Most Americans don’t know that reparations for slavery has already been attempted. It didn’t work. But that’s because the US did it wrong.
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Most Americans don’t know that reparations for slavery has already been attempted. It didn’t work. But that’s because the US did it wrong.
David Axe reports [db] a rather odd thing: the US and Iraqi government bombed the living crap out of an island in the middle of a river. Their stated reasoning was that ISIS was there. And: explosions!
[Warning: Death, Violence, Blood]
US politicians speak about “The Rule of Law” as though it’s a valuable and important thing that the US promotes and supports, not a political convenience. Recently, Trump has revealed that to be gold paint on cheap plywood, but the US has always been more interested in lip-service than reality.
It looks to me like the Trump administration thinks it’s going to announce a big peace deal and exit with honor from Afghanistan, just in time for the 2020 election campaign.
All of the western nations have been caught in a lie; a lie of their pretended humanism.
James Baldwin and Bob Dylan
… to deliver you your slap on the wrist. Naturally,
it will be delivered on the wrist of a subordinate of your choosing, at a time that is convenient for you.
In 2009 I was a consultant to a company that produces cop cameras and nonlethal weapons. My remit was specific: they were setting up a cloud service and wanted a security design expert to review their system.
You might call me a “progressive” because my views and preferred outcomes generally align with many people’s idea of a “progressive.”
Don’t worry, this is not going to be another of those “video games are not a problem because: Japan” postings; there are plenty of those.