Op/Ed

Intelligence vs Intelligence Prophets vs Profits.

By William J. Wahlsteen

 

Published: August 20, 2007
   
The constitution, and  the bill of rights were designed to protect Americans from evil leaders within our government and our borders. This was its design and intent. To protect us from evil leaders outside our government and our borders we have our military and military intelligence. We have the ability to annihilate anything in the universe. When willing to win we can strike fear into our enemies and bring about change instantly. Our problem is not a lack of power. Be it  foreign or domestic, we have lost our ability to be intelligent. We have not lost the ability to gather intelligence. Thru political appointments of incompetent people and the agenda of globalization the intelligence gathering community has become a tool of corporate society as much as the supreme court has. 
    
      Our armed forces have lost their ability to win wars because of the politics of the rules of engagement. Our president is fighting a war with terror not a war on terror. Bin Laden is not being sought, and Iraq was not part of 911. Then compare the facts spoken by Dick Cheney himself in 1994. He explains why we didn't continue into Baghdad.  At some point in 2002  they realized spending 500 billion dollars and obtaining  power over the constitution was worth the lives lost. Of course no one would go for that so 911 became a call to opportunity. This administration went from Prophets to Profits.
 
      If the war on terror is real then why is the border wide open. This is a paradox. You cannot defend your country while dissolving it's sovereignty. If you consider the drugs and street gangs crossing the border then we are being invaded by our neighbor. If you consider the domestic rules of engagement preventing law enforcement from doing their jobs then  it's treason. I guess soon they will need special powers and money to fix this situation next. Just like all the other problems they have allowed or created.
How do we solve this, with Marshall law?
 
       All the intelligence in the world will not make you intelligent. To win a war requires the truth. Using rules of engagement to prolong profits is a disgrace. Giving  power to incompetence and corruption are life threatening. We have declared war on drugs, poverty, poor health, hunger, illiteracy, immigration, and terror. Corruption and Incompetence thru rules of engagement have  prolonged these wars also. They have not been won. The only war being won is the war on the middle class.
    
 MoveOn.org: Democracy in Action  Listen to Cheney of 1994
 
 
                                             

                                                                                                             William J. Wahlsteen