And then you have this - Gates: $33B Needed ASAP to Keep Military Afloat (to fight Muslims)
(and which Congress will dutifully sign off on after some token reluctance)
http://www.aolnews.com/article/crunch-time-for-war-budget/19554804
and then to fix the $$$$ problem
Obama Asks Religious Jew to Cure $1 Trillion Budget Disease by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Av 3, 5770 / Wednesday, Jul. 14 '10
"U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated Deputy Secretary of State Jacob (Jack) Lew, a religious Jew, as his new director of a budget that suffers from a budget deficit approaching $1.3 trillion. The appointment must be confirmed by the Senate, which may question Lew whether he can function while observing the Sabbath.
One story making the rounds in the United States is that Lew, when he was director for the Office of Management and Budget for former U.S. President Bill Clinton, refused to answer an urgent phone call from the president on the Sabbath, when using the phone is prohibited except in life-saving situations. The speaker-phone was turned on, and Clinton reportedly said, “I know it is the Sabbath, but this is urgent. G-d would understand.” Lew later consulted with his rabbi, who told him that the Jewish concept of “pikuach Nefesh,” or saving lives, is applicable when the president calls urgently and that he can pick up the phone on the Sabbath without violating the Jewish law. As Clinton's budget director, Lew performed the rare feat of operating three budgets without increasing the national deficit.
"If there was a Hall of Fame for budget directors, then Jack Lew surely would have earned a place for his service in that role under President Clinton, when he helped balance the federal budget after years of deficits," President Obama said. Lew left the Clinton administration with a record $236 million budget surplus but now inherits a whopping $1 trillion deficit for the first nine months of 2010, and it may reach $1.3 trillion by the end of the year..
The bloated budget and the troubled American economy have contributed to a drop in President Obama’s popularity that has sent Democrats scurrying to fight against a possible loss of the party's Congressional majority in November’s mid-term legislative elections. Lew’s service as budget director also may place him in a difficult position on the subject of military aid to Israel as well as to Egypt and other Arab countries........."http://www.israelnationalnews.com
I am coming to the conclusion that major religions aren't really religions - but rather political entities operating behind a religious facade. I can't speak for the Far East - but when we consider Muslimism, Cathaholicism and Christendom and I guess you can include Japanese Shintoism - all have expanded via the sword and in the name of God. And that goes for the United States. They certainly have nothing to do with the teachings of the Torah or Yahushua. Not that there aren't many decent religious people involved in these organizations - but their primary focus is militarism. http://www.yrm.org/sabbathvideoarchive.htm
