent by the maniacs in the Kremlin to Afghanistan in the 1980s, the man who saw what was happening to the people of Afghanistan, the soldier who, when put to life’s true tests, lost all faith in the Soviet “system.”
Imagine if the Soviet Union had been conducting drone warfare, crossing the sovereign borders of Pakistan. Would the United States have stood for this? Would this have been acceptable or unacceptable? If global drone warfare had been on the rise during the Cold War, could this not have sparked World War III?
Today it is convenient for many to believe that the trappings of the Cold War have completely "disappeared" or that a new global war couldn't happen. But the truth is wars often don't end, but boil under the surface of every society. Much nuclear weaponry is still intact in Russia and other powerful States. Up and coming States are growing more powerful through trade imbalances, have more powerful weaponry than before and are advancing. Contrary to propaganda, it is States, as well as changes in global balances of power, which pose a far greater threat than individual terrorists or groups of terrorists.
Why exactly is it acceptable today for the State to send countless drones with no true accountability across Pakistan’s borders? Who or what exactly controls these drones? Who exactly is in control of the State and our massive top secret surveillance complex that is going rogue and has become dangerously unaccountable to "We, the People"? What master does this Goliath surveillance-military-prison industrial complex serve? Is it truly in the interests of "We, the People" to further increase the size, scope and power of the surveillance-police State? What Pandora’s Box does this never-ending expansion open up?
More importantly, does the expansion of drone warfare abroad and the expansion of the surveillance-police State at home truly make "We, the People" more secure, as the high priests of the State claim? Or is this expansion nothing more than self-fulfilling prophecy? Does terrorism exist independently like a ghost, ready to strike out of nowhere with no rational basis in reality, as the State claims, somehow haunting us outside of our own artificial master-slave constructs and ever larger unaccountable and irresponsible "systems"?
Or, when you closely examine these claims of the State, do these claims not in fact on some level feed, agree with and support the same fear that terrorists hope to promote? When examined closely and truthfully, without the kind of propaganda we see on Corporate-State television, do not the lines between the State and the terrorist begin to blur? Are massive global constructs in fact in and of themselves a form of terrorism creating ever more crime and terror within our society and across the world? Who is holding those at the top accountable? Should those at the top be permitted to get away with every State-enabled scam under the sun, building false "systems" of injustice against "We, the People" ever larger?
What exactly have "We, the People," including our children and grandchildren, received in return for all our money and debt that is passed off onto our shoulders? This massive, highly questionable war-"profiteering"-driven complex, tremendous amounts of money pocketed by only a handful of our society, has not in reality made us more "secure," but LESS secure. We MUST recognize what is going on in reality and see it for what it is and for what it is costing us. The costs are too high, my friends. Our liberty and human rights, given to us by God-Nature, are NOT FOR SALE, PERIOD.
Which country shall the so-called "Global War on Terror" lead us to invade and occupy next? Are we already at war with more countries? Is economic warfare also a form of warfare? Again, exactly who pays the true costs? "We, the People" pay, not only with our sacrifices on the battlefield, but with higher costs of gasoline, with higher costs to eat, pay our rent and simply live.
(Note: Share this post! This is the fourth of a series of essays by author and Iraq War veteran Theodore Webb concerning questions about security and the true nature of the State. For a full description of the colossal dangers of the surveillance-police State, a full and thorough rebuttal of fear, a deconstruction of the claim that "handing over all our rights will make us 'secure,'" then read my novel, "The STARLING Connection.")
I can imagine the Russian soldier sent by the maniacs in the Kremlin to Afghanistan in the 1980s, the man who saw what was happening to the people of Afghanistan, the soldier who, when put to life’s true tests, lost all faith in the Soviet “system.”
Imagine if the Soviet Union had been conducting drone warfare, crossing the sovereign borders of Pakistan. Would the United States have stood for this? Would this have been acceptable or unacceptable? If global drone warfare had been on the rise during the Cold War, could this not have sparked World War III?
Today it is convenient for many to believe that the trappings of the Cold War have completely "disappeared" or that a new global war couldn't happen. But the truth is wars often don't end, but boil under the surface of every society. Much nuclear weaponry is still intact in Russia and other powerful States. Up and coming States are growing more powerful through trade imbalances, have more powerful weaponry than before and are advancing. Contrary to propaganda, it is States, as well as changes in global balances of power, which pose a far greater threat than individual terrorists or groups of terrorists.
Why exactly is it acceptable today for the State to send countless drones with no true accountability across Pakistan’s borders? Who or what exactly controls these drones? Who exactly is in control of the State and our massive top secret surveillance complex that is going rogue and has become dangerously unaccountable to "We, the People"? What master does this Goliath surveillance-military-prison industrial complex serve? Is it truly in the interests of "We, the People" to further increase the size, scope and power of the surveillance-police State? What Pandora’s Box does this never-ending expansion open up?
More importantly, does the expansion of drone warfare abroad and the expansion of the surveillance-police State at home truly make "We, the People" more secure, as the high priests of the State claim? Or is this expansion nothing more than self-fulfilling prophecy? Does terrorism exist independently like a ghost, ready to strike out of nowhere with no rational basis in reality, as the State claims, somehow haunting us outside of our own artificial master-slave constructs and ever larger unaccountable and irresponsible "systems"?
Or, when you closely examine these claims of the State, do these claims not in fact on some level feed, agree with and support the same fear that terrorists hope to promote? When examined closely and truthfully, without the kind of propaganda we see on Corporate-State television, do not the lines between the State and the terrorist begin to blur? Are massive global constructs in fact in and of themselves a form of terrorism creating ever more crime and terror within our society and across the world? Who is holding those at the top accountable? Should those at the top be permitted to get away with every State-enabled scam under the sun, building false "systems" of injustice against "We, the People" ever larger?
- If any one of these questions has even a single ounce of truth, then we must face the reality: In the tunnel vision of the State and its officialdom, there is no end to the so-called "Global War on Terror" and no end of wars such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- It is obvious there are people with questionable motives within our society who will keep any "war" going in perpetuity in order to line their pockets at all costs.
- No one knows the actual, real levels of threat, and if anyone did know, then he or she (particularly those at the top and in officialdom) wouldn't tell anyone the truth, but purposefully bend it to enrich themselves and their cronies.
- In reality, no matter what the threat level, the corrupt salesman never sleeps for the dangerous master he serves, constantly selling the vast expansion of the surveillance State which costs "We, the People" billions upon billions for new cameras, body scanners, computer systems and so on. And there are many hidden costs of this so-called "post-9-11 system."
- Likewise there is no end to the "war"-surveillance-drone-building profiteering that has taken place since 9-11.
What exactly have "We, the People," including our children and grandchildren, received in return for all our money and debt that is passed off onto our shoulders? This massive, highly questionable war-"profiteering"-driven complex, tremendous amounts of money pocketed by only a handful of our society, has not in reality made us more "secure," but LESS secure. We MUST recognize what is going on in reality and see it for what it is and for what it is costing us. The costs are too high, my friends. Our liberty and human rights, given to us by God-Nature, are NOT FOR SALE, PERIOD.
Which country shall the so-called "Global War on Terror" lead us to invade and occupy next? Are we already at war with more countries? Is economic warfare also a form of warfare? Again, exactly who pays the true costs? "We, the People" pay, not only with our sacrifices on the battlefield, but with higher costs of gasoline, with higher costs to eat, pay our rent and simply live.
(Note: Share this post! This is the fourth of a series of essays by author and Iraq War veteran Theodore Webb concerning questions about security and the true nature of the State. For a full description of the colossal dangers of the surveillance-police State, a full and thorough rebuttal of fear, a deconstruction of the claim that "handing over all our rights will make us 'secure,'" then read my novel, "The STARLING Connection.")
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