I, an American veteran of the war in Iraq, did not serve my country in Iraq; I served the 1%.It was on their behalf that I helped lay siege to Fallujah, helped kill thousands of civilians, helped displace hundreds of thousands of innocent people, and helped destroy an entire city. My "service" served Exxon-Mobil, Halliburton, KBR, Blackwater, and other multinational corporations in Iraq.Fallujah Veteran:My family in Massachusetts is not safer because of my service, and Iraqis are not freer. I helped oppress Iraqis in a manner far more brutal than what has been experienced by the Occupy movement at the hands of the New York and Oakland police departments.I was an occupier and am now an #occupier. I once served the 1%, but now try to serve the 99%. That is why I must speak up when I see the Occupy movement being led astray by the same nationalism and “Ameri-centrism,” the same thoughtless praises for U.S. troops and veterans, and the same hypocrisy that led us into the so-called “War On Terror” and the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. Going to war is not "serving our country"
Here’s why the Israeli military only knows how to fight civilians
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By Robert Inlakesh | Al Mayadeen | October 31, 2024 While it may sound
hyperbolic, the Israeli military is only truly prepared to commit high-tech
civilian...
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