When Barack Obama ordered U.S. forces to intervene in the uprisings in Libya I sent him a letter voicing my disapproval of his actions. Last week, to my surprise, I got a response from the White House. I am sure it was a form letter that Barack Obama did not sit down and pen it himself; nevertheless, I am sure it would never have been sent to me if the comments made in it did not have his seal of approval.

This letter attempted to convince me that it is in America’s best interest to stand up for human rights whenever, and wherever, they were being infringed upon. In fact this letter stated, “Our commitment to human rights is an essential element of American foreign policy and one of our best national security assets.”

But, in my letter to Mr. Obama, I provided him with a quote that should be read, and understood, by all Americans. The quote came from a former U.S. president, John Quincy Adams, and he stated, “But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own…She well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication, in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy, and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standard of freedom.”

The other day someone made a statement that I found apt in describing myself. This person said that they are a recovering neo-con. For years I too was a staunch supporter of the Republican Party, believing that the Democrats were the mortal enemies of all that I held near and dear to my heart. For years I would have followed them to the very gates of Hell to do battle with Satan himself.

As the saying goes, that was then, this is now. Now I realize that the entity which calls itself the government of the United States of America no longer serves the best interests of the nation, and probably has not done so for quite some time. As to whom it serves, there are many names for its true masters. Some call them the special interests, while others call it corporate America. I tend to agree with those who say that there is a shadow government behind the scenes who decide major policy issues, and that our government only does what is in THEIR best interests.

In his farewell address, George Washington went to great lengths to warn the American people against foreign entanglements. Thomas Jefferson also plainly stated, “Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.” Not only is our government guilty of sending our young men and women off to die in wars we had no business involving ourselves, but it has had its hands in the internal affairs of many other nations…all in the name of national security.

It has been said that war is hell, my dad used to say it to me in reference to the things he witnessed in World War II and the Korean War. Yet war is also a tool that can be used to change the course of events in the world, and it is also a powerful tool to generate wealth by those who profit from it.

In a 1961 speech, President Dwight Eisenhower said, “A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment. Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction.

Our military organization today bears little relation to that known by any of my predecessors in peacetime, or indeed by the fighting men of World War II or Korea.

Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry. American makers of plowshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well. But now we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense; we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions. Added to this, three and a half million men and women are directly engaged in the defense establishment. We annually spend on military security more than the net income of all United States corporations.

This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence — economic, political, even spiritual — is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.”

For a time I was part of the military-industrial complex. I served 13 years as an airman in the USAF, then another 10 as a contractor for the Air Force. I do not regret it that I no longer have anything to do with the military. In fact I have been offered my old job back, at a huge increase over what I currently earn. I have turned them down every time because I no longer support the U.S. war-making machine.

I have been called unpatriotic because I do not support these wars, but that is not the case at all. I believe my position is more patriotic than that of a parent who blindly supports these war efforts because their government, and the media, tells them that our nation faces a grave threat from some enemy abroad. Remember, J.Q. Adams said we do not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.
America has not only entered conflicts it never should have, but it is guilty of instigating events that led to these conflicts, take for instance World War II. We are all taught that America entered the war when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. It was Hitler himself who declared war on the U.S.

However, Japan would probably have never bombed Pearl Harbor had we restricted their access to oil. In a memo to President Roosevelt, Harold Ickes wrote, “There might develop from the embargoing of oil to Japan such a situation as would make it not only possible but easy to get into this war in an effective way.”

Furthermore, a July 22 report from Admiral Richard Turner stated, “It is generally believed that shutting off the American supply of petroleum will lead promptly to the invasion of Netherland East Indies…it seems certain she would also include military action against the Philippine Islands, which would immediately involve us in a Pacific war.”

In the Naval Security Group History to World War II, Captain J. Holtwick states in regards to the Japanese codes being uses, “By 1 December 1941 we had the code solved to a readable extent.”

In his diary, Secretary of War Stimson wrote that FDR asked, “…the question was how we should maneuver them into the position of firing the first shot without too much danger to ourselves. In spite of the risk involved, however, in letting the Japanese fire the first shot, we realized that in order to have the full support of the American people it was desirable to make sure that the Japanese be the ones to do this so that there should remain no doubt in anyone’s mind as to who were the aggressors.”

FDR knew that the Japanese were going to attack Pearl Harbor and said nothing because he WANTED us in that war, and that only by an attack upon America’s interests could he get the support he needed from the American people. FDR sacrificed the lives of over 2,000 U.S. navy personnel just so that he would have his excuse for involving the United States in World War II. Yet the treachery of our government does not end there. How many other countries have we manipulated and lied to so that the interests of those who profit from war could be served?

What about the Middle East, and how has our nation interfered in the internal affairs of that portion of the world? Well, in 1953 President Eisenhower authorized the CIA to orchestrate a coup to overthrow the duly elected Prime Minister of Iran. In a March 2000 statement made by Secretary of State Albright we read, “In 1953 the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran’s popular Prime Minister, Mohammed Mossadeqh. The Eisenhower Administration believed its actions were justified for strategic reasons; but the coup was clearly a setback for Iran’s political development. And it is easy to see now why many Iranians continue to resent this intervention by America in their internal affairs.”

Why should we cared about who was the leader in Iran? Well after the coup, the U.S. installed the Shah of Iran into power, who happened to denationalize Iran’s oil industry, 60% of which went to American oil firms.

When the Shah was overthrown and the Ayatollah Khomeini rose to power in Iran we not only faced the hostage crisis but a war between Iran and Iraq. Since Iran was NOW our enemy the U.S. government covertly aided Saddam Hussein with both weapons and intelligence. These weapons shipments also happened to include biological cultures which could be used to make weapons grade anthrax.

Then when Saddam felt like flexing his muscles by invading Kuwait, our government realized it had created another monster that had to be taken out… leading to our present situation where we are embroiled in a seemingly endless conflict in Iraq.

It goes on and on, our nation sticking its nose into the internal affairs of other nations. There was of course our support for, then our attempts to oust Manuel Noriega. Our government also provided aid and assistance to Osama bin Laden and his freedom fighters when Russia invaded Afghanistan, only to find that they had created another monster that needed destroying.

All the American people see and believe, is what they are taught in schools, what the news media tells them, and what they hear coming out of the mouths of their elected officials. The truth is too difficult to seek out, or too painful to accept when it is presented to them.

People say that their government is not like that, not capable of such things. But the truth is a strange thing; people seem unable to recognize it when it is presented to them with all the evidence in the world to support it. Thomas Jefferson once said, “It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.”

There is plenty of evidence which supports the belief that our government, if not directly responsible for, at least knew in advance of the attacks of 911. Yet to mention that in public is to condemn oneself to a life of criticism and ridicule for being a conspiracy theorist. Yet, just as with World War II, President Bush needed an excuse to wage a global war on terror, a war that may not have been needed had the U.S. government kept its hands out of the internal affairs of other nations.

Of all things that I despise my government for, this may be the one that tops the list. All the lives lost, by both U.S. servicemen, and women, and all the people’s killed in conflicts across the globe, only so that the masters of our government could get rich from the profits of war…it sickens me to no end.
From the Protocols for the Learned Elders of Zion, I quote “The intensification of armaments, the increase of police forces – are all essential for the completion of the aforementioned plans. What we have to get at is that there should be in all the States of the world, besides ourselves, only the masses of the proletariat, a few millionaires devoted to our interests, police and soldiers.”

These are the puppet masters behind the scenes, the true enemies of liberty and freedom. They orchestrate conflicts, dictate national policy, and their only goal is world domination. You may not believe me, but their protocols were written in 1901 and if you read them you will see that the course our nation has followed, the events that have taken place in the world, have all followed these protocols…almost to the letter.

If you still think that those people who sit in our nation’s capital are serving you, I leave you with one last quote from The Protocols of Zion, these are they who gave us the CFR and all those who are known by the nickname, the shadow government, “The administrators, whom we shall choose from among the public, with strict regard to their capacities for servile obedience, will not be persons trained in the arts of government, and will therefore easily become pawns in our game in the hands of men of learning and genius who will be their advisers, specialists bred and reared from early childhood to rule the affairs of the whole world. As is well known to you, these specialists of ours have been drawing to fit them for rule the information they need from our political plans from the lessons of history, from observations made of the events of every moment as it passes.”

These are your enemies. In his book the Art of War, Sun Tzu wrote that we should know our enemy. Well there they are. As long as this nation divides itself along political party lines, as long as we blame the rich, or the poor, for all our nation’s problems, then the enemy will remain hidden and they will continue to advance. We cannot fight a war against an unseen enemy and expect to win.
Therefore, I challenge you to put aside your hatred of those you say are your enemies, and seek to educate yourself as to who your real enemy is. If you value your liberty and your freedom you will accept this challenge. If you value your beer and your mindless TV shows, you will continue on believing the lies you are being fed from all fronts. Your choice, I choose to educate and inform myself. As Patrick Henry once said, “For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.” Can you say the same?

July 31, 2011

~ The Author ~
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