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Three Real Defensive Stocks

Your take on the dollar, oil and Saudi Arabia etc, is insightful and clearly stated. Most of all, it makes sense, a rear thing on blogs at this site.
The selection of stocks in the "defense" sector (a politically correct term) but a misnomer (with me) where a more descriptive name would be war stocks. This would at the very least give "the politically dumb and insensitive Americans" an idea of what they were buying..and those that have ounce of morality in their hearts could act accordingly.
But, as "investment recommendations" , you are right on. ("to know what a horse will do, you have to know what a horse has done") So, a peek into the history of the IOUS of A, will shows, Americans will allow their government to "hood-wink" them into attacking other countries when the right "spin" is applied. And, now, that we have "a peace seeking president"...I find, there is very little to differentiate him from the previous war-criminal ..we get a sort'a.. "Bush light"... a more understanding family man. This helps us feel better about ourselves, as he (with "a little" help from the fed..'an..(Ahem!..excuse my language)..Goldman Sachs! ) they systematically turns the dollar into confetti, where at least it can be used for a useful purpose.
So, now, as we mortgage (yet again!) our future generations of (gullible) youths, to give their lives to protect oil fields or whatever new political philosophy in vogue. We face both moral and economic bankruptcy, with the prospect of having to defend hills of sand, for what?
Deus, tem misericordia de nos!
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