The Meaning of War and Economic Collapse

"The real war, of which this sudden outburst of death and destruction is only an incident, began long ago. It has been raging for tens of years, but its battles have been so little advertised that they have been hardly noted. It is a clash of traders." - John Reed, 1914 from "The Trader's War"

I've cross-posted several comments I made at the New York Times on recent articles.  My comments essentially summarize my belief that the purpose and cause of the "War on Terror" has been to plunge the world into conflict to create a permanent state of war.  This permanent state of war achieves important goals for select actors:

• enriches important corporate actors in our economy 
• redistributes wealth to the rich
• destroys and brainwashes the sons and daughters of the working class
• condemns our society to a future of fossil fuels while diminishing R&D into sustainable energy
• diminishes the power of the electorate to create economic justice