Over seventy years of failed military interventions have not taught us any meaningful lessons --kestrel9
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:23 pm
From Korea To Libya: On the Future Of Ukraine & NATO's Never-Ending Wars
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ ... nding-wars
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ ... nding-wars
IMHO I think a good number of American people have learned a meaningful lesson, that is that our government is operating a well oiled war machine, i.e. it's in the business of conducting wars and selling arms to benefit powerful globalists' and corrupt politicians' self interests and profiteering.Much has been said and written about media bias and double standards in the West's response to the Russia-Ukraine war, when compared with other wars and military conflicts across the world, especially in the Middle East and the Global South. Less obvious is how such hypocrisy is a reflection of a much larger phenomenon which governs the West's relationship to war and conflict zones.
On March 19, Iraq commemorated the 19th anniversary of the US invasion which killed, according to modest estimates, over a million Iraqis. The consequences of that war were equally devastating as it destabilized the entire Middle East region, leading to various civil and proxy wars. The Arab world is reeling under that horrific experience to this day.
Also, on March 19, the eleventh anniversary of the NATO war on Libya was commemorated and followed, five days later, by the 23rd anniversary of the NATO war on Yugoslavia.
Like every NATO-led war since the inception of the alliance in 1949, these wars resulted in widespread devastation and tragic death tolls.
None of these wars, starting with the NATO intervention in the Korean Peninsula in 1950, have stabilized any of the warring regions. Iraq is still as vulnerable to terrorism and outside military interventions and, in many ways, remains an occupied country. Libya is divided among various warring camps, and a return to civil war remains a real possibility.
Yet, enthusiasm for war remains high, as if over seventy years of failed military interventions have not taught us any meaningful lessons...