‘This is the way we bring peace to you, peace to you, peace to you…’ *
“The offensive has been flagged for weeks to persuade Taliban fighters to leave so the area can be recaptured with minimal damage or loss of civilian life, in the hope that the roughly 100,000 people there will welcome the Afghan (read American) administration.”
I may be stating the obvious but this deranged, fanciful objective is not the way to bring peace to anyone! Killing people is the way to create infinite hatred and the never-ending desire for revenge.
You don’t believe me? Look at Iraq!
Besides, as with Iraq, bringing peace was never the real objective, was it?
* Sung by the U.S. Marines choir to the tune of ‘Here we go round the Mulberry Bush’. Photo and text from Reuters.
Yes David I am increasingly amazed at the psyops that they use to spin the truth…surreal for sure…is this the last sessions for you in treatment? I am happy this post is a distraction for you and the experiences you are having are eye-opening yes? Can you imagine a world where people had clean water, air, food and peaceful..we would not have a need for profit-driven care…the truth in all that is happening is not up for debate..maybe we have to trustt somewhat the process of the people waking up…100 yrs of conditioning that for the first time enslaved a country’s resources completely..driven the people to great evil and fear based aggression…the men have really f***d this planet and too many women are “asleep”…we did not choose such scenarios…it is just really hard to comprehend planned evil that becomes autonomously driven…because I believe that all that is happening is part of a spiritual evolutionary process.
Women in Black started by Israeli women to protest the war back in 1988…locations vary and it is now international…there are only 3-4 women who stand here in Charlevoix Mi..The one woman started in 2002 and I have only been doing it 1 1/2 yr..it seems to be the only thing that I personally can stand for…I can’t join groups…this area is white..priviledged and REPUBLICAN. I am so alone that I have to remember we must bloom IN SPITE of where we are planted…funny how fast our lives change..it is true the only thing we can control in life is our reaction to the event…thank you all for your goodness and intelligence…only blog I maintain regular…love Kate
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David, this offensive is the same as the last held in Helmand province. A massive influx of uniformed NATO/USA murderers move into an area kill a whole bunch of innocent people, maybe some bad guys. The last offensive in Helmand, the Taliban knew was coming (like this one) and packed up and headed north where there had been no trouble before, but now there is. So how do they (USA) justify 15000 troops for 500 to 1000 taliban, are the taliban that good that they need to be overtaken by a massive force? There are reports that the only pockets of resistance from the taliban are from snipers, snipers don’t act in unison they are individual or ta eam of two, so that’s an impressive resistance 2 man sniper team holds thousands of USA troops at a stand still, while millions of dollars of munitions are drop on the target with no effect, go figure. This operation will not change anything as the trouble will move to a neighbouring province, and then NATO/USA will have to follow with another useless costly bloody offensive that will repeat the last.
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Vietnam was one big weapons testing range. We went in with WWII era weapons and came out into the modern age. Same with Iraq and now it seems that Afghanistan is so much more than that. It is a training gound for the new urban war theatre. Why else have so many troops arrive for the size of the fight? Plus it makes it all seem so much more real. Impresses the young uneducated kids when they really have to literally watch out for their lives. On the job training. Civilians to stay put and “just keep your heads down(??).” A bit Romanesque.
The US Military Commander reminded all in slow-motion-English – for-the-benefit-of-non-English-speakers – all that the puppet Karzai asked US to come here and help. We are there to help and help some more, see.
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Kate, they spin and spin, desperately trying to maintain the war-based, capitalist world, the one that supports a handful of infinitely wealthy Robber Barons who live lives of unimaginable luxury.
Kemosobi, you correctly observed that this operation will not change anything. It’s a shame the planners can’t figure this out!
Grace, the picture of that young Vietnamese girl running down the road, her flesh burned by napalm is etched into my memory forever. God Bless America! By their works ye shall know them!
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