America is addicted to war, most especially since we know that individually we won't be required to put our flesh in the way of that hot, rapidly moving metal nor be subjected to the physical and emotional toll combat takes on you. This addiction is courtesy of our history, which is violent, and a military, industrial, congressional compact that sees war as a way of maintaining their control of this nation and all of this is made further possible by a corporate media which sucks up to power and indeed sees itself as part of that power structure. Take a look, America, our financial system is rotten to the core, our industry is being shipped overseas and our auto industry can't or won't make cars we want to buy and yet we continue to pour huge amounts of capital and brain power into yet more and more weapons systems which are totally unneeded. Remember, we spend more on our military than the rest of the world combined and at least 8 times more than the next largest country and meanwhile we become more and more dependent on foreigners for the money to finance our policies and to make the consumer products that used to be made here. Remeber that idiotic $600 "economic stimulus" rebate we got? It was bound to fail as nearly everything we can buy with that money was made elsewhere, so after one brief spurt it all ended because the money, instead of circulating here, went overseas where the toys were made. You can't become prosperous by borrowing money from foreigners to buy the things they make and the next time someone tells you free trade is good for the American consumer, go look in the want adds for jobs listed under "consumer" and see how many you find. Unless the next president drastically cuts our military budget, re-regulates Wall Street, takes for profit health insurance out of the equation, fixes our schools and infrastructure and reworks trade deals that shuffle off American jobs to Communist China and Vietnam, among others, then this nation is headed for far worse times than we are currently experiencing.

Sir;... More warfare is not required, and is in no sense desirable... Democracy is a defensive form of social organization, and it is correct that democracies do not threaten their neighbors, and it is because they live within their means and defend what they have, which is the most economical use of resources... If our army and businesses are spread around the world, we are not defending democracy, but defending and enlarging plutocracy... We need more justice here, and if we had that simple and desirable end we would find peace in plenty to share with humanity... The past thousand years of our history has been one of seeking peace through law, but the greater the power of law, the less justice the people enjoyed until injustice in one land spread into wars across lands and continents. Give me justice and I will give you peace... Give America Justice, and America will give peace to the world... War is not just a cause of injustice but is its result... Until we face that fact, that the essentials of justice; which all people need, cannot be taken from others; but must be given to all people by all people freely, -there will be no domestic peace, nor world peace...Thanks..Sweeney