Military industrial complex is in charge

DEAR EDITOR:

After reading David Bond’s column on Afghanistan (Herald, Aug. 31), I wanted to respond with a simple truth.

Modern war has little to do with politics, the Taliban, 911, or nation building. Those things function well to distract the public and keep them occupied with CNN, Fox, MSNBC, etc.. It is a simple case of profit for the military industrial complex. They have been in charge since the Second World War.

The Iraq war was based on a lie, which enough of the world ate up, living in fear of the world’s last superpower, and afraid to disagree.

“You are either with us, or against us.” The Afghanistan “War on Terror” was started to catch Osama bin Laden… again a lie. He was most likely hiding in Pakistan, and most of the supposed 911 terrorists were from Saudi Arabia. But, of course, you can’t start a war with Saudi Arabia.

This latest “endless war” was created to suck money out of the American, European and even Canadian taxpayer, and straight into the coffers of large military corporations that could care less about the lives of soldiers. Stand by for the next incarnation of the “endless war” and all the political terrorism misinformation that will be required to sell it to the public. Cue the Ukraine, China, Russia ....

The cost of the Afghan war alone is estimated at $2.26 trillion. This does not include Iraq, Syria and other conflagrations. Imagine what that could have done to fix aging infrastructure, education and medical costs just for the United States.

It’s all about the money.

Just follow the money.