Greater madness
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1958581,00.html
Only paranoia can justify the world's second biggest military budget
Britain's level of defence spending isn't related to real threats we face, but the needs of our military-industrial complex
George Monbiot
Tuesday November 28, 2006
The Guardian
"No one noticed. Or if they did, no one complained. The government didn't even bother to issue a press release. Last week the Ministry of Defence quietly secured a £1.7bn increase in its budget. "
- Posted by madderbat on 28/11/2006.
- madderbat's site

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November 28, 2006 10:32 AM
In this increasingly paranoid 'newspeak' world being created by our esteemed leaders, the scandal of Weapons of Mass Destruction: cluster bombs, land mines, chemical weapons, manufactured daily with approval; 'Rendition' of people and weapons approved by decree; the obscenity of 'One rule for us, another for Them' about nuclear capability, lead to an increasing feeling of hopelessness.
George Orwell eat your heart out.
Change the language and the sheeple will not notice.
Governments demonstrate how much they are controlled by the capitalists. No matter how idealistic at the start, the system gets them every time. There is no way to stop this.
It stinks.