A Peculiar Form of American Madness — W. J. Astore

America is touched by a peculiar form of collective madness that sees military action as creative rather than destructive, desirable rather than deplorable, and constitutive to democracy rather than corrosive to it….

Actually, the US is an empire (successor to the British empire) rather than the liberal democracy it presents itself as.

The difference between America and fascist states is that in fascist states corporations are at the service of the state and in the US the state is at the service of corporations, in particular the MICIMATT (Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think-Tank complex).

This article is about the corrosive influence of the MICIMATT on the national interest and moral fiber of the country. It is echoed in many articles published recently.

This one is of particular interest in that it is by a retired career officer that served as a professor at the Naval Postgraduate School.

As always, follow the money (and power).

Bracing Views
A Peculiar Form of American Madness
W. J. Astore, Lieutenant Colonel (USAF ret.), taught at the Air Force Academy, the Naval Postgraduate School, and currently at the Pennsylvania College of Technology