“People’s fear drives them to demand that the U.S. national security establishment continue doing more of the things that produce the crises that are scaring them to death. Today, many of the fearful are demanding more bombing, more killing, more maiming of people in the Middle East – in the name of keeping us safe — and blocking out of their minds that that is precisely what the national-security state has been doing for decades in the Middle East that has produced the crisis that is now scaring them. And they are also now demanding that NATO absorb even more nations, while blocking out of their minds that is certain to heighten the crisis with Russia and scare them even more.”
http://fff.org/2015/12/04/from-crises-comes-leviathan/
Related posts:
How Bad Is The Surveillance State?
Scotland's year of decision
The Will Of The People Doesn’t Mean Jack To Drug Warriors
Central Bank Snuffs Out Vietnam’s Thriving Gold Market
Who Wants War with Syria?
State Department: “We cannot make India look at you as an American”
Ron Paul: Haspel is Not the Problem. The CIA is the Problem.
America's 'Lab Rat Economy'
Officer Friendly is Dead
Inspector general's report on FBI and Clinton's emails shows secrecy threatens democracy
Sabotaging Peace in Korea
Obamacare: A Racket for Overpaid Government Bureaucrats
Argentina offers tax amnesty to head off devaluation
Bill Bonner: Is Capitalism Doomed?
Paul Craig Roberts: The Special Interests Won Again