5/17/13, "Washington gets explicit: its 'war on terror' is permanent," Glenn Greenwald, UK Guardian
"Senior Obama officials tell the US Senate: the 'war', in limitless form, will continue for 'at least' another decade - or two."
"That the Obama administration is now repeatedly declaring that the "war on terror" will last at least another decade (or two) is vastly more significant than all three of this week's big media controversies (Benghazi, IRS, and AP/DOJ) combined....
It is hard to resist the conclusion that this war has no purpose other than its own eternal perpetuation. This war is not a means to any end but rather is the end in itself. Not only is it the end itself, but it is also its own fuel: it is precisely this endless war - justified in the name of stopping the threat of terrorism - that is the single greatest cause of that threat....
The Obama administration already claims the power to wage endless and boundless war, in virtually total secrecy, and without a single meaningful check or constraint. No institution with any power disputes this. To the contrary, the only ones which exert real influence - Congress, the courts, the establishment media, the plutocratic class - clearly favor its continuation and only think about how further to enable it. That will continue unless and until Americans begin to realize just what a mammoth price they're paying for this ongoing splurge of war spending and endless aggression." (end of article) via Free Republic
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Comment: Where are busloads of screaming anti-war protesters now? Silent. Proving they never cared about peace, they just wanted control of the country.
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