I never said I wanted Americans to have more and newer weapons. I said that is the result when people cry about the wrong people getting killed. Instead of finding ways to avoid killing, the incentive is to find ways to more accurately kill people.
There's no reason you can't be the first to rise up and tell us how to do it.
Let's give it a try. You are now in charge of the American government and have been granted great powers in law, and better yet, great powers of persuasion. You've decided not to use the military option. What is your first move?
If I were the president, I could stop terrorist attacks against the United States in a few days. Permanently. I would first apologize to all the widows and orphans, the tortured and impoverished, and all the many millions of other victims of American imperialism. Then I would announce, in all sincerity, to every corner of the world, that America's global interventions have come to an end, and inform Israel that it is no longer the 51st state of the USA but now -- oddly enough -- a foreign country. I would then reduce the military budget by at least 90% and use the savings to pay reparations to the victims. There would be more than enough money. One year's military budget of 330 billion dollars is equal to more than $18,000 an hour for every hour since Jesus Christ was born. That's what I'd do on my first three days in the White House. On the fourth day, I'd be assassinated.
William Blum