The Senate last week passed the National Defense Authorization Act, $740 billion more this year, or next year, for war, death, and destruction.

We need a new system. We need a new society. We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago,

but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity.

Andy. Welcome to this week's episode of the real story on theist program where we go beyond the superficial to understand the social and political struggles dominating the world today.

I'm your host, Brian Becker.

Today we're talking to Lee Camp.

He's a writer, comedian, activist, journalist, and the host of the television show redacted tonight, which you can see on RT America.

His latest book is called Bullet Points and Punch Lines, the most important commentary ever written on the epic American tragedy comedy.

And you can find it in more of his work at lee camp.com.

Lee, welcome.

Thanks.

It is it?

It's the most important commentary ever.

Yeah, I'm glad you to notice that.

I love it. I love it.

Lee, the National Defense Authorization Act that was passed by Congress

and now goes to Donald Trump, Donald Trump's desk to be signed and has what appears to be a veto-proof

majority once again, make sure to include provisions that prevent Trump from actually withdrawing U.S. military forces from

Afghanistan, something he said he wanted to do by the end of this administration's four-year term.

Again, it says so much. We talk about the military industrial complex. That speech was in many ways

coined by Dwight the Eisenhower in his farewell address to the nation, January 17, 1961,

after eight years in office, of course, Eisenhower was a general. I had been the general in charge of American

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