Peace

by Monica Smith [courtesy of Blog for America]

The Strategic Air Command had a slogan, "Peace is our Profession," but what they were really after was "pacification"-- that the peoples of the globe would be obedient to our directives, because, if they weren't we'd nuke them.

The Strategic Command is, of course, a subset of the Air Force and it's my sense that if we want to move our forces out of Iraq, it's the bases that have to be shut down. After all, the boots on the ground have been tasked with "protecting" the Air Bases from being shelled by insurgents who object to having four or five Manhattan-sized islands of death and destruction plopped down in the midst of their country. If we shut down the bases, the troops can go home.

Which is why I have been paying closer attention to the Air Force, an organization that's got grandiose plans about world domination, even as its core activities seem increasingly irrelevant. Besides, it's pretty clear that the goal in Iraq is to gain acquiescence to a long term presence for the Air Force by killing off all those who object. The Air Force is the key to peace in Iraq.

The following is a diary I originally posted on KOS, the political blog. My apologies, if you get multiple copies. In addition to peace, my purpose is to prompt a discussion of the morality of making assassination by remote control a standard component of our arsenal.

M/H