Discussing the Right Questions Regarding War

I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

Rayn: If WAR is the answer, then you’re asking THE WRONG QUESTION!!!

“War is not the answer”

“War is not the answer”

Brian J.: What’s the question?

Rayn: The best question: “What was first – Al Qaeda, or US Foreign Policy?”

"Question 1: What was first - the egg or the hen? Question 2: What was first - Al Qaeda or US foreign policy?"

“Question 1: What was first – the egg or the hen? Question 2: What was first – Al Qaeda or US foreign policy?”

A good question: “What is ‘Blowback’?”

Terror ‘Blowback’ Burns CIA:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/terror-blowback-burns-cia-1182087.html
(note that it’s a Nov. 1998 article, so it’s pre-9/11 war politic!)

Peace is a Human Right!

The following debate originally took place upon my Facebook wall, after I posted artwork being shared by the page, “American Peace Cooperative“…

Rayn:

“Time to abolish war. Peace is a human right.”

“Time to abolish war. Peace is a human right.”

Brian J.: War isn’t a human right?

Rayn: Self-defense is a human right. “War is a racket.”Smedley Butler

Rayn: War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.” – George Orwell  (Click Here to Continue Reading This Post)

The Doublethink is Strong Among Neo-Liberals!

As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Being Anti-War,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

"EPIC FAIL!!!"

“EPIC FAIL!!!”

My Commentary: The Doublethink is strong with this one!

If WAR is the Answer, You’re Asking THE WRONG QUESTION!!!

As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “American Peace Cooperative,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

"War is not the answer"

“War is not the answer”

My Commentary: If WAR is the answer, then you’re asking THE WRONG QUESTION!!!

Discussing American Abandonment of Anti-War Movement Under Obama

The following correspondence originally took place on my Facebook wall, upon my post, “When it Comes to War, Life is Top-Heavy With Hypocrites“…

Rayn: Sad… Life is top-heavy with hypocrites.

"Anti-War Movement: 2007, 2012"

“Anti-War Movement: 2007, 2012”

Mehrdad S.: Terribly sad! We should ponder as to what happened during those 5 years.

Rayn: Obama happened. He filled the Anti-War movement with so much hope, they decided to take a four-year nap!

Mehrdad S.: To reach their ends, the politicians and the profiteers have brought the media under their control, which is no longer the “Mass Media”. It has been bought up and turned into Corporate Media at the service of what is no longer a “Democracy”, but a Corporatocarcy, a main element of which is the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex (and you rightly incorporated “Knowledge” into that). In 1983, 50 corporations controlled the majority of the news media in the US. Even then, this was considered a Media Monopoly. In 2004, only 5 corporations controlled the lion share of the US media industry (Now, I presume it might be even less). And the corporate media has been constantly at work, “Manufacturing Consent” of the people for the corporatocracy’s bloody projects of wars and suppression overseas, coupled with abolishing the hard-gained Civil Rights in the US itself. That might partly explain the big difference between now and 2007.

Rayn: Indeed, Mehrdad! The Mainstream Media Monopoly most definitely manufactures the consent of the governed! And, they typically utilize the Hegelian Dialectic of PROBLEM-REACTION-SOLUTION to do it… It’s sad, really… to know just how predictably herd-like the majority becomes in the face of “danger” and in the name of “safety”…

Mehrdad S.: True. They have a great number of psychiatrists and “academics” at their service who give them advice in their projects of horror mongering. There should always be something to horrify the ordinary people. Otherwise, what would be the future of the military-security-industrial complex ?