War is coming. I rarely start threads on this board.

But it's clear to me now the American Government and the corporate war machine that runs it, wants US combat involvement and it looks like they're gonna get it.

The subdued but steady drumbeat of war is becoming more rhythmic, more audible. Even on this very board, more and more folks are starting to get in line with yet another Middle Eastern corporate war. We're so easily manipulated into shite like this. It's almost as if war is the only way we can keep the concept of patriotism and American exceptionalism on life support. Right under the surface, we know those concepts are dying and many of us who remember the pride of Americanism are grabbing at anything that can restore us to what we once were.

We know national pride and patriotism is fading and we also know we're no longer exceptional or a guiding light for the rest of the world. So what else is there? What else do we have left other than our war machine?

Well those of you who are lightly bouncing to the drums of war, know this. The United States of America has not successfully fought a foreign war since the ancient history of World War II. We desperately cling to the romance of that war because we know we've failed at every one since.

I would say we lack the will to win these wars but that would imply they were started with winning in mind and they're not. They're started because they're corporate cash cows and to win them kills the cow.

These wars are meant to be cultivated and the bodies harvested when the time is right. They're meant to feed the likes of Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Halliburton, GE and every publicly traded military contractor in this country. This is who Americans are fighting for, not their people or way of life. They're fighting for stock options.

To win in the Middle East is to vaporize all future profits and that will never be allowed to happen.

The entire region is made and more importantly managed for war and other than energy, what else does the Middle East bring to the global table? What other purpose does that region and her people serve to the world?

America should not drop one bomb, launch one missile or fire one single bullet in this conflict. Some of us will know or come to know someone who loves a sailor, soldier, airman or marine who will die in this. And when they do, they'll suffer for our investment portfolios and nothing more.