Serial war’s never-ending blood purges are now the dominant factor in our American culture.  Each successive war is paid for by the dilution of our money, which is no more or less than a hidden tax on the consumer.  The twin effects are unprecedented price inflation and a dismal decline in morality that has always accompanied militarism everywhere.  The sad Soviet Union is the most recent example of this.  History warns us that political wars and monetary dilution are the twin scissor blades of tyranny, and that the middle class and the fixed income consumer are always caught between its razor sharp blades. 

We Americans are now embroiled in the so-called “war on terrorism