Custer

Yesterday was the 134 anniversary of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, also known as the Battle of the Greasy Grass. Custer had it coming, but the Indians still wound up losing the war, and we are all still struggling today.

I am listening to a book called "The Last Stand," about Custer, Sitting Bull, and the battle. What interested me most was a comment made about how the U.S. government was running out of money and needed an influx of cash. Thus, gold was "discovered" in the Black Hills, and so the Indians had to be wiped out (in one form or another) to get at it.

In a more modern context, the U.S. is deep in debt. Oil brings in lots of revenue. Kill Iraqis, Afghanis, Nigerians, Pakistanis, and attempt to kill Iranians soon (though Iran isn't as militarily weak as the U.S. likes to attack unarmed to weak nations because they are easier to kill). Kill the Indians for gold, Kill Middle Easterners and Africans for their oil.

More on this later.