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Ajamu Baraka: Killing Saddam & Kaddafi were arrogant white supremacism

The public slaughter of Kaddafi and the hanging of Saddam Hussein are two sides of the same arrogant, white supremacist coin. In both cases it is the imperialist West, using the power of the military & with the full support of a majority of the people, that bombed cities; murdered and imprisoned government officials; tortured prisoners to death--in order to bring to those people the benefits of living in "free societies" like those of the West. And now, as the US slinks out of Iraq, we are being told that all that was done was for the good of the Iraqi people and that it is up to the Iraqis to protect the gift of freedom that the US has bestowed upon them.

What is more sad than the fact that this line is being fed to the people in the US to cover their defeat (and that it is being accepted), is the knowledge that until we undermine forever the false assumptions and prerogatives of white supremacist ideology, more blood will be shed and more nations destroyed--all in the name of a monstrous lie.

Source: CommonDreams.org, "Iraq and White Supremacy" Dec 21, 2011

Donald Trump: Canceled missile strike on Iran for drone shoot-down

Among the most upsetting moments for the former advisor is the president's decision in June 2019 not to launch a disproportionate missile strike against Iran for downing a U.S. drone at the last minute after Bolton convinced him to.

As the New York Times described the passage: "You can sense Bolton's excitement when he describes going home 'at about 5:30' for a change of clothes because he expected to be at the White House 'all night.' It's therefore an awful shock when Trump decided to call off the strikes at the very last minute, after learning they would kill as many as 150 people."

Source: Common Dreams excerpts from "The Room Where It Happened" Jun 17, 2020

John Bolton: Supported missile strike on Iran for drone shoot-down

Among the most upsetting moments for the former advisor is the president's decision in June 2019 not to launch a disproportionate missile strike against Iran for downing a U.S. drone at the last minute after Bolton convinced him to.

As the New York Times described the passage: "You can sense Bolton's excitement when he describes going home 'at about 5:30' for a change of clothes because he expected to be at the White House 'all night.' It's therefore an awful shock when Trump decided to call off the strikes at the very last minute, after learning they would kill as many as 150 people."

Source: Common Dreams excerpts from "The Room Where It Happened" Jun 17, 2020

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