attempts to not only prevent all wars, but also attempts to prevent
domestic violence everywhere in the world by creating the new Department of
Peace. This department would be more accurately named the “U.S. Department Of
Peace Extremists” or “US DOPES” for short. The legislation requires that “US
DOPES” be funded by the taxpayers with an amount of at least 2% of the
Defense Budget which would add a minimum of 8 billion dollars to the annual
budget for this new bureaucracy. The bill also creates a national “peace day”. I
suppose the day would be celebrated by everyone sitting around all day smoking
joints and singing “Kumbyah”.
The next time America is attacked or threatened by a foreign
enemy, we call on the Department of Peace to defend the country. They will
respond by sending out negotiators and foreign aid to the attackers which will
either make them see things our way, or make us see things their way. That is
the premise of the bill.
website, the author,
Howard Rosenberg, discusses the transformation to create a culture of peace.
Instead of our political leadership asking, in our quest for
national security, "How can we arm ourselves and defeat our adversaries... like
we did during the Cold War?", we now have the opportunity to ask ourselves: "How
can we collaborate with the global community to create, by intentional design, a
world where humanity thrives?”
Rosenberg blames global conflicts on what he calls “failed
societies”, examples of which he sites in his article as Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia,
Afghanistan, and Iraq. He goes on to say:
“The solution lies in refocusing our will to unite our national
and world community on building the capacity in failed and failing societies to
nurture and sustain robust civil societies by supporting the institutions of
democratic government, economic opportunity, protection of minorities, and the
rule of law.”
Wasn’t that what the UN was supposed to be doing over the past
50 years, and failed? One can only guess as to why he chose to use those
particular examples when there are so many better examples of “failed societies”
like Darfur, Indonesia, Palestine, and most African countries.
The above quote could just as well have applied to Afghanistan
and Iraq before the US invasion. That was, in fact, the whole plan for Iraq
which is now beginning to see the results of it to some extent. Didn’t we try to
do it peacefully for 12 years and failed? Rosenberg seems to ignore history when
he proposes using the same failed strategy on other societies without including
military action. The result is always the same and today it’s the same with
Iran. Only a military option will make a difference with these “failed
societies” who want war. Then we can go about the business of building a
peaceful state.
The plan falls far short of addressing today’s problem of
terrorism. The improbable alliances suggested by this plan are with other
countries, but Islamic terrorism has no state sponsor other than Iran. Al Qaeda
is not likely to sign on to this plan, nor is it interested in peace. Rosenberg
suggests that poverty and lack of opportunity are a root cause of terrorism
but as we have been seeing in Britain lately, that is not always the case. The
latest terrorist attacks in the UK were the acts by educated people who could
have had successful careers as doctors. Their only problem was Islamism.
Rosenberg’s writings take me back to the 70s when we had
relative peace and no real enemies attacking us. The hippy generation thought we
were entering an era of love and peace and it could become the way of the world
if we just didn’t look too closely. For a while, I was one of them but then I
grew up. We thought a whole new reality was coming into view with the “age of
Aquarius” and everyone could be loved and trusted. Meanwhile, Islam was getting
ready for jihad.
Peace may come some day, but only after those who want war are defeated.
America wants peace but we are the only country willing and able to defeat evil
and those who insist on war. We are the only remaining defender of the free
world and we have been attacked. If we fail to defend ourselves and the free
world, the world will descend into anarchy and fall under the control of the
instigators of war. Freedom will be lost forever. Freedom does not come
easily or naturally. It must be fought for and defended when threatened. There
will always be those who wish to take it away if they feel our resolve is not
strong enough to resist them. A free people can only remain free so long as they
are willing to fight for their freedom, and that will not change until all
people of the world are living in freedom. That day has not yet come.
The premise of Rosenberg’s thinking is that if all societies
were prosperous and healthy, we wouldn’t have wars or terrorism and everyone
would live happily ever after under socialism. The purpose of “US DOPES” is to
“orchestrate various organizations (NGOs, businesses, educational
institutions, government agencies, military, police, healthcare, etc.) to
holistically come together, share a common vision, work as a team, and build the
capacity for a strong and vibrant civil society, while respecting diverse
cultural perspectives.” In other words, a “New World Order” all under one
huge bureaucracy within the US government tightly bound to the United Nations
and all living within the global community. A communist’s dream come true. Don’t
we all want to live on an equal economic and social level with Darfur, Mexico,
and Pakistan?
Who is going to pay for all this economic improvement in
3rd world countries? Rosenberg doesn’t say but he does comment that
the US gives only 1% of its GDP to foreign aid, implying that it should be a lot
more. Ignoring that any foreign aid is not constitutionally authorized and that
most foreign contributions by Americans are done through private charity
organizations and not the government, it‘s clear that “US DOPES” would be a huge
burden on the American taxpayer and show little respect for US constitutional
law. And since this plan would create a government agency working in conjunction
with the State and Justice Departments, it would be free to pursue it’s agenda
with full immunity from the will of the American People.
The “US DOPES” Act would also transfer various government
resources to it’s control. These resources would include The Peace Corp;
the United States Institute of Peace; the Office of the Under Secretary for Arms
Control and International Security Affairs of the Department of State; the Gang
Resistance Education and Training Program of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms; and the Safe Futures program of the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice. Maybe they ought to include
FEMA in there too. It’s not working too well under the DHS and we’re going to
need it when our enemies discover the Department of Peace and take full
advantage of it.
In addition, there shall be in the Department an Office of
Peace Education and Training, the head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary
for Peace Education and Training. The Assistant Secretary for Peace Education
and Training shall carry out those functions of the Department relating to the
creation, encouragement, and impact of peace education and training at the
elementary, secondary, university, and postgraduate levels, including the
development of a Peace Academy. More liberal/socialist indoctrination of our
young and government control and interference in our public schools and
universities. Doesn’t that make you feel secure?
Also included in “US DOPES” is an Office of Arms Control and
Disarmament whose sole purpose is to eliminate all nuclear and mass destruction
weapons worldwide. We can’t even find Saddam’s WMDs in Syria so I don’t know how
they intend to accomplish this. The claim is that it will be possible through
international communities like the UN which has been so successful in disarming
Saddam Hussein, Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah. There is no exclusion for American
nuclear weapons so we can assume that this means disarming America. I have no
doubt that this would also eventually lead to disarming all American citizens as
well since the department deals with domestic as well as international violence.
In all, the bill creates 7 new government offices under the
banner of “US DOPES” for the purpose of promoting the peace agenda and global
socialism under a New World Order. About the only thing missing from this bill
(so far) is the abolishment of the Department of Defense, but then the bill has
plenty of room for amendments not yet added added. I wouldn’t count on
this bill getting much Republican support in Congress except from the usual
RINOs.
Do we really want to go down this path? Do we really want to
confront Islamic terrorism with peace offerings and financial aid? Will any of
this stop Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from building and using nuclear weapons on Israel
and the west? It is obviously easy enough to convince today’s Democrat Party to
lay down their weapons and talk peace, but trying it with Islam is a whole
different ball game. It is painfully obvious that Dennis Kucinich and 67
congressmen have absolutely no understanding of Islam or the threat we face from
them. They seem to think that the whole world thinks like Democrats.
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