U.S. Spoiling for More Wars
This week US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, who comes to the Pentagon straight from the military-industrial complex, announced that 40,000 NATO troops and untold heavy military equipment would be deployed on the Russian border to deter Russian “aggression.”
Meanwhile, the US seeks to ramp up wars in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan.
On top of it we learn this week that the US treats its “friends” much as it treats its enemies — American spooks have been listening in to the phone calls of the last three French presidents.
How long can this last? Until we go broke?
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