Chris Hedges: NATO — Most Dangerous Military Alliance on Planet

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[–]Site_sux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

NATO is extremely dangerous to nations which plan to attack NATO. Otherwise, not so much

It bombed Bosnia, Serbia and Kosovo. It launched wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya, resulting in close to a million deaths and some 38 million people driven from their homes.

Serbia

NATO was there at Russia's invitation (a part often forgotten) after UN peacekeepers were attacked

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_816

Afghanistan

Article 5

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_8189.htm

Iraq

Not NATO, whoops, the author apparently didn't know that

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq

Syria

Not NATO either - seems the author was wrong again

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Inherent_Resolve

Libya

Whoops, he's really not doing great here is he.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1973

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

No one is stupid enough to attack NATO, socks.

[–]Site_sux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

One particular nation is stupid enough to threaten it every day and issue weekly "final warnings" though, which is perhaps why the topic is newsworthy

Edit - well apparently I can edit but not make any new posts or replies on saidit and my home ip has been blocked at cloudflare. No message or notification for what I might have done wrong. I guess the danger of me presenting wrong-think from outside the administration's bubble is just too high to let me live. Goodbye saidit, you strange bunch, and remember what happens to users of this site who say things the admins disagree with.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Ha ha ha, you believe the news!

[–]Site_sux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The threats which are placed in russian news? Or the western news which highlights their threats? Which one am I am idiot for believing? Is one true and the other isn't?

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[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Basic: ALL corporate media is propaganda, mixing lies into truth to deceive, divide, distract, destruct, manipulate, exploit, exterminate, and enslave.

[–]Site_sux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Right but if a government spokesperson says a thing and it's reported on the news wires. Then that could hardly be called deceitful or divisive can it? It's just telling us that a spokesperson said the thing. I don't get what point you're trying to make here. There's a country whose spokespersons are regularly issuing nuclear threats to NATO countries. I agree with your post that it's stupid of them to do that, but I disagree that I'm deceived that it actually happened

Edit - well apparently I can edit but not make any new posts or replies on saidit and my home ip has been blocked at cloudflare. No message or notification for what I might have done wrong. I guess the danger of me presenting wrong-think from outside the administration's bubble is just too high to let me live. Goodbye saidit, you strange bunch, and remember what happens to users of this site who say things the admins disagree with.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

The corporate media are gatekeepers of selective information, spin, manipulation, omission, and outright deception - just like what you're doing now. You can't trust them, ANY "authority", and I don't trust you, socks.