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The Superpower That Fought Itself — And Lost
By William Astore and TomDispatch Source: TomDispatch.com After 19 al-Qaeda militants armed only with box-cutters and knives hijacked four American commercial airliners, the U.S. military moved with remarkable efficiency to rectify the problem. In the years since, in its global … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, black ops, CIA, Conspiracy, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Geopolitics, History, military spending, Neocons, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, black ops, Blackwater, Chalmers Johnson, china, CIA, Cold War, Deep State, empire, Erik Prince, geopolitics, Hegemony, imperialism, iraq, ISIS, James Madison, Militarism, military spending, military-industrial complex, Russia, Syria, Trump, US Foreign Policy, war
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Assumption of US Dominance Has ended; Imperial Decline is Looming
By Danielle Ryan Source: Covert Geopolitics Iran, China, and Russia are challenging the US in the seas and skies. It’s a symptom of America’s declining global influence. In his new book about the decline of US global power, historian Alfred … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Militarization, military spending, Neocons, Social Control, society, State Crime, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Bush, china, Eastern Alliance, Education, empire, geopolitics, Global Hegemony, imperialism, Infrastructure, Iran, military-industrial complex, NATO, Obama, Russia, Syria, Trump, US Foreign Policy
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U.S. War Justification Is in the Eye of the Beholder
By David Swanson Source: Let’s Try Democracy The idea that the United States has a problem with war propaganda is typically scratched in a bad-apples manner with a story that the U.S. has set up a new propaganda agency, such … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Authoritarianism, black ops, censorship, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, History, media, Militarization, military spending, patriotism, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged Afghanistan, conditioning, Conformity, corporate media, Dystopia, empire, geopolitics, Global Engagement Center, hollywood, imperialism, iraq, Libya, Lincoln Group, military-industrial complex, obedience, propaganda, Syria, War Lies, war profiteers, war propaganda, War. War on Terror, WMDs
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The Unifying Force of War Abolition
By David Swanson Source: Let’s Try Democracy Remarks at United National Antiwar Coalition in Richmond, Virginia, on June 18, 2017. It’s not unusual for an activist, focused on one of the millions of worthy causes out there, to try to … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, corporate news, culture, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Environment, Health, Militarization, military spending, Philosophy, police state, propaganda, Racism, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged activism, anti-war, Climate Change, corporate media, Disease, economy, Health System, Mass Murder, Militarization, Nonviolence, Nuclear War, police state, racism, war
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America’s Real Red Scare
The Slow-Motion Collapse of the American Empire By William J. Astore Source: TomDispatch.com Jump into your time machine and let me transport you back to another age. It’s May 2001 and the Atlantic Monthly has just arrived in the mail. … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, censorship, civil liberties, Conspiracy, culture, Deep State, Drug War, Dystopia, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, Health, History, Militarization, military spending, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, war, war on terror
Tagged American Empire, Authoritarianism, Cold War, conspiracy, Deep State, Donald Trump, drug war, empire, financial crisis, healthcare, imperialism, Mass Incarceration, Militarism, Nuclear Weapons, police state, Prisons, Russia, Russian Hackers, Shadow Government, Soviet Union, surveillance state, war profiteers
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Who Controls The Government?
By Scott Lazarowitz Source: Activist Post It is quite ironic that the previous Drone-Bomber-in-Chief, Barack H. Obama, has been given the “profile in courage” award, which is being presented to him this week by the JFK Library Foundation. But how … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, Conspiracy, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Militarization, military spending, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Bill Clinton, CIA, Cold War, Corporatism, corporatocracy, Donald Trump, empire, geopolitics, George Bush, imperialism, JFK, Martial Law, Militarism, military-industrial complex, Obama, police state, Profile in Courage Award, Psy-ops, war, war profiteers
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Forbidden Questions? 24 Key Issues That Neither the Washington Elite Nor the Media Consider Worth Their Bother
By Andrew J. Bacevich Source: TomDispatch.com Donald Trump’s election has elicited impassioned affirmations of a renewed commitment to unvarnished truth-telling from the prestige media. The common theme: you know you can’t trust him, but trust us to keep dogging him … Continue reading
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Tagged American exceptionalism, Assassinations, black ops, CIA, corporate media, Donald Trump, empire, geopolitics, Global Hegemony, Human Rights, Israel, Israeli Nukes, Mainstram Media, Militarism, Miltary Supremacy, Neocons, Pakistan, propaganda, Saudi Arabia, terrorism, United Kingdom, war, war on terror, war profiteers
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Imperialism and the Logic Of Mass Destruction
By Carl Boggs Source: CounterPunch As throughout much of its war-obsessed history, the United States is currently engaged in military conflict – or threatening such action – across a broad contested terrain. In the cases of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria, … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Conspiracy, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Militarization, military spending, propaganda, Social Control, society, State Crime, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Chemical Weapons, Collateral Damage, empire, geopolitics, history, imperialism, Korea, Korean War, Militarism, State Crime, State Terror, Syria, US Foreign Policy, war, war crimes, war profiteers
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