{"id":112230,"date":"2018-06-04T12:02:23","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T11:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=112230"},"modified":"2018-06-02T18:26:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T17:26:00","slug":"stopping-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2018\/06\/stopping-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"Stopping Terrorism!"},"content":{"rendered":"

29 May 2018<\/p>\n

How to Stop Terrorist Attacks!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cIf I were the president, I could stop terrorist attacks against the United States in a few days. Permanently. I would first apologize to all the widows and orphans, the tortured and impoverished, and all the many millions of other victims of American imperialism. Then I would announce, in all sincerity, to every corner of the world, that America\u2019s global interventions have come to an end, and inform Israel that it is no longer the 51st state of the USA but now \u2014 oddly enough \u2014 a foreign country. Would then reduce the military budget by at least 90% and use the savings to pay reparations to the victims. There would be more than enough money. One year\u2019s military budget of 330 billion dollars (now 686 billion dollars) is equal to more than $18,000 an hour (now $36,000 an hour) for every hour since Jesus Christ was born. That\u2019s what I\u2019d do on my first three days in the White House. On the fourth day, I\u2019d be assassinated.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

— <\/em>William Blum, author of Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions since World War II, <\/em>and Rogue State: A Guide to the World\u2019s Only Superpower<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower was right in 1960 when he warned about the undue influence of the military-industrial complex (MIC). It\u2019s much worse today than he could have ever imagined 58 years ago.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a quote to ponder from American novelist E.L. Doctorow:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bomb was first a weapon.\u00a0 Then it became our diplomacy.\u00a0 Then it became our economy.\u00a0 Then it became our identity.\u00a0 We have become the people of the bomb.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I would add that in spiritual terms the military-industrial complex and the bomb are forms of demonic possession.<\/p>\n

The US is great at telling other countries to give up the bomb: Libya, North Korea, Iran, etc. but God forbid the US consider giving up the bomb.\u00a0 What ever happened to the spiritual principle of leading by example?\u00a0 And what about us leading by example?<\/p>\n

Make Peace Not War!<\/strong><\/p>\n