Russia Is Not Our Enemy, by Jacob G. Hornberger

Our own government is far more of an enemy to the American people than Russia’s. From Jacob G. Hornberger at fff.org:

Given the ongoing war between the United States and Russia in Ukraine, it’s natural for Americans to conclude that Russia is our enemy. Not so. Our enemy is instead the U.S. national-security establishment — i.e., the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA — the entity that is responsible for the war in Ukraine and that is destroying our lives, liberties, and well-being here at home.

Our American ancestors would have understood this phenomenon. If the Constitution had called into existence a national-security state form of government, our ancestors would never have accepted it. That would have meant that the United States would have continued operating under the Articles of Confederation, a type of governmental structure without a standing army.

Our American ancestors loathed standing armies, which was the term they used to describe what we call today a national-security state. They understood that big, permanent military establishments are always the enemies of the citizenry. They understood that standing armies or national-security states end up destroying the lives, liberties, and prosperity of the citizenry.

That’s why the Constitution called into existence a limited-government republic, one whose powers were few and limited and that had only a relatively small, basic army. That’s why America lived without a national-security state for more than 150 years.

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One response to “Russia Is Not Our Enemy, by Jacob G. Hornberger”

  1. Comrade kommissar FDR helped them out big time in WWII.

    Was there a vote on that?

    Haven’t they been the “enemy” since the OSS State was solidified in 1947?

    The Cold War is a big cash cow?

    Why didn’t they listen to Patton and MAC who wanted to take it to commie?

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