After the recent events that transpired between Iran and the United States, I decided to share this old George Carlin clip. I think it’s all too relevant today.
Tag: War
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Quote from Al Jazeera’s video “Is Trump taking US into a new Gulf War? | Inside Story” (posted on January 4, 2020)
Hillary Mann Leverett (~14:48 – 15:55 in video): “This was not a strategic decision taken by President Trump. He is making the same mistake that is a bipartisan mistake, that goes across political lines, that both President Bush and President Obama made before him. You try to vilify a leader of another state, whether it’s Saddam Hussein in Iraq, or Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, which is what happened under Obama. You vilify this leader, you invade the country, try to destroy the country, and think you have a victory. That has been proven absolutely wrong! It is a strategic quagmire that has sucked the United States into the Middle East, drained our resources, killed our soldiers, and devastated those countries to no positive effect! We had Iraq under President Bush. We had more than 100,000 troops there and have never been able to stabilize it. It is more anti-American today than it ever was. It is more of a threat to the United States today than it ever was. The same thing with Libya that happened under President Obama. We had the exact same thing. Libya’s more of a threat today than it ever was because of the US military intervention. It’s not strategic!”
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#NoWarWithIran
It’s been a few days into 2020, and already, there is the real possibility of war between Iran and the United States. Trump had recently ordered an assassination on Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, who was one of the top generals in Iran. I don’t know much about Soleimani, but from what I had heard about him, he was not the best individual, morally-speaking. However, regardless of whether or not he was a “bad person,” was he a direct threat? I think not. There are talks that he threatened an attack on the US embassy in Iran, however, from what I have seen, nothing serious came out of it. For the most part, his threats were nothing more than just words, not actions! However, the US assassinated him, essentially basing their justifications on talks, rumors, and words, instead of concrete actions! Don’t get me wrong, though! I am all about taking necessary steps to preventing imminent attacks to protect people. However, there has to be concrete evidence, beyond a shadow of a doubt, proving that an attack was imminent! So far, nothing of that nature has been presented. The only reason that was given was that it was to “prevent a war!” Well, I don’t think that’s doing much, for now, Iran wants to retaliate, and understandably so! Thus, Trump ordered an attack on a sovereign nation’s top military commander based on faulty logic and BS information! In fact, Trump ordered the attack without Congressional approval! This situation has turned out to be a disaster in the making. And what’s ironic is that Trump complained on Twitter during Obama’s presidency that Obama was going to start a war with Iran to get re-elected. That didn’t happen. However, Trump is up for re-election in 2020, and currently, as of writing this, there is a real possibility of war with Iran, and that’s not under Obama; it’s under Trump! How ironic. And Trump’s response is that he is ready to send thousands of troops at any moment! Oh God! Let’s just hope they don’t enact another draft!
Some videos on the matter
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No More War
Enough with the endless fucking wars! No more war! No more bloodshed! No more innocent civilians dying because of a barrel of oil! No more of any of that shit! It’s time this shit comes to an end! People always say to “support the troops!” Well, you know how we support the troops? Don’t send them to fucking war! It’s that simple. If you really care about the troops, don’t send them to countless wars overseas! We’ve been in NUMEROUS wars the past two decades; maybe longer! And you know what the answer is as to why we have to STAY in these wars? It’s because we have to “get the bad guy.” We have to “protect the interests of the people.” Protect them from what? A disjointed, rogue band of rebels? A disjointed, rogue band of rebels, mind you, who feel even more emboldened by us continuing to stay in the Middle East? It’s 2020. We’ve been in Iraq and Afghanistan for almost two decades. We’ve been going on countless excursions in numerous different countries across the world. We’ve launched drone strikes and airstrikes, a lot of which missed the targets they were aiming for! Currently, as of writing this, there is a chance that the U.S. and Iran might go to war. President Trump said that he would be ready to send thousands of troops to Iran if he felt that he needed to. What a great way to start off the New Year (not really)! You know how people are always talking about New Year’s resolutions? Well, in the spirit of the New Year, I say that the US should have a New Year’s resolution, and that resolution should be to get the troops out of the Middle East, and for real, this time! No more games! No more bullshit! No more excuses! Just send the troops home! And if any groups retaliate, let them! As long as they don’t do anything within the United States, we shouldn’t worry about what goes on in the Middle East! The United States should be worried about the United States. We should be worried about the poor, the homeless, the sick, the failing infrastructure, the outrageous prices, the education system, the healthcare system, student debt, medical debt, the job market, etc. We need to be worried about OUR OWN CITIZENS; not what some ragtag groups in the Middle East are doing. It is 2020! It is a new decade! It is the New Year. It is time that America puts an end to these perpetual wars! It is time to bring the troops home!