The Military Industrial Complex
20-years ago, this past week, one of the biggest war crimes in recent history began: the interminable invasion and occupation of Iraq: a country that had already been decimated by a couple of decades of war and sanctions.
Obama never ended the war in Iraq, and the U.S. still retains an occupational presence there, with the Embassy compound in Baghdad (called the Green—for money—Zone) being the largest in the world—-from the “reliable” source Wikipedia (confirmed):
At 104 acres (42 ha), it is the largest embassy in the world; it is nearly as large as Vatican City.[2] The embassy complex is about five times the size of the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, which is the second-largest U.S. diplomatic mission abroad, as well as over ten times the size of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, which is the third-largest U.S. diplomatic mission abroad.[3]
Even though, it seems that most easily distracted USAians, with their longterm memory issues, have forgotten the death and devastation their country wreaked on the innocent people of Iraq, the heartache never ends.
As is still the case in the US-destroyed country of Vietnam, that is still experiencing trauma from Agent Orange and unexploded landmines, Iraq will LONG suffer the effects of depleted uranium and other toxins (burn pits, etc) that come with over 500 U.S. bases that were there for so long.
Weaponised uranium and adverse health outcomes in Iraq: a systematic review
More important than “systematic” reviews are the testimonies of those affected. I have been to Japan twice around the commemorations of the atomic bomb attacks by the USA on Hiroshima and Nagasaki—both times, I have been on panels with an Iraqi pediatrician, whose soul is steeped in pain and anger for the lives and illnesses of his young patients, most of whom he does not have the resources to treat properly: blood cancers, hard tumors, birth defects, and other immune compromised diseases are a true health crisis.
Even if people in the USA gave any craps about the troops (like my son) that were killed there, or the innocent men, women, and children wiped out—do they even know how the US military leaves super-fund sites every where it infects with its cancerous presence?
Weaponized Insects
I think it was back in 2008, when we went to DC for a protest against U.S. wars. It was weirder than weird when there was a very weird insect hovering around me. It was probably about the size of a horse-fly. There were many reports of this, then many of those who attended this protest became ill. I spent four-days longer in DC than I intended to with horrible vomiting and diarrhea—almost to the point of seeking emergency attention. My boyfriend at the time had the same “illness.” Were we antiwar protesters “beta” subjects for US insect-sized drone surveillance, or weapons?
The above, of course, is just speculation and cannot be proven, but the one thing we are pretty sure of is that the U.S. military weaponized ticks at labs at Ft. Detrick, MD and on Plum Island bio-warfare research facility. (Japan killed 20k Chinese using insects as bioweapons during WWII, and the U.S. is not the only country weaponizing ticks).
So is the bioweapon lab leak theory so far fetched for Covid? Partnering the DoD (Department of Demons), it could be entirely possible.
Disappearing “News”
Where have the Chinese spy balloons gone?
What happened to thousands of Top Secret documents found all over New England at various residences/offices of Sloppy Joe Biden?
Did you know that the journal of Ashley Biden (Joe’s daughter) which alleges that she was forced to shower with her pedo father was verified by her and a US District Court Special Master, but Sloppy Joe is still POTUS?
It seems that at least three U.S. Senators are MIA: Mitch McConnell who had another “fall”; Dianne Feinstein who didn’t know that she announced that she wasn’t seeking re-election; and John Fetterman who has been isolated due to “depression?” So fishy, and probably ZERO-related to any experimental mRNA doo-hickeys.
Poland is sending more fighter jets to Ukraine, because there is not enough violence and anxiety in the world?
Not much reporting from the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio?
Protesters in France showing the rest of us how it’s done.
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Ugh, all of these Garbage People in the 0.00000000001% trying to ruin life for everyone! Time to get on my bike and ride away from all this b.s. for a bit while the sun still shines!
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Protesters in France showing the rest of us how it’s done.
They stack their garbage in the streets to put their "garbage people" on notice.
An excellent incisive post as always. No doubt the lies, social conditioning, flying the flag and generations of immigrants feeling the need to be more American than an American. (Will leave Columbus, native Red Indians and Viking expeditions for another time!). I think one significant factor is the isolation of the U.S.
Though America has been at war constantly since inception bar five years. None have been at home. Nor have any of the 50 recognised CIA funded coups in foreign sovereign countries. From the devastation in Japan, both world wars, Afghanistan, both Gulf wars, Vietnam and many other conflicts. The carnage, wreckage, destruction of whole families, villages and even cities have been overseas. Never has it been brought to US soil so how can the horrors war causes be truly understood unless they are experienced and the scars left.
Imagine the protests that would have hit the streets had this occurred. The protests and anguish of the body bags been flown back to the U.S. gives an indication. But the clever manipulation of the Proxy war takes the need for these protests as well, Ukrainian blood spent bear baiting Russia War is just something experienced on plasma screens indistinguishable from the huge grossing war films that the public lap up.
The mainstream media obviously pushing the official line the truth goes unheard. Even on social media platforms, particularly tik tok. Ukrainian ‘selfies’ have become so tainted they replicate scenes from xbox games complete with house music, dancing soldiers at the deaths of somebody’s son, husband, brother, dad or friend. It’s sick and psychotic and dehumanising war to generations who can’t relate to the difference between reality and gaming platforms.
Our next generation of drone pilots and likely most unmanned battlefield vehicles and aircraft are being trained in our own front rooms and bedrooms everywhere. After all proxy wars aren’t real and your not a patriot if you criticise any empire policy. It’s so black and white good versus bad. Is that why the US has refused to allow Ukraine to the negotiation table with Putins suggestion of peace talks, not even to hear terms?
Keep up your great work it is the stuff of change. As another reader said he shares your work widely with others so do I. None more so than with my son at Uni who then shares and talks with friends. Like a stone dropped in water you have no idea how far and wide your words ripple and grow. But don’t burn out. Even at my retired observer status I have to step away from it all and spend time in nature to keep my sanity.