Facts, not Tweets

Look at the War-Monger Facts – not the Carnival Barker(s)

1. Heavy economic and personal sanctions on Russia and Russian diplomats.
2. Military weaponry supplied to Ukraine…something Obama did not do.
3. Bombing of Russians in Syria twice.  Something Obama did not do.
4. Large NATO and U.S. military maneuvers around Russia’s borders – can you say ‘The  Baltics’?
5. Blocking of Russian tourists from the U.S.
6. New Pentagon policy – the 2018 National Defense Strategy - names “Russia” and “China” as number one enemies, no longer pointing to terrorism.
7. Pentagon plan to encircle China militarily and to move NATO to Russia’s borders.
8. New military budget largest in history – and added to by Democrats.
9. Demand that NATO pay 4% in military spending, upped by 100%.
10. Attack on Germany for working with Russia on natural gas pipeline, in league with U.S. shale oil producers.
11. “Upgraded” nuclear program, also advocated by Obama.
12. Rejection of treaty with Iran, which was originally worked on by Russia and Obama.
13. Continual presence of U.S. troops in Syria/Iraq.
14. Support of Trump and Republicans/Democrats by every single weapons’ manufacturer, ah …war profiteer.
15. Biggest trade war is with China. 
16. Unilateral cancellation of prior nuclear treaties by U.S. administrations.
17. A ‘new cold war’ campaign by most Republicans and Democrats.
18. Demonization of Putin and Russia by corporate media.
19. Nuclear clock closer to midnight.
20. The attack on Trump for actually halting U.S. war-mongering exercises in Korea.  Not bloodthirsty enough…
21. The unending embrace of an even more aggressive Israel, Saudi Arabia and India.
22. The continued military occupation of the world by the U.S. – 800-1,000 bases, not to mention JSOC operations, military ships, NSA surveillance and aircraft. 
23. The FBI, the CIA and the military are not your friends.
24. The embrace of ‘regime change’ logic by all bourgeois factions.
25. The hysteria of many normal Americans, only proving again that the majority of the population is easily manipulated.
26. William Blum details 57 attempts at regime change or coups by the U.S. from 1949 to 2014.
27. Liberation News details 56 U.S. military interventions in Latin America alone.
28. Heavy political and economic help by U.S. for Boris Yeltsin in 1996 Russian presidential election, the godfather who promoted Vladimir Putin.
29. Hypocrisy - the essence of U.S. politics.

And the corporate media hysterics are whining about a data breach that may or may not have been caused by Russians?  Not to mention all the other ‘America First” campaigns that put the U.S. on a blundering course to continued ‘world domination.’  Who thinks only Republicans are fooled by bogus facts?  No matter what an erratic front-man and alt-right wanna-be dictatorTrump says or tweets, the reality of a slow buildup towards conflict and war is more relevant that ever.  Follow the money… follow the facts... follow the military-industrial complex and the state.

P.S. - Democracy Now recently gave Noam Chomsky two hours to wheeze about the current situation.  Of note, Chomsky could not seem to wrap his head around the fact that Trump was nice to Putin while the U.S. government was becoming more and more belligerent.  It is not that complicated, given the Mueller probe and the actual existence of a militarized state.  V.J. Prashad has an article on the war moves taking place now on Alternet.  https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/american-war-machine-ramping-under-trump-administration

P.P.S.-
"Democrats in the US Senate showed themselves to be just another war party this week, with 40 of their number out of 47 voting to pass a record $717-billion military budget for FY 2019." (Counterpunch, 8/7/18)  

Red Frog

July 17, 2018