$ for war in Afghanistan and Obama's plans for Soc Sec?

[Chiquitita]

Anybody read this (brief) essay and the comments? What do you think we as citizens should be doing now re Obama's war plans? I recall he promised to escalate military activity in Afghanistan during his campaign. Now that he's president it seems money's going to keep flowing through the same channels -- or, do you think he's expecting us to rise up and just scream ENOUGH!

The Politics of Escalation
by Tom Hayden & Joseph Gerson

Congressional leaders are cooperating with the Obama administration in quashing any serious criticism of growing military escalation in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Indications are that there will be no benchmarks or conditions set on the more than $85 billion supplemental appropriation before Congress beginning this week. The administration, which once promised no more rushed supplemental appropriation, is rolling funds for war and swine flu into one package, while not yet disclosing how much is earmarked specifically for Afghanistan....
article and comments here:
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/05/12-1

Here's a sample comment (the one I found most troubling): "Deficits, such as those that pile up from unnecessary wars, don't matter, at least not to the oligarchs, because they have a plan. They first toyed with the idea during Bush's failed attempt at SS privatization, and we will see it again soon. The next scheme to divide the electorate will consist of inducing inter-generational warfare. The baby boomers will be demonized (we must ignore that other baby boomers will be doing most of the demonizing) and depicted as selfish and greedy for wanting their SS checks and their Medicare ("the baby boomers caused all the deficits after all"). The young will be convinced to vote for candidates who will severely curtail SS and Medicare, and the costs of all the wars will be easily paid for with the savings. So, the oligarchs have decided they can war away without worry!"