Submitted to News & Observer on 12/29/17:
I am sickened by the bombing done by the US government in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia. The Trump administration is continuing the wars the Obama administration started. This is evil, stupid, a waste of money, and will increase terrorism around the world. Bloomberg reported that the US special forces conducted an average of twelve raids each day between June 1 and November 24 in 2017. That is a total of 2,175 ground operations. Bloomberg’s reporting came from the biannual status report to the US Congress from our military.
So, we have ongoing military raids, bombings in the tens of thousands (over 26,000 bombs were dropped last year by the US military), and ongoing combat operations in at least five countries. None of the governments or citizens of these countries have attacked us. And the people we are mainly fighting and killing today were in diapers when the 9/11 attacks happened.
I think we have completed taken leave of our senses, and so have our elected officials.
I think we have completed taken leave of our senses, and so have our elected officials.
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Submitted to Charlotte Observer on 12/29/17:
Our fighting ISIS in Iraq has lead to massive bombings of Mosul, the results of which are pretty much ignored by the US media. This is a statement by Ala’a Ali, quoted in The Intercept, whose wife was killed in an airstrike in Mosul, and whose daughter was severely injured on March 17, 2017: “These airstrikes are the biggest of all of the crimes in this war,” Alia said. “They’re killing families and children. We can’t live in safety, so long as they continue.” The bombs dropped that day in Mosul reported killed over 200 people. It is also reported that 9,000 civilians have been killed in Mosul this year alone by US bombing.
Our fighting ISIS in Iraq has lead to massive bombings of Mosul, the results of which are pretty much ignored by the US media. This is a statement by Ala’a Ali, quoted in The Intercept, whose wife was killed in an airstrike in Mosul, and whose daughter was severely injured on March 17, 2017: “These airstrikes are the biggest of all of the crimes in this war,” Alia said. “They’re killing families and children. We can’t live in safety, so long as they continue.” The bombs dropped that day in Mosul reported killed over 200 people. It is also reported that 9,000 civilians have been killed in Mosul this year alone by US bombing.
We need to stop ignoring these facts.
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