Trusters of government view the military as an indispensable protection from invasion. Some even claim the U.S. military protects Americans’ freedom.
By any measure, however, Americans’ freedoms have been in decline even as military budgets have increased.
For as long as human records exist, military forces have been a source of despotism, tyranny, and enslavement.
Now the Pentagon is admitting it can’t account for $6.5 TRILLION. Millions of records have “disappeared.” See here.
Note that the entire annual output of the country is about $16 or $17 trillion.
