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"
Zionist ‘israeli’ Regime Intensifies Operations in Southern Lebanon Amid
Continuing Ceasefire Violations
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Israeli aircraft conducted airstrikes on the peripheries of Basalya and
Mlikh, as well as the al-Raihan Heights located within the Jezzine district
of the ...
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