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The Myth of “Defensive” US Militarism

The United States is unambiguously the imperial aggressor in the Middle East. No actions taken by the US military in the region can be seen as “defensive” given the larger context of decades of unprovoked US violence conducted on the people of the region. The Biden administration’s bombing of Syria, on February 25th, is only the latest incarnation of aggressive acts of war that the US empire attempts to rationalize as “defensive.

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Scott Simon Really, Really, Wants to Believe

The NPR contributor resorts to comforting platitudes while the realities of empire close in around us.