#US #Military Says Killing Afghan Children Is Fair Game

John Glaser
Antiwarblog.com

In October, the US launched an airstrike in Afghanistan that killed three children – ages 8, 10, and 12 -while they were gathering firewood (or by some accounts, dung to burn as fuel). NATO issued its usual dismissive statement, admitting it may have “accidentally killed three innocent Afghan civilians.”

But now, according to the Military Times, the US military includes children on their list of who they’re allowed to murder with impunity.

…a Marine official here raised questions about whether the children were “innocent.” Before calling for the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System mission in mid-October, Marines observed the children digging a hole in a dirt road in Nawa district, the official said, and the Taliban may have recruited the children to carry out the mission.

So digging holes in Afghanistan is now grounds for getting bombed? The children’s relatives and local tribal elders had confirmed at the time that they were not Taliban recruits and were not planting any roadside bombs.

That’s apparently not enough for the US military to simply admit that killing innocent children is wrong. Instead, they invent Orwellian rationales for why these poor children were worthy enemy combatants.

“It kind of opens our aperture,” said Army Lt. Col. Marion “Ced” Carrington, whose unit, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, was assisting the Afghan police. “In addition to looking for military-age males, it’s looking for children with potential hostile intent.”

There you have it. The US military is now looking for “military-age males” and “children” to kill in Afghanistan.

Episode 5: Food Crisis, Water Scarcity, Energy Wars

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   Rising food prices may not affect the US as much as the third world but that may all change.  The US is experiencing the worst drought in 25 years! The record breaking heatwave from hell is wrecking the corn harvest.  Corn exports are an all time high and US had to rely on cheap Brazilian corn to meet demand. 

Grain imports into the United States are rare, but have almost always been for Wilmington Bulk that has in the past complained that buying grain from the Midwest sometimes cost more... 

   This rare move helped the consortium advert higher prices, but we wouldn't have the same luck.  Especially when you consider that corn is found in almost everything! The heatwave is so bad its decimating grazing grounds.  According to Dave Miller- a farmer from Iowa- this means rising prices in the long term: 

"It's likely that in three to six months from now, you will start seeing an increase in prices in the meat case,..[t]here will be a quicker impact on eggs and poultry because the production cycle is shorter." 

Corn is used for Ethanol, sodas, pastries and much, much more...

A historic drought has caused corn crop yields to shrink and prices to explode higher. Some form of corn or refined corn goes into countless types of goods.  Eventually, this could hit producer and consumer prices.

But like the EconomicCollapse blog points out...food is already getting expensive.  How much has inflation affected you?

American families found their grocery budgets stretched very thin during 2011.  Just check out these food inflation rates from last year....

• Beef: +10.2%

• Pork: +8.5%

• Fish: +7.1%

• Eggs: +9.2%

• Dairy: +6.8%

• Oils and Fats: +9.3%

 Americans are facing inflation,  record breaking heatwaves, financial collapse,and  Civil War.  Several counties are going bankrupt and so many other institutions are in the red.    Meanwhile, the police get bigger guns, scarier tanks and a lower sense of dignity.  The police have become revenue generators and no longer represent the best interest of the people.  The social contract we all thought was fair and balance is an illusion.  The US constitution has been flushed long ago.  Buying into the lie keeps the clown in powers.  There is no other option but to opt-out from the controller's false dichotomy. No need to riot.  Boycott.  Grow your own food.  Question.