"They'll say we're disturbing the peace, but there is no peace. What really bothers them is we're disturbing the war." - Howard Zinn

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[–]Riva 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Which war?

Afghanistan? Trump stopped that one. Iraq? Nope.

Europe? Well they're being invaded.

Seattle? Hmm.

This quote just doesn't really apply.

[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 5 fun6 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

How's Yemen going, are we still radioing in the bomb sites? I'll give Trump a win for no new wars, that's legit. I have low standards.

[–]Durlo 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ideally the USA president would stop all wars, but Trump deserves the credit. He is the first president in decades that does not start a new war, and on top of that finished some of the ones his predecessors started (including a Nobel Peace prize president).

Funny how anti war has disappeared from the news since Bush ended his presidency, when it was all the rage back then. I guess the anti war message did not align with the interests of their shareholders during the Obama or Trump administrations, even if for different reasons.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

ake me when all troops are out of afghanistan

[–]Tom_Bombadil 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Probably, Iraq, or Vietnam.

He died a couple of years ago.

[–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

It's about the police protests

[–]mikipika 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Even though he passed away in 2010, this is applicable now, and will remain relevant until we as a species get our shit together and stop being manipulated by the mainstream media and the government.

[–]JasonCarswell 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Just because you don't keep up on the 8-9 wars the US is currently in doesn't mean they aren't happening.

The corporate media has a stake in not telling you about them or any peace activism because they are supported by the Military Industrial Academic Complex.

This quote is timeless, even if you don't know how it applies. /s/WarWatch

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States :

1) War in Afghanistan (2001–present) 2) Iraq War (2003–2011) - Did it ever really end? Come on. 2) War in North-West Pakistan (2004–present) 3) Second U.S. Intervention in the Somali Civil War (2007–present) 4) Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016) Indian Ocean - Didn't hear about this one. 5) International intervention in Libya (2011) - "International" ha. As if this is over. 6) Operation Observant Compass (2011–2017) Uganda - Over, really? 4) American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present) 5) American-led intervention in Syria (2014–present) 6) Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) 7) American intervention in Libya (2015–present)

How about the soldiers who died in Niger in 2017? I'm guessing that conflict isn't over, much like the rest of the oppression across Africa, like all the pervasive indiscriminate attacks by assets, artillery, and/or drones, in places like like Mogadishu. Sanctions are a form of economic warfare. And then there's the ongoing saber rattling trying to start a war with Venezuela, Iran, and North Korea because they refuse to have centralized banks? Lots of covert ops in every nation. Did I forget to mention hostilities with Russia, China, and Europe?

Fuck the US Empire's military up their gun holes.

[–]FormosaOolong 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

also somalia https://www.justsecurity.org/69705/us-ramps-up-war-in-somalia-killing-more-civilians/