America’s military forces aren’t being deployed abroad to protect our freedoms here at home. Rather, they’re being used to guard oil fields, build foreign infrastructure and protect the financial interests of the corporate elite. In fact, the United States military spends about $81 billion a year just to protect oil supplies around the world.
“Let us resolve that never again will we send the precious young blood of this country to die trying to prop up a corrupt military dictatorship abroad. This is also the time to turn away from excessive preoccupation overseas to the rebuilding of our own nation. America must be restored to a proper role in the world. But we can do that only through the recovery of confidence in ourselves…. together we willcall America home to the ideals that nourished us from the beginning.”—George S. McGovern, former Senator and presidential candidate
It’s time to bringallour troops home.
Bring them home from Somalia, Iraq and Syria. Bring them home from Germany, South Korea and Japan. Bring them home fromSaudi Arabia, Jordan and Oman. Bring them home from Niger, Chad and Mali. Bring them home from Turkey, the Philippines, and northern Australia.
It’s not enough to…
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The Most Revolutionary Act 
The headline says it ALL.. What it doesn’t say is, leave Americans and Allies behind and declare it
an ‘extraordinary success’, per Biden
Growing up during the Vietnam War, our Pastor would ring the bell and say the names of ALL the local dead.. They were honored, as were the families… Today, Pelosi REFUSED to allow the veterans in the house to ‘read the names of the fallen’… I am so PIFFED, I CANNOT SEE STRAIGHT!!.. This country has never looked so weak, so untrustworthy to the rest of the world.. We have a pathetic puddle for a PRESIDENT – I have never felt so insecure inside my own country… (Thanks for letting me vent)
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IMHO, Deb, it’s just another symptom of a powerful empire in decline.
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