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"Under every government the [last] resort of the people, is an appeal to the sword; whether to defend themselves against the open attacks of a foreign enemy, or to check the insidious encroachments of domestic foes. Whenever a people ... entrust the defense of their country to a regular, standing army, composed of mercenaries, the power of that country will remain under the direction of the wealthiest citizens."
--Quote by an anonymous framer of the US Constitution, sourced from Independent Gazetteer, January 29, 1791

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  populist1 year, 2 months ago
  
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  seems like that's what's happened to us today....
  
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  BravoSierra1 year, 2 months ago
  
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  We seem to have made that mistake in privatizing our military and turning them into either bands of mercenaries like Blackwater who have conflicts of interest or soldiers bitter that are being misused.
  
  This Administration has made nearly every mistake that could destroy our country that could have been made. I can only conclude they were not mistakes in the first place but that it has been the intention of the corporate powers that own Bush and this Administration to rob our citizens of their rights and privatize control of our form of government to a fascist elite that considers itself wiser than the founders fathers of our nation and authors of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution.
  
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