[Peace-discuss] Trumping the Constitution (does that matter?)

[Karen Medina]

Wayne wrote:
> They [the military industrial complex people] are likely 
> very interested in international stability as defined as 
> continual wars and continual uprisings presenting new 
> opportunities crying out for military "solutions"

Yeah, when you sell hammers, everything looks like a nail.

I don't get how anyone, even the neo-cons*/Project for the New American Century**, can possibly think that continual wars is a good thing.

But then I also think that the Conquistadores should have tired earlier.

-karen medina
* The wikipedia entry for neoconservatism is kind of interesting.
** Ron Szoke's pointed out the PNAC the other day as an offer to Carl for a different way of talking about the neocons.
------------------------------

>From: "E. Wayne Johnson" <ewj at pigs.ag>  
> it's all in the way that you define stability.
>
>   An unbroken thread of war across several
>   presidential changes is actually pretty
>   steady business for the military-industrial
>   complex.  Bringing that to an end would
>   lead to a destabilization of their international
>   trade. They are likely very interested in
>   international stability as defined as continual wars
>   and continual uprisings presenting
>   new opportunities crying out for military
>   "solutions"