“We must do something!”

[polly7]

by John Andrews / November 30th, 2015

“We must do something!” is often heard today in relation to the terrorist group known as ISIS. It’s very true, we should do something, but let’s think for a minute about what “we” already did.

ISIS did not exist until after the illegal war in Iraq, which “our” government supported. Al Qaeda had no significant presence in Iraq until the US/UK governments killed over a million Iraqis, destroyed their country, crushed their army and then, their oil fields safely back under “our” control, abandoned the Iraqi people. An Al Qaeda group established itself in the power vacuum, which then evolved into ISIS. So that’s what “we” already did. ISIS is “ours”; “we” created it, firstly through “our” iniquitous foreign policies, then with “our” arms sales and other material and financial support to a multitude of despicable allies in the region, and then with military training and other assistance from “our” special forces.

So the first thing “we must do” is understand that most of the gangster/terrorist groups that plague the planet today have been created by our own trusted leaders, to serve the cynical purposes of big business, and the massive military/police/”intelligence” organisations who need Permanent War so they can stay in business. ISIS is just the latest from “our” production line – that previously helped to produce monsters like al Qaeda and the Taleban. When ISIS is gone “we’ll” simply promote another monster to replace it – al Shabaab, perhaps? Or Boko Haram? That’s what “we” do: “we” help create monsters to serve “our” 1%.

The next thing we must do is very simple: obey the law. International law is very clear on the subjects of regime change and military interventions in other people’s countries. The US, our “special relationship” buddies, has illegally overthrown governments in over thirty countries since WW2, often with British assistance, and often with illegal military attacks. The US routinely ignores international law and is strongly opposed to the existence of the International Criminal Court, whose purpose is to enforce it. Britain is also building up an impressive dossier of cases that are potentially indictable war crimes and/or crimes against humanity. The latest UN Security Council resolution, 2249, does NOT specifically authorise military attacks in Syria; but it does insist we obey international law.

Full article: http://dissidentvoice.org/2015/11/we-must-do-something/

[MisterP]

1. we can't use the Bavarian Fire Drill as a basis for our actions

"quick, no time to think, we gotta attack Iraq! there's people in rape rooms and a nuke could be headed to NYC ANY MINUTE NOW OH GOD QUICK QUICK DON'T THINK"
"quick, no time to think, we gotta attack Libya! there's Viagra-fueled rape squads and babies are DYING! THEY'RE DYING! OH GOD QUICK QUICK DON'T THINK"
"quick, no time to think, we gotta attack Syria! your ignorance is not as good as the warmongers' knowledge!"

und so weiter

that's what sets Sanders apart: instead of being in crisis-management, "whaddawedoo about IS?!" mode he pulls back and remembers WHY IS is around

even just arming the Kurds is just kicking the can down the road--and no doubt we'll sour on the group we'd said was all secularist roses and feminist candy, that was the purest, best hope for the Mideast, is suddenly not quite as American as we'd thought; then we'll find someone else we think's been created in our own image to fight THEM, and a few years later dump them (my money's on MeQ, especially after Clinton personally got them off the terror lists--for all the times they've had shootouts in Paris--and got them more training and money)

[polly7]

2. +1000. nt.