Bastards of War

The masters of war never give up. Even the thought of diplomacy or negotiation with a designated "enemy" fails to stop their bloodlust. AIPAC, the Republican congress, the Israeli prime minister and all the other followers of the war cabal could never accept talks with a nation like Iran. Every week it seems the consumate war purveyor, John McCain, has a pulpit on the Sunday national talk shows of main stream media.
Why is the media so enthralled with John McCain? Simple. He's a "war hero" who spent time in a POW camp in North Vietnam after he deliberately went off mission on a bombing run over Hanoi and was shot down by anti-aircraft fire. No one can question the torture or pain of his time as a prisoner of war. But, do we have to pander to his foolish and misguided view of the world that dicatates constant warfare? Apparently many of us think we do and the corporate masters make sure we constantly hear his destructive messages.
Then there's the Zionist, Benjamin Netanyahu. A blustering relic of times past that has revealed his racist nature time and again. He's never met a Palestinian he didn't hate it seems. Or maybe it's just "Arabs" in general as was seen in his recent re-election that included him crying out in the press the Arabs were trying to steal the election. He never bothered to mention the Arabs in question were legitimate citizens of Israel entitled to vote along side the non-Arab population. But the racist message seemed to work.
And Netanyahu has demonstrated his contempt for the black President time and again with numerous attempts to sabotage any possibility of peace talks with any Arab or Islamic nation or faction. Why have peace when an American financed military, including nuclear weapons, can be used to eradicate the indigenous people of the region that is now called Israel?  This has been the plan since the time of Ben Gurion in the early part of the 20th Century.
To question Israel's Zionist government always brings out the cries of "anti-semitism". We cannot question Israel in this nation without that outcry. Having a family history that includes my grandfather being forced out of Russia during the pogroms, I don't have a problem separating Judaism from Zionism. And there are millions in Israel that would concur but their voices will never be heard as long as the old guard Zionist governments continue. As long as the mainstream media fails to provide a balanced viewpoint of our world.
It saddens many of us to see the ghettos created by the Israeli government. They are strikingly similar to those created by the Nazis in Warsaw and throughout Europe during the lead up to and throughout World War II. I hesitate to make that analogy because it seems so vile but the reality of the West Bank and the lives of the Palestinians makes a compelling argument.
The bigger picture, however, is what and who is behind the constant hatred and violence. We can't believe the fanatics aligning themselves with the Muslim faith were created in a vacuum. The imposition of constant poverty, constant wars of imperialism that often took on the appearance of crusades by alleged Christian nations and the obvious plundering of natural resources by the rich oil barons surely has some role in creating these hate groups.
A century or more of occupation and colonial governments by the alleged Christian nations cannot be denied or overlooked as a source of hatred and discontent.
The Zionists constantly rant about "never again" but impose the very conditions they claim they don't want to occur again. And, they're forgetting their own history of being victimized, hated and killed for simply being who they are. Their repeat of such atrocities toward groups like Palestinians foments the fanatic backlash of suicide bombers and terrorist attacks around the world targeting them and their friends.
Using the creed of "an eye for an eye", or as Moshe Dayan once remarked there would be ten enemy killed for every Israeli killed, is a recipe for perpetual war.
For every action there will be a reaction and it all plays into the favor of the masters of war who reap the profits of humans killing humans in the sale of more and more destructive weapons and all that it entails in supplying armies of young cannon fodder.
When it comes to war the masters do not discriminate. They will sell to all sides to continue their profits. They simply see the individual warrior as a chess piece in the game of war which brings them huge profits.
Some might say this view is a twisted one. They actually believe the generals and politcians are running things. And that's what the masters of war in the military-industrial complex want us to believe. They hide in plain sight going about their destructive ways. They are the shadow government that owns the elected government by using their immense wealth to influence every election. They own the courts that have allowed them to throw even more money into buying the elections.
Their is a myth the American government has the interests of the citizens of this nation as the primary focus of their duties as elected officials. The not so hidden truth is their first priority is pleasing the masters who paid for their elections and will pay for their defeat should they not do as they demand.
The grand scheme in the modern "information age" has been to blitz the people with so many lies that the lies become the truth in the majority of the people's minds. Looking back to the Nazis we can find the seeds of this plan in the propaganda of Himmler and Goebels.
The grand scheme is to feign a desire to educate the people but actually create mindless followers of the masters' plan. The "dumbing down" of the American child has been under way for years. College freshmen more and more need remedial classes in writing, math and science in order to take prerequisite classes leading to a degree. The American educational system has fallen off a cliff. The American system trails far behind the top educational systems of the world in all areas.
But this is the plan. Keeping us consuming and stupid allows the masters of war to carry out the senseless wars with the majority of the people quite willing to sacrifice their sons and daughters in the spirit of patriotism. The majority of the population will cheer and wave flags as the preparation for one more war begins. They'll decorate their cars and homes with yellow ribbons and red, white and blue bunting to show their approval.
The other great tool of the masters is FEAR. They skillfully manipulate the media to present the world as a place to be afraid. There is always a threat to the "homeland". There are always demons who hate us because we are "free". And it goes back to the imposition of violence, poverty and occupation in far away lands perpetuated by the masters of war. Iraq in 2003 is a perfect example of how they took a nation that had an American imposed dictator in charge. But at least the people of Iraq lived without sectarian violence and hatred so evident today. Sunni married Shiite and lived in the same neighborhoods with each other.
Enter the masters of war under the guise of the American President, George Bush. The disruptions of economy and infrastructure, the devastation of "shock and awe" killing families, killing children and the imposition of an overseer like Paul Bremer led to the total disruption of the Iraqi society. Anarchy prevailed. Sectarian hatred and violence was promoted by the American handling of the occupation that came after the bombing and cruise missile attacks.
It was a familar strategy. The Phoenix  Program used in Vietnam was the model the masters of war followed. Create division and chaos that leads to violence and hatred among the occupied people. The hatred for the occupiers was a secondary gain that kept the American fear going. You kill a family's children, you create an insurgent or terrorist.
The masters will exploit every facet of poverty and the resulting violence to subdue the masses. They want total power and use their military and militarized police forces to enforce their power. Occupy movements, peace movements and free speech movements are bullied, infiltrated and destroyed if at all possible. Trying to globalize or nationalize protest is made nearly impossible.
My thoughts are my own but over 6 decades on the planet I've seen the patterns repeat themselves so many times I'm convinced there are no coincidences. We are at the mercy of the bastards of war. And failing to resist is failing our children and the future generations that follow us.