I have tried to point out the fallacies in some of the reports that we are given and that are given to Congress by the Pentagon…..I realize that the entire planet is freaking out over the prospect of terrorism…..that is a logical reaction to what is happening elsewhere in this world…..but the Pentagon is using that concern to get a bigger budget and that budget will be used for more war….more death…..more deployments and more destruction……

The Defense Department is going to Congress to sell their predictions in the dash for more dollars…….

No specific, credible intelligence is an ongoing theme with US officials when warning about ISIS possibly doing something, but the absence of evidence isn’t going to stop the top Intelligence officials, testifying to Congress, from hyping the threat.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, still in power despite lying to Congress in previous testimony on the NSA, talked up the idea that ISIS is sneaking into the US is refugees, even though this allegation has repeatedly been shot down as totally unfounded.  (This ought to make the neocons happy…..they have been saying this since the idea of refugees was offered)…..

But ISIS is not their only source to push for funds…..more funds…….

Russia’s aggression in Europe — its invasion of Ukraine, its military flights up the noses of NATO states, its nuclear saber rattling — has faded from the news. But it’s still very much a threat, which is why the US is planning to quadruple its military spending in Europe, something NATO’s European members have welcomed, to deter Russia.

Source: The risk of an unintended war with Russia in Europe, explained in one map – Vox

The early Pentagon budget talk emphasized the ISIS war in Iraq and Syria, though the money sought for this was ultimately dwarfed by money requested to prepare for potential wars against Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran in 2017….

Ultimately, the specifics don’t matter a lot for these speculative wars anyhow, as the Pentagon seeks to get them into the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) budget, which Pentagon brass is able to shuffle around with few restrictions, meaning whatever the excuse, the money is ultimately a big slush fund for the Pentagon to spend on whatever seems interesting to them at the time.

Be prepared my friends for more conflicts and more use of American military might…….and ultimately…..more troops…..

Where will this spiral end?