Thursday, October 22, 2009

Should we be in Afghanistan

We should not be engaging in either imperialism or hegemony. The invasion of Afghanistan is one of the two. It is not to fight terrorism. "Fighting terrorism" is only an excuse to engage in imperialism and/or hegemony.

If we really wanted to sever the aorta of the terrorist financial system, we would just legalize drugs, or at least marijuana in the case of Afghanistan.

But we (our government, military & financial establishemt) don’t. We want control. We want imperialism. We want financial hegemony over the world.

So we go to war and spend more money and lives in a futile, phony effort.


Ref: John Perkins, Conscience of an Economic Hit Man