Molan's meretricious mumblings
In December 2017, Jim Molan, a retired Major General, was deemed "elected" to the Australian Senate. I think it's probably fair to describe him, based on his (reported) past comments, as a white supremacist, anti-Islamist, right wing death beast.
Fair enough...
But what, for this veteran, is really hard to swallow is a comment he is widely reported to have made recently. That comment was: "I've put my life on the line for major Islamic, Muslim countries in this world."
Before I get deeper into Senator Molan's dodgy comment, I think I'd better establish some context for what's about to follow.
Firstly, I will assume the reader has read Major General Smedley Butler's 1935 book titled "War is a Racket". (It's a free download.)
Secondly, the reader needs to understand that I assert that any war we wage on foreign soil for dubious and debatable imperatives is, in my view, nothing less than state sanctioned mass murder.
So, now, back to Molan's "I've put my life on the line for major Islamic, Muslim countries in this world" comment: Molan's major "achievements" were in the Iraq war during 2004-2005.
If Molan wants to tell us that his tour of duty in support of George W. Bush's war against the people of Iraq was waged for the benefit of the people of Iraq then he's either a deluded fool or a lying scoundrel of the lowest order.
That war was fought for only one reason: To bolster the West's energy interests (read "oil theft") in the Middle East. The war's objective was to transfer Iraq's oil profits from the people of Iraq to Western oil corporations.
That war was a total disaster for Iraq.
That war killed in excess of one million Iraqis and gave rise to a massive insurgency which greatly swelled the ranks of al Qaeda and subsequently led to the rise of Islamic State.
Sorry, Senator Molan, but your disingenuous war propaganda bullshit doesn't cut it with those of us who have bothered to inform ourselves about the West's megalomanic white supremacist machinations in the Middle East over the last 100+ years.
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Gerry Binder
Vietnam veteran
Fair enough...
But what, for this veteran, is really hard to swallow is a comment he is widely reported to have made recently. That comment was: "I've put my life on the line for major Islamic, Muslim countries in this world."
Before I get deeper into Senator Molan's dodgy comment, I think I'd better establish some context for what's about to follow.
Firstly, I will assume the reader has read Major General Smedley Butler's 1935 book titled "War is a Racket". (It's a free download.)
Secondly, the reader needs to understand that I assert that any war we wage on foreign soil for dubious and debatable imperatives is, in my view, nothing less than state sanctioned mass murder.
So, now, back to Molan's "I've put my life on the line for major Islamic, Muslim countries in this world" comment: Molan's major "achievements" were in the Iraq war during 2004-2005.
If Molan wants to tell us that his tour of duty in support of George W. Bush's war against the people of Iraq was waged for the benefit of the people of Iraq then he's either a deluded fool or a lying scoundrel of the lowest order.
That war was fought for only one reason: To bolster the West's energy interests (read "oil theft") in the Middle East. The war's objective was to transfer Iraq's oil profits from the people of Iraq to Western oil corporations.
That war was a total disaster for Iraq.
That war killed in excess of one million Iraqis and gave rise to a massive insurgency which greatly swelled the ranks of al Qaeda and subsequently led to the rise of Islamic State.
Sorry, Senator Molan, but your disingenuous war propaganda bullshit doesn't cut it with those of us who have bothered to inform ourselves about the West's megalomanic white supremacist machinations in the Middle East over the last 100+ years.
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Gerry Binder
Vietnam veteran
Posted at 11:48 AM
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