Thank you for that extensive historical résumé of America’s actions that has led to death and destruction so that the elite class can grow. If Americans think it was for the interest of Americans why are regular Americans still in the position that they are where they can barely afford groceries or healthcare.
It was shocking but satisfying to put the extensive historical resume on paper, albeit there are surely things I've missed like Libya and Syria. Agreed, I almost think this is where the Republican "trickle down economics" comes into play a bit. Where if you exploit so completely and successfully, even if the elite hoard all the riches, they are able to pass enough down to the masses that they think they are benefitting. Besides that, probably just really strong propaganda?
Thank you for this important reminder and profound insight, Mr. Fisher. I agree that the 4th should be a day of reckoning with the past, learning from history and striving to do better going forward each day.
Thank you for your support, Aamir. Yes, I wish we could make reflection on the past and learning history part of what holidays mean. Something like not just getting the day off from work, but the workplace offering an extra few hours of vacation for completing a reading or small course of some sort.
Amazing, no, while the murder spree continues in Occupied Palestine. You ask for a ceasefire? The Jews are a mafia, crazed, perverted, gleeful in their rape dungeons and their back-shooting and tent bombing, Fisher.
You can easily go to David Swanson's site and give your readers a better picture of the War Mongering USA, or listen to Gerald Horne talk about the counter-revolution of 1776. How is it that you fail to discuss the Minyan in the White House -- the outsized influence of Jewish Billionaires and Millionaires in Donald "I am the First Jewish President" Trump's Epstein office?
Manuel Funk and Nadja Rakowitz: Our solidarity goes to the victims of the war, war opponents, deserters, and healthcare workers on all sides. Current developments have also affected our association, where members hold diverse views. While we have faced criticism and (very) few resignations, we continue to engage in debate and education.
At this point, in Germany, public funds are being used not only for defense, but also for shaping public attitudes. The Bundeswehr (the German armed forces) now publishes official videos showing German soldiers at night, by firelight, shouting “hurrah” when their general tells them they are working toward becoming “capable of winning.” The German army wants to win again. Beware, Europe. When they discuss a possible war, officials speak of the “Eastern Front,” and the “enemy” in public debate is clearly Russia – often personalized as Vladimir Putin. In our view, this taps into old anti-Russian sentiments and is becoming increasingly irrational.
Nowadays, it is once again socially acceptable to express pride in a grandfather who “fought against the Russians back then” – that is, in the Nazi Wehrmacht or even the SS. Statements like this no longer cause scandal, and even politicians from parties such as the Green Party sometimes make them.
+--+
Swanson:
Since 2001, the United States has been systematically destroying a region of the globe, bombing Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, Somalia, Yemen, and Syria, not to mention the Philippines. The United States has “special forces” operating in two-thirds of the world’s countries and non-special forces in three-quarters of them.
See also How Many Millions Have Been Killed in America’s Post-9/11 Wars? Part 3: Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen by Nicolas Davies. From 2018, this article estimates 5 to 7 million people directly killed by U.S. wars since 2001 in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen.
See also How Death Outlives War by Costs of War. From 2023, this report estimates 4.5 to 4.6 million people killed directly or indirectly by U.S. wars since 2001 in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, and Yemen.
The U.S. government provides weapons, military training, and/or military funding to almost every dictatorship and oppressive government on earth. See my 2020 book 20 Dictators Currently Supported by the U.S.
U.S. weapons are used on both sides of many wars.
In an attempt to quantify U.S. warmaking, I’ve copied below lists from these sources:
David Vine: The United States of War
William Blum: America’s Deadliest Export: Democracy
Dr. Zoltan Grossman: A Century of U.S. Military Interventions
James Lucas: U.S. Has Killed More Than 20 Million People
William Appleman Williams: Empire As a Way of Life
Paul, thank you for providing these further sources, I look forward to reading them. I share your outrage at what is happening but caution against equating Israel with Jews, as that is a harmful generalization. We can call out those who are committing the horrors without equating them to a whole ethnic or religious group. Even the influence of Jewish billionaires as you point out is a huge piece of the Zionist apparatus but them being Jewish is not the point. Just like the extremist Christian nationalists are not representative of Christians and ISIS is not representative of Muslims.
Thank you.
Thank you for that extensive historical résumé of America’s actions that has led to death and destruction so that the elite class can grow. If Americans think it was for the interest of Americans why are regular Americans still in the position that they are where they can barely afford groceries or healthcare.
It was shocking but satisfying to put the extensive historical resume on paper, albeit there are surely things I've missed like Libya and Syria. Agreed, I almost think this is where the Republican "trickle down economics" comes into play a bit. Where if you exploit so completely and successfully, even if the elite hoard all the riches, they are able to pass enough down to the masses that they think they are benefitting. Besides that, probably just really strong propaganda?
Thank you for this important reminder and profound insight, Mr. Fisher. I agree that the 4th should be a day of reckoning with the past, learning from history and striving to do better going forward each day.
Thank you for your support, Aamir. Yes, I wish we could make reflection on the past and learning history part of what holidays mean. Something like not just getting the day off from work, but the workplace offering an extra few hours of vacation for completing a reading or small course of some sort.
Celebrating their own demise.
Amazing, no, while the murder spree continues in Occupied Palestine. You ask for a ceasefire? The Jews are a mafia, crazed, perverted, gleeful in their rape dungeons and their back-shooting and tent bombing, Fisher.
You can easily go to David Swanson's site and give your readers a better picture of the War Mongering USA, or listen to Gerald Horne talk about the counter-revolution of 1776. How is it that you fail to discuss the Minyan in the White House -- the outsized influence of Jewish Billionaires and Millionaires in Donald "I am the First Jewish President" Trump's Epstein office?
https://davidswanson.org/warlist/
Then the Krauts:
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/01/31/militarization-is-spreading-through-germanys-health-sector/
Manuel Funk and Nadja Rakowitz: Our solidarity goes to the victims of the war, war opponents, deserters, and healthcare workers on all sides. Current developments have also affected our association, where members hold diverse views. While we have faced criticism and (very) few resignations, we continue to engage in debate and education.
At this point, in Germany, public funds are being used not only for defense, but also for shaping public attitudes. The Bundeswehr (the German armed forces) now publishes official videos showing German soldiers at night, by firelight, shouting “hurrah” when their general tells them they are working toward becoming “capable of winning.” The German army wants to win again. Beware, Europe. When they discuss a possible war, officials speak of the “Eastern Front,” and the “enemy” in public debate is clearly Russia – often personalized as Vladimir Putin. In our view, this taps into old anti-Russian sentiments and is becoming increasingly irrational.
Nowadays, it is once again socially acceptable to express pride in a grandfather who “fought against the Russians back then” – that is, in the Nazi Wehrmacht or even the SS. Statements like this no longer cause scandal, and even politicians from parties such as the Green Party sometimes make them.
+--+
Swanson:
Since 2001, the United States has been systematically destroying a region of the globe, bombing Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, Somalia, Yemen, and Syria, not to mention the Philippines. The United States has “special forces” operating in two-thirds of the world’s countries and non-special forces in three-quarters of them.
See also How Many Millions Have Been Killed in America’s Post-9/11 Wars? Part 3: Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen by Nicolas Davies. From 2018, this article estimates 5 to 7 million people directly killed by U.S. wars since 2001 in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen.
See also How Death Outlives War by Costs of War. From 2023, this report estimates 4.5 to 4.6 million people killed directly or indirectly by U.S. wars since 2001 in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, and Yemen.
The U.S. government provides weapons, military training, and/or military funding to almost every dictatorship and oppressive government on earth. See my 2020 book 20 Dictators Currently Supported by the U.S.
U.S. weapons are used on both sides of many wars.
In an attempt to quantify U.S. warmaking, I’ve copied below lists from these sources:
David Vine: The United States of War
William Blum: America’s Deadliest Export: Democracy
Dr. Zoltan Grossman: A Century of U.S. Military Interventions
James Lucas: U.S. Has Killed More Than 20 Million People
William Appleman Williams: Empire As a Way of Life
Paul, thank you for providing these further sources, I look forward to reading them. I share your outrage at what is happening but caution against equating Israel with Jews, as that is a harmful generalization. We can call out those who are committing the horrors without equating them to a whole ethnic or religious group. Even the influence of Jewish billionaires as you point out is a huge piece of the Zionist apparatus but them being Jewish is not the point. Just like the extremist Christian nationalists are not representative of Christians and ISIS is not representative of Muslims.