Michael Moore justifies Russia hacking of DNC because CIA helped overthrow Allende in 1973

[shanny]

147. Elections do set directions, but it seems to me

that, despite differences between parties, there is in fact no "peace party"; that it is just a given that we have this ginormous military in order to use it. Sometimes we are smarter, but we are always meddling. Yes, Obama got a nuclear deal with Iran...but he also escalated a pointless, unwinnable war in Afghanistan and dramatically stepped up drone warfare all over the place. Those moves didn't make us any friends in the region (I don't know if we did more than a "no-fly zone" in Libya; there are certainly rumors but I haven't seen confirmation either way). Truman messed with Syria (1949), Kennedy with Cuba, Clinton in Haiti, even Carter set in motion tragic events in Afghanistan, and of course everybody involved effed up Vietnam.

If I had any faith in Congress I would say that we need a new Church Committee. Since I don't, I believe an independent Truth and Reconciliation Committee would be better.

Don't get me wrong: we've done some good things too. I just think too frequently we act, if not in our own interests, then solely from our own viewpoint, not taking into account either local wishes or long-term effects. And then we have a changing of the guard (election) and tear off in a new direction. We used to have more continuity, and consensus (before the twin wreckers of Cheney and tRump) with a career State Dept. to smooth over these transitions, but in my view even then State was overshadowed by DoD.

I agree we may be close to another war. I doubt with Russia, given tRump's fanboy status re Putin...but he could find the need to express his manly manliness and bomb NK. Best we can hope for is that more tongue baths from Pukes in Congress / Cabinet will keep him distracted.

(We are so fucked!)