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Monday, October 29th, 2018

The Sinister Reason the U.S. Persists in Waging Losing Wars

Author:     William J. Astore
Source:     truthdig
Publication Date:     OCT 25, 2018
 Link: The Sinister Reason the U.S. Persists in Waging Losing Wars
Stephan:   Over the last three decades the United States has been engaged  in a series of losing wars whose main function seems to be to make obscene profits for the country's war industry while dismantling the social stability of Islamic countries and causing the wounding, maiming, and death of millions of men, women, and children in those countries. It has been going on for so long and involves such a small percentage of the American population that few even pay any attention to these wars any more, the media rarely covers them, and no one is talking about the fact that we are losing them, and have engendered a deep hatred of America.

American troops in Afghanistan

As America enters the 18th year of its war in Afghanistan and its 16th in Iraq, the war on terror continues in Yemen, Syria, and parts of Africa, including Libya, Niger, and Somalia. Meanwhile, the Trump administration threatens yet more war, this time with Iran. (And given these last years, just how do you imagine that’s likely to turn out?) Honestly, isn’t it time Americans gave a little more thought to why their leaders persist in waging losing wars across significant parts of the planet?  So consider the rest of this piece my attempt to do just that.

Let’s face it: profits and power should be classified as perennial reasons why U.S. leaders persist in waging such conflicts. War may be a racket, as General Smedley Butler claimed long ago, but who cares these days since business is booming? And let’s add to such profits a few other all-American motivations. Start with the fact that, in some curious […]

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Monday, October 29, 2018 at 10:33 am

    I will only be happy again when we establish a “department of peace”, aimed at stopping the wars and bringing the military back under civilian control and backing off from any and all wars that are not intended to establish peace in the world, not to promote more wars as they do now.