"the true war' (GR 105)

[Doug Millison]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/07/10/homeland-security.htm

"The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States have created a wave of
new government spending reminiscent of the space program in the 1960s or
the savings and loan bailout of the 1980s. New federal outlays for homeland
defense are expected to hit $57.2 billion by next year, and President Bush
has made it clear the investment will continue for years to come. In a
faltering economy, it's one of the few things growing."



"Don't forget the real business of the War is buying and selling. The
murdering and the violence are self-policing, and ca be entrusted to
non-professionals. The mass nature of wartime death is useful in many ways.
It serves as spectacle, as diversion from the real movements of the War. It
provides raw material to be recorded into History, so that children may be
taught History as sequences of violence, battle after battle, and be more
prepared for the adult world. Best of all, mass death's a stimulus to just
ordinary folks, little fellows, to try 'n' grab a piece of that Pie while
they're still here to gobble it up. The true war is a celebration of
markets." (GR 105)