As far as I can tell, whatever the actual percentage of people that get that we are all being taken for a ride to slavery, the plan is to minimize the number of casualties from all sides of the geopolitical spectrum around the entire world. How many lives would be lost in a traditional kinetic war? Any and all casualties in that instance should be viewed as a complete waste of our combined resource potential. That is the fundamental result of WAR. I have always thought of war as a great acronym for battles we wage on each other. Waste All Resources. Once upon a time war made a bit of sense in that the winners billed the losers. The current state of post war actions usually means that the US and maybe... MAYBE an ally or two would help rebuild whatever rubble heap is left behind.

I also have a real problem with the use of the word DEFENSE in our Military budget as I have not seen any large scale traditional warfare inside the border of these United States in my 63 years of riding around in circles. WE as a nation have waged warfare on other people's "fields" for the last century or so. That seems pretty damned offensive to my thinking. Color whatever label you wish to slap on me now.... IDGAF what you think of me. Never have, likely never will. This nation was better of confined to our sphere of influence.... ie the Americas. Monroe doctrine? The massive decline of our freedoms and value of the DOLLAR has been a series of roller coasters dips and climbs. As you all no doubt realize as it pertains to roller COASTERS, eventually the ride ends. Until the next utilization of energy takes you back to the highest point where the process of dips and climbs begins again. Geez that sorts of sounds like fun until you realize you are stuck in the "hamster wheel" that certain "forward" thinking bloodlines monitor and maniopulate for one solitary purpose. The eventual enslavement of everyone that is not THEM.

That my 2 cents worth in two long paragraphs that I am sure has an old English teacher or 3 from my days in school wondering why I could never turn in an essay assignment. But that's another story for another time.