What Are The Chances For Peace in 2016?

[GennGreymane]

http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives...peace-in-2016/

Each year more than one trillion dollars goes up in smoke. More accurately, it is stolen from the middle and working classes and shipped off to the one percent. I am talking about the massive yearly bill to maintain the US empire. Washington’s warmongers have sold the lie that the military budget has been gutted under President Obama, but even when the “Sequester” was in effect military spending continued to increase. Only the pace of increase was reduced, not actual spending.

None of this trillion dollars taken from us is spent to keep us safe, despite what politicians say. In fact, this great rip-off actually makes us less safe and more vulnerable to a terrorist attack thanks to resentment overseas at our interventions and to the blowback it produces.

The money is spent to maintain existing conflicts and to create new areas of conflict overseas that in turn feeds the demands for more military spending. It is an endless cycle of theft and deceit.

Billions were spent not long ago overthrowing an elected government in Ukraine and provoking Russia. A new Cold War is a bonanza for the military industrial complex, the pro-war think tanks, and the politicians. NATO is on the move in eastern Europe, placing heavy weapons right on Russia’s border and then blaming the Russians when they complain about the rising militarism. NATO military exercises on Russia’s border have increased and become more confrontational.

In the Middle East, more billions have been spent attempting to overthrow the secular government of Syria over the past five years. The big winners in this grand scheme have been the Islamist extremists, who are funded directly and indirectly by the US and its allies. NATO is planning to go back into Libya, an admission that its 2011 “liberation” of that country has been a disaster.

In Asia, the US empire challenges and provokes China, sending military ships and aircraft into territory China claims in the South China Sea. How much will they continue to escalate before China gets fed up?

The more money sent to the Pentagon and other parts of the Washington war apparatus, the more danger we are in.

Meanwhile, almost all of the presidential candidates promise more military spending and more war if they are elected. Did no one tell them we are broke and making enemies fast with our interventions? Do they think Fed-created money will really continue to fuel the US empire indefinitely?

What are the prospects for a u-turn toward peace and prosperity in 2016? We must be realistic. Presently the numbers are not on our side. But the good news is we do not need a majority to succeed in our fight for peace and liberty. We need only a dedicated and uncompromising critical mass to make great headway.

What can we do to work for peace in 2016? First we must tune out the lying propaganda served up by the US mainstream media. We must educate ourselves so that we can help educate others. We can be sure to tune in and support alternative sources of news and analysis like the Ron Paul Liberty Report, LewRockwell.com, Antiwar.com, and many others. We can tell others about the wealth of truth available to those who seek and question. We must not compromise and never accept the lesser of two evils.

If the people demand peace, the politicians will follow. Let’s demand peace in 2016!

[apples]

how the broken window works is this

rocks cost money to build, that money is a boon to the people building them
glass costs money to fix, that money is a negative to the people fixing it

so in a clear cut us vs them scenario, as long as youre winning, i.e. the one throwing rocks, youre benefiting from the confrontation

u.s. military policy for the middle east has not been clear cut, but rather, has been a continuous supply chain of rocks and glass, making the u.s. and china the biggest benefactors of the policy

because of this, the middle east conflict isnt going away until someone changes the game

[PC2]

I do think the nuclear powers should work over the long term to reduce nuke quantity. And no new nuclear powers should be allowed to buildup.

Also any boots-on-the-ground campaign is a bad idea, a waste of resources.

Nothing wrong with using air power to blow up terrorist organizations though.

[Deleted]

ISIS will be defeated or near defeat unless Turkey goes full retard n invades en masse.

[vindicatorx]

What are the chances or you adding in some original thought of your own instead of just quoting an article? Chances of world peace in 2016 are about as likely as a third arm suddenly growing out of my ass.

[Deleted]

you forgot to add

/equip Tin Foil Hat

I mean I agree, the US should probably spend all that tax money on its people rather than more tanks and guns to overthrow foreign governments, but this sounds like a conspiracy theory. Especially the part about China? Really? Does that article's author know what kind of ridicilous claims China has been making? A quick look at a world map is all one needs to do.

[prwraith]

As long as religion exists, there will be no peace.

[yetgdhfgh]

Non whats so ever just like in 2015, 2014, 2013 etc etc etc

[PC2]

Non whats so ever just like in 2015, 2014, 2013 etc etc etc

None at all? It's peaceful where I'm at. Relatively speaking the world is a very peaceful place compared to previous centuries.

[Independent voter]

I never knew Ron Paul was such a demagogue.

[Elite Peon]

Here is your answer from a " Certain " religion

https://youtu.be/RsUscVoZcMQ

[Celista]

0 percent.

[Hooked]

I think 2016 will be the most dangerous time ever in American history. I think we will have race riots all over the country, they will try to take law abiding citizens firearms also which could very well open a whole other can of worms. The 2016 outlook is so awful sometimes I just shudder to think about it. Couple that with the absolute mess in the middle east, isis running wild all over the world, illegals pouring across our open borders like never in recorded history, racial tensions not seen since the 1960's, its horrible to even think about the mess our country is in. On top of all that throw in 20 trillion in debt, its a disaster.

[Tierbook]

I think 2016 will be the most dangerous time ever in American history. I think we will have race riots all over the country, they will try to take law abiding citizens firearms also which could very well open a whole other can of worms. The 2016 outlook is so awful sometimes I just shudder to think about it. Couple that with the absolute mess in the middle east, isis running wild all over the world, illegals pouring across our open borders like never in recorded history, racial tensions not seen since the 1960's, its horrible to even think about the mess our country is in. On top of all that throw in 20 trillion in debt, its a disaster.

It's a safe bet the opposite of this will happen. So in America pretty damn high, worldwide? 0%

[Deleted]

pretty grim.

[PC2]

I think 2016 will be the most dangerous time ever in American history. I think we will have race riots all over the country, they will try to take law abiding citizens firearms also which could very well open a whole other can of worms. The 2016 outlook is so awful sometimes I just shudder to think about it. Couple that with the absolute mess in the middle east, isis running wild all over the world, illegals pouring across our open borders like never in recorded history, racial tensions not seen since the 1960's, its horrible to even think about the mess our country is in. On top of all that throw in 20 trillion in debt, its a disaster.

Race riots? As long as activists stay in their own shitty cesspools it wont be a problem.

I'm as against illegal immigration as anyone, but our population growth is under a percent, so ultimately I don't think it can be a catastrophe at that rate. At least they aren't coming from the MENA which is way more regressive than Latin America.

As far as guns, it probably is just the rhetoric that is out of control. However, people in my area having been buying a lot of guns and ammo...

The debt is an issue, however the deficit has been slowly going down and the economy slowly expanding. With fiscal discipline the debt to GDP ratio should stabilize.

[Powerogue]

Relative peace? Sure. Complete, worldwide peace? Not until every single human being on the planet is dead, and for good measure the animals too, if you count carnivorism as violence.

As long as religion exists, there will be no peace.

I'd retort with "As long as conflicting religions exist" but as we've been able to tell they do just fine making their own when the religion splits over some issue or another and they decide to kill each other over it.

[muto]

As long as religion exists, there will be no peace.

That's just ignorance. There is plenty of violence even without religion. People will always find something to fight over, however stupid it may be.

[Strangebrew]

Dunno i don't particularly care, alot of good games coming out in 2016 though.

[Hooked]

Race riots? As long as activists stay in their own shitty cesspools it wont be a problem.

I'm as against illegal immigration as anyone, but our population growth is under a percent, so ultimately I don't think it can be a catastrophe at that rate. At least they aren't coming from the MENA which is way more regressive than Latin America.

As far as guns, it probably is just the rhetoric that is out of control. However, people in my area having been buying a lot of guns and ammo...

The debt is an issue, however the deficit has been slowly going down and the economy slowly expanding. With fiscal discipline the debt to GDP ratio should stabilize.

Race riots are 100% guaranteed this year. They have kept the blacks on a medium simmer for 2 years, yeah its definitely going to be used this year. Don't blame trump for causing racial strife, blame Obama for fanning the flames. I read in the news today that 2000 youfs stormed a mall in Louisville. They started fights attacked white shoppers, threw up gangs signs, raped bitches. Yet no one seems to connect the dots or show the least amount of outrage towards this bullshit. These youfs are attacking soft targets which includes all elderly white people, how fucking sissyesh white americans have become. Never has America faced a more trying time than now, Obama caused it all, he is one evil mother fucker.

If it comes back that Obama backed isis, we are talking ww3, possibly a military leader taking over until new elections can be held. It looks very likely isis was some fucking weird 8th grade obejective to do what exactly?. I have a theory on this also, Obama wants to destroy all western history, why on earth would isis destroy 2000 year old structures that pre dated islam?. Obama is like farva in super troopers, they gave him instructions and he thought what he thinks is so fucking common sense that why hasn't everyone thought of it. He has destroyed America as we know it, time to take back our country.