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By Ajax the Great (Pete Jackson)

(Originally posted on the True Spirit of America Party blog)

HOW TO SMASH THE PERMANENT WAR RACKET 

On the 20th anniversary of "Quagmire Accomplished" in Iraq, Dennis Kucinich wrote a great article about the utter disaster it has been, and the massive human costs and follies of wars of aggression in general.  I agree with him 100%.  Also, we should note that it was part of a much larger racket as well, that is, a state of permanent war that the oligarchs have been benefiting handsomely from for decades, all while cannibalizing our own country in the process, as Chris Hedges has noted in another good article.

My response to that article was as follows:

As Major General Smedley Butler said back on 1935, "War Is A Racket". It was true then, and is true now, *a fortiori*.

https://ratical.org/ratville/CAH/warisaracket.html 

I will note that bringing back the draft would not really solve anything. Conscription did not prevent Vietnam from dragging on, and even (largely) universal conscription still doesn't prevent Israel from their own perpetual war against Palestinians and occasionally other neighbors as well. And plenty of non-imperialisitic countries have all-volunteer militaries currently, because they know it's a strategically superior choice in the 21st century. 

And then, there is that annoying little detail that conscription is a form of slavery, of course. And the working class would still bear the overwhelming brunt of it, while the elites would still find a way to stay out of harm's way. The middle class, however, would be further hollowed out. 

Would it heal our divided nation if brought back today? That is very doubtful. I think it would look far more like the (often very racist) 1863 Draft Riots of NYC than the anti-war protests of the Vietnam era. 

In other words, the grass may look greener on the other side, but it still has to be mowed all the same. 

One good idea though would be my own variant of General Butler's idea, "consensual conscription", where for all wars going forward, it should be put up to a vote by those of military age. Those who vote no will be exempt, while those who abstain or vote yes will be eligible to be drafted into that war. And renew the vote every year. If the majority vote no, the war must end within 90 days, period. Also, raise the eligibility age to include people in their 40s, 50s and even early 60s. You know, those who are of the age to start the wars but not actually serve in them. Those who are 4F or CO would join the newly-created Human Shield Brigade, which is exactly what it sounds like: a sort of Peace Corps on steroids whose primary purpose is to nonviolently put their bodies on the line to protect civilian populations wherever they are deployed. 

Everyone would have skin in the game, and yet no one would be forced or coerced into participating in a war they do not believe in, or any war for that matter. 

And eradicating poverty with UBI, free college, single-payer Medicare for all, and stuff like that would also end the so-called "poverty draft" as well. Of course, that would mean we would have to (gasp!) pay our troops what they are actually worth, that is, significantly more than they are currently being paid. And since the federal government is Monetarily Sovereign, they could easily print their own money to do so.

Problem solved.

More details, not included in my response:

The Selective Service System should be put back into "deep standby" like it was from 1975-1980, where all registration is suspended.  Only reactivate the registration requirement when an actual draft is either in effect and/or likely will be in the near future.  And yes, if that ever does happen, women should be included as well.  It's really only fair, right?  What's good for the goose is good for the gander, and if you really want equality, you got it, Toyota!

For the record, the TSAP of course does not support bringing back an actual draft.  A country that needs a draft to defend itself deserves to lose, and any fair-weather "allies" unwilling or unable to defend themselves without the help of foreign conscript armies from halfway around the world also deserve to lose as well.  And if there were a truly "just war", conscription would be unnecessary, as volunteers would be plentiful.  But in those vanishingly rare instances where we are actually in a war of necessity, and volunteers are no longer enough, the sacrifice should be shared equally.  Not only in terms of gender, but also age, class, race, and so on as well.

If anything, the billionaires should go first, THEN we can talk about drafting the broader working class.

Regardless though, any conscription for the sole or primary purpose of social engineering, as opposed to absolute necessity for defense as a last resort, has absolutely zero place in a free society.  It is an alien culture that ultimately belongs to totalitarians.

Also, the half-century old War Powers Resolution of 1973 needs to be updated and tightened so the President cannot just start indefinitely undefined wars willy-nilly, and the President should be held fully liable for any damages resulting from the abuse of this power.  Wars or any war-adjacent military actions in foreign countries lasting more than 90 days should require a formal and official declaration of war by Congress per the Constitution, and if not must it be halted within 90 days, no exceptions.  No more indefinite or nebulous AUMFs without a very strict sunset clause.  No more decades-long quagmires ever again.  Like, EVER.  And the nuclear launch codes must be taken off of "hair trigger alert", and only given when the President's senior advisers approve.

And of course, the profit needs to be taken out of war.  The crony capitalism of the mercenary-industrial complex needs to end yesterday, full stop.  And all it would take would be a few tweaks of the tax code, plus the intestinal fortitude to actually enforce it.

As General Butler famously said, 

"TO HELL WITH WAR!"

"Either war is obsolete, or man is."

-- Buckminster Fuller

"War, what is it good for?  Absolutely NOTHING!"

-- Edwin Starr

"Come the war, come the avarice, come the war, come hell...Come attrition, come the reek of bones, come attrition, come hell...This is why, why we fight, why we lie awake...And this is why, this is why we fight..."

-- The Decemberists

"Now the labor leader's screaming when they close the missile plant, United Fruit screams at the Cuban shore. Call it peace or call it treason, call it love or call it reason, but I ain't marching anymore."

-- Phil Ochs

"I declare the war is over, it's over, it's over..."

-- Phil Ochs

"But the hardest thing I'll ask you, if you would only try, is take your children by their hands and look into their eyes.  And there you'll see the answer you should have seen before.  If we win the wars at home, there'll be no fighting anymore"

-- Phil Ochs 

THREE YEARS LATER, THE DEBATE IS  OVER

Three years later, the results are in, and now the debate is over for good:

Lockdowns don't work, and actually do more harm than good.

Masks don't work, except as a mind control device, and are far from harmless. 

Novel experimental gene therapies that speciously self-identify as "vaccines" not only don't work as advertised, but they have caused a LOT of excess deaths and serious injuries on balance.

Sweden got it right overall, as did Belarus, Nicaragua, Tanzania, the Faeroe Islands, and the 12 US states that (largely) eschewed lockdowns, mask mandates, and jab mandates, plus a few other states like Florida and Georgia that came to their senses quickly after seeing their early errors.

In other words, the powers that be in most of the world did literally EVERYTHING wrong in dealing with the pandemic, by design, and the very few things that could have actually helped save lives were deliberately ignored or censored.

The day of reckoning is NOW.  Seriously, NEVER AGAIN!

Any questions?

UPDATE:  Once again, it looks like Vitamin D was the closest thing to a magic bullet for this virus, especially along with Vitamin C and Zinc.  We see consilience across numerous studies and converging lines of evidence everywhere.  And that's also probably why all Nordic countries and Canada and Australia had such relatively low excess death rates, as all of these countries fortify their food (mostly flour, bread, and milk) with Vitamin D far more than the rest of the world does, while the USA generally only fortifies milk and most countries don't even fortify with Vitamin D at all.  Additionally, we also see that neither the official narrative, nor the "Scooby Doo" narrative that they wanted us to discover, have ever really jibed well at all with Occam's Razor. 

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Comment from Rasa:  As usual, another great article.  I will study it tomorrow & make further comment..........Next day.  War - Send those who vote for it to the front lines.  If they can't fight, their arthritis is kicking in, let them nurse the wounded or do other things, but be out there subject to injury & death - you asked for it.

And vaccines - no one is going to jab or stab me with any kind of poison nor will they do so to anyone under my care.  In the New Religion it will be like Christian Science or stricter - no jabs for anyone.  We will be totally vigilant concerning any kind of govt' interference, we will have Member lawyers to look for the interests of our children & all of us at all times.  The Patriarchy is a demonic tyrant out to destroy humanity.  It used to be foreigners, but now, let's face it, it's us.  We the people are the enemy of the shadow govt & we must not be lost sheep but eagles flying above looking down & seeing the Forest, not just the trees.  We must see & understand what is going on, & be alert & awake to it & prevent by any means their interference in our lives.  And that is my intention & what I leave behind for the future.  Pay attention to Brighteon & all the conspiracy sites.

AJAX SAYS:  Thank you very much, Rasa, and you're very welcome.