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The problem of course is that those who profit from promulgating war seldom if ever experience the consequences of their actions -- only the benefits, which tend to be monetary and prestige. A little Raytheon white phosphorus lobbed at heads of the Bill Krystols of the world and we'd see a much different world.

The Internet holds the promise of helping unify humanity; no doubt that is a reason it's being so heavily attacked, censored, and homogenized.

Those killed working in the Pentagon on 9/11 were called innocent victims. No doubt the Empire said the same thing about those manning the Death Star after the Rebel Alliance blew it up. So you see, not really so far, far away.

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The most depressing thing about reading Caitlin is the realization that so few agree with her or even know what she’s writing about.

I’m sending this on off to my “friends “ just to confirm how correct my observation is.

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Our military likely did their job well in Afghanistan. We trained a relatively large military force how to march, communicate, shoot modern weapons, etc. However, while you can teach the techniques and technology of warfighting, you cannot "teach" motivation. You cannot teach troops to defend an occupier's puppet government when you have armed revolutionaries in THIER country.

It is insulting that our government (both parties) felt that we could not handle that simple and obvious truth - especially as it is a re-run of Saigon - a war in which many of us Boomers were forced to participate. It was also obvious that the only motivated military in the field back in the 70s were North Vietnamese and Viet Cong guerillas (the analogue to the Taliban).

Be prepared to see this re-occur again and a gain as the empire accommodates to reality. After we shocked and awed the Iraqis, Bush banned every uniformed Iraqi soldier from ever serving in the future. Yet, our useless press seemed baffled by how ISIS came from out of nowhere - and so well-trained too. Like Taliban, they too are just waiting in the wings for us to skedaddle. Thus, gaslighting America now is just kicking the politically-embarrassing can down the road a bit.

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No matter what Capitalist is conducting America's train, Trump or Biden, it's still a train on a track.

Fuck Trump and Fuck Biden Harder, like he was the only exploited teenage girl at a Epstein party.

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Thank you, Caitlin. You, Jimmy D, Glenn G, Chris H, Arundhati R, Aron M, Max B, and a few others on the socials let me know I’m not alone in my world view. So many on the “left” have revealed themselves to be volunteer monstrous tools for this present snow dome reality death cult. The kindness and spirituality that you mix in warms my heart and soothes my bewildering fury and dismay. Loads of love & light to you.

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Having sucked the American Empire dry, the parasites have probably already started infiltrating the next world power, just as they have been doing since the beginning of civilization; first the Babelonian, then Roman, then Venetian, then briefly to Amsterdam before settling in the London square mile and Wall Street. Loyalty to country is not a condition they suffer from.

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