Perhaps the way that we're supposedly defending ourselves is the thing that harms us the most

[MrScorpio]

As that way exists, it prevents us from seeing that harm and impels us to exacerbate the levels of "defense."

Perhaps defense is just a lie to justify it's own existence… To keep itself out of the box when it's not required and actually creates problems in order to have something to "solve."

Perhaps it limits your options, rather than expands them. It only gives you a sledge hammer, when all you need is a screwdriver.

Perhaps it blinds us to the folly a path that we've never made for ourselves and prevents us from considering better directions.

Perhaps it creates more fears and invents enemies where they would not normally exist.

And how would we know if we refuse to think that we may be wrong?

[99th_Monkey]

1. Yes, the "War on Terror" is a sham, a racket if you will

Designed to guarantee endless war, for the benefit of MIC that Ike famously warned us about.

Yep. Sadly I do believe that is the case.

Now what do we do about it? <-- to me this is the question at hand.