English: In January 2009, President of the United States of America, George W. Bush invited then President-Elect Barack Obama and former Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter for a Meeting and Lunch at The White House. Photo taken in the Oval Office at The White House. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Pentagon Memorial (Photo credit: \ Ryan)
United (States) Parcel Service. (Photo credit: matt.hintsa)
By DR. ABDUL RUFF
[Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal, Educationist, Chronicler of Foreign occupations & Freedom movements (Palestine, Kashmir, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Xinjiang, Chechnya, etc.) Chancellor-Founder of Centor for International Affairs(CIA); Specialist on State Terrorism ; Commentator on world affairs & sport fixings, Expert on Mideast Affairs,Former university Teacher; Editor:INTERNATIONAL OPINION; Editor: FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES; Palestine Times: RANDOM THOUGHTS; (http://abdulrubb.wordpress.com); website: http://abdulruff.wordpress.com/ mail: abdulruff_jnu@yahoo.com]
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US military budget has harmed humanity. even while populations continue face greater problem of sustenance and even existence as humans with status, the American and other regimes keep raising the budget for militaries by stealing from welfare sectors. With CIA engineering regional tensions, every nation is forced to cut social schemes and add more resources for military and spend the money on terror goods form USA and its allies. USA is using WB and IMF to coerce the developing nations to cut social sector spending and subsidies meant for common masses.
For decades, it’s been a Holy Grail of progressive activists in the USA: Cut the bloated Pentagon budget and use the money for human needs instead. But US terrorist presidents increased military spending. Obama and Congress have made it this simple. The “grand bargain” that President Obama is seeking with Republicans who want to protect the bloated Pentagon budget would do three key things: 1. protect the bloated Pentagon budget; 2. cut Social Security and veterans’ benefits; and 3. raise taxes.
According to capitalist circles controlling the White House and neoconic Washington consensus, Obama’s proposal to cut Social Security is essential to the “grand bargain.” Indeed, cutting Social Security and veterans’ benefits while protecting the bloated Pentagon budget appears to be the core purpose of the “grand bargain.”
Democratic Bill Clinton and his Republican friend Bush Jr tried to privatize Social Security and add more resources to Pentagon terror infrastructure. Media as usual supported the state apparatus. But people defeated them
Both political outfits regulated by arms-liquor-oil lobbyists behave in tandem and ignore popular concerns.
Let the congress Obama fail to sustain a Pentagon of rogues and save humanity
Let all regime also cut military spending and make the spending transparent.
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د. عبد راف
FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES 