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Another Normal Day of Killing and Mayhem in the U.S. Empire

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Naturally the common people don’t want war. . . . Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. . . . All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism.
Hermann Goering

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February 12, 2024
Another Normal Day of Killing and Mayhem in the U.S. Empire
Pentagon officials are celebrating the fact that American warplanes recently destroyed more than 80 “targets” in Syria and Iraq. Maj. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder, the Pentagon’s press secretary, could not say how many people were killed in the strikes but acknowledged that there were likely “casualties.” According to the New York Times, “Syria and Iraq have said that at least 39 people — …
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