Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The mass media are full of headlines announcing that a "watchdog" has concluded in an "independent" investigation that US military personnel did nothing wrong in an August airstrike in Kabul which killed ten civilians and zero combatants.
The fact that there was no wrongdoing found makes it all the more horrible, doesn't it?
All your stories point to the very same thing: the dire need for change.
Over on Jimmy Dore's site the comments in one sense are hopeful. On the other hand, they reveal how far we have to go, with people calling Jimmy right wing because he criticizes democrats and others who still look to that incompetent huckster Trump for salvation.
I will not be thanking anyone in a military uniform for their service anytime soon.
It was Joe Biden who publicly asserted the intention of the lethal force to strike at the time and place of its choosing. He bears the ultimate responsibility for this criminal act of butchery.
A question: Where one can find a consolidated (all three parts) of Tucker Carlson video titled “Patriot Purge”?
Jan. 6 “armed insurrection” is as much a fraud and hoax as the “Russia-gate” – same lying team.
PS: Fox channel is completely disorganized and drowning in endless stupid garbage a la Hannity, etc. - you can’t easily find it there… Tucker Carlson should find another platform – the sooner, the better for him…
The only reason the NYT investigated this particular airstrike, following twenty years of similar botched and murderous airstrikes, was to punish the Biden Administration for actually leaving Afghanistan.
I'm trying to find the quote about aggressive war being the ultimate crime because it contains within it all of the smaller atrocities of war. I found where Judge Jackson said they weren't looking to punish all the small fry who committed an individual atrocity, but wanted to focus on those in power. I think it's important, because although it may be legitimate to find that no individual soldier or airman should be punished for this tragedy, no US military attacks in Afghanistan were ever legal or can be condoned. The war went on for almost 20 years, and many high level people in the Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden administrations were responsible for keeping it going for all those years. All those high level people should but will not be held to account.
Leonard Lopate At Large did an amazing book review interview of Andrew Cockburn's "The Spoils of War" book. If you don't wanna read the book, my God, catch the Lopate interview (it should come up in a day or two). They really researched the subject and then brought Cockburn on air. Smooth as silk and enlightening hour long interview "behind the scenes" of all our national security theater!
The fact that there was no wrongdoing found makes it all the more horrible, doesn't it?
All your stories point to the very same thing: the dire need for change.
Over on Jimmy Dore's site the comments in one sense are hopeful. On the other hand, they reveal how far we have to go, with people calling Jimmy right wing because he criticizes democrats and others who still look to that incompetent huckster Trump for salvation.
I will not be thanking anyone in a military uniform for their service anytime soon.
It was Joe Biden who publicly asserted the intention of the lethal force to strike at the time and place of its choosing. He bears the ultimate responsibility for this criminal act of butchery.
A question: Where one can find a consolidated (all three parts) of Tucker Carlson video titled “Patriot Purge”?
Jan. 6 “armed insurrection” is as much a fraud and hoax as the “Russia-gate” – same lying team.
PS: Fox channel is completely disorganized and drowning in endless stupid garbage a la Hannity, etc. - you can’t easily find it there… Tucker Carlson should find another platform – the sooner, the better for him…
Lt. Gen. Sami Said: the "new Colin Powell".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_D._Said
The only reason the NYT investigated this particular airstrike, following twenty years of similar botched and murderous airstrikes, was to punish the Biden Administration for actually leaving Afghanistan.
I'm trying to find the quote about aggressive war being the ultimate crime because it contains within it all of the smaller atrocities of war. I found where Judge Jackson said they weren't looking to punish all the small fry who committed an individual atrocity, but wanted to focus on those in power. I think it's important, because although it may be legitimate to find that no individual soldier or airman should be punished for this tragedy, no US military attacks in Afghanistan were ever legal or can be condoned. The war went on for almost 20 years, and many high level people in the Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden administrations were responsible for keeping it going for all those years. All those high level people should but will not be held to account.
As soon as I saw the words "independent" + "Pentagon," I knew it was fake. Where have critical thinking skills gone in this country?
Leonard Lopate At Large did an amazing book review interview of Andrew Cockburn's "The Spoils of War" book. If you don't wanna read the book, my God, catch the Lopate interview (it should come up in a day or two). They really researched the subject and then brought Cockburn on air. Smooth as silk and enlightening hour long interview "behind the scenes" of all our national security theater!
the good news is, whatever the criminals say means nothing to humanity. not any more. it's crystal clear.