On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Jeff Davis <jrd1415 at gmail.com> wrote: > Sadly John, the US has since ww2 come to worship at the altar of > militarism. What everyone forgets is militarism is a means to an end. As Anatole France said, "In every well-governed state, wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing." PJ