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In reply to the discussion: It's Just Shocking What the Drone War Cheerleaders Are Willing to Say Out Loud [View all]Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)is actually a distraction from the REAL issue, which is why the U.S. government is interfering (and has been interfering for my entire lifetime) in the Middle East.
Oil. Yeah, so instead of finding alternatives to oil to reduce our dependency on the Middle East, we spend literally trillions on military actions against those countries.
What if we had spent those trillions on:
1. Crash programs to find and utilize alternative sources of energy?
2. Mass transit in every city over 250,000 and bus and van programs in smaller communities to cut down on auto use?
3. High-speed rail to cut down on the need for short-hop plane travel?
4. Retrofitting of suburbs to facilitate walking, cycling, and transit?
Oh, but then the middle-aged little boys who like to watch things go boom wouldn't get to feel all macho and stuff. Besides, those projects might actually create jobs, and then we wouldn't have a poverty draft.