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This is so wrong - First, it was the Obama/Biden Administration that approved funding for the U. S. nuclear arsenal upgrade. This article states it is Trump who is resposible - which is just false. (For the record: Trump is a dangerous creep) Second, to suggest that the U. S. capitalists are going to change their long held policies, to use militarism to advance their economic interests - and to financially benefit from these wasteful weapons and huge profits is just wrong. Third, this is just pro-Biden b.s. promoted to create false illusions that the corporate dems "favor peace". Fourth, how does "slashing" ten percent do anything but cause illusions that the U. S. military - is not what it is? The current health crisis is exacerbated by the military barack/ship confines, as it was in the 1918 virus pandemic. Fifth, the U. S. military is one of the largest contributors to the harms of Climate Change. Cutting it ten percent is insufficient. Does anyone on this list believe that the U. S. Airforce is going to "stand down"? Only ending capitalism, will end these weapons of harm (nuclear weapons, biological weapons, etc.) "reforming the wolves of greed" is a liberal reformist illusion. The CP political thinkers have accepted that illusion, with their "peaceful co-existence" b. s. that the former stalinists states promoted, to justify not having revolutions to end the capitalist greed and harm to this world. How did that work out? ________________________________ From: Marxism <marxism-boun...@lists.csbs.utah.edu> on behalf of Richard Taylor via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2020 7:38 PM Cc: Richard Taylor <r...@me.com> Subject: [Marxism] Biden Gets Push From Left-Leaning Groups to Slash Pentagon Budget > https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforeignpolicy.com%2F2020%2F05%2F11%2Fbiden-left-leaning-groups-slash-pentagon-budget%2F%3Futm_source%3DPostUp%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3D21442%26utm_term%3DEditors&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cd35dca90b66343a912df08d7f6a9751d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637249079979173712&sdata=bG5S8dsKTUq%2BegYwy6ig2%2BtO5FTHdMEbzOZqGUxtJo0%3D&reserved=0 > Picks OC& > <https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforeignpolicy.com%2F2020%2F05%2F11%2Fbiden-left-leaning-groups-slash-pentagon-budget%2F%3Futm_source%3DPostUp%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3D21442%26utm_term%3DEditors%2520Picks%2520OC%26&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cd35dca90b66343a912df08d7f6a9751d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637249079979183707&sdata=aXkRxJN9jadFRo7nlFhz5Rh1dZTj7igz29gcQS9LlmM%3D&reserved=0> _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
