The Self-Licking Boot Of US Militarism by Caitlin Johnstone

A system which perpetuates and exacerbates itself while pretending to solve the problems it creates is often called a self-licking ice cream cone. Because that type of system is promoted by those serving the most powerful and belligerent power structure on earth, one might call US militarism a self-licking boot.

Reading by Tim Foley.