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It's funny, after the war-profiteers loot and pillage the US and the hapless country on the receiving end, they have the audacity to recruit their journalists a

It's funny, after the war-profiteers loot and pillage the US and the hapless country on the receiving end, they have the audacity to recruit their journalists and academics and self-proclaimed experts to opine about how everyone in the US shares blame for how things have turned out. Everyone must accept the consequences of the wars foisted on the world. "Your son died so we could steal your money, but you must pitch in and share the burden of the consequences of the war we started in Afghanistan." No I'm sorry, Americans are among the victims of these maniacs. It's not "Americans" who are collectively responsible for these atrocities, it is the profiteers themselves. And I don't intend to lessen the suffering of the Afghani (or Libyans, Syrians, Iraqi, etc). You just watch, in the coming months, years, these same shysters will solemnly come to you, cap in hand, telling you how you have to pony up more money, or send your children to more conflicts, or learn to live with more terrorist attacks in your country -- because you are somehow responsible for their war.

trasz 5y ago
So how about starting a campaign to prosecute the politicians responsible for those wars? I understand what you are saying, but it’s kind of hard to take it seriously if the American society doesn’t even try to do anything about it.
- throwawaylinux 5y ago
  That's victim blaming. The system they have set up to protect themselves from the people does not allow them to be prosecuted. Anybody who tries would be attacked, bullied, censored, deplatformed, branded a conspiracy theorist or Russian traitor or communist, the "experts" would all be wheeled out to "debunk" them, etc. I too would like to see stronger anti war sentiment and protests, but the system has become so much stronger and more resilient against those since Vietnam.

trasz 5y ago

So how about starting a campaign to prosecute the politicians responsible for those wars? I understand what you are saying, but it’s kind of hard to take it seriously if the American society doesn’t even try to do anything about it.

throwawaylinux 5y ago
That's victim blaming. The system they have set up to protect themselves from the people does not allow them to be prosecuted. Anybody who tries would be attacked, bullied, censored, deplatformed, branded a conspiracy theorist or Russian traitor or communist, the "experts" would all be wheeled out to "debunk" them, etc. I too would like to see stronger anti war sentiment and protests, but the system has become so much stronger and more resilient against those since Vietnam.