Gen. Paul Nakasone has written an op-ed for the Washington Post about what worries him. Nakasone recently retired as director of the NSA. In the op-ed Nakasone details his worries. These include terrorism, drug cartels, Russia, China, hackers, spies, etc.
What is noticeable by its absence is any concern over the invasion of our country by illegal aliens through our southern border. This is a military man writing about the biggest threats to the country and there is no mention of this invasion? This worries me a lot.
Has our military degenerated to the point that they cannot see an obvious threat when such threat is staring them in the face? Or has our military already been compromised? What will it take to wake up these people? Another 9-11 attack? Only this time it will emanate from within the country from all the military age men that have streamed across the border during the last three years.
Our government has turned into a national security state. It is no longer a limited government republic. The chains being placed on the public grow larger and heavier every year. The unelected national-security establishment — not the president, Congress, or Supreme Court — runs the federal government, especially when it comes to foreign affairs.
The job of the national security establishment is to create fear. The more that people are afraid, the more that they look to the government to keep them safe. So, more fear ensures the continued existence of the national security state. It also means bigger budget appropriations for the national security state.
It is well within the wheelhouse of the national security state to create crises to keep fear elevated. And there is little to no oversight of these people. How many crises have these people created?
The CIA overthrew the duly elected government of Ukraine in 2014 because the Ukrainian President was too cozy with Russia. How has that worked out?
They provoked a war with Russia. The idea was to dismantle Russia among the various benefactors of our national security state. How has that worked out?
I could go on and on (think the Middle East) but I am sure you get the idea.
The best thing we could ever do as a country is to dismantle the national-security establishment. Toss it into the dustbin of history and restore our founding system of a limited-government republic.