Hey, here's an idea!
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Thu, 11/10/2016 - 3:38pmNow that our wars will no longer be instigated by a Commander-in-Chief with a (D) next to his name, can we have our antiwar movement back?
Now that our wars will no longer be instigated by a Commander-in-Chief with a (D) next to his name, can we have our antiwar movement back?
The Institute for Economics and Peace has issued its tenth annual 2016 Global Peace Index (GPI). The GPI uses 23 factors/indicators to rank the countries of the world according to Peace, from the most peaceful to the least peaceful. The analysis came to the conclusion that the world has become less peaceful and more unequal over the last ten years.
I feel it can't be said enough. STOP the War in Syria!
Damn man, what are we doing?
I grew up during and served in the Vietnam war. I remember the horrors and atrocities and the lies. Wars are always based on lies and the war in Syria is no different.
A group calling themselves the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) has written a "memo" to Empire in Chief Obama, just like they did to war criminal George W. Bush in the earlier part of the century.
"No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. " -James Madison
"Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other." -James Madison
"The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force." -Thomas Jefferson
"My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth." -George Washington
"We should have no illusions. Today’s United States of America is interested only in one thing - destroying Russia as a civilizational, geopolitical, military and political rival — as well as an economic rival, with its treasure trove of resources."
Leonid Reshetnikov, retired lieutenant general of Russia’s foreign intelligence service
Another study came out recently about the costs of U.S. wars. From Brown University's Watson Institute, author Neta Crawford of Boston University pegged the amount at $4.79 trillion, or “so large as to be almost incomprehensible,” Key findings are:
Many have lamented the lack of an antiwar movement in this country, the land of Empire and Imperialism. Many have also criticized the faux left that supports U.S. "interventions", those that support War Criminal Obama and want War Criminal Clinton to be the next President of the Empire.
We're not alone. They have the same problem in Europe.