The Devastation Our Foreign Policy Leaves Behind
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 03/03/2022 - 12:45pmI was going to post this a month ago, but I forgot about it until now.
All of these news stories happened within a week.
forever wars
Biden has a narrow window to do something great
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 03/11/2021 - 4:22pmTrump left Biden a gift, and he only has to follow the instructions in order to cement his legacy. The question is - will he?
Biden is rolling back the only good thing Trump did
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 02/21/2021 - 10:17pmThe only thing Trump did that is worth a damn, was his distrust for our forever wars.
Granted, Trump didn't do nearly enough, but he tried to do something.
Now Biden is getting rid of even that.
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 02/07/2021 - 7:00am
Keep in Touch
This theme occurred to me for a couple of reasons. First, I wonder about the long term social consequences of our year long (so far) pandemic experience... no hugs, no handshakes, no kiss on the check nor pat on the back...just distanced digital dialogue with NO Touching! This is not a natural human condition. And secondly, I wonder what has happened with so many C99 voices who are no longer participating. I'm concerned about several of our old members. For example, Mark from Queens disappeared about the time COVID hit NYC. Eyo has health issues and hasn't been around in a while. Hecate, NC Tim, and and so many others who used to write here no longer are around. We know OPOL, Ek, and River Lover passed on to the other side. We all can see our community shrinking. I really wonder why.
JtC suggests some of us offend one another causing departure. It puzzles me that rational folks here (who we have come to know) have such thin skins that they leave when someone's opinion differs from theirs. Perhaps it is the stress of these odd COVID times that has people oversensitive? I don't know, but it sure seems bizarre to me to bail on C99's mostly evidence based discussions when journalist like Julian are being tortured for telling the truth about US war crimes, alternate media is being throttled, and rational evidence based conversation is non-existent on MSM. We need C99 now more than ever IMO. So, how can we not only maintain, but build, our community?
Trump has completely lost it! He's trying to end our Forever Wars. That's insane!
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 11/17/2020 - 7:18pmPresident Trump has clearly lost what is left of his mind.
He doesn't want to end just one Forever War. He's aiming at ending THREE Forever Wars.
No one but a madman would ever consider such insanity!
Our Forever Wars
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 08/22/2019 - 12:59pmIn the more than 6,5oo+ days that we've occupied Afghanistan, the United States has spent $2.4 trillion and wasted the lives of 2,433 military men and women and another 1,143 allies. Not to mention the tens of thousands of civilians that we've killed.
Yet we still see headlines like this one.
Some background on Bernie’s amazing antiwar speech, and credit where due
Submitted by CS in AZ on Sun, 06/10/2018 - 1:57pmRecently Jimmy Dore did a segment on Bernie Sanders giving a strong statement about the sorry mess of this country’s endless wars, and giving him “gold stars” for bringing up some important points. Thank you to azazello, who posted it in the evening blues and also to dkmich for highlighting it in an essay. I confess I don’t watch Jimmy’s show very often anymore and I wouldn’t have seen this otherwise. I did take the time to watch it.
Why did Hillary lose? The anti-war vote
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 07/05/2017 - 5:09pmWhy did Hillary lose the 2016 election? Misogyny? Jill Stein? Russia?
Or was it that voters in crucial swing states got weary of sending their children off to pointless wars?
A new study says the latter.
