But not even slower growth is enough when you have an empire to maintain worldwide, so the House majority slipped into the military spending bill an extra $89 billion for an emergency war fund. Such “emergency” spending is not addressed in the growth caps placed on the military under the 2011 budget control act. It is a loophole filled by Congress with Fed-printed money.
Ironically, a good deal of this “emergency” money will go to President Obama’s war on ISIS even though neither the House nor the Senate has debated – let alone authorized – that war! Although House leadership allowed 135 amendments to the defense bill – with many on minor issues like regulations on fire hoses – an effort by a small group of Representatives to introduce an amendment to debate the current US war in Iraq and Syria was rejected.
The defense authorization bill also seeks to send yet more weapons into Iraq. This time the House wants to send weapons directly to the Kurds in northern Iraq without the approval of the Iraqi government. Although these weapons are supposed to be used to fight ISIS, we know from too many prior examples that they often find their way into the hands of the very people we are fighting. Also, arming an ethnic group seeking to break away from Baghdad and form a new state is an unwise infringement of the sovereignty of Iraq. It is one thing to endorse the idea of secession as a way to reduce the possibility of violence, but it is quite something else to arm one side and implicitly back its demands.
While the neocons keep pushing the lie that the military budget is shrinking under the Obama Administration, the opposite is true. As the CATO Institute pointed out recently, President George W. Bush’s average defense budget was $601 billion, while during the Obama administration the average has been $687 billion. This bill is just another example of this unhealthy trend.
Next year’s military spending plan keeps the US on track toward destruction of its economy at home while provoking new resentment over US interventionism overseas. It is a recipe for disaster. Let’s hope for either a presidential veto, or that on final passage Congress rejects this bad bill.
Tell Saudi not going to take over countries for them anymore to loot and pillage exchange for petro dollar..M O-Obama declares country with oil,nat gas,gold resources a terrorist country then Faux and all U S t v does phony propaganda push.
Truth is, our CIA invented the Muhjahadeen and ISIS. We’re creating pop-up enemies in order to keep the money flowing. And besides the flow to all the crooks, there is probably a substantial amount going to black projects we can’t even imagine.
West coaster
You forgot to include an old favorite, al-CIA-duh. That was a biggy in the made up terror game for a long time.
We will eventually put “boots on the ground” to defeat ISIS in Iraq, since the Iraqi army that the US has spent 25 billion to equip and train is completely worthless, but continue to arm “moderate” rebels in Syria to overthrow Assad, because Israel wants it and to reduce Iranian influence in the area.
Yeah, that will work out well.
“President George W. Bush’s average defense budget was $601 billion, while during the Obama administration the average has been $687 billion.” ———– article
I’m going to be really really pissed once we hit a trillion dollar defense bill. Now you’re talking real money …. and then I will protest!!
Meanwhile, did you see the last episode of Dancing With The Stars? Awesome, man.
Less than 0.1% of Americans served their country yet 50% get served welfare by their productive countrymen and women; Vets know why the majority are FUBAR and voted for The Black Madhi who is working to destroy the hand that feeds them. Boy are the Useful Idiots going to go Postal when they figure it out in FEMA Santuaries (for whatever good it will do then).. . .