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Published on Thursday, February 9, 2012 by RT America
Pentagon: The Planet's Biggest Polluter
The United States Department of Defense boasts the world's largest military budget. It also is the planet's biggest polluter. With hundreds of military bases around the world, the Department is responsible for more waste than any other company or country. And though the contamination is costing lives, the cost to clean up the mess may be too big for the Pentagon: an estimated 320 billion dollars.
© 2012 RT
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Show AllThe US government is in a world wide war against democracy, life and the planet.
Let us TOGETHER peacefully remove every single bolt, screw, murderess & violating piece of rust, let us dismantle these stations of death, these daggers in the very heart of our backyards.
95% of cotton seeds in India are owned by Monsanto. The predator numbs its prey before it consumes it.
Base by Base let us bring these so called agencies to be answerable & accountable for the crimes they are perpetrating.
No terror no torture no assassination overt or covert try truth.
Fact: Ain't no pollution like a military solution!
Time to SMASH the DICTATORSHIP of the Military Industrial WELFARE Complex, Sisters and Brothers!!!
The Seventh Generation Deserves BETTER!!!
Our entire culture must awaken to the fact that the military is a cancer that must be cut out. Some day I hope that the profession of "soldier" is treated with the same disdain as a pedophile.
And I am also sick and tired of this country trashing my world as if it belonged to the US. This is beyond being 'ill mannered and totally selfish', this is out and out barbarism.