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Alan Grayson: Dems Accused Of “Blood Libel” If They Don’t Cater To Military Industrial Complex
Alan Grayson: Democrats Accused Of “Blood Libel” If They Don’t Cater To Military Industrial Complex
2/11/15
“The country will be perfectly safe if we stop incessantly feeding the military industrial complex and military contractors with the billions upon billions in profits that they take out of taxpayers pockets each year…”
Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida said Tuesday Democrats get accused of the “blood libel” of not supporting the troops if they don’t cater to the military industrial complex.
“Well the president has fallen into this trap that many Democrats have fallen into where, uh, the president is afraid that if he doesn’t cater to the military industrial complex and in particular the spying industrial complex — which is taking a bigger and bigger part of our budget recently…the so-called black budget, the part that people aren’t even allowed to see — if he doesn’t cater to them then he will be attacked as weak on defense, as supposedly leaving our country defenseless, and not supporting the troops — which is this blood libel that gets casts to Democrats over and over again,” Grayson said on SiriusXM’s The Agenda Tuesday.
...“And it’s unfortunate that so many of us have fallen for that trick and they succumb to the idea that it’s all inevitable so you might as well go along for the ride. It’s a mistake, the country will be perfectly safe if we stop incessantly feeding the military industrial complex and military contractors with the billions and billions in profits that they take out of taxpayers pockets each year…at the expense of our health, and our education, and our transportation, and our jobs.”...
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/alan-grayson-democrats-accused-of-blood-libel-if-they-dont-c?utm_term=4ldqpia#.wekgJLAQd
2/11/15
“The country will be perfectly safe if we stop incessantly feeding the military industrial complex and military contractors with the billions upon billions in profits that they take out of taxpayers pockets each year…”
Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida said Tuesday Democrats get accused of the “blood libel” of not supporting the troops if they don’t cater to the military industrial complex.
“Well the president has fallen into this trap that many Democrats have fallen into where, uh, the president is afraid that if he doesn’t cater to the military industrial complex and in particular the spying industrial complex — which is taking a bigger and bigger part of our budget recently…the so-called black budget, the part that people aren’t even allowed to see — if he doesn’t cater to them then he will be attacked as weak on defense, as supposedly leaving our country defenseless, and not supporting the troops — which is this blood libel that gets casts to Democrats over and over again,” Grayson said on SiriusXM’s The Agenda Tuesday.
...“And it’s unfortunate that so many of us have fallen for that trick and they succumb to the idea that it’s all inevitable so you might as well go along for the ride. It’s a mistake, the country will be perfectly safe if we stop incessantly feeding the military industrial complex and military contractors with the billions and billions in profits that they take out of taxpayers pockets each year…at the expense of our health, and our education, and our transportation, and our jobs.”...
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/alan-grayson-democrats-accused-of-blood-libel-if-they-dont-c?utm_term=4ldqpia#.wekgJLAQd
Lucky for US, there are -some- truly Progressive Dems who are. along with Grayson, fighting this manipulation. Thanks to eridani for posting this in the Populist Reform of the Democratic Party (Group)~
Progressive Democrats of America announces support for Congresswoman Lee's and congressman Honda's new legislation to establish a comprehensive strategy against ISIL and to stop a new American ground war in the Middle East.
...Progressive Democrats of America National Director Conor Boylan said, "The United States has had large-scale military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan for over a decade. What is the result of all of this effort? The spreading of terrorism, the death of thousands of Americans, the death of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, Afghanis, and others throughout the region; while leaving the Middle East unstable with millions of people in refugee camps, loss of trillions of dollars to the U.S. economy, no significant lasting contribution to civil society in this region and the potential for an endless cycle of war that could spread to other nations."
Boylan added, "The time has come for a comprehensive strategy to stop the endless war in the Middle East. PDA strongly opposes sacrificing more blood of men and women of the United States Armed Forces through a new war in the Middle East. We cannot continue to request life sacrifices of military personnel, aid workers, journalists, and others over battles that American ground troops should not have to fight, over resources that are not ours to control, and over disagreements that could be handled using diplomacy, economics, and politics, rather than bullets and bombs."
PDA Advisory Board Member Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) said, “I am troubled by the Administration’s request, which I believe is far too open-ended and does little to constrain this or the next Administration from engaging in sustained combat. We should be doing much more to promote a legitimate and lasting political solution in the region.” ...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12773767
...Progressive Democrats of America National Director Conor Boylan said, "The United States has had large-scale military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan for over a decade. What is the result of all of this effort? The spreading of terrorism, the death of thousands of Americans, the death of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, Afghanis, and others throughout the region; while leaving the Middle East unstable with millions of people in refugee camps, loss of trillions of dollars to the U.S. economy, no significant lasting contribution to civil society in this region and the potential for an endless cycle of war that could spread to other nations."
Boylan added, "The time has come for a comprehensive strategy to stop the endless war in the Middle East. PDA strongly opposes sacrificing more blood of men and women of the United States Armed Forces through a new war in the Middle East. We cannot continue to request life sacrifices of military personnel, aid workers, journalists, and others over battles that American ground troops should not have to fight, over resources that are not ours to control, and over disagreements that could be handled using diplomacy, economics, and politics, rather than bullets and bombs."
PDA Advisory Board Member Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) said, “I am troubled by the Administration’s request, which I believe is far too open-ended and does little to constrain this or the next Administration from engaging in sustained combat. We should be doing much more to promote a legitimate and lasting political solution in the region.” ...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12773767
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