World War III or Perpetual War?

A few years ago, I spoke to a former database administrator for a defense contractor to the CIA from the 1970s to the late 1990s who had to prepare reports for the Joint Chiefs every morning. He said, over the course of that time, there wasn't a day that went by that we weren't at war with someone, somewhere in the world. And this was before 9/11.

Take the philosophical thought experiment, "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" and replace it with, "If one nation makes war upon another, and no one reports on it, did that war really happen?" The modern science of mass manipulation through mainstream mesmerizing media and the distortions, lies and fabrications, incessantly pouring out of this media, has ensured that it hasn't, or if it has, it's not even close to what really occurred.  

“WWIII is a loaded term. It assumes that these mass murders that humanity calls war are isolated events with distinct beginnings and ends. This simplification obscures the multi-generational chain reactions that lead up to that moment when swords are drawn or missiles fly.

Of course, there is another reason that the public is rarely conscious of these chain reactions. The ruling class has learned long ago that the best way to take a nation to war is to trick them into it."

Remember, proxy wars are still wars.

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The Elite, the ‘Great Game’ and World War III

“The control of the US, and of global politics, by the wealthiest families of the planet is exercised in a powerful, profound and clandestine manner. This control began in Europe and has a continuity that can be traced back to the time when the bankers discovered it was more profitable to give loans to governments than to needy individuals.

These banking families and their subservient beneficiaries have come to own most major businesses over the two centuries during which they have secretly and increasingly organized themselves as controllers of governments worldwide and as arbiters of war and peace.

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GOP Wants to Declare WW III "Until the Termination of Hostilities"

Assuming that the following is real, and not a "red herring" serving to distract us from something like...oh, I don't know, the treasury tapping pension funds to help fund government...

Only three weeks after the Navy Seals, supposedly, shot Osama Bin Laden in the face, and, it appears an official declaration of endless war may be in the works.  Rep. Howard McKeon (R-Calif.), the chairman of the Armed Services Committee inserted  language - so broad and vague that it could essentially be used to justify anything -  into the 2012 National Defense Authorization Bill.  It authorizes the president to declare a state of permanent war (against all nations, organizations, and persons, both domestically and abroad), with no congressional approval required. It's to come up for a vote before congress soon. President Obama  did not request the sweeping powers, as it believes it already has all the authority it needs to wage the terror war.

This "sleeper provision" hidden deep in the text of defense bill could become "the single biggest hand-over of unchecked war authority from Congress to the executive branch in modern American history."  It fails to define enemies or borders, fails to define "hostilities", fails to define “belligerents,” who could be detained without trial until the end of time, and would grant the president – and every president that follows – sweeping new power to make war almost anywhere they suspect terrorists may reside - including, right here in the United States, against American citizens -  regardless of whether there has been any harm to U.S. citizens, or any attack on the United States, or any imminent threat of an attack.  Moreover, the bill requires that all arrests related to terrorism be treated as military arrests, thus circumventing the constitution.

The "sleeper provision" can be found on p. 134 of the H.R. 1540—FY12 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL

Congress affirms that:

(1) the United States is engaged in an armed conflict with al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and associated forces and that those entities continue to pose a threat to the United States and its citizens, both domestically and abroad;

(2) the President has the authority to use all necessary and appropriate force during the current armed conflict with al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and associated forces pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107–40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note);

(3) the current armed conflict includes nations, organization, and persons who—

(A) are part of, or are substantially supporting, al‐Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners; or

(B) have engaged in hostilities or have directly supported hostilities in aid of a nation, organization, or person described in subparagraph (A); and

(4) the President’s authority pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107–40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) includes the authority to detain belligerents, including persons described in paragraph (3), until the termination of hostilities.

The establishment media outlets (Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, etc.) are spinning the proposed language as harmless.  However, in a nation where activist equals terrorist, the ambiguity and wording of the bill is anything but harmless.
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House Democrats Protest GOP's plan for permanent war against terror. - Nearly three dozen House Democrats are calling on Republicans to withdraw a section of the 2012 defense authorization bill that they say would effectively declare a state of permanent war against unnamed Taliban and al Qaeda operatives.

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