Amen. I can actually recall the moment I discovered, to my dismay, that we are not the good guys. Something I like to keep in mind, however, is something I tell people who feel the same about the Catholic Church: Never forget that the church is not the pope, the cardinals, the bishops or the priests. The church is us. We are the church. Therefore, We, you and I, the folks just trying to live our little piece of the dream, trying to help each other, trying not to hurt each other, We are America. We still are the good guys, and We have to take our country back. To paraphrase Larry Elders, we have a world to save.
indeed. the good ones are the ones at the bottom, the ones that get cruched by the soles of the high-ups who think they can demolish everything and everyone. Wasn't that a saying of Chaplin?
It is ludicrous to have “rules” or “guidelines” when one nation or nations wage war on one another. War is so, so horrible that that “rules” or “guidelines” for conducting a war only perpetuates war. War should be so horrible that people on both sides of war will consider it the last option in a dispute. No one can be called “GOOD” when waging a war.
I fully agree: “rules” or “guidelines” for conducting a war only perpetuates war.
But war won't be seen as the last resort until the parasites at the top experience that horror firsthand. Thus, I imagine something like counter-recruitment as a big step. The fewer people who are willing to serve, the less the predator class can wage war.
in old times, the high-ups were the first to get into the fight. Remember Alexander was killed in battle age 33. Many an old time king was either killed or captured. Richard lion heart suffered years in prison. Not like the belgian royal family in German 'prison', being treated like royalty and kept safe. No wonder the king had to abduct when he came back, the people knew! His son looked okay on the outside, but disgusted the regular people as well. He hated to go to disaster places, where he had to come in close contact with the plebs. They are all the same.
Thank you for including the Toksan Dam bombing/atrocity in North Korea to this list. Few Americans seem to hold any collective memories of the innumerable atrocities of the Korean invasion but the crimes are incomprehensible to non-psychopaths. Killing more than 25 percent of the population, destroying every building in the North and the sickening dismemberment of North Korean POWs are only a few examples. Of course, they perfected all of this a decade later in Vietnam.
Didn't Martin Luther King say something like: "The biggest purveyor of violence in the world is my country?" What I think gets lost too is that that violence goes waaay back. (See, Mexico, Phillipines, Haiti, etc etc etc for examples of the young US's benevolence.
Thank you, Lorie. The events you touch on inspired two of my first four books: Saving Private Power: The Hidden History of "The Good War" and the book pictured in the image at the top of this post. They are essentially catalogues of U.S. criminality.
The first “successful” population control program occurred in post-war Japan. Due to the war devastation, the Japanese economy could not support more people. Japanese leaders acceded to General Douglas MacArthur’s suggestion to legalize abortion. He likely felt pleased as the birthrate fell by half over the next few years. https://frederickrsmith.substack.com/p/population-control-of-the-peoples-964
I said this somewhere else but I forget where: our elite would rather start a nuclear war against Russia than face accountability for Covid policy and the jabs.
After writing that again I am inclined to say, I suspect many of them would drop a nuclear bomb on their fellow Americans rather than face accountability for Covid policy.
I used to think that Churchill was worthy of the title of "greatest Englishman".
Then I was made aware of a few things.
He is on record saying "I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes" and is also documented as having said in May 1919: “I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas.”
He may have also been complicit in the starvation of 4 million Bengali's in 1943, depending on whose authorised version of history is to be believed.
The video of David Coles visit to Auschwitz raises some very good questions near the end and by any measure, certain allies from WW2 should have also been given a place on the gallows at Nuremberg.
Bingo!
P.S. https://mickeyz.substack.com/p/why-did-the-us-nuke-civilians
I believe that the firebombing of Tokyo, part of the allied terror bombing campaign, killed more people than either Hiroshima or Nagasaki.
Yep: https://mickeyz.substack.com/p/what-the-greatest-generation-did
Something I wrote a million years ago: https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/bonus-army
Thank you for reading it!
Amen. I can actually recall the moment I discovered, to my dismay, that we are not the good guys. Something I like to keep in mind, however, is something I tell people who feel the same about the Catholic Church: Never forget that the church is not the pope, the cardinals, the bishops or the priests. The church is us. We are the church. Therefore, We, you and I, the folks just trying to live our little piece of the dream, trying to help each other, trying not to hurt each other, We are America. We still are the good guys, and We have to take our country back. To paraphrase Larry Elders, we have a world to save.
Now it's my turn to say Amen.
Thank you, George.
indeed. the good ones are the ones at the bottom, the ones that get cruched by the soles of the high-ups who think they can demolish everything and everyone. Wasn't that a saying of Chaplin?
It is ludicrous to have “rules” or “guidelines” when one nation or nations wage war on one another. War is so, so horrible that that “rules” or “guidelines” for conducting a war only perpetuates war. War should be so horrible that people on both sides of war will consider it the last option in a dispute. No one can be called “GOOD” when waging a war.
Bernie Cullinan
I fully agree: “rules” or “guidelines” for conducting a war only perpetuates war.
But war won't be seen as the last resort until the parasites at the top experience that horror firsthand. Thus, I imagine something like counter-recruitment as a big step. The fewer people who are willing to serve, the less the predator class can wage war.
Thanks for your comment!
in old times, the high-ups were the first to get into the fight. Remember Alexander was killed in battle age 33. Many an old time king was either killed or captured. Richard lion heart suffered years in prison. Not like the belgian royal family in German 'prison', being treated like royalty and kept safe. No wonder the king had to abduct when he came back, the people knew! His son looked okay on the outside, but disgusted the regular people as well. He hated to go to disaster places, where he had to come in close contact with the plebs. They are all the same.
Thank you for including the Toksan Dam bombing/atrocity in North Korea to this list. Few Americans seem to hold any collective memories of the innumerable atrocities of the Korean invasion but the crimes are incomprehensible to non-psychopaths. Killing more than 25 percent of the population, destroying every building in the North and the sickening dismemberment of North Korean POWs are only a few examples. Of course, they perfected all of this a decade later in Vietnam.
Not that I know of but speaking of LeMay: https://mickeyz.substack.com/p/what-the-greatest-generation-did
Whoa...thanks for this context, my friend.
Btw, LeMay was George Wallace's running mate in 1968!
Thanks, Jerome. I do my best to share the ugly and obscured truths and I appreciate your solidarity and awareness.
Didn't Martin Luther King say something like: "The biggest purveyor of violence in the world is my country?" What I think gets lost too is that that violence goes waaay back. (See, Mexico, Phillipines, Haiti, etc etc etc for examples of the young US's benevolence.
Thank you, Lorie. The events you touch on inspired two of my first four books: Saving Private Power: The Hidden History of "The Good War" and the book pictured in the image at the top of this post. They are essentially catalogues of U.S. criminality.
The first “successful” population control program occurred in post-war Japan. Due to the war devastation, the Japanese economy could not support more people. Japanese leaders acceded to General Douglas MacArthur’s suggestion to legalize abortion. He likely felt pleased as the birthrate fell by half over the next few years. https://frederickrsmith.substack.com/p/population-control-of-the-peoples-964
Thank you, Frederick. I'll try to read this as soon as I can!
I said this somewhere else but I forget where: our elite would rather start a nuclear war against Russia than face accountability for Covid policy and the jabs.
After writing that again I am inclined to say, I suspect many of them would drop a nuclear bomb on their fellow Americans rather than face accountability for Covid policy.
As Dr. Kissinger stated: "With proper tactics, nuclear war need not be as destructive as it appears.”
My personal favourite from among American genius is "MacNamara's 100,000".
Never fails to evoke a visceral response.
Yep, sometimes the parasites don't even bother obscuring their intentions.
I used to think that Churchill was worthy of the title of "greatest Englishman".
Then I was made aware of a few things.
He is on record saying "I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes" and is also documented as having said in May 1919: “I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas.”
He may have also been complicit in the starvation of 4 million Bengali's in 1943, depending on whose authorised version of history is to be believed.
The video of David Coles visit to Auschwitz raises some very good questions near the end and by any measure, certain allies from WW2 should have also been given a place on the gallows at Nuremberg.
Amen to all of that, EH.
I touch on Churchill in this post: https://mickeyz.substack.com/p/reminder-the-greatest-generation
Thank you for that excellent article Mickey.
Thank YOU for being interested, aware, and willing to read it!
I can’t explain why, but I am still dumbfounded and saddened at man’s inhumanity to man.
May your heart remain soft.