The US Senate has approved the Obama's administration's record $636 billion defence measures. It includes almost $130 billion to fund current operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. US Congressman Dennis Kucinich stated that in US 15 million people are unemployed, 10-12 million will lose their home in the next year, 47 million Americans go to bed hungry every night-I wonder what kind of people are managing America? Where would they find those $636 million for defence spending when according to Congressman Kucinich US is already a third World County if not much worse?

Whether you agree with Kucinich or not, he is one brilliant guy. He is one of the few people that can handle anybody in a debate. That is one of the reasons why you seldom see a true debate on US TV during the Presidential debates. The big money interests on Wall Street use many subtle tricks to steer only the candidates that they can control to victory. The Congress will vote whatever way the latest polls are leaning. Only a handful of their children are fighting in Afghanistan. And they all volunteered.

As an outsider looking in, I think the ordinary American, is being short changed big time, and sadly nearly always has been. yes there are undoubtedly many employed in the defence industry that would be affected by cuts. However, knowing this business, there are a lot of big profit fingers in the pie, that means that you could employ a whole lot more, if you carried out some cuts and diverted the money into more diverse busienss ventures. There seems a big risk that the US keeps going along trying to feed the hungry machine of the Military Industrial Complex, only to find at the end that it all collapses, due to dollar downward controlled pressure, and that a few have been sucking the blood out all along. These blood suckers will be in other denominations, making even more money on a weak dollar. The will of the people, it doesn't exist, but the pain of the people seems too.

Congress will not vote whatever way the latest polls are leaning. No matter what the polls say about Iraq or Afghanistan, there will be no withdrawal. The only change will be seen in Afghanistan is the Iraqi method of housing troups inside modern version of castles, behind the concrete walls of their bases. So, with the casualties down, people have already fogotten that US is still in Iraq as an occupator. Out of sight, out of mind. That will happen in Aghanistan, once a stable supply routes can be established for all the necessities. The bases will be new castles, where they will stay forever. Then, there will be another war. Conveniently, Somalia and Yemen are already primed for the new "theatre" of operations. It is all just a theatre, and we all just puppets on a string. Kucinich is not only smart, but is a visionary, and does not put much value in intellect alone. He knows how other, non-intellectual factors eventually destroy our ambitions. There is a Nemesis for each Hubris.

It is time for America to awake from the long snooze and choose a course for the country. If America is to continue it's wars, a decision must be made by the CONGRESS to declare war. Anything less is a derelection of duty and a let down for America's fighting men and women. Why is it so difficult for congress to do the right thing and exercise their constitutional responsibility? The WARRIORS are performing their duties in undeclared wars, so congress should borrow a little courage from them and muster up enough courage to do the right thing. It could even result in the people's opinion of the congress getting back on the charts again.