Is US militarism to blame for climate change?

The US military is one of the largest users of fossil fuels and energy in the world.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_usage_of_the_United_States_military

Reducing the size of the US military should be able to unite Americans across the political spectrum:  conservatives who want less government spending and conservationists fighting global warming.

Or is this hope of unity a lot of hot air?

http://www.ogdenonpolitics.com/2017/01/2016-ends-with-yet-another-hottest-year.html?m=1

Is US militarism to blame for terrorist attacks?

Professor Robert Pape believes terrorist activity is a reaction to military intervention.  If the US and the west stopped invading other countries those invaders might not then be the targets of terrorism.  If we control what we can control by stopping the bombing, we might also be able to control the seemingly uncontrollable:  terrorism.  It's at least worth a try since the current option tried hasn't worked.

https://www.thenation.com/article/heres-what-a-man-who-studied-every-suicide-attack-in-the-world-says-about-isiss-motives/

Is US militarism to blame for the European refugee crisis?

Our ally Germany seems to think so.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-16/angry-germany-slams-trump-criticism-urges-us-build-better-cars-accuses-washington-ca

Yo, yo Ma!

Does invading other countries hollow out your own Heartland?

https://www.rt.com/business/374289-alibaba-us-jobs-military/

Does bombing other countries Trump America First?

We can only hope that the new president continues the positive recent action of his predecessor of commuting Chelsea Manning's sentence by commuting America's wars around the world.

Navy drone seized by China

Should the United States Navy be so close to China anyway?  Deeper questions need to be discussed before before formulating a military response, which tends to be the foreign policy of the United States government.

2016 Veteran's Day Parade Information for Friday, November 11

We are to meet at Walnut St. between Pennsylvania and Delaware in downtwon Indy near IPS headquarters.  We are supposed to be there before 11:15.  I will be there then; I think if anyone wants you can wait until around 11:45 or noon to show.  The parade starts at noon but since we are the last section (of four), we won't be stepping off until much after noon.