Bad, Bad Times

The American military, for all it's size and cost, has really not been impressive in it's wars since 1945 - even though all of them have been against vastly inferior opponents and it's use of torture. That was true from the start as it plunged into a wars against Korea, Bay of Pigs in Cuba, Afghanistan, and others. In fact, we have no idea how many wars it has been losing because our news hasn't been telling all of them. Now, the U.S. has by far the biggest and most expensive army in the world. And it's been losing to much smaller and poorer countries. It's too bad that the Canadian Legion hasn't noticed that before sending off Canadians to kill and die in wars that have nothing to do with them. But, then, the Legion has always been more than a little retarded. The U.S. has by far the biggest military financing in the world. It's military development has been lavish - so much so that it financially outclasses everybody.But it's performance has been in the toilet. Afghanistan, the part the U.S. fought in, was a very small power. And the U.S. couldn't handle that - not even when Canada joined it. (And that, incidentally, was with the full support of the Canadian Legion. Think about that before you send more Canadians to get killed in somebody else's wars.) The U.S. is now getting ready for a massive attack with nuclear missiles that would be likely to kill a billion and more Chinese, men, women and children who don't deserve to die. But the world of nuclear missiles has changed. Russia and China now have nuclear missiles - and it's one hell of a different world for us. Russia and China have developed missiles far exceeding the destructiveness of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Nuclear missiles can now be fired at unbelievable speeds at least half way around the world to----us. As well, they can be and are fired from Russian and Chinese submarines. I am suddenly reminded of billionaires bragging of some years ago. They were building mansions underneath the desert sands. There, at any sign of danger, they would live in those monster mansions under the sand that they and their servants and flunkies, perhaps a hundred or so for each underground mansion. I know that 'mansions' were built. And in a world of nuclear missiles your only hope might be to kiss up as a servant - if you can find an underground mansion. We live in one hell of an ugly world with every possibility and likelihood of our destruction. Ever notice how few of our billionaires ever enter military service? As I flicked through my computer I came across a picture of a Ukrainian soldier. (Ukraine was neatly taken from Russia by American intrusion.) The soldier had a symbol which is worn, I guess, by all of them. It was a swastika.And he's on our side. Whoopee!