Tag Archives: Imperial Hubris

Blowback: How ISIS Was Created by the U.S. Invasion of Iraq

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“In Iraq, the U.S. morphed from heroic liberators into brutal occupiers within a matter of weeks. In Fallujah, which would later become an ISIS stronghold, U.S. troops opened fire on a crowd of peaceful protesters in April 2003, killing and wounding dozens of Iraqis.  The shootings, the torture, the general chaos, all helped drive thousands of Iraqis from the minority Sunni community into the arms of radical groups led by brutal gangsters, such as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Zarqawi’s Al Qaeda in Iraq, formed in 2004 to fight U.S. troops and their local allies, was a precursor organization to … ISIS.”

Read more: https://theintercept.com/2018/01/29/isis-iraq-war-islamic-state-blowback/

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Trump’s North Korea Rhetoric: Carbon Copy of Bush On Iraq 15 Years Ago

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“Anyone who was paying attention during George W. Bush’s State of the Union addresses in 2002 and 2003 would have found Trump’s statements frighteningly familiar: Trump used exactly the same justifications for war with North Korea as Bush had for war with Iraq when standing at the same podium.”

Read more: https://theintercept.com/2018/01/30/donald-trump-state-of-the-union-north-korea/

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Media reports US stealth bombers in Guam preparing for nuclear strike

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“Not only will the B-61’s new modification make it ideal for destroying dug-in bunkers, the kind in which North Korean leader Kim Jong Un might hide during a conflict, but it has an adjustable nuclear yield that could limit harmful radioactive fallout after a nuclear attack.”

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/us-stealth-bombers-guam-tactical-nuclear-strike-north-korea-2018-1

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Trump Nuke Plan Resets the Doomsday Clock

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“The 2018 NPR eschews traditional nuclear disarmament pathways in favor of a more aggressive posture that seeks to make nuclear weapons more accessible to American policymakers when formulating deterrence.  The possibility of a tit-for-tat exchange of cyberattacks that escalates into a nuclear conflict would previously have been dismissed out of hand; today, thanks to the 2018 NPR, it has entered the realm of the possible.”

Read more: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/trump-nuke-plan-resets-the-doomsday-clock/

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By reversing policy in Syria, the US is fuelling more wars in the Middle East

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“It was a bad moment for the US to stir the pot by saying it would stay in Syria and target Assad and Iran. A Kurdish-Turkish war in northern Syria will be a very fierce one. The US obsession with an exaggerated Iranian threat – about which, in any case, it cannot do much – makes it difficult for Washington to mediate and cool down the situation. Trump and his chaotic administration have not yet had to deal with a real Middle East crisis yet and the events of the last week suggest that they will not be able to do so.”

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/syria-us-kurdish-state-turkey-war-us-is-creatign-trouble-in-the-middle-east-a8179941.html

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American Paths, Chosen and Not (1989-2018)

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“If I were to pick a single decision by an American president and his team in this century as our own August 1914, I would choose the invasion of Iraq in the spring of 2003. Of course, in that era of the ‘sole superpower,’ there were no other great powers (as in the World War I moment) ready to leap into the fray, so the unraveling that followed across a significant part of the planet would prove not to be a world war but a one-power hell on Earth. And it’s continued to unfold over nearly a decade and a half.”

Read more: http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176379/tomgram%3A_andrew_bacevich%2C_american_paths%2C_chosen_and_not_%281989-2018%29/

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Pat Buchanan: Too Many Wars. Too Many Enemies.

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“Like the Romans, we have become an empire, committed to fight for scores of nations, with troops on every continent, and forces in combat operations of which the American people are only vaguely aware.  As in all empires, power is passing to the generals.  And what causes the greatest angst today in the imperial city?  Fear that a four-page memo worked up in the House Judiciary Committee may discredit Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russia-gate.”

Read more: https://www.creators.com/read/pat-buchanan/01/18/too-many-wars-too-many-enemies

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US, Turkish Troops Headed For Military Showdown In Syria

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“Colonel Ryan Dillon, spokesperson for the US-led coalition, told Kurdish media on Sunday that American forces would continue to support their Kurdish allies – despite Erdogan’s threats.”

Read more: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-29/us-turkish-troops-headed-military-showdown-syria

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Russia warns of ‘war’ if UN plans to cut oil to North Korea are carried out

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“Russia’s ambassador to North Korea has warned that a United Nations attempt to cut all oil supplies to the rogue nation could spark a global conflict. Last month, the U.N. Security Council voted to cut 90 percent of petroleum exports to North Korea, something the militarized state referred to as “‘an act of war.’ The U.S. has repeatedly accused both China and Russia of defying these sanctions and covertly providing their neighbor with oil supplies at sea, something which both of them have denied.”

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/russia-warns-war-oil-north-korea-cut/

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Trump executive order keeps Guantanamo Bay military prison open

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“J. Wells Dixon, a lawyer at the Center for Constitutional Rights, said that formally making it U.S. policy ‘to detain Muslims forever without charge in an offshore prison’ is ‘politically expedient but exceedingly stupid no matter how you look at it,’ except as a terrorist recruitment bonanza.”

Read more: http://theweek.com/speedreads/752126/trump-signs-executive-order-keep-guantanamo-bay-military-prison-open-business

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