Patriot,

2024 is here, and while there are certainly good reasons to be
worried that global conflicts might escalate at any time, we did
manage to stymie the $100 billion war spending "supplemental"
bill in the closing days of the 2023 congressional session.

As I discuss in my newest column (below), we know the
military-industrial complex won't give up on asking for this
money, but if the resolve of those in Congress opposed to the
runaway spending holds firm, the sooner we will be able to
confront the corrupt system that drains our economy.

Read the column below, and if you support Campaign for Liberty's
mission to support a non-interventionist foreign policy, consider
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A New Year's Resolution Worth Keeping

In the closing days of 2023, the Biden Administration once again
announced a large military aid package for Ukraine, this time a
"mere" quarter of a billion dollars. Without a new authorization
of funds from Congress, it is said to be the last bit of money
left over from the more than $100 billion already authorized by
Congress for the proxy war with Russia through Ukraine.

President Biden's request for an additional $100 billion to
spread around Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan was rejected by a
Congress eager for its winter break, and with each passing day it
looks like it's going to be harder to push it through. Poll after
poll show that Americans are increasingly opposed to more of
their money being spent on the neocon's lost-cause war to
overthrow Putin in Russia.

For example, a recent Fox News poll revealed that more than 60
percent of Republican voters do not want any more money sent to
Ukraine. As we enter an election year, it's probably safe to
predict that Republican candidates will be wary of crossing the
wishes of the clear majority of voters.

That is why the Biden Administration has been desperately trying
to re-frame its request for more Ukraine war money as anything
but a request for more Ukraine war money. For example, they even
brought back the old discredited "domino theory" used to justify
U.S. actions in the Vietnam war. If we don't stop Putin in
Ukraine, Biden said in December, then he will keep going into
western Europe where we will be forced to fight him there.

On the one hand, supporters of the Ukraine war warn that Russia
is about to reconstitute the Soviet empire in Europe, while at
the same time the same people tell us Russia is out of missiles
and on its last leg. One more infusion of US money will end the
"Russian threat" once and for all. Both of these things cannot be
true at once. In fact, neither of them is true.

But still the Administration, much of Congress, and an insatiable
military-industrial complex keep selling the lies.

Last month Secretary of State Antony Blinken inadvertently
revealed what exactly all the spending for war is about when he
stated that as much as 90 percent of the aid for Ukraine is
actually spent in the United States. The money is used "to the
benefit of American business, local communities, and
strengthening the U.S. defense industrial base," he said in an
interview.

In other words, the money "for Ukraine" is actually a massive
welfare program for well-connected military contractors back
home.

As we begin the year 2024, we need to home in on the real threat
to the United States. It is not Russia or China or Iran. The true
threat is closer to home: it is a corrupt system that bleeds the
country dry to fight imaginary enemies while enriching the
military-industrial complex.

For the New Year, Congress should resolve to end the stranglehold
of the military-industrial complex by reining in out-of-control
military spending. Members should simply vote "no" on military
spending bills until they are drafted to benefit the American
people rather than the Beltway elite.

I don't hold out much hope of this happening in the short run,
but it only takes a few dedicated Members to make a real
difference.
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