The US strikes on suspected Iranian-supported bases in Syria calling it self defense. Israel Intensifies the war in Gaza.
U.S. Launches Strikes on Suspected Iranian-Supported Bases in Syria
The Wall Street Journal reports U.S. Launches Strikes on Suspected Iranian-Supported Bases in Syria
The strikes against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and affiliated groups were authorized by President Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement.
“These precision self-defense strikes are a response to a series of ongoing and mostly unsuccessful attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-backed militia groups that began on Oct. 17,” Austin said in a statement.
The Pentagon said it struck a weapons and an ammunition storage facility in Abu Kamal, Syria, near the border with Iraq and described the strikes as self-defense measures separate from its military support of Israel. The U.S. said F-16s carried out the strikes, but didn’t say what kind of ordnance it used, how many strikes it conducted or where the American jet fighters originated from.
The U.S. didn’t hit sites where it had determined militia groups launched strikes on American forces, a U.S. defense official said. Rather, the U.S. decision to hit the two Syrian sites was intended to send a message to militia groups in the region that the U.S. would respond to threats to its forces, the official said, while mitigating the risk of escalation.
In the past 10 days, U.S. forces have come under fire at least 19 times in Iraq and Syria, Pentagon officials said Thursday, updating earlier figures. Attacks on Thursday included one an air base in Erbil, Iraq, hosting U.S. troops. In addition, a U.S. warship intercepted missiles in the Red Sea fired from Yemen last week.
Sending a Message
Allegedly, we are only “sending a message”.
But it seems to me that if the US did not have troops in Syria where they don’t belong and were not invited (an act of war by the US), then the troops would not have been attacked, and thus no counterattack message would need to be sent.
I suspect my line of reasoning might be too logical to make any sense, especially when there is plenty of support for starting a war in Iran.
If bombing Iran is the real mission, this is a good start. The Vietnam War started from such lies and pretenses.
Also note the US did not even strike at targets that attacked the US. Apparently there were better targets elsewhere.
Better targets is the rationale Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld used to start the War in Iraq despite the fact that it was Saudi nationals responsible for taking down the twin towers on 9/11 not Iraqis.
What’s the Real Message?
I suggest it’s the US is itching for war despite the official denial: “The United States does not seek conflict and has no intention nor desire to engage in further hostilities, but these Iranian-backed attacks against U.S. forces are unacceptable and must stop,” said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
To stop the attacks on US troops, I have a simple suggestion: Don’t put them where they have no business.
No good as ever came from US meddling in Vietnam, Iraq, Libya, or Afghanistan. Why should this be any different.
Power of the Missile
Israeli Airstrikes Intensify in Gaza
Israel-Hamas War Rages as Gaza Deaths Mount
CNN has Live Updates on the Israel-Hamas War.
The Israel Defense Forces’ troops are “operating forcefully” on all fronts in order to fulfill its goals in the war with Hamas, and will “continue striking Gaza City and keep calling upon civilians to evacuate south,” IDF spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said Friday.
UN members are preparing to vote on a resolution calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the war between Israel and Hamas so that humanitarian aid can reach civilians in the battered enclave of Gaza. The vote is expected at 3 p.m. ET.
There is no explicit criticism of Hamas in the General Assembly resolution currently under debate. Hamas, which controls Gaza, sparked the latest outbreak in violence after its October 7 terror attacks in Israel that left more than 1,400 dead.
Jawwal, the Palestinian telecom company that provides mobile service to the Gaza Strip released a statement Friday night, saying “the intense bombardment in the past hour has resulted in the destruction of all remaining international routes connecting Gaza with the outside world” leading to a “complete interruption of telecommunications services.”
Question of the Day
why wast valuable time voting? takes about 5 minutes by mail or perhaps a whole hour in person……..? i jerk off more on election day……….than actually voting, by employee clock watcher standards……..
According to the US Congressional Office there have been [about] 295 military incursions by the US since 1990.
Messing around with the rest of the globe, threatening or using military force, interfering in their politics with bought off NGO type influence — it’s what you do for a living. The US throws tens of thousands of tons of ordinance on a continual basis.
True.
Belt Buckle for our Military that Mike Johnson et al will soon recommend:
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War profiteering isn’t enough for these intellimorons; they have to add BLASPHEMY to their MO.
Thanks for your hard work and great thoughts Mish. I do have a gripe but it is broad. When it says ‘the US’ did such, I feel the real responsible party is never named, and the shameful actions are blamed on US inaccurately. It is better to name the bad actor such as Biden, Romney, Graham, Schumer, Schiff or whoever. Please don’t just attribute to all including the good people. Thank you.
Good Comment – but generally it is both political parties
There are people in the USA government wishing Israel level Gaza. No concern for other people. No concern of Karma. Denying there is a supreme spirit or God.
They don’t know human history or how their nation was founded on the beliefs of a supreme entity.
These politicians truly believe they are the supreme beings by their words and actions.
History says judgement day will come for them.
the people are the government in representative democracies/republics. the people of pax dumbfuckistan are vile nihilists. always blaming others. instead of looking in mirror. who have you voted for past 40 years……………..????? you is meant as all amerikans, not you specifically. i voted for peace. greens and libertarians. not evil. or greater or lesser of evil. still evil.
Last time I voted was for Ross Perot
at least he was not a total imperialist. just a JV team member. but not voting is pure nihilism. i’d implore you to rethink. i vote in 2 amerikan states, and in italy. so 3 for 1
Why waste my valuable time when nothing ever changes People I like are always marginalized and made to look irrelevant by the matrix I get it and chose to just ignore it all
Good on you I’ve got family in Arezzo, Tuscany Keep meaning to get over there and see their place
Larry Johnson has an interesting article about Iran which is worth a read.
https://sonar21.com/some-facts-about-iran-and-terrorism/
Of course Biden blundered by attaching the US to Bibi the baby-killer. Netanyahu wants us to do his dirty work. Those dead Palestinian children are on us as much as that monster Bibi.
He wants us to attack Iran next. Why are we falling for it?
Because all our politicians are bought and paid for by the Israeli Lobby. Its disgusting to watch how the fall over each other to please Israel. If only we could send them all over to Israel and have them lead the charge into Gaza. That Is pay to see.
AND THE amerikan people love baby killing. let’s be honest kids. been streaming on idiot boxes since nam. amerikans are fucked up human primates. abused and then abuse. it’s a cycle..
TT not all of us but I agree our society is pretty messed up in so many ways That’s one reason I expatriated in 2015
nothing in life is ever 100%. but in a democracy, the voters do rule. amerikans vast majority love the imperial war mongering……….good on you to expat. i vote in. italy and live in the vile imperial city, nyc. i still haven’t given up hope to turning nazis here around. i think we are busting up to 50 state solution………and will stop imperialism under bankruptcy. it’s an old story. amerika ain’t special. we’re eating ourselves at home. place falling apart mentally and physically. most amerikans so mentally weak they are depressed or jacked up on something………..mostly nihilists. it’s crumbling. all empires do. underneath the evil nasty empire is a country.
TT born in Mineola Spent 25 years building homes in SagHarbor area Got out when I got divorced and met a nice young Turkish girl I own rental property in Warsaw Life is so much better for me now MUCH less stressful
Just ignore Doug78, every comment he has ever posted on here about Russia and Ukraine is wrong, he just repeats CNN style propaganda without regsrd to any facts, about what you would expect from your typical low IQ neo- con moron. After 30 years of total failure you’d think neo – con’s would begin to get a glimmer of a clue, but severe Dunning-Krueger syndrome prevents that
the guy is an asshole. mish needs ignore buttons or he’ll lose people…………assholes are tough to deal with in life. i ignore them in real life. like most normal people. i’m sure he thinks i’m an asshole and will ignore me. i hope so. MISH PLEASE GET IGNORE FEATURE. ASSHOLES INCOMING. DUCK AND COVER.
Thank you Exactly true
bwah, Dough is OK ! He keeps the conversation going, that,s fun too when you come to think of it….We shouldn t behave fanatically on this blog, there s already far too much quarreling outside so lets be mildish here …
Some Americans can see Russia from their houses.
What’s your point
1) Saddam tried to assassinate papi Bush. He paid the price, hanged in a private viewing. Papi B and Clinton stabbed GW Bush in the back.
2) Syria was infected by the Arab spring. Hafez Al Assad slaughtered 30K Muslim Bros in Homs. King Hussain kicked the Palestinian to Lebanon, saved by Israel. Nasrallah was saved by Israel from Yasser Arafat. Arafat’s Fatahland was destroyed in Lebanon.
3) Khadafi mums was Jewish. Cousins in Israel.
4) Medvedev is half Jewish. Putin has over one million Russian ex patriots in Israel.
5) Stalin built a Jewish bridgehead in Palestine in the heart of the British Empire.
5) Dostoyevsky “The Crime and the Punishment” Leon Trotsky, the father of the red army, was assassinated with an axe.
6) Brussels reverse colonialism is the worst .
we have a saying in flemish : if you stir the shit it starts stinking ….
i’ve toured trotsky home in mexico city were he was assasinated. great fun. funny thing the day i was there was a pack of rich russian gals with mink coats and high heels laughing…………….made me chuckle. only better place was revolutionary museum in havana cuba………..that’s a must see place……..of course the roman stuff all over meditteranean make me proud. a great ruthless empire to aspire NOT to be like. i vote in italy, too. we did this shit already. my amerikan upbringing made aware of how dumb amerikans are. arrogant and ignorant and just as vile as the roman empire.
Too bad he wasn’t sucessful
1) US main valve controls the flow of everything in the ME. US forces keep volatility down. Iranianian proxies attacked it from Iraq and Syria. Yemen launched drones and missile attack, but Iran herself is on the sideline. Without the US the ME will be in a bigger mess. US beefed up its forces in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and western Iraq.
2) Gaza is under fire. Hamas HQ is under Shifa hospital. Israel skirmishes are deeper. It might be a decoy. Hamas is spread too thin.
3) Hezbollah’s skirmishes are low grades.
4) Qatar emir’s wife CMU commencement speech, 2008 : we want to educate our children for a better future. US Seventh fleet HQ is in Qatar. Qatar is a relay station between US & Iran and between Israel & Hamas. Within a decade :
5) Option I : Israel and the Palestinian will live in one open state, not two, not three.
6) Option II : Israel, Gaza and the west bank will be an Egyptian colony.
But but , it is the damn fc kn US of A that messed up the f n Middle east …These are f n tribal regions with dictators keeping things under control , you removed Saddam Hussein in Iraq under false pretexts turning it into a f n mess, the same for Afghanistan, Libya was prosperous under Khadaffi till you MURDERED the guy, creating pure chaos you tried the same in Syria , prosperous under a mild secular leader , Russia rightly stopped you from removing Assad so you are now at war with Russia , biting off more than you can chew obviously, (deliberately) ruining Europe in the process …..The US of A is indeed a f n admirable gowd blessed exceptional nation….for now anyway ….
no doubt the future of “holy land” is another empire. it’s always been ruled by empires. today pax amerika. the ottomans not too long ago. the egyptians ran it already, so know the joint. like a hotel you enjoy when travelling. but alas the jews and palestinians are always just bitch pawns of the empires. the cold nasty truth.
Gotta divide the ME to conquer. imagine the ME without internal strife. Would be able to wreck a lot of US agendas.
The US isn’t “itching for war”
We are just protecting our in-place assets and yes, sending a message.
Smart people will put their ear to the ground and hear the message.
Moron strikes again
Stop looking in the mirror.
What right do we have to bomb foreign nations and not expect blowback and pain? We’re 34 Trillion in debt and alienating the very region we need to work with to keep gasoline below $10 per gallon. The smart people there are definitely getting the message: the US is untrustworthy so better cozy up to China and Russia.
Who needs ‘in place assets’ with solar panels all over the fn place ?
how dare all those places, put their countries near or around our world wide miltiary bases, invited or not………….? goddamn it. i’m pissed. we are amerikans goddamn it.
If a war is inevitable then it is better to wage it on someone else’s real-estate. That’s why we didn’t wait for the Nazis and the Japanese Empire to invade California and the East Coast before deciding to fight.
“I suspect my line of reasoning might be too logical to make any sense”.
That is very condescending, but I would like for you to set out your line of reasoning so I can examine it and if sufficiently logical adopt your position.
War is never inevitable. It’s a deliberate choice.
If you surrender you won’t get war so you are right. It is a choice. Surrender or fight of course surrender means the pain is only beginning.
Surrender to whom? There isn’t a conflict anywhere within 3000 miles of the US. Our territory is at zero risk of foreign invasion. Meanwhile, we are 34 Trillion in debt with massive internal problems across our infrastructure and social programs. But sure, sending aircraft carriers and bombing foreign countries totally helps make thing better.
well said ! Btw ,there was absolutely NO need to ‘save’ us from the Russians ! None whatsoever !
Some Americans can see Russia from their houses.
There is no enemy within 3000 miles because we keep them away. It’s as simple as that.
No country other that the US is interested in attacking countries 1000’s of miles from their borders.
The poster child of force projection is the aircraft carrier.
The US has 11 aircraft carriers the rest of the world 10. Most of these with US allies. Russia and China have 3.
So whose forces are structured for aggression on distant countries.
hahaha ….how gullible !? No way Josay ! Hitler and the US were quite chummy at one point, but knowing you I know you knew …(w a fn sentence)…. Japan attacking Pearl Harbour was also kind of allowed merely to get the US involved in WW2 ….but you knoo that too! …english is such a crazy illogical language when compared with french , aint it ?
I prefer the old FromBrussels from the first year of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He had at least some arguments sometimes but this version is really lowbrow. Is the old one still around? If yes then put him on.
You did miss, me didn t you ? We got along quite well occasionally then dramatic geopolitical issues created a final ideological unbridgeable gap between us. I still rest my case though , the US is a fn warmonger !
Not really. Sometimes you said something interesting but for the last year you have taken the easy road by just insulting and not even trying to come up with arguments, but I understand. Things haven’t turned out like you expected.
It’s not your average US Citizen. We are fed up with the idiots in Washington. It is the Neocons and their money that bribe the sleazy politicians who have no moral compass and will do anything to get I power.
Ignore little Dougie he’s a demented fool warmonger Probably voted for John McCain
Hoping your move back to mother Russia went well and are back enjoying life.
We recognize it has been stressful for you these last few years – pls take care of yourself by eating well, taking joy in the little pleasures in life, and maybe take up a hobby.
Hey Dougie it’s only 30 miles across the Bering strait so you better bone up on your geography before embarassing yourself with your lack of knowledge on things
At least the English do not have a different rule for every verb.
yes, that s right too , you should see how complicated verbs are in Dutch (my native language ) German is hell ! with Dativ, akkusativ, nominativ, genitiv etc …
Since you dislike German, I would have expected you to like the U.S. army, without which you would be speaking it.
Because you don’t like speaking German, I would have expected you to like the U.S. army, without which you would have been stuck speaking German. Or did we have no business in the Ardennes, the Germans never having set foot in Texas?
Better than Czech which has succeeded in eliminating virtually all vowels.
Doug, do you really believe the stuff you write?
‘The US’ didn’t bomb Syria.
It’s just the insane establishment and their current political puppet who did.
There were the same small number of US troops in Syria during the previous guys “presidency”. They have been there since 2015.
Obama was president in 2015. What’s your point?
The original comment seemed to place blame for being in Syria on Biden. In fact, he is the only president who has gotten out of any country.
Yeah, he got us out of Afghanistan alright. And that was a disaster.
Oh, W got us out a Kuwait after we liberated it. Ford got us out of Vietnam. Truman kept us from invading Japan. Wilson won WW1 for us, so I’d say you’re a little off with your point. Or it needs to be more precise.
YEAH ! WW3, the official version anyway, is In fact the ONLY way out for a insanely indebted, living above all its means , political influence and hegemony losing nation! That s what happens when you underestimate so called, made up ‘enemies’ ! It started somewhere with then invasion of Iraq because of the equally made up existence of WMD ! B t way what the fc k is doing the fc kn US military in Syria ? …apart from STEALING oil ? !
Hello, a good percentage of this was to keep western controlled fossil fuels flowing to the EU countries. I think it’s pretty clear where the EU would have been without US military might. And the real power here is a small group of multinational western oligarchs, the condition of the US gov finances could be improved easily if they cared to.
The small group of multinational western oligarchs care absolutely nothing for the finances of the U.S. or any other of the host countries these parasites feed off of.
I’m pretty sure TPTB have bitten off a lot more than they can “chew”.
Nonsense ! We had Russia as a VERY reliable energy provider ….till the US of A decided we shouldn t have such a reliable provider and started the war against our reliable provider with Whorekranian cannon fodder ! What I will never understand though is how our undemocratically never elected EU parasites went along with obvious INSANITY ….Corruption maybe ? …or even blackmail ? !
Russian oil and gas were too expensive because of the unwritten addenda at the end which made Russia as a supplier not worth it.
Do you mind translating …even in french when necessary…
poppycock and incoherent too.
Your ignorance is showing little Dougie
He is essentially saying that Russian oil and gas came with too much baggage to continue to hang out with.
One Nation Under Blackmail book (2 volumes!) by Whitney Webb. I started with the names in the index. It all makes sense, not an accident.
Why do all of our so-called representatives have to have sex with underage boys and girls ? Are they ALL that sick? Evidently the answer is yes they are all that sick
Look up Hitler’s justication for invading Poland, I swear nothing changes…
Exactly. Biden is doing exactly the wrong thing here if he and Pentagon think they keep this bloody mess bottled up by “sending messages”.
I remember not too long ago when McKinley Park and Brighton Park in Chicago were nice Polish neighborhoods. Brighton Park Theater. Archer Avenue Big Store. Those neighborhoods were in the local immigrant-fiasco news this week, nothing to do with the Polish, however. Mayor Brandon’s proposed encampment not far from the site of the former Crane Company (plumbing fixtures), which at one time employed 5000 workers.
My favorite Polish neighborhoods are in Krakow and Warsaw
the assholes that are ok with our bitch pawns, the israelis running a concentration camp and brutalizing palestinians for decades are too vile to think clearly. not long ago mish was debating whether israel should shut off electric and water……there. here is the deal, jews and palestinians never ruled jerusalem. it was always empires. the amerikan empire past century. before that the ottomans, the romans, the egyptians…………..the israelis are just a bitch pawn of pax amerika. they abuse the palestines. not unlike how the romans ruled there, and the rich jews stomped on the poor jews like jesus and his kind…………the jews even tattled to the romans for them to spike the guy into the cross. face facts mish. the jews or palestinians never ruled. just pawns. nasty pawns though. the syrian iranian mujahadeen list of people we mess with that always cause blowbacks like 9.11.01 will keep on happening for another century until we retreat from being an evil empire. and after that the blowback period will last a generation or two………..due to pissed off victims…….children and grandchildren. no amount of arms will change the outcome of where we are going. i’d suggest people mentally prepare for incoming bombers and missiles here on our homeland to happen every decade or maybe year more and more as we are weaker and the people we have butchered are stronger…………….9.11.01 and response showed the world how weak the amerikans and israelis really are. we are so weak we invite the attacks. sick fucks.
911 doesn’t count because everyone with a working brain knew that it was a false flag from the very beginning Two much that doesn’t make any sense at all to even start believing the official bs story
See some genius downvoted my truth because they can’t handle the truth or are paid to do so
Where’s Zardoz when you need his patented kookoo moniker.
First, Arabs (aka Palestinians) & Jews lived peacefully side-by-side for several millennia. Yes, the whole region was conquered over and over from outside invaders. The Brits are the ones who called the shots for about 30 years, BTW.
It wasn’t until Zionism became a thing in the late 1800’s that seemed to piss off the Arabs, who have turned down at least two 2-state offers. The current terrorist, Hamas, want a 1-state solution that includes the destruction of Israel, but you already know this and may even support the means to the end.
Nice try at painting a mostly untrue picture. Take your medicine please, TT.
I think you got Iran and Iraq confused. US forces are still in Iraq in very small numbers and wanted by the IraQi government. Iranian-backed forces in Syria fired across the border into IraQ, that would be a violation and the escalation. Of course the US and Iraq have a right to fire back to send a message.
The scum we put in power would like us to stay, they will be hanging from lampposts when we leave…
Why did you go there in the first place ? Saddam Hussein was even your friend at one point ….remember ? You don t, that s obvious !
Classic photo of Saddam shaking hands with Rummy. Smiles all around! I hope that warmongering rat is roasting in hell. Saddam wasn’t a good guy, either.
Good little sheep you are. Ask any Iraqi and they will tell you the country is an unsafe shithole after we deposed Saddam. Tens of thousands christians were murdered after the evil religious morons were let loose after he was deposed. Stop drinking the MIC propaganda.
Why because most of my fellow Americans are just sheep and follow religiously the nonsense coming out of the idiot box that’s why People like jojo
Read my post carefully: These are MY only two Iran references.
1. I suspect my line of reasoning might be too logical to make any sense, especially when there is plenty of support for starting a war in Iran.
2. If bombing Iran is the real mission, this is a good start. The Vietnam War started from such lies and pretenses.
Both sentences are accurate and as intended. I did not confuse Iran with Iraq. There are many in Congress who want to strike Iran and this could be justification.
What would starting a war in Iran do ? I don’t seriously believe the US or most in congress want a more negative public opinion after Afghanistan and Iraq. Seems to me if Syria is allowing Iranian-backed militias to fire into Iraq, then a message on their weapons and not people does need to be sent and this is exactly what the US did with the permission of the Iraqi government. The US is there to protect Iraq’s interests and doesn’t want another Iran-Iraq (Sunni-Shia) war. Iran, Palestine (Hamas), Jordan, Syria and other Sunnis are playing the game of public perception against Israel and the US. Many of these countries simply want the Ottoman (Sunni) empire to come back and for Israel, Iraq and a few others to be wiped off the map but they won’t openly come out and say it. In the end many of these countries fear a western democracy b/c of it means people can be free to practice their religion. If Iraq doesn’t want the US there, then they wouldn’t be there. This is why the US left Afghanistan after their country elected the Taliban again. I’m guessing Iraq doesn’t want to go down the path of Afghanistan and actually wants US help in protecting their borders.
“To stop the attacks on US troops, I have a simple suggestion: Don’t put them where they have no business.”
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Iraq still wants the US to protect their borders. This is why they are in Iraq.
The US ground forces that were attacked were in Syria, where they are an invader.
Yes. And int court of justice says occupier has no right of self defense.
War. What is good for? Absolutely nothing. That’s what the lyrics in the song say but the sheep need to be sheared of all their possessions every so often to benefit the ruling class behind the curtain and keep workers in destitute while continuing to struggle daily to survive.
Who in Iraq wants US troops there? I suspect only the criminals in charge who are cashing in on not getting beheaded by the masses I highly doubt the average guy on the street wants us there
“The US is there to protect Iraq’s interests…”
Is this supposed to be sarcasm? Because that is the only way it makes sense. What problem has the US solved (or even ameliorated) in that region over the past many decades? Not a single one. On the contrary, it has exacerbated every problem that it claimed to be able to solve.
Agree, there are deep state warmongers who have been talking about how to take out syria, iraq and iran for the past 20 years. Those who voted for Biden enabled all of this and should accept this fact. Those who voted for trump voted for peace. Around this, there is no debate. It is what it is. Gullible people could not see through mean tweets and braggadocio to see the real man undernearth. These same people fell for the job biden smile and could not see the real man/men running the puppet.
Yup lots of good puppets doing the bidding of their masters in the Military industrial complex
Wesley Clarke said we would take out 7 nations and Iran is the only one left standing
My dad says Newsmax is reporting that the two buildings we bombed in Syria were empty.
If true, then that shows us yet again how inept FJB & his DoD are.
Just a bunch of circus clowns.
The regional enemy is Iran.
That is why US created Daish, sustains Kurds, funds Al Qaeda, and steal Syrian oil.
Also why Sunni terror abides with Israel.
Twisted, the US empire has no moral foundation and no morality in its destruction, and long range murder.
Russia/Iran in Syria
US in Syria(for oil fields)
MBS warns US devastating consequences for Israeli invasion
US responds with OK
problem
to many TERRORISTS(US, Israel, entire middle east) in small area
who shoots 1st – wow the GLOW IS amazing
War criminals: Biden, eight wars.
Trump (to his credit, he did not start a new war), but oversaw Afghanistan.
Obama, seven wars.
Clinton, Iraq
Bush II, Iran, the list goes on.
Because of the censorship and propaganda, for most people ‘war’ is abstract, some far away place.
After Vietnam, the military became “professional”.
Only very few Americans actually experience war firsthand.
The media never refers to our “leaders” as war criminals.
Way?
Disabled war veteran.
Doesn’t Iraq support Hamas?