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Defenders of US Wars
The US occupied 138 nations and dropped 26,171 bombs in 2016 and 337,000 within twenty years, yet we don’t discuss its brutalities.
The US dropped at least 337,000 bombs on Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, Palestine, and Syria over the past twenty years, and missile strikes maim Somalia and Yemen today. Our government unloads assaults on whomever it pleases, and if it murmurs an excuse for the violence, the media endorses it, and the public defends it.
Politicians insist wars enforce democracy and security, and the world begs for foreign intervention. They stir a fearful impulsive frenzy to attack before the smoking gun becomes a mushroom cloud or armageddon, but the details are always vague, and the media doesn’t challenge them.
The public doesn’t know if “rebel forces” are most of the population or a small handful of disgruntled citizens because we’re unaware of foreign countries’ history, politics, culture, and economic structures. Yet, we impose our inexpert critique, insisting we know best and support the wars that destroy the world, assuming we’re rescuing it from oppressive regimes, never doubting our country’s intentions, and believing warfare leads to peaceful stability.
