Dear CCI Followers,
Please read what Andrew Bacevich writes below, which disagrees with our current U.S. policy makers. Why? Because it is finally clear to all that these wars make enormous amounts of money for the United States.
Early on, Bacevich, as a West Point graduate, apparently was convinced of the rightness of U.S. military endeavors. He left the military as a Colonel to weigh in with yet another message: that is, our worldwide wars have caused horrendous levels of death, suffering and destruction in the countries we’ve entered. Further, these are wars that we will never win, but we keep fighting anyway. Does this make sense? It does from the money level. But Bacevich urges leaving and reexamining our entire policy of military engagements and exploring diplomacy.
May his clarity and passion gain traction with both our Congress members, who sign off on these huge annual expenditures, and with the U.S. public, which is finally becoming better informed!