'The latest plan for perpetual war'

end the wars and bring our boys home.....from smmercury.com........

"The wise men and women of the US Congress are in the midst of deciding that the perpetual war desired by the military-industrial-congressional complex (Eisenhower’s original formulation before it was edited) will soon become the law of the land. A defense authorization bill recently passed by the House Armed Services Committee includes a provision that recognizes that we are at war “with al Queda, the Taliban, and associated forces” and gives the President war powers until “the termination of hostilities,” which could mean forever.


From these comments, it is clear that Madison did not anticipate that we would have a huge standing military, always available to be sent throughout the world to protect perceived American interests. He would have been sickened to contemplate 820 US military bases located in 135 countries imposing US hegemony throughout the world"..............................LINK