{"id":150981,"date":"2020-01-06T12:01:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T12:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=150981"},"modified":"2020-01-02T09:30:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T09:30:56","slug":"militarism-social-cancer-cold-sobering-reality-of-undeniable-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2020\/01\/militarism-social-cancer-cold-sobering-reality-of-undeniable-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Militarism: Social Cancer&#8211;Cold, Sobering Reality of Undeniable Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h3><em>Numbers don&#8217;t lie.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>1 Jan 2020 &#8211; <\/em>As we start the New Year, it might be worthwhile having a glimpse of what might be assumed to be priorities of one nation and think a bit about the implications for the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Might Does Not Make Right!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/budget-usa.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-150982 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/budget-usa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/budget-usa.png 601w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/budget-usa-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/budget-military-world.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-150983\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/budget-military-world.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/budget-military-world.png 350w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/budget-military-world-300x249.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Military_Expenditures_2018_country.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-150985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Military_Expenditures_2018_country.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Military_Expenditures_2018_country.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Military_Expenditures_2018_country-290x300.png 290w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Military_Expenditures_2018_country-990x1024.png 990w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Military_Expenditures_2018_country-768x794.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/nato-expenditure-military.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-150986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/nato-expenditure-military.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/nato-expenditure-military.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/nato-expenditure-military-222x300.jpeg 222w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/nato-expenditure-military-757x1024.jpeg 757w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/nato-expenditure-military-768x1039.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>\u201cState sovereignty is a goner. Bankism and Military Capitalism rule the world in all respects now.\u201d <\/i><br \/>\n<i>\u201cMilitaries are the ultimate manifestation of direct, structural and cultural violence\u2014a cancer that must be extirpated from humanity.<\/i>\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014 Antonio C. S. Rosa, M.A. | Editor <em>TRANSCEND Media Service<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>____________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Fred-Dubee.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-150952\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Fred-Dubee-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/em><em>Prof. Frederick Dubee, an advocate for the United Nations Global Compact since its inception in 2000, is a member of the <\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tpu\/\" >TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment<\/a>; professor (hc) BGI (formerly the Beijing Genomics Institute); executive director, Global Management Development Institute, Shanghai University; and teaches at the post graduate level in China, Switzerland and Australia. With extensive experience as an international business executive, his research interests focus on the role of business working in partnership with relevant stakeholders to overcome structural violence and accelerate sustainable development. Contact: <a href=\"mailto:freddubee@gmail.com\">freddubee@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 Jan 2020 &#8211; As we start the New Year, it might be worthwhile having a glimpse of what might be assumed to be priorities of one nation and think a bit about the implications for the rest of the world. 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