Did anyone else notice Hillary's call for invading Syria?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 10/22/2016 - 1:27pmI said a few months ago that A vote for Hillary is a vote for war in Syria. I based this on the statements of virtually all her advisors.
I said a few months ago that A vote for Hillary is a vote for war in Syria. I based this on the statements of virtually all her advisors.
The one consistent thing in America's attitude toward Somali lives is total indifference.
A good example of this indifference is today's NY Times article.
Colin Kaepernick's decision to simply take a knee during the National Anthem to protest police violence caused much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth by people who lack the ability to determine what is important in life.
Well, now those people have a whole new reason to throw a fit.
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.
So I registered at https://presidentialopenquestions.com/ and asked this question. I hope we can get a million people or so to vote for the question I submitted. I know dip about social media and youtubing and whatnot, but I think this is a question that, if asked in public, changes a lot of public discussion.
Last week German newspaper Köelner Stadt-Anzeiger published an interview with Abu Al Ezz, a commander in the Nusra Front, the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria.
According to Al Ezz, U.S. materiel has been key in turning the tide against Syrian army forces:
"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: