In any equation or investment, one must consider the cost against the gain. Has the price been worth it? What I am referring to, is the war on terror. It would seem that the war on terror is basically the same premise and foundation as the war on drugs. We already know there will be no end, but what Americans seem to not understand is the cost to those that are law abiding, in both manufactured "wars." So, what have we gained? In the war on drugs, we have gained jobs with contracts to build more prisons, prison guards to manage the prisoners that reside in the new prisons, many more degrees in criminal justice, and more women in the "professional" work force as parole and probation officers. The women have been able to take their pseudo ERA out of the factories and move their cause into criminal justice. And as the factories have shut down, the men have been able to move into the prison system, on one side of the bars or the other. So . . . Are we winning the war on drugs? And don't forget, the police officers have gained a new title, "peace officers" and community partners in D.A.R.E. and they don't actually have to solve crime any more, they simply have gained more access into homes and of course, been given the "right" to knock down doors without notice and shoot 92 year old women. And as America would have it, we have the same partisan mentality for the war on terror. In this war on terror, let me tell you what we've gained. We've gained global disdain for our arrogance. We have gained the privilege of having our government in every aspect of our business. If you think I am over dramatizing, let me tell you, first hand. I have a staunch republican mother who claims this is all good, because she has nothing to hide. Well, when I open a bank account, the bank employee can run me through the wringer because of the USPatriot Act. Therefore, I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, John Ashcroft and Alberto Gonzales know more about my parents than I do. I don't know anything about their banking or their business. But to protect our country from so called money laundering and would be terrorist funding, the government is in everyone's bank account, so for those that have nothing to hide . . . How nice for you. Some of the rest of us who used to think freedom included privacy have a different perspective. What else have we gained? We now have the right to be groped and violated publicly and it is called airport security. Let's see . . . if we should ever be viewed and subjectively defined as combative, we have the option to get into the same program as those that have been conquered in the war on drugs and all of this "war business" has no end and no real day in court because "combative" doesn't have to have actual charges for the reason to be held as long as this nation is at war, and those that get nailed in the war on drugs, that is an "addiction and illness," therefore there is no end in sight with the help and counseling one will receive. The war on drugs that was implemented in the 80's and the war on terror, twenty years later, will never be resolved, they will only continue to make more criminals and terrorists. As the standard continues to be modified and our government continues to be unaccountable, these "wars" will continue to escalate and most will ultimately discover, what some of us already know. Even if thesse people think they are being protected, they are really being controlled, manipulated and contained.
Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?
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